Students citywide protest property tax breaks for NYU, Columbia
1 day ago · Mariapaula Gonzalez, Deputy News Editor. November 12, 2024. Mariapaula Gonzalez. Dozens of students rallied in Washington Square Park on Sunday in support of legislation that would end property tax cuts for NYU and Columbia University and reroute the money to the City University of New York system. The bill, which was introduced by New York ...
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Students from the university’s Washington Square and Brooklyn campuses spoke to WSN about their thoughts on the presidential election’s outcome. Mariapaula Gonzalez, Deputy News Editor • November 8, 2024. On Tuesday night, thousands of NYU students anxiously crowded computer screens to watch states turn hues of red and blue as results ...
NYU is now meeting 100% of applicants’ financial need
Nov 15, 2021 · Beckman confirmed the change, adding that the average amount of financial aid allotted to new students increased by $11,000 this year. “With this fall’s entering class of first-years (ie, fall of 2021 entrants, aka Class of 2025), students’ financial aid packages met 100% demonstrated need for the first time,” Beckman wrote in an email ...
Contract faculty union concludes initial negotiations with ...
Nov 4, 2024 · The union representing hundreds of contract faculty at NYU started its negotiations with university administration for a contract at a meeting Friday, where union members presented their collective demands and initial recognition article. Administrators did not sign off on the article, which details exactly who the union represents, but scheduled a second bargaining session for...
NYU acceptance rate falls to 12.2% for 2022 admits
Mar 31, 2022 · NYU’s undergraduate admissions rate dropped to 12.2% for the class of 2026, according to university admissions data released on Wednesday. More than 105,000 students applied — the highest number of applicants in NYU’s history, and one of the highest ever received by a U.S. university. “Even with the ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic, this...
Black and Latino enrollment at NYU drops after affirmative action …
Oct 18, 2024 · NYU saw a sharp drop in enrollment from underrepresented minorities in its first class of students admitted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action last year — a trend the university said was “concerning” in a Wednesday press release.. The data for NYU’s class of 2028 shows that “historically underrepresented minority groups” — …
NYU jumps 3 spots in latest U.S. News rankings
Sep 13, 2022 · NYU now sits at No. 25. (Lauren Sanchez for WSN) NYU is the 25th best college in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s rankings released yesterday — a jump from No. 28 last year. Since 2016, when the university dropped by four spots in the U.S. News ranking, NYU’s rank has steadily increased over time.
NYU acceptance rate drops to 12.8% - Washington Square News
Apr 2, 2021 · The undergraduate acceptance rate for NYU’s New York City campus dropped to 12.8%, according to admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 released Wednesday, March 31. This makes the Class of 2025 the university’s most selective class to date. 100,131 students applied to NYU’s undergraduate programs this admissions …
NYU sees slight rise in COVID cases as winter approaches
Nov 22, 2021 · NYU reported a slim increase in the number of COVID-19 cases on campus as positivity rates increased in New York City over the past four weeks. In the most recent testing cycle from Nov. 8-14, the university reported a positivity rate of 0.76% — lower than the 2.06% rate reported for the entire city over...
‘Manifest destiny’: NYU’s history of expansion in Washington Square
Apr 30, 2023 · Haddad chronicled the Village’s journey, from a mass burial ground in the late 1700s to a haven of picturesque houses and gardens, to a space for offices, factories and boarding houses occupied by Bohemians. “Washington Square regained its earlier character by the 1920s as the years pushed the limits of the city ever northward,” Haddad ...