Parsons Benefit: Socially Engaged Designs Hit The Runway
To witness the future of the fashion industry, look no further than Parsons School of Design. There, students such as Annie Li, BFA Fashion Design ’16, are making runway-worthy strides: The...
View ArticleCOPA Makes Hearts Flutter with The Birds (Un)Silent Film Feature
In a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, Melanie Daniels, the lead character in the 1963 scare classic, hears the sound of fluttering wings emanating from the top floor of the house where she and...
View ArticleFormer Jazz Student Adam Wakefield Wins Runner-Up Spot on The Voice
If you’ve been watching the current season of The Voice, you may have taken notice of a long-haired, bearded country crooner whose soulful renditions of such hits as “Bring It on Home to Me” and...
View ArticleWith Brio, Beer, and a Small Budget, Jazz Alums Bring Opera Back Down to Earth
Inside a sprawling warehouse in the industrial wilderness of Bushwick, Brooklyn, a crowd of chicly dressed middle-agers and denim-clad 20-somethings sipped wine and beer from red Solo cups. Drake and...
View ArticleShow Your #NewSchoolSpirit with Impact Conscious Swag from The New Store
Tucked away in the University Center, you’ll find a tiny space that has been on the wish list of students, faculty and staff for years. Rumor is, it was worth the wait. At long last, The New School has...
View ArticleOn Move-In Day, Students Savor Their New Digs
Last week, students, with their parents in tow, pushed huge rolling carts and pulled suitcases stuffed with possessions into university buildings throughout The New School’s Greenwich Village campus....
View ArticleNew Kids On The Block: Get Involved, Make Friends, Eat Free Food
What does social justice mean to you? New School students had plenty to say at last year’s block party, jotting down their answers on an enormous sheet of paper at the table for The Antithesis, a...
View ArticleAfter 30 Years, Martin Mueller, Dean of the School of Jazz, Retires
Can jazz be taught? The answer might seem obvious—after all, schools around the world teach it. But for Martin Mueller, dean of the School of Jazz, the answer is rooted as much in culture and history...
View ArticleNew School Alums Take Over Brooklyn Magazine’s ’30 Under 30′
From launching an underground opera company, to advocating for the environment and human rights, to making reading “cool” again through a social media movement, New School alums are experiencing...
View ArticleThrough Jazz Gig Office, Students Gain Experience as Working Musicians
Four years ago, as a first-year student in the School of Jazz, Zofia Warpeha found herself on the roof of a hotel in Times Square, her violin in hand. Standing before a couple, she performed improvised...
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