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NYU said Wednesday it will move finals online, close campus facilities and cancel gatherings after a “sharp acceleration” in the rate of COVID cases. “Following steady declines in new COVID-19 cases since the opening weeks of the fall semester, we began to see increases in early November, in line with New York City’s trends.  At the beginning of this...

New York is rolling out a series o new measures to combat the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Andrew Siff reports on the latest efforts.

NYU said it will require all eligible members of the school community, including students and faculty, to receive the COVID-19 booster before the spring semester, and the university is not alone in grappling with the decision to require the booster

Martin Scorsese’s alma mater, New York University, is establishing a film institute in his name after a gift from George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. The formation of the Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts was to be announced Tuesday by NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The institute will include a virtual production center, the Martin Scorsese Department of...

Multiple university buildings were evacuated Thursday after reports of bomb threats, including New York University. NYU alerted students after 7 p.m. that it received bomb threats at Stern School of Business and Center for Neural Science, as well as at Hebrew Union College which is an unaffiliated institution located on its campus. Several buildings were evacuated and the NYPD determined…

Multiple university buildings were evacuated Thursday after reports of bomb threats, including New York University and Hebrew Union College.

Multiple university buildings were evacuated Sunday for reports of bomb threats on a series of Ivy League campuses, including Columbia, Cornell and Brown.

The last weekend in October always is one of the busiest for Dr. Briana Calcagno-Davi.  And that’s not only because the post-doctoral fellow in pediatric neuropsychology and adjunct professor at New York University is busy treating patients or teaching students.  Rather, it’s appointments with Edward Scissorhands, Thanos and Gamora, a member of the band Kiss, Larry David and many...

Dr. Briana Calcagno-Davi is a post-doctoral fellow in pediatric neuropsychology and adjunct professor at New York University and she does incredible face paint for Halloween.

A Texas group has no standing to claim that New York University illegally gives preference to women and racial minorities when selecting editors and articles for the NYU Law Review, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.

New York University says it is seeking more information from Chinese authorities after the overnight detention of nine students from its Shanghai campus in what appeared to be police dragnet for drug suspects

New York University announced that it will be holding a virtual commencement for the Class of 2021 — citing the university’s inability to hold a mass gathering amid the ongoing pandemic. “Unfortunately and with much regret, I am letting you know that it has become clear to us that we will not be able to come together in person for…

22-year-old Joe DiMeo of New Jersey is the world’s first successful face and double-hand transplant.

Martin Scorsese and Fran Lebowitz talk about their Netflix series “Pretend It’s a City.”

A New York University student raised alarm on social media after a professor for her online course on propaganda “spent an entire class period telling students that wearing masks don’t prevent the spread of COVID-19.” In several tweets, Julia Jackson on Sunday said NYU communications professor Mark Crispin Miller is using his position of power to accredit far-right and...

Professor Mark Crispin Miller told his students there’s significant evidence that masks don’t prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the university had to take action in reminding students of health authorities’ guidance on masks.

New York City police are searching for a man who allegedly wrote anti-black and antisemitic remarks on the side of an NYU building. Authorities say a vandalism suspect used a black marker to graffiti a swastika on the side of The Silver Center for Arts and Science building on Saturday afternoon. Investigators say the man also wrote other antisemitic and…

New York City police are searching for a man who allegedly wrote anti-black and antisemitic remarks on the side of a NYU building in Greenwich Village.

Another weekend party in Washington Square Park has kept concerns high over a potential coronavirus spread at neighboring New York University. Rana Novini reports.

Another weekend party in Washington Square Park has kept concerns high over a potential coronavirus spread at neighboring New York University as area colleges struggle to curb recent spikes. Washington Square Park was the site of another crowded gathering Friday night that saw groups of young people singing and dancing into the early morning hours of Saturday. Images of the…