After a lot of back-and-forth and confusion, it looks like blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng will be allowed to leave China—if you believe the Chinese government, that is. Earlier today, the State Department said, "The Chinese Government stated today that Mr. Chen Guangcheng has the same right to travel abroad as any other citizen of China. Mr. Chen has been offered a fellowship from an American university, where he can be accompanied by his wife and two children." more ›

Earlier today, Vice President Joe Biden spoke at NYU Law School, to ramp up Obama/Biden 2012 and to attack Romeny/Someone 2012. Of course, all that anyone remembers is how Biden recalled the Theodore Roosevelt line, "speak softly, and carry a big stick," by saying, "I promise you, the President has a big stick. I promise you." more ›

At noon today a small but committed group of NYU students were joined by Gilbert Baker, the designer of the rainbow flag which has come to symbolize LGBT culture and equality, for a protest against chicken corporation Chick-Fil-A. Organized by student Hillary Dworkoski, protesters—some dressed as chickens—marched in front of the university carrying signs saying "Eat more equality," and "Don't feed us hate." more ›

NYU's got its famous commencement speaker: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The Bronx native was appointed to the highest court in the land back in 2009 and she's a pretty good follow-up to last year's NYU commencement speaker, Bill Clinton, especially since she used to teach at NYU Law School. more ›

Last week, as NYU students protested against the only Chick-fil-A in New York State, the NYU Student Senators Council released a statement announcing that the controversial yet popular chain would not be asked to leave the university's campus. The SSC explained, "There is a fundamental difference between personal boycott and institutional prohibition. To ban any entity from campus for ideological reasons is, in most every case, to limit freedom of expression." But the Council's decision was not unanimous, and today NYU Local reports there will be another demonstration this week to increase pressure on the Council. more ›

New York University students gathered en masse this afternoon in front of Weinstein Residence Hall on University Place to protest Chick-fil-A's donations to anti-gay organizations. A petition authored by freshman Hillary Dworkoski has already collected nearly 11,000 signatures in support of the restaurants removal from campus. more ›

The controversy over massive homophobic donations by Chick-Fil-A's charitable arm returns! Though the NYU Student Senators Council doesn't seem too worried about the chicken chain's extra-curricular cash expenditures, at least some students do. And they've gone and made an internet petition. That'll teach 'em! more ›

In November, Marc Jacobs was featured in a South Park episode as shirtless action figure "Muscle Man Marc," so it's only fair that Jacobs repay the tribute and feature a nude Eric Cartman on a t-shirt created to benefit The Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative Group at New York University. more ›

And NYU inches a step closer in its plans for world domination more space in the city. While the school is pushing its new First Avenue health corridor and is reportedly the top contender for Cornell's sloppy seconds in the city's High Tech Campus sweepstakes it happily announced yesterday that the Department of City Planning has certified its push to rebuild its Washington Square South superblocks. But don't think they are trying to pull a fast one on you! more ›

Yesterday news got out that a former NYU professor, José Angel Santana, had filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming he was fired after giving super famous student James Franco a "D" in his class. Does James Franco get special treatment in life because he appears in movies with adorable little primates and because he can probably hypnotize people with that smile? Yes, that's all true. But NYU is insinuating that Santana's time up at the school had nothing to do with him not treating the actor to the grades he's entitled to. more ›

Former NYU professor José Angel Santana (also pictured) claims he was fired from the university after giving super famous actor, professional student, and fellow NYU professor James Franco a "D" in his “Directing the Actor II” class. The low grade came after Franco missed 12 of the 14 classes while filming 127 Hours. Santana wants his job back, and has now filed a lawsuit against NYU in Manhattan Supreme Court. more ›

Some of our fondest moments at University occurred while we were reading College Magazine. What? You've never heard of it? Dude, they taught us that girls totally don't like unshaven faces (except when they do?) and that guys should just put themselves "out there," and that wouldn't it be cool if girls emitted a pheromone that told us they wanted to do it? Now, their exhaustive list of the most Hipster Campuses is out, and congratulations NYU, FIT, and Parsons! Better luck next year, West Point. more ›

The city's one and only Chick-Fil-A, housed in a student cafeteria in an NYU dorm, isn't going anywhere, despite the chain's anti-gay and anti-artist sentiments. So...hooray for anyone craving a "soggy, stale, bland" sandwich with a side of conservative morality! more ›

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly paid a visit today to the SIPA class that David Dinkins currently teaches at Columbia University, and Bwog reports that Kelly was thoroughly heckled (by an NYU saboteur!). But don't worry, the Commish thinks those protesters are just adorable. more ›

Zuccotti Park has already seen a proposal, but today a couple who met six weeks ago at the Occupy Wall Street protests got married in a traditional Muslim ceremony officiated by a NYU chaplain. 24-year-old Emery Abdel-Latif and 19-year old Micha Balon were wed at around 11 a.m. "Neither of us believed in love before we came here, and now that we found each other, we believe it exists," Abdel-Latif tells the Daily News. more ›

The former dean of NYU's Schack Institute of Real Estate, and Forest City Ratner's ex-point man on the Atlantic Yards project, has abruptly resigned his unpaid post as the head of the city's Public Design Commission. Sources tell the Post that 57-year-old James Stuckey, who claims he left NYU a few weeks ago for "health reasons," allegedly quit because of repeated sexual harassment claims. "All I can say is I left for health reasons and there's really nothing to say," Stuckey told the Post. Is "hot blooded" a health condition? more ›

Dakota Fanning has enrolled at New York University, but the Class of 2015 co-ed has no interest in on-campus housing. The 17-year-old starlet has moved into a two-bedroom apartment in Nolita on the corner of Lafayette and Spring Streets. more ›

Are you a rapidly-balding, wealthy male looking for a somewhat-legal aged young lady to dote on in exchange for "mutually beneficial" sexual favors? Then why are you reading this?! You should already be on Seeking Arrangement, the site that proudly strips down relationships into the monetary transactions they truly are at their core. Ah, how sweet it is that people keep finding new and wonderful ways to dress up the world's oldest profession in better-sounding clothing. more ›

A pediatric nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center is suing the school because she says her medical records were not kept private. But it seems that things were even more awkward than that for pediatric nurse Kristen Haight—who was allegedly better known to the doctors and secretaries of the medical center as the "41-year-old virgin." more ›