This year, the holidays of Purim and Shabbat overlapped on the weekend in between midterm exams at NYU. Over 2000 students and faculty members took a break to attend festivities across the school this weekend including several Purim parties hosted by Hillel, Chabad and the AEPi fraternity.
The kick off for the weekend was the annual S2K - Shabbat for 2000. Darren Levy of the Washington Square News reports:

Friday night, the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life hosted “Shabbat for 2000,” or “S2K,” at the Puck Building. A committee of more than 100 students planned the event - the largest student-run Jewish event in the United States - which offered a free dinner to anyone who wanted to see what Shabbat is all about.
“‘Shabbat for 2000′ is the time when the entire NYU community - students, alumni, parents, faculty and friends - come together to celebrate Jewish life at the university,” said Cindy Greenberg, executive director of the Bronfman Center.
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“It’s a collaboration of the Bronfman Center, Hillel and more than a dozen other student groups,” Greenberg said. “This year more than 50 parents, alumni and friends of NYU made donations to support S2K.”
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Tisch freshman Meg White, who was a volunteer at the event, said she wanted to participate even though she is not Jewish.
“Since I’m not Jewish, I wanted to experience a Jewish event because a lot of my friends are Jewish,” she said.
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Sam Krentzman, Bronfman Center special projects coordinator, said the event was everything he expected.
“It looked like it was full of fun, happiness and community, and I think those were the things we were looking for, as well as a great Jewish experience,” he said.