On Thursday, April 26, the New School community packed the Theresa Lang Student and Community Center to celebrate excellence in student programming, leadership, and community-building on campus. Sponsored by the Office of Student Development and Activities, the eleventh annual Student Leadership Awards banquet presented 14 awards to the best and brightest examples of leadership at [...]
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For most of her academic career, Alexandra Délano has studied migration. It may be a broad subject, but with the increasing ease of mobility—and the political and cultural repercussions attached to it—a crucial one. Her focus just recently paid off. The assistant professor of global studies at The New School for Social Research was awarded [...]
Dust off your bike and strap on your hemp sandals; spring has sprung—and with that comes Earth Day! There’s been a lot of progress in the 43 years since the inaugural celebration sparked the modern day environmental movement. Initiatives for cleaner air, limiting of practices that cause environmental degradation, and a greater public awareness has [...]
Mary Jo White is known for being tough. She has prosecuted accused mobsters, terrorists, and even Donald Trump. Last week, the Senate confirmed the former US Attorney and New School for Social Research alumna as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Upon nominating her in January, President Obama commented, “You don’t want [...]
Daniel Casasanto may be a long way from the operatic stage where he used to perform, but he still has quite an audience in his new profession. Now an assistant professor of psychology at The New School for Social Research, Casasanto was recently awarded the 2013 Janet Taylor Spence Award from the Association for Psychological [...]
New School professor Aristide R. Zolberg, one of the world’s leading voices on the politics, history, and ethics of immigration, has died at the age of 81. Zolberg served as Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of Politics and University in Exile Professor Emeritus at The New School for Social Research. A distinguished political scientist and a [...]
