Prosperity and Inequality: Debates in India and China
India China Institute International Conference
India and China are emerging as major players in the global political economy of this century, having enjoyed record growth rates for the past five years. Yet each faces major social and economic challenges. Both countries are dealing with growing social unrest, widespread poverty, and rising energy needs in a world market shaped by dwindling oil supplies.
China’s growth is creating massive disparities between its urban and rural sectors, resulting in protests against state authority and restless migrant populations. Citizens face a steady degradation of public health due to runaway industrial growth, while capitalists chafe at the state’s tight control over the market. In India, the epidemic of suicides among farmers and episodes of violence against minorities have cast doubts on the benefits of wholesale economic liberalization, unfettered foreign investment, and growth, which are also being challenged by the rise of judicial activism and of an active, vocal civil society.
The India China Institute (ICI) at The New School is in its third year of sponsoring fellowships, public debates, and research collaborations between experts in India, China, and the United States. It is now hosting “Prosperity and Inequality: Debates in India and China,” a major two-day conference to explore these issues. Participants in the conference, including ICI fellows from all three countries as well as experts on urbanization, globalization, and growth in India and China, will discuss Chinese and Indian urbanization and wealth formation, the social and political risks associated with skyrocketing growth in two massive agrarian societies, alternative designs for development in each society, and the quest in both societies for a “third way” of development that combines the virtues of socialism and capitalism without sacrificing democracy and grassroots inclusion.
The conference will take place on Thursday, March 27, and Friday, March 28, in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Following introductory remarks by New School President Bob Kerrey, Kemal Dervis, administrator of the United Nations Development Program, will deliver the keynote address on Thursday, March 27, at 5:30 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free but seating is limited and reservations are required; call 212.229.6812 or email indiachina@newschool.edu. You can also register, and see the full conference agenda, at the India China Institute’s website,
CREATIVE WRITING INSTRUCTOR IS FINALIST FOR LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE
Elaine Equi, a longtime member of the poetry faculty in the The New School’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, is a finalist for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize in poetry for her collection Ripple Effect: New And Selected Poems (Coffee House). Along with the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, the LA Times Book Prize is one of the most important literary honors awarded to American writers. Equi follows in the footsteps of other New School Writing faculty members, including Francine Prose and Rene Steinke (both nominated for a National Book Award in fiction), and Robert Polito (winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award in biography). The winner of the LA Times Book Prize will be announced on April 25 in a ceremony at the Festival of Books in Los Angeles.
UNIVERSITY NEWS
CURATOR’S CHOICE
Soft Parade: Selected Works from the New School Art Collection
On view until April 10 at the Kellen Gallery, Parsons West, 2 West 13th Street, ground floor.
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Soft Parade: Selected Works from the New School Art Collection, which opened February 20 in the renovated Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the newly built Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, offers members of the New School community and the general public a unique opportunity to view a cross-section of the university's collection of approximately 1,800 works of art. The New School Art Collection has historically been displayed in public and private spaces throughout the university; works have rarely been assembled in a traditional gallery setting. The exhibition brings together the works of such well-known artists as Joseph Beuys, Chuck Close, David Hammons, Glen Ligon, Mariko Mori, Vera List fellow Marjetica Potrc, Kwong Chi Tseng, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol, along with rarely shown works by Rudolf Schwarzkogler and Richard Tuttle and atypical works by Larry Bell and John McCracken. Soft Parade demonstrates the university’s commitment to collecting art that explores socially engaged art-making practices that often mine controversial issues such as identity politics and geopolitical conflict. By grouping works by artists with varied practices and points of view, the exhibition allows the works to both support and oppose each other, generating a palpable discourse within the gallery space. Curators Silvia Rocciolo and Eric Stark will conduct tours of the exhibition every Wednesday at noon for the remainder of the exhibition.
For more information about the New School Art Collection, please contact the collection curators, Silvia Rocciolo and Eric Stark (Rocciols@newschool.edu; Starke@newschool.edu).
UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES FALL 2007 DEAN’S LIST STUDENTS
President Bob Kerrey and the New School community congratulate the undergraduate students who have made the Dean’s List for the fall 2007 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, undergraduate students at Parsons, Mannes, Jazz, and Milano must be full-time and have a 3.7 grade point average for the term. Students enrolled in the Bachelor’s program at The New School for General Studies must be registered for at least nine credits and have a 3.7 grade point average. Click here to read President Kerrey’s announcement and to see list of students.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATED AT THE NEW SCHOOL
On Thursday, March 6, the Office of Intercultural Support, International Student Services (ISS), the International Club, and the Department of Political Science at The New School for Social Research (NSSR) celebrated International Women’s Day with a luncheon and a thought-provoking presentation, “Women in Politics Worldwide,” by Professor Mala Htun, associate professor of political science. Upon arrival, audience members were given a rose in recognition of International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on March 8. Camila Ronderos, a student from Colombia who is pursuing her PhD at Milano and works as an ISS ambassador, gave a short presentation on the celebration of women in Latin American countries.
Prof. Htun’s lecture dealt with women’s political representation in nations across the globe and the correlation between the numbers of women involved in political decision making and gender equality, civic engagement, and women’s rights legislation. Professor Htun spoke about her research revealing that Rwanda had the highest percentage of women as elected officials, a finding she believes might be explained by the electoral system and the use of quotas. She went on to discuss just how much the election of women influenced “women’s issues.” Students from Ann Snitow’s Lang course Introduction to Feminist Thought and others from across the university engaged Prof. Htun in dialogue. “It was exciting to see all these students come out, as it really helped to increase awareness of International Women's Day,” said Nicole Pontes, a PhD student in NSSR’s Sociology Department and ISS ambassador who is from Brazil.
THE NEW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD ON MAY 16
Conceptual artist, architect, and landscape architect Vito Acconci will deliver the address at the university’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. President Bob Kerrey will address the graduates and confer honorary degrees on Acconci, sociologist Zygmunt Bauman; theater director Elizabeth LeCompte; and management educator Henry Mintzberg. Women’s reproductive rights activist Wanda Nowicka will receive the University in Exile Award.
For more information about the 2008 commencement, visit the university website.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
MEDIA STUDIES FACULTY MEMBER RECEIVES DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD FROM MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
New School graduate and part-time Media Studies faculty member Josephine Dorado, along with her colleagues Benjamin Robison and Hugo Berkeley, received a $72,000 fellowship grant after winning the first-ever Digital Media and Learning Competition. The contest was funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and administered by HASTAC (the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory). The team’s project, called Fractor: Act on Facts, is a Web-based application designed to promote real-world connections on the local level. Fractor matches news stories with opportunities for social activism and community service. The goal of Dorado and her team is to establish Fractor as the daily news source for people interested in effecting change on a local and global level. Fractor is one of 17 projects, selected from a pool of 1,010 applications, that will receive up to $238,000 in funding. The winning projects are expected to produce promising innovations in digital media for use in formal and informal learning.
PREMIERE OF THE INVENTION OF MINUS ONE, MULTIMEDIA DANCE WORK BY NEW SCHOOL STUDENT JONAH BOKAER
The Invention of Minus One, a multimedia dance work by award-winning media artist and choreographer Jonah Bokaer, premiered this month at the Abrons Arts Center in New York City. The piece is the result of a year of motion-capture research on the moving bodies of four dancers. The Dance Insider calls Bokaer’s work “well-crafted, cutting-edge choreography that moves dance into the new century.”
At the age of 18, Bokaer was invited by Merce Cunningham to join his company; he remains the youngest dancer ever hired in the dance ensemble’s 55-year history. Bokaer has also worked with John Jasperse (2004–05), David Gordon (2005–06), and Deborah Hay (2005) and has interpreted the choreography of George Balanchine as restaged by Melissa Hayden.
While studying visual and media arts at The New School, Bokaer began using digital media to explore movement. He has created a number of multidisciplinary works investigating the relationship between the human body and contemporary technologies. His work has been presented in venues throughout the United States and abroad. Bokaer is the founding director of Chez Bushwick, an artist-run organization dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary art and performance, with a strong focus on new choreography. His latest project, the Center for Performance Research, a collaboration between Chez Bushwick and John Jasperse’s Thin Man Dance, was featured in an article in the New York Times, “A (Green) Place for Dance and Performance to Bloom” (March 7, 2008).
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Moments of Madness?
A Conversation on the 1968 Revolts in Europe, the United States, and Mexico
Although each of the movements and revolts of 1968 was unique, their temporal proximity, anti-authoritarian commonalities, and long-term consequences raise questions about a more integrated historical meaning and contemporary significance. What is their relevance to politics today, both at home and abroad? Did these “moments of madness” (as Aristide Zolberg called them in his now-classic essay) mark a turning point in the way the public perceives and engages with politics?
On Tuesday, March 25, a distinguished group of scholars will gather for a look at the revolts that swept large parts of the world 40 years ago. Moderated by Elzbieta Matynia, director of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies and associate professor of Liberal Studies and Sociology at The New School for Social Research, the panel will include
- Irena Grudzinska Gross, executive director of the Institute for Human Sciences and professor of modern languages and literatures at Boston University
- Claudio Lomnitz, director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and professor of anthropology at Columbia University
- James Miller, professor of political science and liberal studies at The New School for Social Research
- Martin Palous, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Nations
- Ann Snitow, associate professor of literature and gender studies at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
- Aristide Zolberg, director of the International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship and Walter P. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at The New School for Social Research
- Vera Zolberg, professor of sociology at The New School for Social Research.
The discussion will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor. Admission is free; no tickets or reservations are required. Seating is first come, first served.
NEWS FROM PArsons THE NEW SCHOOL FOR design
PARSONS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN PULSE ART FAIR, THE KITCHEN, AND DINING BY DESIGN
Parsons students will be creating installations for two major art and design events taking place in New York in the coming week, and holding an exhibition.
Parsons MFA Fine Arts students are creating a reading room for the third PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, taking place at Pier 40 on the West Side Highway March 27–30, 2008. Called PULSE PAUSE, it is the first on-site installation to be commissioned by the fair’s organizers.
Independent curator Jeffrey Walkowiak chose a group of students for PULSE PAUSE that represent a cross-section of the creative production that is taking place within the Parsons MFA Fine Arts program. The students embody the spirit of a generation of artists living in the period after postmodernism and at a time of growing environmental awareness. Among the artists is Brandon Nastanski, who is creating a one-person “speakeasy” located behind a movable bookshelf. Most of the materials used in this central piece as well as the rest of the installation are created from found and collected objects.
Following its participation in PULSE, Parsons will present work by graduating MFA Fine Arts students in an exhibition on view at the Kitchen in New York May 1–10, 2008. An opening reception will be held on May 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. For more information, visit the MFA Fine Arts website (www.parsons.newschool.edu/finearts).
Students from Parsons AAS Interior Design were invited by DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) to create an installation for its second annual Dining by Design gala, taking place at Skylight, 275 Hudson Street (between Spring and Dominick) in New York City from March 30 to April 1.
Parsons will take part in the Student Design Initiative, presented by Benjamin Moore, which offers students a rare opportunity to work with some of the best-known veterans in the business and participate in one of the industry’s keynote events. Parsons alumnus and interior design luminary Jamie Drake served as a mentor to the Parsons students. Other participating schools include the Fashion Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, New York University, and the School of Visual Arts. In addition to the students, designers such as David Rockwell, Marc Blackwell, David Stark, and Vivienne Tam will contribute installations. Following the event, the installations will travel to cities across the country. In past years, touring Student Design Initiative exhibits have raised more than $12 million for DIFFA. For more information, visit the DIFFA website.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
THE LONG VIEW: HOW CAN NEW YORK PRESERVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY?
New York has long depended on subsidy programs to promote affordable housing development. However, most of these initiatives lack long-term sustainability. Tens of thousands of units have reverted to market rate over the last decade, and 15,000 more may do so soon. What strategies and regulatory structures can be employed to assure affordability now and in the future?
On Wednesday, March 26, the Center for New York City Affairs at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy will host a panel to discuss these issues. The panel, which will be moderated by Errol Louis, columnist and editorial board member of the New York Daily News, will include Deborah Van Amerongen, commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal; Michelle de la Uz, executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee and president of the Association for Neighborhood Housing Development’s board of directors; Ron Moelis, CEO, L and M Development Partners; Dina Levy, director of Organizing and Policy of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board; and Emily Youssouf, managing director and head of the Housing Finance Division of JP Morgan Securities, Inc. Introductory remarks will be presented by Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council.
The event will take place from 8:15 to 10:30 a.m. at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required; call 212.229.5418 or email centernyc@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS AND THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
FACULTY MEMBER CO-EDITS LITERATURE ANTHOLOGY
Nicholas Birns, who teaches literature at both Eugene Lang College and The New School for General Studies, has co-edited an anthology on Australian literature, A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900, with Rebecca McNeer, associate dean at Ohio Southern University.
The book explores the literature with Australian cultural and societal concerns in mind, including the situation of the indigenous population and Australian relations with Great Britain. Chapters are devoted to internationally prominent writers such as Patrick White, Peter Carey, David Malouf, and Christina Stead; fast-rising authors such as Gerald Murnane and Tim Winton; and less-publicized writers such as Xavier Herbert and Dorothy Hewett. Genres discussed include prose fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as children’s literature, science fiction, and writing by women, gays, and lesbians. The anthology transcends Eurocentric ideas about literature to reveal the full, resplendent variety of Australian writing.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
MANNES ALUMNI STAR IN MADAMA BUTTERFLY ON LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER
On Thursday, March 20, two Mannes alums starred in the New York City Opera’s production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, which was telecast live from the New York State Theater on PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center.
Mannes alumna Shu-Ying Li (Professional Studies Diploma ’02, major in voice) gave what the New York Times called a “convincing and vocally impressive” performance as the doomed Cio-Cio San (Butterfly); Young Bok Kim (Master of Music ’99, major in voice) appeared as Io Zio Bonzo.
Shu-Ying Li made her operatic debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with the Providence Opera in 2001. She has since sung the Princess in Tan Dun’s new opera, Tea in Shanghai; performed in Madama Butterfly in Hong Kong; and appeared as the soprano soloist in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in New York. In 2003–04, she was Cio-Cio San in productions of Madama Butterfly with the Connecticut Opera and Opera Santa Barbara and made her Spanish debut as Liu in Turandot in Palma de Mallorca. In 2004–05, she appeared in a number of roles: as Marguerite in Faust with the Santa Barbara Opera, Butterfly at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Butterfly in a debut performance with the Portland Opera, Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore with the Connecticut Opera, the Princess in Tea in Shanghai in Lyon, France, and Butterfly with the New York City Opera on its tour of Japan. She began her 2005–06 season as Butterfly in her house debut with the New York City Opera and returned this year to reprise the role.
Young-Bok Kim made his New York debut with the Dicapo Opera as Sarastro in Die Zauberflote. He has appeared with the Sarasota Opera in the title role of Attila and as Colline in La Bohème, Massimiliano in I Masnadieri, Nilakantha in Lakmé, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflote, and with the Dallas Opera as Basilio in The Barber of Seville.
MANNES ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM FOR THE PUBLIC
On Thursday, April 3, the Mannes Orchestra will perform for the public at the Mannes Concert Hall. The program for the concert will include Goossens’ Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, with Jennifer Scott, and Strauss’ Don Quixote, with cellist Raphaël Dubé. The two soloists were finalists at the 2007 Mannes concerto competition.
The Mannes Orchestra includes about half of the school’s 300 college students, both undergraduates and graduate-level students, who serve as mentors to their younger colleagues. Each academic year, the orchestra presents a number of public concerts, performing from a broad symphonic repertoire that ranges from classical to modern works. It also participates in Mannes Opera productions. Guest conductors who have led the orchestra in concerts and readings in recent years include Kurt Masur, Philippe Entremont, Paul Nadler, Leonard Slatkin, and Mannes graduates Yves Abel and JoAnn Falletta.
The orchestra will perform at 8:00 p.m. in the Mannes Concert Hall, located in the Mannes Building, at 150 West 85th Street. Admission is free; no tickets or reservations are required. Seating is first come, first served.
For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA’S RANDOM ACTS ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL CONTINUES
The New School for Drama’s six-weekend Random Acts One-Act Play Festival continues, giving audiences the opportunity to experience the best of the school's up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free and open to the public, the plays are presented every other week and include both classic and contemporary works, ranging from Tennessee William's 27 Wagons Full of Cotton to Tony Kushner’s Terminating. The festival will also feature seven new works by Drama’s third-year playwrights in the last two weeks.
Week four runs March 27 through March 29 and includes the following plays:
Play by Samuel Beckett, directed by Dale Bernardo Ratner; with Lawrence George, Adriana Múnera Reyes, Agmar Varela.
The Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Alexandra Hastings; with Robert Patrick Allen, Mark Cajigao, Connor Carew, Rachel Cornish.
The 100 Most Beautiful Names of Todd by Julia Cho, directed by Samantha Shechtman; with Alice Oh, Federico Trigo, Heather Wahl.
***Schedule and programs are subject to change on the basis of rights availability.
The festival will run through April 26, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free; seating is first come, first served. Reservations are recommended. Call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances will take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.
Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for the complete schedule and more information
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
JAZZ PRESENTS: MILES AND MILES
On Thursday, April 3, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music presents the second half of Miles and Miles, two concerts exploring the work of Miles Davis, as part of its ongoing Jazz Presents series. Keyboard artist Sam Yahel, a New School Jazz alumnus, and legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb, who is featured on Davis’ masterpiece Kind of Blue, will interpret music from the early period of Miles Davis’ career.
The performance will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor. Admission is $10 for the public and free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID. Supporters of the New School Jazz Annual Fund are welcome to attend Jazz Presents concerts free of charge; call 212.229.5896 x4591 for reservations.
Jazz Presents is made possible by the generous support of the Julien J. Studley Foundation and a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.
JAZZ FACULTY MEMBER ON NPR’S FRESH AIR
Award-winning Jazz faculty member Jane Ira Bloom, a soprano saxophonist, appeared on NPR’s program Fresh Air to promote her new CD, Mental Weather.
Bloom’s electro-acoustic band recorded the CD on Outline Records, launched by Bloom 30 years ago, at the start of her career. The recording, Bloom’s 13th, also features fellow New Havenite Mark Helias on bass, Matt Wilson on drums, and Seattle newcomer Dawn Clement on keyboards. The band recorded Mental Weather after premiering the piece in New York City with the support of the Chamber Music America/Doris Duke New Jazz Works Program. The CD’s nine tracks include the exquisite ballad “A More Beautiful Question,” the kinetic romp “Electrochemistry,” and Bloom’s signature solo performance of Richard Rodgers’ classic “This Nearly Was Mine.” The CD also features an mp3-downloadable version of the music played as a single continuous set, the way the band performs in concert.
A pioneer in the use of live electronics and movement in jazz, Jane Ira Bloom has been described by Pulse! magazine as having “one of the most gorgeous tones and hauntingly lyrical ballad conceptions of any soprano saxophonist.” She is the winner of the 2007 Mary Lou Williams Jazz Award and of a Guggenheim fellowship. Bloom is the first NASA-commissioned musician and has had an asteroid named in her honor.
UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
FULBRIGHT PROGRAM FOR U.S. STUDENTS
It’s easier than you think to apply for a Fulbright grant, but you need to start soon! Apply early for the October 2008 deadline to go abroad in 2009–10.
Fulbright General Information Sessions
Wednesday, March 26, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons South, 66 Fifth Avenue, room 101
Tuesday, April 8, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Machinist conference room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, mezzanine level
- Hear a description of the available grants.
- Learn how to apply.
- Hear from former Fulbright scholars.
- Find out about deadlines.
Fulbright Grant Writing Session
Thursday, April 17, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Machinist conference room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, mezzanine level
- Write a proposal letter.
- Write a personal statement.
- Get grammar and editing tips.
- See sample applications.
Fulbright Application Information Session
Wednesday, April 30, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, room 101
- Hear a description of grants available for study, research, or teaching assistantships abroad.
- Learn how to apply.
- A representative from IIE/Fulbright will be on hand to answer your application questions.
The sessions are open to all New School students from the United States. Refreshments will be served. To RSVP and for more information, contact Heather Beaton at beatonh@newschool.edu or 212.229.5592.
Sponsored by International Student Services.
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
THE BEST DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE THEATER TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting fall theater season is about to get under way: Why pay $100, when you can pay $28-$32 for Broadway shows and $22-$24 for Off-Broadway shows? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $25, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for less than $32 per ticket include: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, Martin Short, The Wedding Singer, 42nd Street, Aida, American Ballet Theatre, Anna in the Tropics, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Barbara Cook's Broadway, Beauty & the Beast, Beckett/Albee, Big Apple Circus, Cabaret, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, Golda's Balcony, Gypsy, Hamburg Ballet , I Am My Own Wife, Intimate Apparel, Jazz in July, Johnny Guitar, Lincoln Center Summer Festival, Little Shop of Horrors, London Symphony Orchestra, Lypsinka!, Match, Matt and Ben, Menopause: The Musical, Mostly Mozart, NYC Ballet, NYC Opera, Our Lady of 121st Street, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sexaholix, Take Me Out, Talking Heads, Tea and Five, The Retreat From Moscow, Twentieth Century, and Wonderful Town. So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
NEW YORK TIMES DISCOUNTS
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.00 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
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CATCH THE LATEST EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FOR FREE
Did you know that you could get into this exciting museum for free? In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests. Enjoy!
UPCOMING EVENTS
TICKETS: In person purchases can be made at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday–Friday 1:00–7:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester.
NONFICTION FORUM: TERESE SVOBODA
Monday, March 24, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents a reading and discussion with Teresa Svoboda, author of Black Glasses Like Clark Kent: A GI's Secret from Postwar Japan. Moderated by Robert Polito, director, the Writing Program.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM: MUSIC OF ORNETTE COLEMAN
Monday, March 24, 8:00 p.m.
Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue South
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID
Reservations 212.255.3626
Cameron Brown directs the music of Ornette Coleman at Sweet Rhythm. Sets at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
THE ERNST C. STIEFEL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - MANNES DOWNTOWN
Tuesday, March 25, 1:00 p.m.
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
For more information call 212.580.0210 x4817
Mannes College chamber music ensembles present a series of free lunch-time performances at The New School. Repertoire TBA. Receptions with refreshments follow each concert.
THE PRESS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
THE CASE OF KHMER ROUGE AND SOUTH EAST ASIA WITH BARBARA CROSSETTE
Tuesday, March 25, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
66 West 12th Street, rm. 404
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Barbara Crossette was the New York Times bureau chief at the United Nations from 1994 to 2001. She was earlier a Times chief correspondent in Southeast Asia and South Asia and a diplomatic reporter in Washington. She is the author of several books on Asia, including So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas, and The Great Hill Stations of Asia, a collection of travel essays about colonial resort towns that are still attracting visitors more than a century after their creation. In 2000, she wrote a survey of India and Indian-American relations, “India: Old Civilization in a New World,” for the Foreign Policy Association in New York. She is also the author of India Facing the 21st Century. Ms. Crossette is now a travel essayist and a freelance writer on foreign policy and international affairs. Her articles and essays appear periodically in World Policy Journal, published by The World Policy Institute in New York.
WRITING FOR CHILDREN FORUM: JUDE WATSON
Tuesday, March 25, 6:30–8:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents a reading and discussion with Jude Watson, author of Premonitions and Disappearance. Moderated by Deborah Brodie, executive editor of Roaring Brook Press and coordinator of the Writing for Children reading series.
FINE ARTS LECTURE SERIES: MARILYN MINTER
Wednesday, March 26, 3:15–5:00 p.m.
Swayduck Auditorium, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Painter Marilyn Minter’s work examines the relationships between the body, photography, and painting, tapping into cultural anxieties about sexuality and desire. Recent solo shows of her work have been at Salon 94, New York (2006), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005), and Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York (2003).
FICTION FORUM: KATHERINE MIN
Wednesday, March 26, 6:30–8:00 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents Katherine Min reading from Secondhand World and discussing her work with Jackson Taylor, associate director of the Writing Program.
SCEPA WORKSHOP SERIES: ROBERT BOYER
Thursday, March 27, 12:30–2:00 p.m.
6 East 16 Street, 10th Floor, Room 1009
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
For more information call 212-229-5901 x4911 or email cepa@newschool.edu
Robert Boyer, economist at CEPREMAP and director of Research at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, will present a seminar entitled "Assessing the Impact of Fair Value Upon Financial Crises."
The Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis holds workshops throughout the academic year to promote discussion of contemporary policy and applied research issues. Workshops begins with a presentation and end with questions and discussion. Workshops are open to the public and background research papers are usually posted in advance on www.newschool.edu/cepa.
WOMEN WRITERS OF THE DIASPORA: PAMELA S. BOOKER
Thursday, March 27, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
For information call 212-229-5615
Philadelphia-born, NYC-based Pamela S. Booker is a writer/educator and visual artist who works across genres and disciplines in creating performance/dramatic texts, poetry, fiction, critical essays and conceptually-based multimedia-driven productions. Booker's publications include The L Word & (Miss)ing Blackness; Notes for a Performance Project: Adrian Piper, Jessye Norman & Immanual Kant; Staging black/female/body in the Age of Global Terror; and Dust.Her performance projects and plays includeAdrian Piper/Jessye Norman and the (German) Philosopher that Seduced Them!; Dust; Seens from the Unexpectedness of Love, and Tha Mall Land. Booker is currently an instructorat New York University. Sponsored by the University Diversity Committee.
THE LIFE AND WORK OF ANNA SOKOLOW—A LECTURE BY JIM MAY
Friday, March 28, 4:00 p.m.
66 West 12th Street, Room 407
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Using rare footage, personal stories, and historic archives, this lecturechronicles the life of Anna Sokolow, world famous dancer, choreographer, and teacher. The film documents the life of Sokolow, following her from 1910 Lower East Side through the turmoil of the 20th Century and the creation of a new art form, Modern Dance. Anna Sokolow created a body of work that blends modern dance and music with theater, poetry, and prose.
A questions and answer period will follow.
Jim May, artistic director of Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble worked with Ms. Sokolow for 35 years. He is the recipient of a 1999 Bessie Award for lifetime achievement in performance and a 1996 Fulbright Award to research the work of Limón and Anna Sokolow in Mexico and the United States.
GPIA DOCUMENTARY SERIES PRESENTS: THE LAST GHOST OF WAR
Friday, March 28, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
66 West 12th Street, room 404
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
At Tu Du Hospital in Saigon, the painful aftermath of the Vietnam War is all too evident. Babies in a special unit have enlarged heads or missing limbs. Pham Thi Thu Linh, born without arms, writes with her feet. A boy with a shrunken leg careens around the corridor in a wheelchair.Thirty years after the Vietnam War, they are among several millions diagnosed as victims of Agent Orange.
In The Last Ghost of War, we meet several plaintiffs in a class action suit against 32 U.S. chemical companies. Attorneys, activists, scientists, and a military historian take us to a new battlefield.
The question is: were these dioxin-laden herbicides chemical weapons? And if so, who should be held accountable in the wake of what was arguably the largest chemical warfare operation in history? Join film director Janet Gardner, Susan Hammond, specialist in US-Government and American Politics, Charles Bailey, former director, Ford Foundation for Special Initiative on Agent Orange, and other special guests to a lively discussion about the Last Ghost of War. Discussion will be moderated by the series curator Simone Duarte.
Sponsored by the Graduate Program in International Affairs.
AGENCY + SURVEILLANCE
Monday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
A roundtable discussion of agency in surveilled space: who is watching, who is being watched, who decides which spaces are visible to the camera and which are effectively invisible, off-limits to authorities. The panelists will examine how engineers, artists, and activists intervene in surveillance systems to subvert, invert, and redefine these relationships, and how the principle of “sousveillance”—meaning surveillance from “below,” or watching the watchers—applies. It features artists and engineers who collaborate to produce software and hardware applications that access and visualize data usually obscured from public view; artists whose projects have questioned the rhetoric of surveillance by intervening more playfully in the expected aesthetics or power dynamics; and activists who monitor post-9/11 surveillance by intelligence agencies and its effects on immigrant and dissenting communities.
Panelists:
- Tad Hirsch, researcher and member of the artist collective Institute for Applied Autonomy
- Anjana Malhotra, human rights lawyer and former fellow with Human Rights Watch
- Jenny Marketou, video and installation artist
- Trevor Paglen, artist, writer, and experimental geographer, Department of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley
- Brooke Singer, digital media artist, Assistant Professor of New Media at Purchase College, State University of New York, and cofounder of the art, technology, and activist group Preemptive Media.
Moderator: Lex Bhagat, co-editor of Atlas of Radical Cartography
This panel is the third in a four-part series of roundtable discussions organized by Index of the Disappeared. A physical archive of post-9/11 disappearance and a mobile platform for public dialogue, Index for the Disappeared was founded by Chitra Ganesh and Mariam Ghani. The series is hosted and co-sponsored by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School along with NYU’s Kevorkian Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Center for Media, Culture and History, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Art in General.
All discussions will be recorded, transcribed, and eventually published, both in free downloadable form online, as well as in a forthcoming Index print publication.
* This event is co-organized by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and presented as part of the Center’s program cycle on “Agency.”
GPIA PRESENTS LORETTA NAPOLEONI, AUTHOR OF ROGUE ECONOMICS:
CAPITALISM’S NEW REALITY
Monday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Loretta Napoleoni, an economist, former Fulbright Scholar, and an expert on terror finance networks, offers unfiltered visions of our current global economy—from counterfeiters and sex traders to gamers and the super-rich.
In her book, Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality (Seven Stories Press, 2008), Napoleoni lays out a brilliant historical assessment of the dark economic forces unleashed by the spread of democracy into geopolitical areas formerly ruled by oppressive or repressive regimes. She reveals that sex trade, drug trade, swift rise of the super-rich, and growth of counterfeiters all inevitably rise during times of great economic upheaval, when politics can no longer inform the economic landscape. Rogue Economics exposes the paradoxical economic connections of the new global marketplace.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM: REGGIE WORKMAN IMPROV ENSEMBLE
Monday, March 31, 8:00 p.m.
Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue South
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID
Reservations 212.255.3626
Reggie Workman directs The Reggie Workman Improvisation Ensemble at Sweet Rhythm. Sets at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
NSSR PSYCHOLOGY DIVERSITY COMMITTEE FILM SERIES:
DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Monday, March 31, 6:00 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The New School for Social Research's Psychology Diversity Committee Presents a Film and Discussion Series on Issues of Diversity and Social Justice.
The first film, Let's Get Real, examines differences that often lead to exclusion and harassment, including race, sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religion, and gender. The film not only gives voice to victims, but to the “bullies” to examine why they lash out at their peers. An especially empowering part of Let's Get Real tells of children who found the courage to stand up for themselves or a classmate. The film will be followed by a social hour and a discussion with the film’s creator, Debra Chasnoff, an Academy Award-winning director.
Co-sponsored by the university and The New School for Social Research Psychology Diversity Committees.
THE ERNST C. STIEFEL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - MANNES DOWNTOWN
Tuesday, April 1, 1:00 p.m.
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Mannes College chamber music ensembles present a series of free lunch-time performances at The New School. Repertoire TBA. Receptions with refreshments follow each concert.
For more information call 212.580.0210 x4817
POLITICAL SCIENCE TUESDAY COLLOQUIUM: SUDIPTA KAVIRAJ
Tuesday, April 1, 6:00–7:45 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Professor Kaviraj, Columbia Universitywill speak on ""Marxism in Translation."" The talk will lastapproximately 40 minutes, followed by questions and discussion
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA: CHAPBOOK READING
Tuesday, April 1, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Chapbook judges read with the poets whose manuscripts they selected for publication at an event featuring Rae Armantrout with Carey McHugh, Harryette Mullen with Kate Ingold, Mark Strand with Andrew Michael Roberts, and Kevin Young with Lytton Smith. A reception will follow at which chapbooks will be available for purchase.
NSSR PSYCHOLOGY SPEAKER SERIES: RICHARD NISBETT
Wednesday, April 2, 12:30–2:00 p.m.
Machinist Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The Department of Psychology at The New School for Social Research is hosting a seminar speaker series. The first speaker is Richard Nisbett, Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, who will give a talk entitled "Intelligence And How To Get It: Why Schools And Cultures Count."
FICTION FORUM: LEE ABBOTT
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents a reading and discussion with Lee Abbott, author of All Things, All at Once: New and Selected Stories. Moderated by Robert Polito, director, the Writing Program.
PUBLIC ART FUND TALKS AT THE NEW SCHOOL WITH LIAM GILLICK
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Artist Liam Gillick lives and works in London and New York. His work has been included in major international museum and private collections, and his solo exhibition venues have included the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2003); Power Plant, Toronto (2003); Baltimore Museum of Art (2004); and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2005). His recent retrospective project, Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario, opened at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (2008) and Kunsthalle Zürich (2008), and will travel to Kunstverein Munich and MCA Chicago in 2009. Gillick was short-listed for the Turner Prize in 2002 for his solo exhibition The Wood Way (2002) at the Whitechapel Art Gallery and for his outdoor installation Annlee You Proposes (2002) at Tate Britain. Recent publications include Proxemics: Selected Writing 1988–2006 (2007) and Factories in the Snow by Lilian Haberer (2007).
The Public Art Fund Talks is an ongoing series of discussions and presentations by some of today’s most influential artists, critics, and curators. The program is organized by the Public Art Fund in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics.
THE CHANGING AMERICAN FAMILY
Wednesday, April 2, 7:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The writings of social scientists and their popularizers reflect the dramatic changes that have taken place in marriage, child rearing, and family life in the United States. Where such writers once spoke simply of “the family,” they now speak of “the diversity of family forms” and the rapidity with which those forms can change.
This panel offers objective and unsentimental views of the family and addresses basic questions about family life in the United States today. How do popular myths about family life compare with verifiable realities? What constitutes a marriage or a divorce? How do contemporary adult work patterns affect family life? Featuring Doyle McCarthy, professor of sociology at Fordham University and author of Knowledge as Culture; William Doherty, professor and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota; Arlene Skolnick, visiting scholar, Sociology Department, NYU and author of Embattled Paradise; and Andrew J. Cherlin, John Hopkins University professor and author of Public and Private Families: An Introduction.
Sponsored by The Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
SCEPA WORKSHOP SERIES: ROBERT BLECKER
Wednesday, April 2, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
79 Fifth Avenue (entrance at 6 East 16 Street), 10th Fl, Room 1009
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Robert Blecker, Professor of Economics at American University, will be presenting his recent paper, “Stolper-Samuelson After Kalecki: International Trade and Income Distribution with Oligopolistic Mark-Ups and Partial Pass-Through."
For more information email cepa@newschool.edu or call 212-229-5901 x4911
SYMPOSIUM ON THE DECORATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN (DAY 1)
Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Target National Design Education Center and Great Hall of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 2 East 91st Street
Admission: Free; seating is limited; reservations required by emailing. Email historyofdecarts@si.edu.
For more information, contact Claire Kenny, 212.849.8344, kennyc@si.edu.
Keynote Address and Reception:
Victor Margolin, professor emeritus of art and design history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, delivers the Catherine Hoover Voorsanger Keynote Address formally opening the 17th Annual Symposium on the Decorative Arts and Design, sponsored by the MA Program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design, offered jointly by Parsons The New School for Design and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Professor Margolin discusses conceptual frames for the way we understand artifacts in socio-historical schemata and how a world history of design might change the way we think about artifacts in history. The lecture is followed by a reception in the Great Hall of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
MIND DESIGN + SCIENCE KEYNOTE
Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd St. Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2)
Admission: Free, tickets required. Please visit the MoMA website for more information.
Tickets for the Thursday evening keynote session are available online, or at MoMA at the lobby information desk or the Film desk.
Collaboration between science and design is yielding a radical new way of visualizing, understanding, and manipulating the natural world. MIND is a two-day conference, inspired by MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition, which aims to catalyze this convergence. Bringing together an eclectic group of speakers and participants, including leading scientists, designers, and architects, the conference explores topics such as the personal genome, brain visualization, generative architecture, and collective design. MIND is an opportunity to interact with the ideas and thinkers transforming our visual and intellectual landscape. The keynote address on Thursday evening features Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor, History of Science Department, Harvard University.
Presented by MoMA and Seed, in collaboration with Parsons The New School for Design.
STUDENT SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIVE REMINDERS FOR STUDENTS
REMINDER FOR STUDENTS COMPLETING STUDY THIS SEMESTER
Students expecting to complete their studies in May 2008 must file a Graduation Petition with the Registrar’s Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor. The university cannot confer degrees or certificates for students who have not filed a petition. Filing should be done as soon as possible; the fee is $50. The final deadline to file a petition is March 30.
. Forms are available at the Registrar’s Office and online at MyNewSchool (select the Student tab and download the Graduation Petition, which is listed under the forms section).
DEGREE STUDENTS: PREPARE FOR FALL 2008 REGISTRATION
It’s time to start thinking about registering for your fall 2008 classes. Web registration begins as early as March 31 for some programs.
To prepare:
* Check with your department or advising office for registration dates.
* Check your MyNewSchool account often for holds that will prevent you from registering.
* Check fall course offerings in MyNewSchool. Under the Student tab, click Class Finder.
STUDENT ACCOUNTS INFORMATION
To ensure that you receive correspondence from The New School in a timely manner, please review your official address in MyNewSchool to make sure that it is current. If it is not, you can change your address online. This is especially important for students who are expecting to receive a refund.
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Student Employment Office has partnered with New York City Public Service Corps to provide students with off-campus Federal Work-Study opportunities in the public sector. NYC Public Service Corps is an internship program of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services committed to providing students with meaningful experiences to enhance their academic and career objectives. Law, graphic arts, education, journalism, research, and office administration are just a few of the areas available to interns. If you are eligible for Federal Work-Study and are interested in developing professional skills in a meaningful community service experience, stop by the Student Employment Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 105M.
STUDENTS: HOW TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF YOUR SPRING ENROLLMENT
Health insurance agencies, housing authorities, banks, or other third parties may ask you to provide verification that you are enrolled at The New School. If you registered for the
spring term prior to January 10, you can print an Official Enrollment Verification Certificate at MyNewSchool. To do this, log in to MyNewSchool and click the Student tab; then in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information. The certificate, produced by the National Student Clearinghouse on behalf of the university, serves as official evidence of enrollment at The New School.
STUDENTS: ACCESS GRADES AND REGISTRATION FEES THROUGH MYNEWSCHOOL
The New School does not automatically mail copies of semester grades. If you need a printed copy of your grades, you can request a copy through MyNewSchool (click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Your semester grades will be mailed within two weeks. You can also access registration fees through MyNewSchool.
STUDENTS: REQUEST YOUR OFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT ONLINE
Students can request an official transcript through MyNewSchool. Click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Transcript requests are processed five business days after they are submitted. There is no fee for regular five-business-day service. Next-day transcript service is available only to students who submit requests in person. Transcripts of students with library or financial holds of any kind will not be released.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
A FEW MINUTES FOR YOUR LIFE: TAKE THE HIV TEST FOR FREE—SPRING 2008 HOURS
Hispanic AIDS Forum, in collaboration with New School Student Health Services and the Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), will be offering FREE confidential HIV testing every week on Mondays 4:00-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays 3:00-5:30 p.m. The testing site will be at Loeb Residence, 135 East 12th Street, 2nd floor. For further information, please contact Student Health Services at 212.229.1671, option 1 or 2.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM STUDENT HOUSING AND RESIDENCE LIFE
ANNUAL HOUSING SELECTION: CHOOSE YOUR HOME FOR 2008–09
Are you a current student who is thinking about where you want to live and whom you want to live with for the next academic year? Student Housing and Residence Life will host its annual housing selection process on April 14, 16, and 17. If you are interested in remaining in student housing, don’t delay. Please submit your application and housing deposit to 79 Fifth Avenue, 5th floor. Deadlines are as follows:
- If you a current William Street, Grove Street, or Stuyvesant Town resident and want to remain in your current room, please apply for “Same Room Rights” no later than Wednesday, April 2.
- All other current residents who want to participate in general selection or form a pre-selected group must apply by Wednesday, April 9
To download the housing application and deposit form,.go to www.newschool.edu/housing and click on Apply for Housing. Email myhome@newschool.edu with any questions. Once your application has been submitted, housing selection numbers will be posted in your residence, which will give your scheduled date, time, and place to select a room. Housing selection will take place at 55 West 13th Street in the Student Activity Space, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HEALTH EDUCATION
OVERCOME YOUR TEST ANXIETIES
Wednesday, March 26, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons South, 2 West 13th Street, room 510
Learn simple skills and become more relaxed during your quizzes, tests, examinations, senior project defense, recitals, or juries. Open to New School students in all eight schools, RSVP required; email garrisoe@newschool.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES (OSDA)
OSDA
55 West 13th Street, ground floor
Mondays–Thursdays, 9:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Fridays, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
WEEKLY STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
Mondays
The New Tunes A Capella Group rehearses.
7:15–8:45 p.m.
Student Activity Space, Multipurpose Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor
Wednesdays
Join Adventure Force to watch cartoons, movies, play video games, and—best of all—enjoy free pizza!
6:00–8:40 p.m.
Parsons West, 2 West 13th Street, room 301
Manhattan Cornerstone Artists’ Fellowship meetings.
7:00–9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m.: Korean; 8:30 p.m.: English)
Student Activity Space, Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor
BECOME AN ORIENTATION LEADER—APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW
The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA) is recruiting students who are interested in working as orientation leaders (OLs) for the fall 2008 New Student Orientation. OLs act as ambassadors for The New School by helping introduce new students to the university, the community, and New York City. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for students looking for a dynamic, rewarding, and FUN experience! OL applications are available in the Office of Student Development and Activities or by emailing Steve McAllister at mcalliss@newschool.edu.
REGISTER FOR SPRING RECREATION CLASSES
Salsa: Mondays, 5:45–7:00 p.m.
Yoga: Tuesdays, 1:00– 2:15 p.m.
Capoeira: Wednesdays, 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Re-registration and first-time registration for the month of April begins Monday, March 24 at 10:00 a.m. New School ID and health insurance information are required for first-time registrants. Students can sign up at the Office of Student Development and Activities, located in Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
INTRAMURAL INDOOR SOCCER
Come out and show your support for the eight teams playing indoor soccer this semester. All games are played in the gym at the YMCA, 125 West 14th Street (photo ID is needed to gain entry to the building). Grab a friend or two and come cheer the teams on Wednesday, March 26:
7:30 p.m.—Toxic vs. Space Kids
7:50 p.m.—Bonito vs. Yoga
8:10 p.m.—The Jazz vs. Yinania
8:30 p.m.—FC Camela vs. Sao Pablo
DISCOUNTED KNICKS TICKETS
The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA) will sell discounted Knicks tickets for the following games:
Sunday, April 6, 7:00 p.m.: New York Knicks vs. Orlando Magic
Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 28, at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are $20 each, with a maximum of two per student with New School ID. OSDA is located at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
MOVIE TICKETS AVAILABLE
AMC and Regal Movie tickets are available for $7 each. Students can purchase 2 tickets every 3 weeks with a New School ID. The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
WOULD YOU LIKE INFO ABOUT PROGRAMS, ACTIVITES, AND FREE EVENTS EMAILED TO YOU EVERY FRIDAY?
If so, then email studev@newschool.edu and write "Add me, please" in the subject line and we'll add your email address to our listserv. You'll get weekly info on workshops, leadership opportunities, as well as meeting times and locations for student organizations. Even better, you'll receive a listing of FREE events in New York City such as film screenings, readings, gallery openings, and book signings.
RECOVER FROM THOSE TGIF'S WITH ALL HEALTH BREAKS LOOSE!
Are you a student or employee who would benefit from a weekly tip to improve your health? Maybe your TGIF activities have led you to seek recovery on Monday?
Contact Eric Garrison, one of our health educators, and ask to be put on the All Health Breaks Loose email list.
Every Monday, you will get a brief email with a weekly suggestion to boost your mental, physical, environmental, spiritual, social, and occupational health.
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD (SAB) WANTS YOU!
The Student Activities Planning Board wants you to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community. Meetings are scheduled for Fridays, March 28, April 4, 11, 18, and 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Office of Student Development & Activities (OSDA) at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, room 102.If you can’t make the meetings but want to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community, email SAB at studentactivitiesboard@newschool.edu.
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD
WELCOMES HYPNOTIST-COMEDIAN-MAGICIAN KEVIN HURLEY TO CAMPUS
Wednesday, March 26, 7:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, second floor
Come be mesmerized and mystified while laughing your socks off!
Kevin Hurley has shared the stage with Robin Williams, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland. Now he’s making his way to The New School, so come out and get your laugh on!
SAVE THESE DATES:
Student Leadership Awards Banquet
Friday, May 2
Get ready to nominate your favorite program, most deserving student organization, emerging leader, or select from a host of additional categories. Nomination forms will be available early March.
Seek Relief Week
May 5–9
Look out for a week of fun activities in ALL schools: FREE massages, trail-mix snack stations, and workshops on stress relief. We help you seek relief right before finals!
Spring Extravaganza
Thursday, May 8, 4:30–8:00 p.m.
SAB is sponsoring a carnival, which will take place in the Lang Courtyard. Be sure to stop by for all-you-can-eat goodies, massages (in conjunction with Seek Relief Week), and henna artists who will create fabulous artwork on your hands.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Walk-in Counseling Hours
Every Monday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 214
Open to students and alumni of The New School for General Studies, Lang, Jazz, and Mannes.
Job Search Workshop
Thursday, March 27, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 204
Career counselors discuss job and internship search strategies for all levels, backgrounds, and sectors. Open to New School students and alumni only.
Women+Work Discussion Group
Thursday, March 27, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Union Square Building, 6 East 16th Street, room 1107
Come share your thoughts about women and careers with other female students. Topics include job discrimination, work-family balance, and the glass ceiling. Open to New School students and alumni only. RSVP required; email careers@newschool.edu.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES (ISS)
INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI CAREER PANEL
Wednesday, March 26, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons South, 66 Fifth Avenue, room 101
International Student Services and Milano’s Career Development and Placement Office present an international alumni career panel. This panel is an opportunity for the international community at The New School to get firsthand advice from international alumni working in New York City. The alumni will speak about how they found their jobs and discuss the kinds of positions employers look to fill with U.S.-educated international candidates.
Come and find out what opportunities are out there for you. For information and to RSVP, email issevents@newschool.edu.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES COFFEE AND TEA
Every Thursday, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Union Square Building, 6 East 16th Street, lobby
In need of an energy boost? Stop by anytime for a cup of coffee or tea and snacks. Come have coffee and make friends!
All are welcome!
INTERNATIONAL BOOK CLUB
Join fellow New School students, staff, and faculty for a fascinating discussion of literary works from all over the world! To get information on which books we will read, make suggestions, and sign up, email issevents@newschool.edu.
TAX WORKSHOPS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires that you submit tax returns by April 15, 2008. State and city tax offices have the same deadline. Be sure to write down your questions and bring them to the workshop. International Student Services (ISS) will provide tax packets (Form 8843, Form 1040NR-EZ, and publication 4011) at these workshops.
Please note that neither ISS nor any other office at The New School can offer specific tax advice. It is your responsibility to understand your tax obligations. ISS can provide general information to help you meet your tax obligations. Visit www.irs.gov for more information.
Please RSVP by sending an email to iss@newschool.edu, including your name and student ID number.
Bring the following forms to the tax workshop:
All W-2s or W-9s and any other tax-related documents you have
W-8BEN (if applicable for next year)
1042S
1099-G
The ISS tax workshops are scheduled for the following times:
Friday, April 4, 11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m., Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 404
LIMITS TO ONLINE CLASS REGISTRATION
As you register for spring 2008, please be advised that no more than the equivalent of one online class or three credits per semester may be counted in calculations of full-time enrollment for F-1 international students. This restriction does not affect registration for students studying outside the United States. If you have any questions about online class registration, contact iss@newschool.edu.
I-20 END DATES
Section 5 on your I-20 indicates the date when the validity of your I-20 ends. If you will be completing your studies by that time, please be advised that you will have a 60-day grace period after the program end date on your I-20 in which to either depart from the United States or transfer to another college or university. You will not be able to reenter the United States using your current I-20 during this grace period. If you find that you will not be able to finish your current degree by the completion date on your I-20, you can request a program extension. You must make your request at least 30 days before the completion date. Visit the student services website to find out what documents you need in order to request a program extension. If you plan to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), you must attend an OPT workshop before you apply and USCIS must receive your application before the last day of class. If you have been admitted to pursue a different degree at the New School, you must apply for your new I-20 before the end date on your current I-20. Contact iss@newschool.edu if you have any questions.
CHANGE OF MAJOR OR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL REQUIRES NEW I-20
Please note that if you change your major (e.g., from a BA in Fashion Design to a BA in Product Design) or your educational level (e.g., from MA to PhD), you MUST request an update to your I-20 to reflect your current degree and program information.
Deadlines:
Change of major: By the end of the add period (for spring 2008, this date is Monday, February 4)
Change of education level: You must apply for the new I-20 BEFORE you begin your new program.
Failing to request the changes in your I-20 for a change of major or educational level in a timely manner may jeopardize your I-20 status.
OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS
F-1 international students in their final semester may apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), a year of employment for which you may be eligible upon completion of your studies. Please note that attendance at one workshop is mandatory.
It can take USCIS months to approve an OPT application, and pending approval of your application, you cannot leave the United States. So plan ahead: Apply three months before any international travel.
- Wednesday, April 16, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street, room 606
Space is limited; RSVP to iss@newschool.edu. Bring your passport (with I-94 card) and I-20. Please arrive on time for your sessions. The information is so important that we cannot allow latecomers.
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