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Introducing the 2025-26 Editorial Staff

The 2025-26 Editorial Staff and Editorial Board for the next academic year was finalized on May 13 after applications, interviews and careful consideration...

Science without diversity? The consequences of defunding equity programs

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) was shocked to learn on April 2 that the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...

Overfishing is draining life from our oceans

President Donald Trump issued an executive order opening the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (PIHMNM) to commercial fishing on April 17. PIHMNM...

The matcha shortage is a cultural wake-up call

A matcha shortage has been brewing up over the past few months, sparked by the growing trend of matcha consumption in recent years....

How the USC MIND challenge lost the plot

A once-viral trend has returned to Instagram and TikTok with users dumping buckets of ice water over their heads to support mental health....

New University’s AI policy

In the interest of full transparency, the New University editorial board deleted two weekly recap videos from our Instagram and Facebook on May...

Counternarcotics versus ‘China White’

The United States’ deadly opioid epidemic has evolved as more insidious opioid subclasses have tightened their chokehold on illegal drug markets. Among the...

The predatory nature behind property ownership

The right to adequate housing was affirmed in Article 25 of the United Nations’ 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. California’s Tenant Protection...

False leisure in the age of hustle 

Without an investment and return, true leisure is useless in a capitalist mode of production. Most Americans unknowingly monitor their own relaxation time...

The undervalued humanities

Often dismissed as soft or easy, the academic pursuits associated with humanities are deeply undervalued in today’s world. As the number of students...

New University elects an additional managing editor

After careful consideration by the 2025-26 New University executive team, applications were reopened for an additional managing editor to join Kaelyn Kwon and...

American history: When mythology becomes gospel

Outside the County Administration Building in Dallas, tourists dodge in and out of traffic on Elm Street to get a photo with the...

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