NYC Third Graders To Read Books About War As Part Of New Curriculum
Children as young as 8 years old could soon be reading books on bombings, weapons and war as part of a new curriculum approved by city and state education officials.
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Children as young as 8 years old could soon be reading books on bombings, weapons and war as part of a new curriculum approved by city and state education officials.
A lawsuit filed by opponents of a major expansion of the NYU campus in Greenwich Village has advanced, following a judge's decision last week, according to a published report.
Beginning this fall, incoming freshman at New York University will no longer have the luxury of choosing their roommates.
Nearly two months after superstorm Sandy flooded it and forced an emergency evacuation, NYU Langone Medical Center is set to reopen Thursday.
Students at New York University soon won't have to wait in vain anymore to stir it up and, get jamming, and get together and feel all right in class.
Columbia University was set to resume classes on Wednesday, but classes at New York University will be canceled for the rest of the week following Superstorm Sandy.
"Whether the drug deal occurs on the street corner or on the Internet, it's a crime,'' Bridget Brennan, special narcotics prosecutor for New York City, said Thursday in a statement announcing the arrests.
The university installed a gold-colored aluminum lining on balconies and stairwells, in reaction to three suicides since 2003. The students all jumped to their deaths in the library's atrium.
The conventional wisdom is that the Olympics bring tons of tourists to the host city, but New York showed the world once again it can't be beat.
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The vote was 44-1. Many residents and NYU faculty members have opposed the addition of four new buildings near Washington Square Park.
Protesters against the proposal rallied on the steps of City Hall Tuesday morning prior to the committee hearings.
Administrators said that the university must add new facilities to attract top students and professors, but critics -- including faculty members and actor Matthew Broderick -- said the planned expansion would damage the quality of life in the Village.
Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancée tied the knot on Saturday in a New York City church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood pals.
The school is proposing to build about 2 million square feet of new facilities in the iconic neighborhood.
Crowds cheered as Chen Guangcheng arrived on crutches at New York University on Saturday.
A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
"The new center will bring some of the world's greatest minds together to start to study the technical, engineering, academic, and human challenges posed by our rapidly urbanizing world," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
Some students who take out federally-subsidized loans are asking Washington lawmakers to block a rate increase scheduled to take place this July.
Remember the days when if something broke, you had it repaired? Well, the Fixers Collective bristles at the notion of a throwaway, disposable society.
Weeks of searches have turned up no signs of Spierer. Spierer is 4'11″, 95 pounds, has blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing black pants and a white top.
Officials say the blaze broke out around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at 21 East 2nd Street near a New York University dorm.
The plan calls for more than 200 million-square feet of space to be built into two super blocks.
Robert Spierer, posted on the family's Facebook page that they are disappointed by Indiana University's decision to remove information about his daughter's disappearance off its main Web page.
Even when pizza is on the menu, school lunches are going to be healthier.
