The Rundown | March 9

All new Rundown with Grace Wanebo! Ruby Naylor sat down with Joshua Tucker, director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Heres what he had to say about the state of Russia’s media and what NYU is doing during this crisis. Finley Muratova is a student-journalist and a Russian Ukrainian senior at NYU. Their father, Dmitri Muratov, won the Nobel peace prize for his work as editor-in-chief of Russia's Novaya Gazeta. This week, Finley wrote an open letter to NYU's president, Andy Hamilton, asking for his support in aiding students affected by the war in Ukraine. Grace Wanebo has the story.  Last Friday, experts from Columbia University and NYU sat down together and talked about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  Kristen Wen has the story.  NYU has brought back Swipe it Forward. It's a food donation program that allows any student to ask for a free meal at campus dining halls. Here's the story with Selina Xue.