Liberal Studies
Who is the current Dean of Liberal Studies?
Interim Dean Bruce Grant
Which class year has the most current SLs: sophomore, junior, or senior?
Junior year (15 SLs)
What year was NYU founded?
1831
What are the five boroughs of NYC?
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island
What is the highest grossing film of 2026 so far?
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Liberal Studies FYG program offers students the chance to complete their first year at which 4 global sites?
NYU London, NYU Madrid, NYU DC, and NYU Florence
Name three SLs who did their first year in Florence.
Maria, Rebecca, Sofia C., Kizzy, Daniel, Mira, Jerry
Who was the commencement speaker for NYU’s Class of 2022?
Taylor Swift
What does Tribeca stand for?
Triangle below Canal Street
What famous work by Plato contains the Allegory of the Cave?
The Republic
What year was Liberal Studies founded?
1972 (plus or minus 2 years)
How many current LSSLs did their First Year Global?
15
How many undergraduate NYU schools and colleges are there?
11 (CAS, Stern, Tisch, Tandon, Steinhardt, Silver, Rory Meyers, Gallatin, SPS, GPH, Liberal Studies)
What was the original Dutch name for New York City?
New Amsterdam
Which nation did Spain defeat in the World Cup Final to win the championship?
Argentina
In what year did LS award its first Global Liberal Studies bachelor’s degrees?
2012
Name four current Student Leaders in GLS.
John, Rosa, Abbey, Jerry, Karl, Maribel, Stacks, Rebecca
What is the NYU logo and what is it inspired by?
A torch, inspired by the Statue of Liberty
When was the Knicks’ last championship before 2026?
1973 (±2)
Who holds the record for longest concert residency at Madison Square Garden?
Billy Joel
GLS offers 7 concentrations for students to choose from, name 4 of them.
Any four of the following: [Economy and Society], [Law, Ethics, History, and Religion], [Politics, Rights, and Development], [Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and Health], [Cultural and Social Identities], [Critical Creative Production], [Art, Text, Media]
How many years has Irene been in charge of the SL program?
4 years
How many buildings do the NYU New York City campuses include?
171 (plus or minus 10)
Name the three most recent NYC Mayors (2014-now).
Zohran Mamdani, Eric Adams, Bill De Blasio
What is considered the oldest surviving piece of literature in the world?
The Epic of Gilgamesh