Changes made for LaTeX.to to the Dissertate template (NYU version)

Template page: https://latex.to/templates/github/dissertate/
Repository:    https://github.com/suchow/Dissertate
Commit:        2e92853c603cc9c8f56598dea26c5a0bce0f440b
Author:        Jordan Suchow
License:       AGPL 3.0, see LICENSE

Changes from the original (a/) to this copy (b/):

--- a/Dissertate.cls
+++ b/Dissertate.cls
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+% Modified for the LaTeX.to template catalogue on 28 September 2026, not the original file. The changes are listed in changes.txt.
 % -------------------------------------------------------------------
 %  @LaTeX-class-file{
 %     filename        = "Dissertate.cls",
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
 \setmonofont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Source Code Pro}
 \RequirePackage[labelfont={bf,sf,footnotesize,singlespacing},
                 textfont={sf,footnotesize,singlespacing},
-                justification={justified,RaggedRight},
+                justification=RaggedRight,
                 singlelinecheck=false,
                 margin=0pt,
                 figurewithin=chapter,
@@ -179,3 +180,154 @@
 \def\pdTwoName#1{\gdef\@pdTwoName{#1}}
 \def\pdTwoSchool#1{\gdef\@pdTwoSchool{#1}}
 \def\pdTwoYear#1{\gdef\@pdTwoYear{#1}}
+% School name and location
+\university{New York University}
+\universitycity{New York}
+\universitystate{New York}
+
+% School color found from university's graphic identity site:
+% http://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/media-and-communications/styleguide.html
+\definecolor{SchoolColor}{rgb}{0.3412, 0.0235, 0.5490} % purple
+\definecolor{chaptergrey}{rgb}{0.2600, 0.0200, 0.4600} % dialed back a little
+\definecolor{midgrey}{rgb}{0.4, 0.4, 0.4}
+
+\hypersetup{
+    colorlinks,
+    citecolor=SchoolColor,
+    filecolor=black,
+    linkcolor=black,
+    urlcolor=SchoolColor,
+}
+
+% Formatting guidelines found in:
+% http://gsas.nyu.edu/docs/IO/4474/formattingguide.pdf
+
+\renewcommand{\frontmatter}{
+	\pagenumbering{roman}
+	\input{frontmatter/personalize}
+	\maketitle
+	\copyrightpage
+	\frontispiece
+	\dedicationpage
+	\acknowledgments
+	\preface
+	\abstractpage
+	\tableofcontents
+
+	% figure listing - required if you have any figures
+	\listoffigures
+	\phantomsection
+	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of figures}
+
+	% table listing - required if you have any tables
+	\listoftables
+	\phantomsection
+	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of tables}
+
+	% appendix listing - required only if you have two or more appendices
+	% \newpage
+	% \thispagestyle{empty}
+	% \phantomsection
+	% \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of appendices}
+	% \chapter*{List of appendices}
+	% \contentsline {chapter}{Appendix A}{\pageref{AppendixA}}{}
+
+	\newpage
+	\setcounter{page}{1}
+	\pagenumbering{arabic}
+}
+
+\renewcommand{\maketitle}{
+	\thispagestyle{empty}
+	\vspace*{\fill}
+	\vspace{100pt}
+	\begin{center}
+	\Huge \textcolor{midgrey}{\thetitle} \normalsize \\
+	\vspace{25pt}
+	by \\
+	\vspace{15pt}
+	\theauthor\\
+	\vspace{135pt}
+	\textsc{a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment\\
+	of the requirements for the degree of \\
+	\vspace{8pt}
+	\@degree \\
+	\@department \\
+	\@university \\
+	\vspace{10pt}
+	\@degreemonth, \@degreeyear}
+	\end{center}
+	\vspace*{\fill}
+}
+
+\newcommand{\copyrightpage}{
+	\newpage
+	\thispagestyle{empty}
+	\vspace*{25pt}
+	\begin{center}
+	\scshape \noindent \small \copyright \  \small  \theauthor \\
+	all rights reserved, \@degreeyear
+	\end{center}
+	\newpage
+	\rm
+}
+
+\newcommand{\frontispiece}{
+	\newpage
+	\thispagestyle{empty}
+	\vspace*{\fill}
+	\begin{center}
+    \includegraphics[width=45pt]{resources/NYUlogo.eps}
+	\end{center}
+	\vspace*{\fill}
+}
+
+\newcommand{\dedicationpage}{
+	\phantomsection
+	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Dedication}
+	\newpage
+	\setcounter{page}{4}
+	\vspace*{\fill}
+	\scshape \noindent \input{frontmatter/dedication}
+	\vspace*{\fill}
+	\newpage
+	\rm
+}
+
+\newcommand{\acknowledgments}{
+	\phantomsection
+	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgments}
+	\chapter*{Acknowledgments}
+	\noindent
+	\input{frontmatter/thanks}
+	\vspace*{\fill} \newpage
+}
+
+\newcommand{\preface}{
+	\phantomsection
+	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
+	\chapter*{Preface}
+	\input{frontmatter/preface}
+}
+
+\newcommand{\abstractpage}{
+	\phantomsection
+	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
+	\chapter*{Abstract}
+	\input{frontmatter/abstract}
+}
+
+
+\renewcommand{\backmatter}{
+    \begin{appendices}
+        \include{chapters/appendixA}
+    \end{appendices}
+    \input{endmatter/personalize}
+    \clearpage
+    \bibliography{references}
+    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
+    \bibliographystyle{apalike2}
+    \include{endmatter/colophon}
+}
+
+

--- a/endmatter/colophon.tex
+++ b/endmatter/colophon.tex
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 %!TEX root = ../dissertation.tex
+% Modified for the LaTeX.to template catalogue on 28 September 2026, not the original file. The changes are listed in changes.txt.
 \newpage
 
 % If you do want an image in the colophon:
-\begin{figure}
-  \vspace{20pt}
-  \centering
-  \hspace*{-32pt}
-  \includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth]{endmatter/colophon.png}
-\end{figure}
+% \begin{figure}
+%   \vspace{20pt}
+%   \centering
+%   \hspace*{-32pt}
+%   \includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth]{endmatter/colophon.png}
+% \end{figure}
 
 % If you don't want an image in the colophon:
-% \vspace*{200pt}
+\vspace*{200pt}
 
 \begin{center}
-\parbox{200pt}{\lettrine[lines=3,slope=-2pt,nindent=-4pt]{\textcolor{SchoolColor}{T}}{his thesis was typeset} using \LaTeX, originally developed by Leslie Lamport and based on Donald Knuth's \TeX. The body text is set in 11 point Egenolff-Berner Garamond, a revival of Claude Garamont's humanist typeface. The above illustration, \textit{Science Experiment 02}, was created by Ben Schlitter and released under \href{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/}{\textsc{cc by-nc-nd 3.0}}. A template that can be used to format a PhD dissertation with this look \textit{\&} feel has been released under the permissive \textsc{agpl} license, and can be found online at \href{https://github.com/suchow/Dissertate}{github.com/suchow/Dissertate} or from its lead author, Jordan Suchow, at \href{mailto:suchow@post.harvard.edu}{suchow@post.harvard.edu}.}
+\parbox{200pt}{\lettrine[lines=3,slope=-2pt,nindent=-4pt]{\textcolor{SchoolColor}{T}}{his thesis was typeset} using \LaTeX, originally developed by Leslie Lamport and based on Donald Knuth's \TeX. The body text is set in 11 point Egenolff-Berner Garamond, a revival of Claude Garamont's humanist typeface. A template that can be used to format a PhD dissertation with this look \textit{\&} feel has been released under the permissive \textsc{agpl} license, and can be found online at \href{https://github.com/suchow/Dissertate}{github.com/suchow/Dissertate} or from its lead author, Jordan Suchow, at \href{mailto:suchow@post.harvard.edu}{suchow@post.harvard.edu}.}
 \end{center}

Why each change was made, in the order of the diff:

- Dissertate.cls: the first line is added. The GNU Affero General Public
  License asks a changed work to say that it was changed and when, and the
  line points to the list of the changes, which is this file.
- Dissertate.cls: the caption package is loaded with justification=RaggedRight
  instead of justification={justified,RaggedRight}. Since 2020 the caption
  package takes one name there and stops the compile with "Undefined
  justification" on the pair. Older versions read the pair as a list whose
  last name won, so the captions are set ragged right as they always were.
- Dissertate.cls: the NYU style file, assets/schools/NYU/style.sty in the
  repository, is added at the end, unchanged. This is how the repository's own
  build script (scripts/build) makes the NYU template from the class that all
  schools share.
- endmatter/colophon.tex: the second line is added, for the same reason as the
  first line of Dissertate.cls.
- endmatter/colophon.tex: the figure is commented out. It shows the
  illustration Science Experiment 02 by Ben Schlitter, which the colophon
  gives as CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, a license for noncommercial use only, so
  colophon.png is not shipped here. To show a picture of your own, add it to
  the endmatter folder, name it in the \includegraphics line, remove the
  percent signs of the six lines and put one before \vspace*{200pt}.
- endmatter/colophon.tex: the \vspace*{200pt} line is enabled, the file's own
  alternative for a colophon without an image.
- endmatter/colophon.tex: the sentence that credits the illustration is
  removed, since the illustration is not shown.