Cornell Wins Science Campus Bid, But NYU’s Downtown Brooklyn Plans Are Still...
Cornell University has won the city’s competition with its bid to build an enormous science and engineering graduate campus on Roosevelt Island, but NYU is not out of the game. At a press conference...
View ArticleJSex Talked About NYPD Surveillance, Financial Aid At The Town Hall Last Night
Yesterday, president John Sexton took to the podium for this semester’s Town Hall meeting. No occupying happened this time, although NYUnited did account for a good percentage of those present. JSex...
View ArticleMcNally Jackson Hosts Talk On NYU: Is It A University, Or Just A Corporation?
“They shook my bed! They woke me up! Now I’m a tiger!” went the disgruntled cry of one of many long-time Greenwich Village residents in an attendance at Wednesday night’s “News from Underground” talk,...
View ArticleTEDxNYU
Most NYU students are no strangers to TED Talks, but TEDx, an independently organized TED talk, landed at NYU this weekend. Showcasing both student and faculty brilliance, the event fostered ideas of...
View ArticleProfessors Decide Whether To Hold No Confidence Vote Against President Sexton
Arts & Sciences professors are meeting today to decide whether to hold NYU’s first-ever vote of no confidence against President John Sexton. The meeting comes after years of vocal resistance to NYU...
View ArticleAfter CAS Vote Of No Confidence, Tisch May Be Next
If you’ve been checking NYU Local over the past couple of weeks (or just haven’t been under a rock), you definitely know about the vote of no confidence against President John Sexton. What you might...
View ArticleNYU Number One Fan Chuck Grassley Wants Names, Dammit
The latest in the saga of Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Versus New York University ($-NYC): after calling for a thorough investigation of NYU’s generous executive compensations—which include cheap...
View ArticleSexton To Depart After 2016, NYU Backtracks On Vacation Home Loans [UPDATED]
In a university-wide email today, the Board of Trustees acknowledged for the first time that John Sexton would not continue serving as President after 2016. The Board will begin a search for a new...
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