When the academic year officially ends on May 17, the growing season will be at its height. That’s why the Corbin Hill Farm CSA (community-supported agriculture organization) is offering membership to New School students right through the summer. But The New School is far more than a drop-off point for the kale, apples, eggs, and [...]
A Project Bears Fruit: The Corbin Hill Farm CSA Comes to The New School
Posted on May 14th, 2012 in Alumni, Featured, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, The New School, The New School for Public Engagement
Celebrating Ten Years of Student Leadership
Posted on May 8th, 2012 in Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, Parsons The New School for Design, Student Services, The New School for Public Engagement, The New School for Social Research
On Thursday, April 26, a lively room of students and staff came together to celebrate excellence in student programming, leadership, and community building throughout The New School. Hosted by the Office of Student Development and Activities, the tenth annual Student Leadership Awards Banquet presented twenty awards in thirteen different categories, including Outstanding Student Leader of [...]
Friends in DEED: Students Travel to Colombia for Development through Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and Design Project
Posted on May 8th, 2012 in Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, Parsons The New School for Design, The New School for Public Engagement
On May 31, a team of New School students will travel to the city of Manizales in Colombia’s coffee region as part of DEED (Development through Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and Design), a research project designed to support artisan-owned small businesses in the developing world. Led by Cynthia Lawson, assistant professor of Integrated Design at Parsons, and [...]
Games, Apps, Films and Maps: New Challenge Winners Announced
Posted on May 2nd, 2012 in International Affairs, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, Parsons The New School for Design, The New School, The New School for Public Engagement
When The New School announced its first-ever New Challenge, a social entrepreneurship contest offering winners up to $10,000 in funding, the response on campus was huge. The New Challenge, part of The New School’s Social Innovation Initiative, received more than 60 student submissions from across the university’s divisions, with projects ranging from films to apps [...]
The Anatomy of Campaign Finance: Money’s powerful influence on US politics and policy
Posted on April 20th, 2012 in Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, The New School for Public Engagement
The power of campaign donations to shape political decisions is front and center in the 2012 presidential election. Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that allowed corporations, mega- donors and unions to invest vast resources in candidates’ campaigns, has been called an undemocratic giveaway to social and economic elites. Does their growing electoral power undermine [...]
Students from Across Divisions Rise to The New Challenge
Posted on April 10th, 2012 in Alumni, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Mannes College The New School for Music, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, Parsons The New School for Design, Student Services, The New School, The New School for Drama, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, The New School for Public Engagement, The New School for Social Research
As the semester progresses, the first-ever New Challenge continues—and the competition is heating up: the judging panel has selected 16 semi-finalists from the more than 60 submissions received earlier this year. Open to students across all divisions and disciplines, the New Challenge will award funding to social entrepreneurship ideas that innovatively address civic issues on [...]
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