NYU Anti-Israel Protesters Arrested By NYPD On Campus NYU protest incident leads to arrests by NYPD, highlighting campus safety concerns. Top News · Apr 23, 2024
Pro-Palestine Protesters Gather Outside NYU Stern School Of Business Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protests at NYU Stern School of Business lead to restricted access and demonstrations. NYU actively addresses the situation fo... Top News · Apr 22, 2024
A freak DNA change 25 million years ago is why humans lack tails 25 million years ago, an Alu element insertion in an ancient ape's DNA led to the loss of tails. The Hindu · Apr 9, 2024
"Pain don't hurt": Road House sans creed Patrick Swayze's "cooler" was an educated man with a stupid mission. Jake Gyllenhaal's breaks faces with a smile Salon · Mar 24, 2024
Tim Meadows And Molly Shannon's Special Connection Revealed Tim Meadows and Molly Shannon share a heartwarming connection through their children, with Shannon supporting Meadows' son's admission to NYU. Shannon's cl... Top News · Mar 22, 2024
NYU Urges Dismissal Of Antisemitism Lawsuit NYU's response to antisemitism lawsuit highlights commitment to transparency and respect in addressing complex issues. Top News · Mar 19, 2024
Ayo Edebiri, Paul Mescal and the dating rumours we all want to be true Wait, did Ayo Edebiri and Paul Mescal just soft-launch their relationship or are they starring in a rom-com? Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2024
Supreme Court examines whether government can combat disinformation online The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Missouri, Louisiana and five individuals who were either banned from social media during the pandemic or whose posts, they say, were not prominently featured. WEKU · Mar 18, 2024
Plastic chemicals and preterm births The resulting costs to society could be as high as $8 billion Salon · Feb 9, 2024
Is surrogacy really unethical? The pope calls surrogacy "despicable," but is it? Experts unpack the real ethical issues around it Salon · Feb 4, 2024
Unsealed Arguments for Pseudonymity in Challenge to NYU Law Review's Race/Sex/Etc. Preferences I wrote in November about the court decision allowing the challenge to NYU Law Review's race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity preferences to proceed pseudonymously; Judge Victor Marrero allowed Doe to proceed pseudonymously, though "without prejudice to New York University's right to move the Court to direct Plaintiff to… Reason · Jan 14, 2024
Crib videos offer clue to mysterious child deaths, showing seizures sometimes play a role Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy _ when seemingly healthy young children suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2024
Gen Z has had enough of politics. Does RFK Jr have the answer? Polls suggest Robert F Kennedy Jr is leading the race for the Gen Z vote in 2024, but claims of a youth movement towards the independent candidate appear elusive, Bevan Hurley writes The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023
Spike Lee debunks the 'worst lie' that’s being sold to young people about success "It’s not like you’re just out there, and the hand of God is going to come down from the heavens and say, ‘You are the next one.’" Fortune · Dec 13, 2023
Fortune · Dec 1, 2023 Barbara Corcoran reveals her ‘most embarrassing moment ever’ and how it led to a teaching contract at NYU: ‘You gotta find a way to stand back up’ "Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran crashed and burned during her first speaking event—so naturally launched a course at NYU in response.
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023 NYU student bar association president axed for saying Israel ‘responsible’ for7 October Student’s comments led top law firm to rescind job offer
Reason · Nov 27, 2023 Want Freedom to Criticize China, Palestine, Mexico, etc.? Protect Criticism of Israel After the Oct. 7 murders, the first attempts to punish speakers focused on those who defended Hamas's murders. But, unsurprisingly, things have turned to trying to suppress criticism of Israel more broadly, including criticism of Israel's attacks on Gaza. (The slippery slope is a real phenomenon, in a culture where…
Reason · Nov 22, 2023 Challenge to NYU Law Review's Race and Sex Preferences May Proceed Pseudonymously, at Least for Now [UPDATE: Added a brief discussion of pseudonymity and class actions.]
Reason · Nov 17, 2023 Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU) on The Laws of War, as to the Hamas-Israel War From the article, by a leading American academic who teaches and writes about, among other things, Foreign Relations Law and the law of war: Those who argue Israel does not have a right of self defense make two claims: First, they argue that Israel's "inherent right" is nullified because it…
WEKU · Nov 10, 2023 Arkansas man receives the world's first whole eye transplant plus a new face The NYU medical team announced Thursday that Aaron James is recovering well from the dual transplant last May and the donated eye looks remarkably healthy.
LiveScience · Nov 9, 2023 Doctors perform 1st-ever whole eye, partial face transplant This is the first whole-eye transplant performed in a person, and it was completed alongside a partial face transplant.
The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023 Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It's a step toward one day restoring sight Surgeons in New York have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant
Reason · Nov 8, 2023 'A Tyranny of the Minority': Why This College Dropout Wants To Cancel Cancel Culture "Being a true free speech champion does require that you defend speech that even you disagree with," says libertarian Rikki Schlott.
Reason · Oct 16, 2023 FIRE Letter to NYU School of Law About the Ryna Workman Pro-Hamas-Attack Speech Controversy Here's the text of today's letter (see here for the full letter, including footnotes): FIRE is deeply concerned by New York University School of Law's recent suggestion to The New York Times that it may be investigating student Ryna Workman for their protected political speech amid intense public and campuswide…
Reason · Oct 16, 2023 Some Cancellations are Justified Whether a person deserves to be "cancelled" for saying awful things depends on the nature of what they said and the nature of their job.