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“Stay True: A Memoir” by Hua Hsu  — Krish Dev, Deputy News Editor In his personal essay for The New Yorker, “My Dad and Kurt Cobain,” Hua Hsu discusses his experience as an Asian American growing up in Cupertino, California. Having lived in the city for most of my life and relating to his story,...

Hundreds of students and faculty gathered in Washington Square Park Wednesday afternoon as part of a nationwide pro-Palestinian walkout, calling for the United States to stop military aid to Israel, for NYU to end its study abroad program in Tel Aviv and for the university to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Members...

Professors at NYU announced that they would start a chapter of Faculty for Justice in Palestine at the university amid hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters at Washington Square Park on Tuesday. The group has released a statement condemning “the brutal killing of civilians” in the Israeli military’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip and calling on...

Some of the city’s leading food journalists and Food Network chefs hosted panels at the Wine and Food Festival’s first annual FoodieCon on Oct. 14, working with influencers such as Nick DiGiovanni and Dylan Lemay to discuss the intersection between food and technology. The event, held at the Hard Rock Hotel near Times Square, took...

Hundreds of labor organizers, students and faculty gathered outside NYU’s Brown Building Wednesday morning to see the unveiling of a memorial for the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The fire, a deadly tragedy that took the lives of 146 workers as a result of hazardous working conditions, caused a surge in labor organizing and protections...

NYU students and faculty joined tens of thousands in a midtown Manhattan march on Sept. 17, calling on President Joe Biden to end federal fossil fuel investments and declare a climate emergency. The march took place ahead of this Wednesday’s Climate Ambition Summit — a meeting with United Nations

Raising Cane’s, a fast-food chain specializing in chicken fingers and a signature sauce, opened its second restaurant in New York City on Sept. 13. Located at 20 Astor Place, the restaurant is just a five-minute walk from Washington Square Park.  The company — founded in 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA —

NYU president Linda Mills greeted thousands of first-year students on Tuesday, during her first-ever Presidential Welcome speech at Radio City Music Hall.  Mills hosted students in two events throughout the day, one at 9:30 a.m. and another at 2 p.m. The biannual tradition, complete with musical