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NYU trustee and insurance billionaire William Berkley called for federal law enforcement to take action against pro-Palestinian student protesters on a Zoom call with the centrist group No Labels, the Intercept reported on Saturday. Berkley alleged that similarities between the tents used in encampments at different universities suggested an outside group had coordinated the demonstrations. ...

NYPD officers swept the Gaza solidarity encampments at both schools in what many say is a disturbing show of force on campus.

Around 120 students and faculty gathered outside Bobst Library earlier this afternoon — around six hours after NYU authorized police to arrest around 14 students at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the Paulson Center. Demonstrators chanted “Linda Mills, your hands are red” and “treat your students like you should” while around a dozen Campus Safety...

President Linda Mills said less than half of the protesters arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Gould Plaza “were current NYU students, faculty or staff” in a universitywide email earlier this evening. Mills stated that hundreds of demonstrators on campus last Monday “did not have permission to be at NYU” and “significantly threatened” the...

It’s time to acknowledge the Hudson Yards staircase sculpture for what it has become: a memorial.

More than 100 protesters picketed outside Gould Plaza on Thursday evening to demand that NYU divest from companies with ties to Israel, close its study abroad site in Tel Aviv, remove police presence on campus and prevent disciplinary action against students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.  After the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Monday, where the...

NYU told WSN it would not consider divesting from companies with connections to Israel, as pro-Palestinian protesters continued to call for the university to cut ties with the country during demonstrations outside Bobst Library, the Paulson Center and Lipton Hall on Wednesday.  In a written statement, NYU spokesperson John Beckman said the university is not...

Around 20 NYU students representing the recently announced RA union Student Workers At NYU rallied in front of Bobst Library on Monday afternoon, demanding university recognition. The rally comes after the group asked NYU president Linda Mills to respond to its demand for recognition by today, April 23, in a letter delivered to her office...

Around 20 members from the student environmental group Sunrise NYU gathered in Washington Square Park on Sunday, calling on the university to implement stronger environmental initiatives on campus. The protest comes months after NYU said it “commits to avoid” future fossil fuel investments, reiterating past assurances from the university. The group — alongside Sunrise NYC...

Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email opinion@nyunews.com. What does it mean to be an NYU student? Is it pulling all nighters at Bobst Library? Is it meeting new people across all majors, from Tisch to Tandon? Or maybe, it’s exploring our campus...