Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 7, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Spring Semester 2027
Campus language
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Showing 12 of 12 terms
A
- AMSA
- The campus chapter of the American Medical Student Association.
G
- Grasslands
- The primary on-campus student housing complex, consisting of Grasslands I and II.
- Grasslands II
- A specific phase of the on-campus student housing complex.
- GSBMS
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
S
- SHSP
- School of Health Sciences and Practice.
- SOM
- School of Medicine, the largest academic division at the college.
T
- TCDM
- Touro College of Dental Medicine, located on the same campus.
- The BSB
- Common student shorthand for the Basic Sciences Building.
- The Caf
- The main dining hall located within the Basic Sciences Building (BSB).
- The MEC
- Common student shorthand for the Medical Education Center.
V
- Valhalla
- Shorthand for the campus location and the overall student experience at NYMC.
- Vosburgh
- A building that formerly served as a temporary dormitory and now houses academic offices.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Alumni House
- A campus facility used for meetings, events, and alumni relations.
- BSB
- Basic Sciences Building, which houses research laboratories, the library, and the cafeteria.
- doc_s_caf
- Doc's Café
- Inclement Weather Parking
- Specific parking protocols (Area B and Area C) activated during snow removal to ensure campus access.
- MEC
- Medical Education Center, the primary facility for teaching and medical student research.
- MEC Roadway
- A strictly enforced no-parking zone surrounding the Medical Education Center.
- Munger Pavilion
- An academic and clinical building on the Valhalla campus.
- Old Farm Road
- The road between Sunshine Cottage and Vosburgh where parking is prohibited to maintain emergency access.
- Skyline Building
- A building on the campus perimeter housing various administrative and academic offices.
- skyline_caf_vending
- Skyline Café (Vending)
- starbucks_kosher
- Starbucks (Kosher)
- Sunshine Cottage
- The historic administrative building that serves as a central landmark on campus.
- TouroOne
- The unified online portal used by students for registration, grades, and financial services.
- Vosburgh Pavilion
- A building housing the School of Health Sciences and Practice.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Aug 7, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 12 approved campus terms and 14 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.