New York University’s student government has passed a resolution calling on the school to divest from companies with Israel ties. The university said it opposes the resolution and would not be moving ahead with it. In a secret ballot Thursday, the measure passed with 35 votes in favor and 14 against, along with 14 abstentions….
Avital Ronell, a renown professor of German and Comparative Literature at New York University, was found responsible for sexually harassing a male former graduate student, the New York Times reported. Two years after graduating with a Ph.D., Nimrod Reitman filed a Title IX complaint against Ronell, a leading female scholar, alleging sexual harassment, sexual assault,…
NEW YORK (JTA) — One of this city’s largest hospitals has accused a Hasidic group that visits sick patients of lying about the hospital’s policy to limit access by volunteers to patient floors and rooms. Dr. Andrew Brotman, senior vice president and vice dean for clinical affairs at NYU Langone Health, said a claim by…
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York University said it opposes boycotts of student groups after 51 campus organizations pledged to boycott pro-Israel groups. “The University opposes any kind of boycott or official refusal by some student groups to interact with other student groups because of differing points of view. It is at odds with our…
Not all college students can reflect on their experiences in such a positive light, attributing much of their success and happiness to their Jewish Center on campus, like New York’s downtown Jewish students can. The Bronfman Center at NYU houses a unique space, through various clubs and student groups, for everyone to belong, connect, engage…
“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” — Tony Robbins This January, a group of student leaders from New York University departed on a flight bound for Israel. Together, they represented more…
Walking onto NYU’s campus during my freshman year, I wasn’t sure what to expect but I feared the worst. I’d heard the stories about Students for Justice in Palestine antagonizing and threatening Jewish students, the administration and faculty taking part in the BDS movement, and Jewish students generally feeling unsafe. On top of the stress…
Everyone loves lists. Lists are fun and informative, and ranked lists in particular help us make decisions more efficiently. But lists are also deceptively powerful: it’s really hard for a person to properly judge the objective value of something distinct from its ranking once they’ve seen it on a ranked list, whether that “something” is…
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