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nyu.edu/socialmedia New York University, founded in 1831, is one of the world’s foremost research universities and is a member of the selective Association of American Universities. NYU has degree-granting university campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai; and has 11 other global academic sites, including London, Paris, Florence, Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, and Accra. NYU sends more students to

study abroad than any other U.S. college or university and more international students study at NYU than at any other U.S. university. Through its numerous schools and colleges, NYU conducts research and provides education in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, business, dentistry, education, nursing, the cinematic and performing arts, music and studio arts, public administration, engineering, social work, and continuing and professional studies, among other areas.

06/03/2026

Statement on Arrest in Antisemitic Flag Incident:

“The University cooperated fully with the NYPD. We are grateful for their exhaustive work and for the efforts of the Manhattan District Attorney in identifying the person responsible for this heinous crime. The symbols that were represented are antisemitic and hateful to every person of conscience; this appalling act violated our sense of community and solidarity. In addition to criminal proceedings, we will immediately pursue our disciplinary procedures, which carry the most severe consequences.”

–Wiley Norvell, senior vice president for University Relations and Public Affairs

Read the statement on NYU News: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2026/june/statement.html

Knicks fever comes to Bleecker 🏀 📷 : Photo by Jonathan King
06/03/2026

Knicks fever comes to Bleecker 🏀

📷 : Photo by Jonathan King

06/02/2026

Have you heard of brown fat? Most of the fat in our bodies is white fat, which stores excess energy and, when there’s too much of it, can lead to obesity. But humans and other mammals also have a smaller amount of brown fat, a specialized tissue that regulates body temperature and is closely linked to weight loss and metabolic health.

“By rapidly taking up and using fuel sources from our bodies and the food that we eat, brown fat acts like a metabolic sink that draws in nutrients and prevents them from being stored,” says NYU College of Dentistry's Farnaz Shamsi, the senior author on a new Nature Communications study that determined how a key protein (called SLIT3) activates brown fat by expanding blood vessels and nerves in this heat-generating tissue.

The new understanding of what’s happening inside brown fat highlights several processes that could potentially be harnessed for their therapeutic potential. While most weight loss drugs—including GLP-1s—suppress appetite, decreasing the amount of food people eat and therefore the amount of energy stored, treatments that involve brown fat have the potential to increase energy expenditure. We chatted with Shamsi about all of this over tea.

Learn more: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2026/march/brown-fat-pathway.html

🎥 Video by David Song

06/02/2026

On New York University Week: Does discrimination affect our immune system?

Emiko Kranz, PhD student in the School of Global Public Health, says yes.

https://bit.ly/EKranzAM

06/01/2026

On New York University Week: How does housing affect which older adults go into a nursing home?

Melissa Bergh, PhD student at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing, takes a look at three ways.

https://bit.ly/MBerghAM

Does this make anyone else feel nostalgic? 🥲🌸🎒📷 Photos by Jonathan King
05/31/2026

Does this make anyone else feel nostalgic? 🥲🌸🎒

📷 Photos by Jonathan King

Commencement 2026 on film 📸Special thanks to grads Jenny Cheng (SPS), Julz Liang (CAS), Joanna Abi Rizk (CAS) and Marcus...
05/27/2026

Commencement 2026 on film 📸

Special thanks to grads Jenny Cheng (SPS), Julz Liang (CAS), Joanna Abi Rizk (CAS) and Marcus Rouquet (Tandon) for capturing these special moments 💜

When you pull out the film camera at THE perfect moment 🎞️ 👏 📸 : Photo by Joanna Abi Rizk (CAS '26)
05/26/2026

When you pull out the film camera at THE perfect moment 🎞️ 👏

📸 : Photo by Joanna Abi Rizk (CAS '26)

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