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February 26, 2013
The New School Takes on Austin at SXSW
Every year, the biggest names in independent music, film, design, and start-up tech arrive in Austin, Texas for a week of speeches, meetings, collaborations, and breakfast tacos. From March 8 to 17, the capitol will host the South by Southwest Interactive conference, and this year The New Schoolâs cutting-edge blend of media, art, design, and theory will be on full display. âSouth by Southwest is unique in that it brings…
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March 18, 2021
South by Southwest Highlights Transdisciplinary, Innovative Alumni Work
âWhat Are NFTâs, Anyway? One Just Sold For $69 Millionâ stated a recent headline in The New York Times, which accompanied a story about ânonfungible tokensâ (NFTâs) and how one sold at a Christiesâ auction for $69 million. The story is one of many recent articles by the media to try and explain what, exactly, is going on with cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, the art world, and beyond. At this yearâs…
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July 1, 2020
Omer Ashano, Jazz ’18, Earns Semi-Final Spot in the Seifert Competition for Jazz Violin
The Seifert Competition is named after the brilliant Polish jazz violinist Zbigniew Seifert, who died before he was able to realize his full potential. The international competition, now in its 4th edition, recognizes performers who play with bowed instruments, and is one of the most acclaimed contests in the world. This year, Omer Ashano, Jazz â18, is a semi-finalist for the 10,000 Euro prize, which is normally awarded during a…
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August 30, 2018
From Healthy Materials to Fashion for People of All Abilities, Parsons Uses Design to Address Human Health Needs
Since its founding in 2015, the Healthy Materials Lab (HML) at The New Schoolâs Parsons School of Design has worked to put human health at the center of all design decisions by encouraging industries to reduce the use of toxic substances in building products. HML has partnered with a local the nonprofit group and architect in Minneapolis to build a new affordable housing complex, worked with the New York City…
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August 8, 2018
Maya Wiley Named to Apolitical’s Worldâs 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government in 2018 List
In her public lectures, media interviews, and op-eds, Maya Wiley often speaks out against the "technological chasm" â the starkly uneven level of access to digital technology afforded to people of across the socio-economic spectrum â impacting the country. She has spent her life and career fighting to narrow that divide. As counsel to the Mayor of New York City, Maya Wiley led an effort to provide free high-speed wireless to the…
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May 17, 2018
Maya Georgieva, Director of Digital Learning, Talks the Future of Learning at the European Union
As the Director of Digital Learning at The New School, Maya Georgieva leads innovation in the design of digital and immersive education. She joined the effort in the establishment of the XReality Center, a new research center created to advance the study and design of emerging technologies in the field of virtual, augmented, and mixed realities. Georgievaâs experience and expertise lead to the invitation to speak at a joint session of…
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October 6, 2017
Milano School Partners with Roosevelt Institute to Examine Digital Inequity in New Case Study
Each day, millions of Americans use the Internet to apply for jobs, sign up for health care, and register to vote. But many people â a whopping 55 million of them â lack this basic, but essential, convenience. That's because they don't have high-speed Internet at home. The problem, which is particularly acute in lower-income communities of color, creates a major barrier to full participation in our economic and political systems.…
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December 19, 2016
The New School 2016 Year in Review
In the wake of the U.S. presidential election, hundreds of New School community members took to Fifth Avenue to practice their right to organize and dissent. It was one of the many ways they showed their commitment to civic engagement in 2016. Learn about how The New School community took action â and other ways it made this a memorable year. Lost and Found: MLK Recording Standing before a packed house at the…
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June 16, 2015
Getting Girls Creating: Closing Techâs Gender Gap
Silicon Valley is a male-dominated world, with men holding most of the jobs, the highest salaries, and, with some notable exceptions (Yahoo CEO Melissa Mayer, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg), the most important positions. Many theories have been floated to explain the dearth of female representation in tech: stereotypes, gender bias, the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities. Industry leaders are employing a number of measures to…
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March 14, 2012
Design and TX-ology
Although temperatures on the East Coast are on the rise, several New Schoolers have already headed south for warmer weather: South by Southwest (SXSW), that is. Four MFA Design and Technology students from Parsons The New School for Design and a professor from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts are representing The New School in Austin, where they will present their work at the annual launching pad…
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