THE NEW SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM WINS BIG
The New School Debate Team, led by Director Amber Kelsie and Assistant Coach Frank Montano, is off to a great start this year. During a debate tournament at the University of Rochester from September 26-28, several Lang students competed successfully. Josh Imes took first place with his partner from Columbia University, positioning The New School in first place in the Junior Varsity category. Rhiannon Auriemma, who was competing for the first time, took third place in the Novice category. In addition, individual speaker trophies were awarded for 1st place speaker in Varsity, 1st place speaker in Junior Varsity, and 12th and 13th place speakers in Novice.
Professor Kelsie, who also teaches “Seminar Slam: The Debate Studio” at Lang, is very pleased with the team’s progress. “This year has been amazing right from the beginning,” she says. “Our debaters are bright and dedicated, and their hard work has really paid off. Even our new debaters have won places at tournaments! More importantly, debate is a competitive intellectual activity that sucks you in because of its educational value and its camaraderie. I couldn't be more proud and excited about the rest of the year.”
Frank Montano agrees. "Coming into this debate season we knew we were going to be much improved from last year, but our program is still relatively new. To come out of our first tournament and win the varsity and JV division and take 3rd in novice was a great accomplishment and put The New School debate team on the map."
First time debater Rhiannon Aurienna looks forward to more competition. "I didn't know what to expect at my first tournament, but it turned out to be great. It wasn't what I thought it would be— you learn a lot really fast, and it's very challenging and fun. I'm definitely going to keep on debating."
The New School Debate Team participates in 2v2 Cross-Examination style debate, also known as policy debate. In policy, teams debate the costs and benefits of policy proposals or present philosophical arguments about a global issue. This year’s topic is “Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should substantially reduce its agricultural support, at least eliminating nearly all of the domestic subsidies for biofuels, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, corn, cotton, dairy, fisheries, rice, soybeans, sugar and/or wheat.”
CELEBRATION OF THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNIVERSITY IN EXILE WITH CONFERENCE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
The New School for Social Research and its flagship journal, Social Research: An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences, will host the conference “Free Inquiry at Risk: Universities in Dangerous Times” from October 29-31 at The New School.
The conference will open with an event held jointly with The New School President Bob Kerrey in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the University in Exile, an institution created within the larger New School in 1933 to provide a home for scholars rescued from fascist Europe. Ira Katznelson, the former dean of The New School for Social Research and the current Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University, will present a lecture in honor of the school’s legacy as an institution dedicated to academic freedom and providing a home for persecuted scholars from around the world.
This founding moment serves as a springboard to discuss the core values of academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and free inquiry in the life of the university under conditions of national and international duress. The conference will feature panel discussions with prominent scholars and experts to discuss the impact of rapid globalization, changes in the geo-political arena, modes of financing, the extension of higher education franchises, the rise of collateral institutes and research centers, the relationship between specialization and integration, and regime change on academic freedom and free inquiry.
Panel discussions include an up-close look at current hot-spots of intellectual attack across the globe with endangered scholars from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Belarus, and China, in discussion with Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute and a roundtable with university presidents present and past from the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Chicago, Amherst College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The New School. To view the conference agenda and speakers, visit the Social Research website.
The conference is the 18th in a series organized by The New School for Social Research’s award-winning journal Social Research. This conference is made possible with generous support from the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts.
STATE APPROVES ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM
The new Environmental Studies program at The New School recently received state approval. Launched this fall, the Environmental Studies program offers two new degrees focusing on the environment, a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science.
The program, administered by the Tishman Environment and Design Center, emphasizes the study of urban ecosystems, sustainable design, and the environment, society, and public policy. The curriculum includes interdisciplinary courses in design, environmental science, and urban studies.
The degrees are open to all New School undergraduates. For more information, please visit the program website.
RUSSELL SHORTO TO DISCUSS DESCARTES’ BONES
On Wednesday, October 29, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., Russell Shorto will discuss his most recent book, Descartes’ Bones, at The New School in the Wolff Conference Room, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor.
Russell Shorto is a world-renowned writer. A frequent lecturer in New York and throughout the United States, Shorto is the director of the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam. The institute is the center for American culture in Amsterdam, which presents speakers from around the world to European audiences.
Shorto’s most famous book, Island at the Center of the World, an internationally-acclaimed bestseller about the Dutch founding of Manhattan, won the New York City Book Award, the Washington Irving Prize for contribution to New York history, and many other awards. Shorto is a regular contributing writer of the New York Times Magazine.
Descartes’ Bones is a history of modern philosophy and the conflict between faith and reason. Descartes is most famous for his philosophical writings where he asserts that science and mathematics can explain everything in nature. Descartes’ Bones is a historical detective story, which seeks to solve the mystery of the location of Descartes's skull and how it got separated from the rest of his remains. Retracing the journey of the great 17th-century French thinker's bones—through six countries, across three centuries, through three burials—Shorto follows the philosophical journey into modernity, launched by Descartes' mind-body problem.
GRAD SCHOOL EXPO AND OPEN HOUSE AT THE NEW SCHOOL
Thinking about graduate school? The Grad School Expo & Open House at The New School will give you an inside look at how to apply to graduate school, finance your education, and advance or change your career. The event is free and takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, at Alvin Johnson / J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Register online at www.newschool.edu/gradexpo.
Faculty members, admissions counselors, and graduate students will be on hand to answer questions. Two break-out information sessions will give visitors the opportunity to find out more about the programs of study that interest them. Graduate admissions workshops in the afternoon will focus on financing your education, advancing or changing your career, and writing an effective admissions essay.
The New School offers some of the nation’s most distinguished graduate school programs in art and design, media, creative writing, humanities and the social sciences, professional management and public policy, international affairs, drama, and classical music. Each of The New School’s more than 30 graduate and post-graduate programs expose students to an exciting and challenging course of study headed by a faculty of artists, scholars, and professionals who practice what they teach.
For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.newschool.edu/gradexpo.
Candidates for The New School Honorary Degrees
The university expects to present six honorary degrees at its May 2009 commencement exercises. Awardees are accomplished in their field and are generally chosen from a discipline that represents the various schools and programs of the university. Honorary degrees will be awarded from the categories listed below. Candidates do not have to be graduates of The New School.
Categories:
- The Arts: Classical Music, Jazz/Contemporary Music, Theater, Film, Television, Writing, Visual Arts
- Design, Journalism
- The Humanities and Social Sciences
- The Natural Sciences
- Public Life and Government
Nominations for honorary degree candidates and University in Exile Award candidates are welcome and should be submitted no later than Friday, October 24, 2008. For additional details to nominate candidates for either an honorary degree or the University in Exile Award, please go to the University Commencement Website.
LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: SEMINAR ON THE NEW SCHOOL
The Seminar on the University is a series of discussions designed to inform The New School community of university policies and initiatives. The speakers’ papers are meant as springboards for further discussion.
The first paper for this academic year titled, Student Financial Services at The New School, will be presented by Eileen Doyle, assistant vice president for Student Financial Services.The seminar will take place on Thursday, November 13, 2008, from 3:00 -4:30 p.m. in the Orozco Room at 66 West 12th Street, 7th Floor.
Discussion Papers are available in the Dean's offices and on the university website one week before the Seminar.
The remaining seminars scheduled for the 2008-2009 academic year are: On Line Learning at The New School, presented by Shelley Reed, senior vice president for Information Technology and Linda Dunne, dean, The New School for General Studies, on Thursday, February 12, 2009; Developing the 2009-2010 University Operating Budget, presented by Jeanne Plecenik, vice president and treasurer, on Thursday, March 26, 2009; and The University Annual Report, presented by James Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Nancy Donner, vice president for Communications and External Affairs; and Doris Suarez, vice president and secretary of the Corporation, on Thursday, April 23, 2009.
Dave Muller
Extensions (Interpolations and Extrapolations), 2008
Acrylic on paper, in four parts
either 32 x 40 or 40 x 32 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
66 West 12th, lobby atrium adjacent to the Vera List Courtyard
In 2002, The New School Art Collection commissioned Los Angeles artist Dave Muller to create Interpolations and Extrapolations, an installation of 15 drawings, in the atrium at 66 West 12th Street. Muller chose images culled from The New School’s archives of promotional materials, course bulletins, and university seals to create a fluid “portrait” of the university since its inception in 1919. By focusing on the codification and evolution of The New School’s visual self-definition through the use of branding, Muller raises questions about cultural production and the creation of institutional identity.
This year Muller was invited to revisit the project and update the commission with Extensions, a new four-panel work that incorporates the current New School logo rendered on an orange banner surrounded by additional drawings of sky. Like the earlier drawings, these drawings have a homespun feel to them despite their almost photographic quality. Muller purposely leaves hatch-marks on the bottom of a drawing or orange drips beneath a banner. These visible reminders of the human touch behind the “brand” ultimately lead the viewer to consider the fragile notion of identity.
Extensions was commissioned in recognition and as part of the exhibition “Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding”, curated by Carin Kuoni, which will run though February 1 in the Kellen Gallery, Sheila Johnson Design Center.
For more information about Dave Muller and his work in the New School Art Collection, please contact the collection curators, Silvia Rocciolo (Rocciols@newschool.edu) and Eric Stark (Starke@newschool.edu). For more information about “Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding”, please contact Carin Kuoni, director, Vera List Center for Arts and Politics (Kuonic@newschool.edu).
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES
The New School Libraries offer a wide range of electronic resources to our patrons, and we're adding to our collection all the time. Here are two new databases that you should check out:
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM):
A collection of CD quality audio, complete and original liner notes, and essays from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI), and other important labels.
Fashion Snoops:
A database for fashion professionals with information from the international runway, trade show, and retail scenes, as well as with in-depth analysis on up-coming trends in design themes, colors, key bodies, and graphics.
Gaining access to these great resources is simple. Just go to library resources website, and click the red link to each, which is located in the "New Acquisitions" box at the right side of the screen.
For the duration of the fall semester, Fogelman Library will continue to be located on the lower level of 65 5th Avenue. The library plans to be open for business in its new space before the start of spring semester classes. Look for announcements regarding the library's future move to 55 West 13th Street on my.newschool.edu, and in future issues of the Weekly Observer.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA PLAYWRITING FACULTY MEMBER ENJOYS ANOTHER LONDON SUCCESS
Playwright and New School for Drama faculty member Chris Shinn’s new play, Now or Later, has been extended until November 1 at the Royal Court Theatre in London after its critically acclaimed world premiere last month. The searching new work examines religion, freedom of expression, and personal responsibility. It’s election night in the United States, and things are looking favorable for the Democratic Party, but while the president-elect, his wife, advisors and 20-year-old son are awaiting the results; controversial photos of his son are gathering momentum on the Internet. As his advisors work against the clock on damage limitation, it's up to father and son to try and reach an agreement.
“The Royal Shakespeare Company [originally] commissioned the play,” Shinn explains, “but when Dominic Cooke (RSC artistic associate) left to take over the Royal Court, he brought the commission with him. We talked a lot about how Shakespeare represented leaders and wars, and how strange it was that more playwrights today didn't represent the powerful, those who make big decisions about policy and war. I eventually decided it would be interesting to write about a potential President in times very much like ours.”
Shinn and the Royal Court share an extensive history, the latter having premiered many of Shinn’s plays, including last season’s Dying City, which had its US premiere at Lincoln Center. “Working with the Royal Court is great because there's a tremendous respect for and even deference to the playwright,” he enthused. “I've found that on the deepest level they revere the playwright and work harder to understand his or her intentions, rather than assuming they know better than the playwright, which is often the case, in my experience, in America.”
As of yet there are no firm plans for a US production, however Shinn’s adaptation of Hedda Gabler for the Roundabout Theatre Company is slated to open on Broadway early next year in a production directed by Ian Rickson and starring Mary-Louise Parker.
For more information on Now or Later, visit www.royalcourttheatre.com.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
CHARLES TOLLIVER AND NEW SCHOOL JAZZ COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CONCERT
Charles Tolliver, New School Jazz faculty member and an alumna of Art Blakey and Jazz Messengers will lead “Buhaina’s University,” a concert to celebrate the musical legacy of Art Blakey, on Wednesday, October 22, at 8:00 pm. In 1992, Reggie Workman asked Tolliver to teach a course titled, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Repertory.
Tolliver, trumpet, will be joined by Nick Rosenboro, trumpet; Jamaal Sawyer, tenor saxophone; Lemar Guillary, trombone; Vladmir Katz, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; and E.J. Strickland, drums. This evening, Tolliver brings together the faculty, alumni, and students to perform, in his own words,”reportorial renditions...quintessential models, and complete lessons in theory, composition, arranging, harmony, and reharmonizations.”
The concert takes place in The Jazz Performance Space, Arhnold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th Floor. General admission is $10, students with valid ID and seniors are free. For more information call 212.229.5896 x4591.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HOSTS:
“BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA—MOVING FORWARD”
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| H.E. Zeljko Komsic |
On October 24 and 25, the Graduate Program of International Affairs will hold a symposium with a delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina, including member of the Presidency H.E. Zeljko Komsic.
After the country declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered three years of brutal war that created a divide along ethnic lines. The 1995 Dayton peace accord brought an end to the conflict and established a complex political structure to accommodate the warring factions: Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims (or "Bosniaks"). Kornsic is the Bosnian Croat constituent of a three-member presidency of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina, a system established under the Dayton Accords.
This two-day conference is devoted to the future prospects of this Balkan state, with attention to the continuing instability in the region as a whole. It will provide an assessment of the country’s human rights record after Dayton, a look at the prospects for European Union accession, and an analysis of the federation’s present and future economic development. It will also serve as a platform for dialogue between academics from both The New School and Sarajevo University. Professors, as well as student representatives, from both universities will follow the conference with a working session to discuss future cooperation between the institutions in the form of international field programs, faculty exchange, and seminars.
Friday’s program will run from 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., featuring keynote speakers H.E. Zeljko Komsic, Dr. Joseph W. Westphal, provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at The New School, and Dr. Faruk Caklovica, president of Sarajevo University. The day will conclude with a film entitled Nafaka by Jasmin Durakovic. Saturday’s program will run from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and will focus on economic development featuring a representative from the Central Bank of Bosnia Herzegovina and leading CEOs from the country. To view the conference schedule of events and panelists, visit the GPIA website.
Co-sponsored by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies at The New School and the Canton of Sarajevo in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Made possible with support from the America - Bosnia Cultural Foundation.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE WORK FEATURED IN AIA NEW YORK EXHIBITION
Work by Parsons Architecture students will be showcased in Arch School, an exhibition of promising student work opening October 18 at the Center for Architecture. The fourth annual exhibition features work by the tri-state area's most promising student architects. Drawings and models by Parsons students will be featured alongside those from City College of New York, Columbia University, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Cornell University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, University of Buffalo, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
The exhibition will be on view from through December 19, at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York. For more information, please visit the Center for Architecture website. The Arch Schools exhibition is hosted by AIA New York, the American Institute of Architect's oldest chapter.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
CLASS STRUGGLES: STRENGTHENING SCHOOLS BY STRENGTHENING FAMILIES
New York City’s public schools are held accountable for their students’ educational progress. But what happens when problems at home hold students back, or when young children aren’t coming to school? Could the city create a school-based safety net in the lowest-income neighborhoods? The Center for New York City Affairs will release an analysis of absenteeism in the early grades, looking at the role that schools and families play in the academic success of a child—and what is needed to help more children do well.
The event will be held on Tuesday, October 21, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, with introductory remarks by Richard Rothstein, research associate, Economic Policy Institute, and author of Class and Schools; and Dennis Walcott, Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development, City of New York.
Moderated by Clara Hemphill, co-founder, InsideSchools.org and author, New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parents' Guide, the panel will include: Lilliam Barrios Paoli, executive director, SafeSpace; Elayna Konstan, CEO, Office of School and Youth Development, NYC Department of Education; Jane Quinn, assistant executive director for Community Schools, Children’s Aid Society; and Luis Torres, principal, Bronx P.S. 55.
Admission to this event, supported by the Child Welfare Fund, the Milano Foundation, the Sirus Fund and the United Way of New York City, is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
THE NEW NEWARK, PART I:
MAINTAINING MOMENTUM FOR RENEWAL IN A SLOWING ECONOMY
Foreclosures are rampant in Newark’s working-class neighborhoods as the credit crisis and economic slowdown threaten the city’s commercial recovery. What will it take to stabilize and invigorate a growth economy and new employment opportunities in a city that is New York’s largest urban neighbor? Can Newark develop its way to longstanding success? What lessons can Newark’s leaders learn from the revitalization of New York’s neighborhoods—and vice versa?
On Wednesday, October 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Center for New York City Affairs andthe Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration will convene key stakeholders to discuss these questions at the Atrium, Center for Law and Justice at Rutgers University, 123 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey.
Stefan Pryor, deputy mayor, City of Newark and Mark Willis, visiting scholar, the Ford Foundation will lead the opening conversation. A panal discussion will be moderated by Katie Wang, City Hall reporter, The Star-Ledger, and features Richard Cammarieri, community organizer, New Community Corporation; Steve Nislick, chief executive officer, Edison Properties; dt ogilvie, professor of Business Strategy and founding director, Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, Rutgers Business School-Newark; Karen Torian, chief of Preservation & Development, Newark Housing Authority; and Baye Adofo-Wilson, executive director, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District.
Admission to the first in this two-part series ‘The New Newark,’ which is generously supported by Edison Properties, with additional support provided by the Sirus Fund and the Milano Foundation is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
EUGENE LANG COLLEGE DANCE PROGRAM RECEIVES $10,000 GRANT
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| Anna Sololow at 70
Photo by Lionel Freedman |
Jim May Photo by David Fullard |
Eugene Lang’s Dance Program has been granted $10,000 to support a one-year residency to explore the life and work of world-renowned dancer, choreographer, and teacher Anna Sokolow. The centerpiece of the residency will involve the reconstruction and performance of Sokolow’s Lyric Suite, a classic 1953 modern dance work with music by Alban Berg. During the Fall 2009 semester, Jim May, artistic director of the Sokolow Theatre / Dance Ensemble, will select a cast of dancers from Eugene Lang College. Lyric Suite will be reconstructed in Spring 2010 and performed in early May at the Ailey Citigroup Theater as part of the college’s spring dance performance.
In addition to reconstructing Lyric Suite, May will conduct workshops and lectures for the Lang community-at-large that explore the social, historical, and aesthetic contexts of Sokolow’s work. The Fall semester also will include a public walking tour of Greenwich Village, where Sokolow was born and raised; open rehearsals of the José Limón Dance Company and the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble; as well as exhibits at the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center and The New School’s Skybridge Art Space.
The grant was awarded through American Masterpieces: Dance-College Component, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Jaime Santora, director of the Arts, secured the grant with the assistance of Arts Professor Danielle Goldman and Rebecca Stenn, choreographer in residence.
LANG STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS FOR JANUARY 2009
Lang College has just announced two study-abroad programs to take place during the semester recess in January 2009.
The first program, which will be take place from January 8-25, 2009, is the Yucatán Study Abroad Program, in Valladolid, Yucatán. Undergraduates will join Paul Ross, assistant professor of Mexican history, for an intensive program where Mexican history comes alive, with seminar meetings at sites including the Maya cities of Chichen Itza and Uxmal, the colonial convent of Izamal, and the Caste War museum of Tihosuco. Based at the Linguistic Center Yucatan in Valladolid, students also take Intensive Spanish courses, and a workshop in Yucatec Maya, the indigenous language spoken by 30 percent of the population of the state of Yucatán. Students will receive 6 credits for their course work.
Applications are now available to apply for one of the 20 spots open to New School students. The application deadline is Thursday, November 6. Priority will be given to Eugene Lang College students, but applications will be accepted from students from other divisions of The New School.
For questions concerning the curriculum, please contact Prof. Paul Ross at rossp@newschool.edu
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The second program, which will take place between, January 6-25, is Cambodia: A Lang Study Abroad Course, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Timothy Pachirat, professor, and Karen Tenkhoff, facilitator, will lead students in the course which engages the perils, paradoxes, and promises of contemporary Cambodia by combining intensive service learning with an academically rigorous examination of the politics and history that make up present-day Cambodia. Based in the town of Siem Reap on the northeast tip of the Tonle Sap (the Great Lake), a portion of the two weeks in Cambodia will be spent teaching conversational English to young adults at a local Buddhist monastery, building relationships with children at an orphanage through music, art, and photography, and assisting teachers at a primary school. Students will also learn basic conversational Khmer, take guided tours of Angkor Wat and the Landmine Museum, and examine first hand the realities of Cambodia's tourism, garment manufacturing, and human trafficking industries.
These experiences will provide an intimate and compelling frame through which we will discuss and write about texts and films that speak to the themes of colonialism, United States bombing, left-utopian genocide, United Nation's intervention, and contemporary globalization in Cambodia. Students will receive 4 credits for their course work.
Applications are now available and due Friday, October 31. For questions concerning the curriculum, please contact Prof. Tim Pachirat at pachirat@newschool.edu.
For applications to both programs contact: Kim Foote, study abroad coordinator, Eugene Lang College, 64 West 11th Street, room 108; phone| 212.229.5100 x2260; or email footek@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM THE INDIA CHINA INSTITUTE
STUDENT TRAVEL RESEARCH FUND APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
Students can now apply for India China Institute's Student Travel / Research Funds for 2009. Four awards are available at $2,500 each for undergraduate or graduate students to support an independent study project or to defray the cost of attending a New School program in India or China during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Please visit the India China website for program guidelines and application forms. The Deadline for applying is November 6, 2008.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
MANNES FACULTY AND STAFF RECEIVE ASCAPLUS AWARDS FOR 2008-09
Richard Russell, assistant director of the Mannes Extension Division; Victor Kioulaphides, room-scheduling manager; and Wendy Griffiths, faculty member in Techniques of Music in both the Extension Division and Preparatory Division, have all recently won an ASCAPLUS Award. Winners of the awards, given annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), are chosen by a panel of distinguished music experts who consider composers’ output and the frequency with which their works are performed.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a performing rights organization whose primary purpose is to distribute royalties to its members based on an objective survey of various media. The ASCAPLUS awards, given each year since 1960, reward writers whose works have a unique prestige value for which adequate compensation would not otherwise be received and to compensate those writers whose works are performed substantially in media not surveyed by ASCAP.
CATCH THE “VAN GOGH AND THE COLORS OF THE NIGHT" 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!
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, Dance, and concert TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting spring theater, music and dance season is under way: Why pay $100 or more, when you can pay $20-$36 for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows, dance performances and concerts? 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 $27.50, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for $20-36 per ticket include: 13-A New Musical, The 39 Steps, Absinthe at the Spiegeltent, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Ballet NY, Beast, Big Apple Circus, Boeing Boeing, The Fantasticks, Flamingo Court, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Fueerzabruta, Gypsy, Hairspray, Irena's Vow, Legally Blonde, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Marvelous Wonderettes, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Speed the Plow, Spring Awakening, The Seagull, To Be Or Not To Be and Xanadu.
So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.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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