Since The New School for Public Engagement launched its nationally recognized Food Studies department five years ago, hundreds of students have learned that there’s more to a meal than meets the eye (or the mouth, as the case may be). Food Studies luminaries like department coordinator and professor Fabio Parasecoli, food historian Andy Smith, and [...]
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Although the term “tree hugger” first appeared in 1965, environmentalists—particularly those with arboreal leanings—have been around for centuries. Just ask New School art historian and Parsons associate professor Laura Auricchio. Trees of the 18th century are her latest academic focus—and the topic of this week’s Research Radio podcast, “Tree Hugger.” Click on the player above to [...]
Following on the heels of the Newschool.edu redesign of December, the university launches its latest in a series of refreshed and refurbished updates—a new and mobile-friendly look for the New School for Public Engagement website. Displaying a similar bold style and intuitive navigation as the main university homepage, the divisional site continues taking contemporary to [...]
On October 14, 2012, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series celebrated its 15th anniversary as one of the leading showcases dedicated to supporting women of color filmmakers. At this event, The New School’s media studies faculty member and School of Undergraduate Studies Associate Director, Michelle Materre, was awarded the Pioneer Award for [...]
A lengthy application process typically precedes the win of any award or grant. It is rare, then, to receive an award without so much as submitting a name. But attach the word “genius” to the recognition, and a phone call from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation—well, you know where we’re going with [...]
Call Leigh Stein a triple threat. On the heels of her novel The Fallback Plan (Melville House), the graduate of the Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy smoothly shifts from prose to poetry with her new verse collection, Dispatches from the Future. On top of that, she gives a good interview—check out her hilarious (and [...]
