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Here’s what Taylor Swift said during her NYU graduation speech
WEBMay 18, 2022 · Taylor Swift spoke at NYU’s 188th commencement ceremony after receiving an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree on May 18. She delivered a speech to the class of 2022 at the Wednesday morning ceremony on behalf of the honorary doctorate recipients: Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Susan Hockfield, City University of New York chancellor Félix...
NYU ’20, ’21, ’22 grads honored at double-header commencement
WEBMay 20, 2022 · NYU’s 188th and 189th commencement ceremonies honored the classes of 2022, 2021 and 2020 at Yankee Stadium on May 18. Tens of thousands of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and master’s students were celebrated during NYU’s first in-person graduation ceremonies since 2019. Both ceremonies began with faculty and platform party processions, and a march with each of...
NYU commits $1 billion in new funding for Tandon engineering …
WEBDec 2, 2022 · NYU president Andrew Hamilton announced a long-term $1 billion investment in the Tandon School of Engineering on Wednesday, Nov. 30, weeks after the university’s September purchase of 3 MetroTech Center, a 350,000-square-foot building adjacent to preexisting academic buildings at its Brooklyn campus.It will support this investment by employing 40 new full-time tenure-track faculty members ...
Review: ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ offers a new take on memoirs
WEBNov 4, 2022 · Review: ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ offers a new take on memoirs. “iCarly” comedian Jennette McCurdy lays everything bare in her debut novel. Susan Behrends Valenzuela. “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” by Jennette McCurdy, is a memoir detailing the author’s life as a child actress and her relationship with her abusive mother.
Students not to blame for Maitland Jones firing, NYU faculty say
WEBOct 5, 2022 · After a group of organic chemistry students organized a petition in protest of Maitland Jones’ teaching methods, the professor’s contract was terminated. NYU faculty members say students shouldn’t be blamed. The Oct. 4, 2022, edition of The New York Times, in which an article about NYU firing an organic chemistry professor was published.
NYU jumps 3 spots in latest U.S. News rankings
WEBSep 13, 2022 · NYU jumps 3 spots in latest U.S. News rankings. After a data reporting scandal, Columbia University dipped from No. 2 to No. 18 in yesterday’s U.S. News & World Reports rankings. NYU now sits at No. 25. NYU is the 25th best college in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s rankings released yesterday — a …
Becoming an NYU trustee: a conversation with David Ko
WEBDecember 6, 2021. Tech entrepreneur David Ko, one of NYU’s three newest trustees, recently spoke with WSN from his home in San Francisco about his involvement with NYU since graduating in 1993. He expressed gratitude for the university’s help in launching the Stern Venture Fellows program and fondly recalled his time as an undergraduate at NYU.
Why we left NYU: Stories from students who transferred out
WEBNov 8, 2022 · According to Campus Reel, more than 700,000 students transfer to different colleges every year. For the 2022-23 school year, the first-year retention rate at NYU was 93%, but students are increasingly asking about transferring on the university’s subreddit. Everyone knows that NYU has an unconventional college experience.
NYU is now meeting 100% of applicants’ financial need
WEBNov 15, 2021 · Beckman confirmed the change, adding that the average amount of financial aid allotted to new students increased by $11,000 this year. “With this fall’s entering class of first-years (ie, fall of 2021 entrants, aka Class of 2025), students’ financial aid packages met 100% demonstrated need for the first time,” Beckman wrote in an email ...