[7] Famed American artist Edward Hopper lived and painted on the fourth floor of 3 Washington Square North from 1913-1967.

[11] In 2003, the school launched a Division of Lifelong Learning and Professional Development, to coordinate continuing education programs.

[18] In Fall 2023, NYU Silver launched a School Social Work Training Academy for MSW students.

[21] In 2006, the school launched the Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which encompasses a range of initiatives designed to develop and mentor palliative and end-of-life care (PELC) social work leaders at all stages of their careers.

It is named after the social worker most closely associated with the modern-day palliative care movement, Zelda Foster,[22] who taught in the school's Post-Masters Certificate Program in PELC from its inception in until months before her death in July 2006.

The school's educational, extracurricular, and social hub is housed in three historic townhouses bordering Washington Square Park.

Deborah K. Padgett, social work professor known for her expertise in homelessness, mental health services and qualitative and mixed methods research, on NYU Silver’s faculty since 1988.