President of New York University, Andrew Hamilton, has issued an apologetic statement to students after controversy transpired at the school concerning their insensitive food choices for one of the dining halls menus for Black History Month. Last week, the dining hall served a menu based on racial stereotypes, which included …
Read More »Woman Becomes Ph.D Candidate at N.Y.U After Serving 20 Years in Prison for Murder
In 1996, Michelle Jones was charged with murder and neglect of her four-year-old son. While incarcerated in an Indiana prison for more than two decades, the NY Times reports that Jones became a published scholar of American history and used the prison library to further her education. During her sentence, …
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