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A crowd of people holding up signs while marching through Washington Square Park.

Students and faculty walk out, demand NYU cut ties with Israel

On-campus student and faculty groups participated in a pro-Palestinian walkout at Washington Square Park on Wednesday, calling for NYU to end its operations in Israel.
Krish Dev and Luke McCrory October 26, 2023

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...

A group of protesters hold up signs reading “Gross,” “Say NO to Sabatini” and “Title IX Over Sabatini.”

NYU med school students, staff walk out to protest potential hiring of David Sabatini

Hundreds of community members at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine protested the potential hiring of David Sabatini, who resigned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology earlier this month after sexual misconduct allegations.
Abby Wilson, News Editor April 28, 2022

More than 200 students and employees staged a walkout to protest the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s potential hiring of biologist David Sabatini outside the school’s Kimmel...

Walkouts Won’t Convince Congress to Grant Student Safety

Walkouts Won’t Convince Congress to Grant Student Safety

Dasha Zagurskaya, Contributing Writer February 26, 2018
Student walkouts will not stop mass shootings.
Graduate and Ph.D. students gathered in Union Square on Nov. 29 to protest the proposed GOP tax reform bill.

Graduate Students Protest Tax Reform

Miranda Levingston and Sakshi Venkatraman November 30, 2017
About 100 graduate and PhD students occupied Union Square Park on Monday to protest the proposed GOP tax reform bill.
On Nov. 9, around 60 NYU students gathered to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA.

NYU Students Walk Out to Clean the Dream Act

Miranda Levingston, News Editor November 10, 2017
On Thursday afternoon, approximately 60 students walked out of class to protest Donald Trump's repeal of DACA, and to support a new "Clean" Dream Act to protect undocumented child immigrants.
Hundreds of Students Stage Walkout to Declare NYU a Sanctuary Campus

Hundreds of Students Stage Walkout to Declare NYU a ‘Sanctuary Campus’

Natasha Roy, Deputy News Editor November 16, 2016
NYU students walked out of their classes on Wednesday in support of the nationwide #SanctuaryCampus movement.
Administrators Must Bear Responsibility for Pennsylvania Faculty Strike

Administrators Must Bear Responsibility for Pennsylvania Faculty Strike

WSN Editorial Board October 21, 2016
The Pennsylvania university system's lack of preparedness for this planned faculty walkout is both contemptible and deeply concerning.