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The New School
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World-Changing Since 1919
A legendary progressive university based in New York and active around the world, The New School prepares and inspires its undergraduate and graduate students to foster positive change through socially engaged study of design and social sciences, liberal arts, management and public policy, and the arts and media.
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Asking Bold Questions
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The Forefront of Social Research
For his book Every Twelve Seconds, Assistant Professor of Politics Tim Pachirat worked undercover in a factory slaughterhouse to learn first-hand about the politics, economics, and sociology of industrialized violence.
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DESIGN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Leveraging Design Thinking and Social Research to Solve “Wicked” Problems
Jamer Hunt, director of the MFA Transdisciplinary Design program and a designer with a doctorate in anthropology, brings together design students and social science experts to address pressing challenges such as climate change and global migration.
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Parsons Paris
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Study Art and Design in the City of Lights
Next fall, Parsons will open a new academic campus in the heart of Paris. Students will be able to explore a range of fields, guided by a faculty of designers, artists, and scholars from across Europe. Undergraduate and graduate programs include Fashion Design, Design and Management, and History of Decorative Arts and Design.
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Building Green Cities
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Environmental Scientist Brings the Classroom to the City’s Parks
Assistant professor of ecology Timon McPhearson and his student research team are collaborating with PlaNYC’s Million Trees program to make a greener city.
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New School Milestones
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1934
The New School offered one of the first college courses on photography, taught by leading social realist Berenice Abbott.
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Open for Discussion
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The New School’s International Student Body and Small Classes Top U.S. News & World Report List
U.S. News & World Report has once again recognized The New School as the U.S. college with the highest percentage of international undergraduates and the highest proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students.
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Empowering Communities
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Parsons and Milano School Students Team Up for Solar Decathlon
Combining financial know-how with design research, a multidisciplinary team of students and faculty designed Washington, D.C.'s most energy-efficient house. Conceived as an entry in the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, Empowerhouse adheres to Passive House standards, drawing no energy from the grid and generating as much power as it consumes. The house now home to two Habitat for Humanity families.
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Global
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Lang offers freshmen a gap year, for credit
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts has partnered with the gap-year organization Global Citizen Year to offer incoming freshman a transformative opportunity. Students spend their freshman year participating in Global Citizen Year's intensive ten-month service learning and leadership program.
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Playing for Change
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Parsons Professor Colleen Macklin designs games for good
As director of PETLab, Parsons' game design lab, associate professor Colleen Macklin is at the forefront of public-interest gaming. She has worked with the White House and organizations like the Red Cross, helping design educational games exploring diverse topics such as malaria prevention, emergency evacuation, and the federal deficit.
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Emerging Talent
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America's Next Top Maestro
Exemplifying the professional-level experiences at the core of The New School's performing arts programs, the Mannes Orchestra has teamed up with the Buffalo Philharmonic to put student conductors in the middle of the action at the renowned upstate orchestra.
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Innovating By Design
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Transdisciplinary Design Alumni Win Fast Company Competition
Howard Chambers and Bland Hoke, 2012 graduates of the MFA Transdisciplinary Design program at Parsons The New School for Design, won Fast Company’s Innovation by Design competition for their thesis project, Softwalks. Softwalks turns construction scaffolding into an urban oasis.
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managing in a new context
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Business, Management, and Marketing Careers for a Changing World
Focusing on a range of fields—from fashion to social entrepreneurship to community finance—The New School's many programs in business, management, and marketing offer students real-world collaborations and career preparation, taking them from the classroom to the streets.
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Rethinking Policy
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New Solutions for America’s Retirement Crisis
Teresa Ghilarducci, an economist at The New School for Social Research, has won attention among lawmakers nationwide for her tough stance against 401(k)s and call for universal pension plans. Her innovative proposals are leading the way in retirement reform.
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