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Welcome to The New School News—your indispensable source for updates, events, and in-depth features on students and faculty. Replacing the Weekly Observer, this blog will give you the inside track on the latest and most vital news from across the university, in text, pictures, and video. From public programs to faculty profiles, from exhibitions to new research, if it's at The New School, it's in the News.


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comes to you in two ways. Every two weeks, you will receive an e-mail from Communications and External Affairs highlighting features from the blog. And, to stay even more up-to-the-minute, check in for regular updates here.

The New School welcomes new president David Van Zandt

Photo by Matthew Sussman

our next President:
David E.
Van Zandt

David E. Van Zandt is no stranger to the New York region. Born in Princeton, he grew up in Central New Jersey and attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School before returning to Princeton for his BA in Sociology. But the ardent Yankee fan, who was just named The New School’s eighth president, did not always have a positive association with the city.

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Parsons Architecture and GPIA students team up in Uganda

Parsons Architecture and GPIA Students Team Up in Uganda

This fall, New School students are returning to Union Square from across the country and across the globe. Among those who will have traveled the farthest are a team of nine GPIA development students and five architecture students from the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons, who spent two months in Jinja and Mbale, two towns in Uganda.

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FABIO PARASECOLI SERVES UP UNDERGRADUATE FOOD STUDIES AT NSGS

"Food is an ideal entry point to explore race, gender, class, and society." Perhaps that's why the field of food studies is expanding so quickly, with new departments emerging in universities across the United States and internationally. The New School sits at the forefront of this movement, with an undergraduate Food Studies program led by Fabio Parasecoli launching this fall.

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