New York University students hold phone-free social event
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 6
New York University students hold phone-free social event
10 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 6
More than 200 students in New York gathered around a table stretching nearly a city block, handing in phones in cloth bags before the evening began.
Despite cold weather, attendees wrapped in blankets and used handwarmers as they talked with strangers, laughed and traded stories face to face.
The event reflects a wider push by college leaders and students to create phone-free spaces that encourage in-person connection and counter technology's harmful effects on socialising.
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