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The official Twitter account of New York University—in and of the city; in and of the world. Managed by the Office of Public Affairs: https://t.co/ZSbBEceRf7
Joined April 2009
"I know it can be really overwhelming figuring out who to be, and when. Who you are now and how to act in order to get where you want to go. I have some good news: it’s totally up to you. I also have some terrifying news: it’s totally up to you." - @taylorswift13
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"1. You have a right to want things and to want things to change. 2. Wanting is not enough. To change things you have to take over. 3. You have to stop being afraid." .—Commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient @MarinSanna's three pieces of advice to #NYU2023
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For the first time since 2019, we'll be back at @yankeestadium on May 18 for TWO Commencement ceremonies to celebrate #NYU2020, #NYU2021, and #NYU2022. Thrilled to announce our honorary degree recipients, including speakers @taylorswift13 & @judithheumann:
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Tonight the @empirestatebldg glows violet in honor of our #NYU2022, #NYU2021, and #NYU2020 grads. We can't wait to celebrate with you tomorrow. 💜🎓
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.@MarinSanna—the youngest person, at the time of her appointment as Finland’s prime minister, ever to serve as a head of any government—receives a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, and will speak on behalf of all the honorees. #NYU2023
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Bravo to @NYUGallatin student Timothée Chalamet, star of the The Prodigal Son—directed by #NYU alum @JohnJpshanley:
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2/2: Other than acts of violence, NYU does not consider any form of school disciplinary action as part of our admissions process. Therefore we would not take account of school discipline in a circumstance of peaceful protest on a pressing matter of national debate.
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"There are not nearly enough women in leadership positions. Not nearly enough young people. Not enough people of different backgrounds in our democratic decision-making systems. The face of the power is not the same as the face of the people. And this has to change." —@MarinSanna.
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"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are. doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something." —Neil Gaiman
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Congrats to one of our newest grads! We knew you could do it. @girlsHBO @lenadunham #NYU
http://t.co/iZtTyCDdqx.
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"I’m hopeful that yet more people will feel empowered to embrace their disabled identity, and that everyone will finally realize that disability is difference - not deficiency." - @judithheumann
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CONGRATULATIONS to @RealChalamet (current @NYUGallatin student)— @filmindependent winner for his performance in @CMBYNFilm!
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THEY DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. NYU Women's Basketball WINS the Division III National Championship with a 51-41 victory over Smith!!! They finish the season with a picture perfect record of 31-0. And they have us all feeling some serious #VioletPride. 🏀
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President Hamilton argues for reversing the 1996 Dickey Amendment, which outlawed the use of federal CDC funds to advocate for or promote gun control. “With more thorough research on mass shootings, we could start answering some critical questions”:
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It was a big night for NYU at the #Oscars! 🤩💜🎉 . Congratulations to: .• Professor Spike Lee (Tisch '82), Best Adapted Screenplay.• Mahershala Ali (Tisch '00), Best Supporting Actor.• @ladygaga (@NYUTischSchool), Best Original Song. More #VioletPride:
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we never go out of style.
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In case you haven't checked weather in #NYC today, there's a 30% chance that it's already snowing. #FirstSnow ❄️
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In the midst of a graduation season unlike any other, we're proud and moved to see the @EmpireStateBldg lit violet and white tonight in honor of our resilient #NYU2020 grads. 💜
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NYU undergrad Bincheng Mao interviewed Canadian Prime Minister @AKimCampbell about gender equality, minority inclusion, and youth engagement in public service: #VioletPride.
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A very BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Mahershala Ali (Tisch MFA '00)—Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in Moonlight. #VioletPride
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“Taylor Swift is one of the leading creative music entrepreneurs of the 21st century,” said @CliveDavisInst chair @jasonkingsays of the subject of a recent course taught by @ohheybrittany. @WSJ sat in as Swifties sharpened their critical thinking skills:
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Today we mourn Aretha Franklin—“Queen of Soul,” winner of 18 Grammy Awards, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom—who received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree, honoris causa, from President John Sexton during NYU's 2014 Commencement ceremony.
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Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau will now speak on behalf of all the honorary degree recipients. #NYU2018
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NYU has received bomb threats for three locations: the Stern School of Business, Center for Neural Science, and Hebrew Union Collage (an independent institution). Police are responding. Buildings are being evacuated.
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1/2: A message to anyone concerned that their participation in gun violence protests might affect their candidacy for admission:.
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.@clarkgregg (@NYUTischSchool '86): "Avoid the sucking vortex of 'chasing work'—an often futile and soul deadening task for recent grads—by making, producing, and writing your own." Advice for #NYU2018:
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"Both on our own and in association with other universities, NYU will be reaching out to Federal officials urging them to revoke or modify this rule." A statement from President Andrew Hamilton on the new ICE policy regarding international students:
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Tonight the @EmpireStateBldg shines violet in honor of our #NYU2023 grads and we couldn't be prouder. 🤩💜🎓
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What a day at Yankee Stadium! To the graduates in the ’20, ’21, & ’22 classes, hats off to you! 💜 🎓
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It's beginning to look a lot like winter in Washington Square Park ❄️
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Today we mourn US Congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis, who received a Doctor of Human Letters degree, honoris causa, from President Andrew Hamilton during NYU's 2016 Commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium.
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.@NYULangone's @celinegounder, an @NYUGrossman professor, has been named to Joe Biden's 13-member COVID task force, which will brief the president-elect today:
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We 😍 campus in every season, but there's just something about spring—especially this year. 😭💐🌸
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.@JustinTrudeau and President Andy Hamilton are here—#NYU's 186th Commencement has officially begun! 🎓
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NYU grads—it’s all about you tonight! We’re turning the town violet & white in honor of @nyuniversity’s 2021 Commencement! #NYU2021 . 📷: keankburke/IG #ESBright
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As the sun sets over Grad Alley tomorrow night, be sure to look up 5th Ave. to see the @EmpireStateBldg lit in #NYU violet in honor of #NYU2019! 🎓💜✨. The Empire State Building image ® is a registered trademark of ESRT Empire State Building, L.L.C. and is used with permission.
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.@questlove at #NYU's @CliveDavisInst teaching a class on the GENIUS OF PRINCE! http://t.co/kHk0EDQCxw.
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The most beautiful night of the year. ✨💜 @empirestatebldg glows violet for you, #NYU2024! 🤩🎓. 📷 Photo by Jonathan King
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The fountain is on! It's surest sign that summer's around the corner. Welcome back, old friend! ⛲
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NYU has sent offers of admissions to the Class of 2027. From nearly 120,000 applicants, 8% received offers to attend NYU's New York campus—a record. The class includes 19% of students who identify as first in their families to attend college and 20% who are Pell Grant recipients.
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Pres. Hamilton joined #NYU students, faculty, & administrators for today's @ScienceMarchDC to champion rigorous, evidence-based research.
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This is the view from Kimmel right now, thanks to wildfires in Canada that have led to smoky, hazy conditions and an air quality alert in NYC. It's a good day to stay indoors! (NYUers: check your email for a message from Dr. Carlo Ciotoli, Vice President for Campus Health.)
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NYU has moved into the Top 25—its highest ranking ever!—on the 2022-2023 US News and World Report National Universities rankings. #VioletPride 💜
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The lights of the @EmpireStateBldg will glow violet tonight, May 16—the night before our all-University Commencement at @yankeestadium with speaker @MarinSanna—to salute our #NYU2023 class. Catch them via webcam beginning at dusk and through 2 a.m. 🤩:
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An important update on new coronavirus-related measures: For NYU in NYC, from 3/11-13, classes will move to remote instruction, and will continue that way for 3/23-27 (after spring break).
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The NYU community mourns the death of Judith Heumann, human and disabled rights activist, recipient of an honorary doctorate from NYU in 2022, and admired commencement speaker for the classes of 2020 and 2021. She set an example for us all, and she will be missed.
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“This is for anyone who has the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves and to hold on to the goodness in each other no matter how difficult it is to do that.” —Chloé Zhao (@NYUTischSchool) in her #Oscars acceptance speech for Best Director, @nomadlandfilm
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Congrats on your acceptance to @NYUTischSchool @LaurieHernandez. We can't wait to see you on campus next Fall 💜 . #NYU2026 .
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This is the moment, #NYU2019—you're now officially @NYUAlumni! 💜 Love that sea of violet. 🤩⚾️
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NYU! 🎂 Albert Gallatin founded #NYU on this day in 1831. He said: "My wish was to devote what may remain of life to the establishment, in this immense and fast-growing city, of a general system of rational & practical education fitted for all &. opened to all."
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Congratulations—and welcome—to the brand new members of #NYU2021 receiving their Early Decision I acceptances today!
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"The goal is to allow aspiring physicians 'from all walks of life' pursue their passion with less stress, according to Dr. Robert Grossman, dean of @nyuschoolofmed and CEO of @nyulangone"
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Congratulations to all those receiving #NYU2021 acceptances today! From where we sit, your future's looking pretty bright. 😎💜👏
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The legendary #RickRubin was interviewed today in his old dorm room (birthplace of @DefJamRecords) for @RollingStone
http://t.co/h5CSa6wKPD.
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We have accounted for all #NYU Paris students, and are glad to report they are safe and sound.
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.@JustinTrudeau challenged graduates to summon the courage to be vulnerable to different points of view: "Do you want to win an argument, or do you want to change the world?" #NYU2018
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Last week, the first graduates of the @NYUPrisonEd Program received their A.A. Degrees in Liberal Studies.
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Jelena Kovačević—head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University—has been named dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is the first woman to hold the position in the 164 year history of the school.
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It's heeeeeeere! ❄️❄️❄️ We'll never not be excited for the first snowfall of the season. 💜
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Happy new year, NYU! Here's hoping for a very bright 2022.
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Winter in NYC can be bleak at times, but then there are also magical nights like these. ✨💜❄️
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Cheering on Childish Gambino (@donaldglover, @NYUTischSchool '06) for his big wins tonight at the #Grammys! He won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Music Video, and Best Rap/Sung Performance for #ThisIsAmerica. #VioletPride 💜.
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Congratulations to the brand new members of #NYU2024 who are receiving Early Decision I acceptances today! 🎉 Welcome home. 💜
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Three campuses, three cities glowing violet in honor of our 2019 grads. 💜 From left: Empire State Building (NYC), ADNOC Headquarters (Abu Dhabi), Pearl Tower (Shanghai). #TBT
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Don't forget to look uptown tonight to see the Empire State Building lit in NYU violet! #NYUgrad2014
http://t.co/deELpcaMsm.
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In a message to the NYU community, President Andrew Hamilton called the events of Jan. 6 in Washington "the worst desecration of American democracy perhaps any of us have known" and a "heartbreaking, damaging, and disgraceful ordeal." Full statement:
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We couldn’t resist closing out this Commencement week with a shot of the @empirestatebldg’s special salute to our grads. 🎓 Remember this moment #NYU2022, #NYU2021, and #NYU2020. 💜
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Today, President Hamilton announced NYU's Hurricane Maria Assistance Program, which will allow—free of charge—qualified undergrads currently enrolled in accredited Puerto Rican colleges & universities to spend the Spring 2018 semester at NYU’s NYC campus:
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It’s happening—Yankee Stadium is turning Violet as the 2022 graduates fill the bleachers awaiting the start of this year’s commencement! 💜 🎉 🎓
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The @EmpireStateBldg will glow violet and white in honor of #NYU2020 on Tues., May 19, from 9-11 p.m. 🎓💜 See it via webcam: The Empire State Building image ® is a registered trademark of ESRT Empire State Building, L.L.C. and is used with permission.
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