2009 UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCED
The New School will hold its 73rd Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 22, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, located at Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street in NYC. As The New School has done in the past, divisions will also hold their own ceremonies prior to the main University Commencement Ceremony. Information for graduates, guests, divisional ceremonies, and tickets can be found on the university commencement website.
SENATOR PAUL SPYROS SARBANES DELIVERS Paul H. DOUGLAS LECTURE ON Ethics and government:
Then and Now: Fighting the Deregulation Ideology
In the aftermath of Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom,Paul Spyros Sarbanes, former Senator from Maryland, broke the deregulation mold and passed one of the most significant corporate reform bills since the early days of the New Deal, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
On Tuesday, December 9, he joins Milano and The New School for Social Research to present the Paul H. Douglas Lecture on Ethics and Government titled, “Then and Now: Fighting the Deregulation Ideology.” Senator Sarbanes will describe how he overcame the influence of an “inside the beltway” culture heavily reliant on corporate lobbyists to curb financial abuses and enhance ethical conduct and investor protections. Drawing on this personal experience, Sarbanes will describe the challenges the Obama Administration will face in its own reform efforts.
By winning re-election to an unprecedented 5th term in 2000, Paul Spyros Sarbanes became Maryland’s longest serving United States Senator. In 2001, as chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Sarbanes held a series of comprehensive hearings resulting in the passage of the “Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act.” Signed into law on July 30, 2002, the legislation is now known as the “Sabanes-Oxley Act” for the principal sponsors of the legislation. As a result of his work in shepherding this historic legislation through the Congress and into law, Sarbanes was honored in June 2003 with the prestigious Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award from the University of Illinois.
The Paul H. Douglas Lecture Series on Ethics and Government was established to honor Senator Douglas' distinguished, three-term career in the U.S. Senate, which was marked by legislative productivity, bringing together the highest moral standards with practical wisdom. The aim of the series is to engage the public as well as The New School community on these critically important subjects. Each lecture features a distinguished speaker who is or has been deeply involved in governmental and ethical issues. The New School's reputation for civic-minded, progressive thought and action makes it the ideal home for a lecture series of this nature.
The event will be held in Wollman Hall at the Eugene Lang Building at 65 West 11th Street on the 5th floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by emailing mcnamard@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES
PsychiatryOnline is a web-based research portal from the American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., (APPI) providing online access to major print reference materials and journals in the area of psychiatry. Included are the DSM® Library featuring the popular Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-DSM-IV-TR®, and the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Fogelman Library News
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 GENERAL STUDIES
A TURNING POINT IN SOCIAL POLICIES IN ARGENTINA
On Tuesday, November 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., The New School’s Observatory on Latin America, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme for Latin America and the Spain-UNDP Trust Fund, will present a special forum on social policies in Argentina titled, “Towards an Integrated and Inclusive Development in Latin America.”
Michael Cohen, director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School, will introduce Dr. Alicia Kirchner, minister of Social Development and president of the Council of Social Policies of Argentina, and Bernado Kliksberg, chief advisor of the Direction of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Latin America and director of the Spain-UNDP Trust Fund.
The event will be held at 66 W. 12 Street, Room 510. There will be simultaneous translation in Spanish/English throughout the event. Admission is free, please RSVP to ola@newschool.edu.
The Observatory on Latin America is a university-wide initiative at The New School working to create new opportunities for multiple narratives and public debate on hemispheric processes of reform and change. For more information, visit their website.
MEDIA STUDIES FACULTY PUBLISHES NEW BOOK
Kit Laybourne, an associate professor in the MA Program in Media Studies and Film, has published a new book, Mediapedia. The publisher is Knack Books, an imprint of the Globe Pequot Press.
Mediapedia is a highly illustrated lexicon of digital design terms. At first look it appears to be about technology, but it is really a book about creativity. The volume grew out of Laybourne's lessons from "Foundations of Media Design" in the Media Studies graduate program and is not primarily a text. Instead, it is targeted at anyone who has a digital camera and a computer and is using both to "make stuff" for the Internet. The goal, according to Laybourne, is to help people take their personal media to the next level.
Laybourne is one of the founders of the Media Studies program. He was, for many years, an independent producer in partnerships with Eli Noyes, Kathleen Minton, and Mickey Lemle. He was also a co-founder and executive producer of Oxygen Media, LLC, a cable TV network targeting women, where he ran projects in animation, interactive programming, and DV-based documentaries. He is author of The Animation Book (Crown, 1979; revised 1998) and creator of a rich-media web site, mediapedia.com.
AN EMERGENT SECOND LIFE?
Former and current Media Studies students Bianca Ahmadi and Juan Rubio and faculty member Jason Pine have produced a television show in collaboration with Paper Tiger TV. The show focuses on identity in the virtual world, Second Life, and what it can tell us about identity in everyday experience. It suggests that self-designed experiences may enable us to articulate emergent identities for ourselves and for others. The program combines a live studio audience, videotaped testimonials of Second Life users who express profound personal investments while creating their avatars and environments, and experimental machinima (machine cinema) to evoke the experience of virtual self-design and world-building.
The show airs on December 3, at 8:00 p.m. on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), and at 3:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m., on Brooklyn Community Access TV (BCAT). The show’s producer and director is Bianca Ahmadi; associate producer, Juan Rubio; editor, Juan David Gonzalez; and content director, Jason Pine.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
PARSONS TO LAUNCH MFA INTERIOR DESIGN PROGRAM
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This week, Parsons announced the launch* of an MFA degree program in Interior Design, which will begin in fall 2009. The two-year, full-time program will integrate study of history, theory, design, material experimentation, and sustainable practice to address the challenges and opportunities of interior design in the 21st century.
“Today, designers need to know how to incorporate sustainable design and enhanced building performance into their work; to stay abreast of new developments in technology and materials; and have a strong understanding of the new types of clients and users that result from social change and shifts in demographics,” said Lois Weinthal, director of Interior Design at Parsons. “With Parsons’ strong emphasis on the social impact of design, this program is uniquely qualified to confront these modern challenges.”
The program will be hosted in the School for Constructed Environments, the only integrated school of interior design, lighting design, product design, and architecture in the country. Design studios will provide the foundation of the curriculum, complemented by core studies designed to address emerging aspects of the field such as materials and their performance, fabrication and processes, forms of spatial programming, and the theory of the interior.
For more information, please visit the School for Constructed Environments website.
*pending state approval
PARSONS PRESENTS DESIGNER AND THEORIST TONY FRY
On Tuesday, November 25 at 6:00 p.m., Parsons presents a lecture by Tony Fry, a leading expert in the field of sustainability and design theory. The talk titled, “In The Eye of the Storm: Design Culture and the Coming Age of Unsettlement,” will explore how design can be made into a force for affirmative change in a time of turmoil. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held in Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, ground floor.
Fry is an adjunct professor in the Design Futures program at Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, in Brisbane, Australia. His cross-disciplinary work combines architecture, industrial design, information design, planning, and engineering, to address issues of sustainability.
This event is part of a weekly lecture series hosted by the school of Art and Design History and Theory, in conjunction with the course Global Issues in Design and Visuality in the 21st Century: Culture. For more information on Tony Fry and his work, please visit the Team DES website.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
PART TIME MILANO FACULTY MEMBER ALLEN HERSHKOWITZ FEATURED ON 60 MINUTES
With the recent movement to go green, an increasing number of Americans are attempting to participate through recycling. However, many Americans do not realize that many of our attempts to be responsible citizens are being thwarted by an illegal smuggling operation that is dumping toxic U.S. electronic waste on poor communities in China. The program 60 Minutes interviewed Allen Hershkowitz, part-time Milano professor and senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, to illuminate the effects of such a smuggling operation on November 9.
Hershkowitz discusses the milieu of toxins released into the air, water, and ground when electronics are smuggled out of the country and improperly “recycled.” He also outlines the magnitude of the disposable electronics that the American mass-consumer culture creates. The interview lays bare the horrific effects that these electronics, through their toxins and illegal smuggling, have on the people who are paid $8/day to break down.
Allen Hershkowitz has worked as an advisor to the World Bank, the United Nations, and several Environmental Protection Agency advisory boards, and he worked for INFORM as a researcher. Hershkowitz is the author of Bronx Ecology: Blueprint for a New Environmentalism, which details his efforts in creating the Bronx Community Paper Company.
2008 LEVIN LECTURE: ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL LAYS OUT EQUITY AGENDA TO END POVERTY
On Thursday, December 4, Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, will present Milano’s 2008 Nathan W. Levin Lecture on race and poverty.
Rather than continuing to tackle separately the underlying issues of race, class, and democracy, public policy expert Blackwell argues an Obama administration should construct a new “equity agenda” to address these issues comprehensively.
Blackwell calls for the breakdown of the outdated and artificial barriers that perpetuate poverty, in areas ranging from housing and education to health and democratic participation. Blackwell will highlight numerous examples of where this comprehensive approach has already proven successful, like the Harlem Children's Zone, a project to rebuild community by providing a 24/7 support network for neighborhood children.
Angela Glover Blackwell founded PolicyLink in 1999. A renowned community-building advocate, Blackwell served as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation where she oversaw the Foundation's Domestic and Cultural divisions. Blackwell also developed Rockefeller's Building Democracy division, which focused on race and policy and created the Next Generation Leadership program. A lawyer by training, Blackwell gained national recognition as founder of the Oakland (CA) Urban Strategies Council, where she pioneered new approaches to neighborhood revitalization. She is the co-author of Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America and contributed to Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream, an anthology edited by John Edwards.
Established in 1989 in honor of the late Nathan Levin, a trustee and acting president of The New School, the Levin Lecture explores the issues of race, poverty, and public policy. The event will be held in Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, at 6:00 p.m. The event is free, but reservations are required.
ON THE WATERFRONT:
FINDING THE BALANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITIES
On Tuesday, December 2, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the Center for New York City Affairs and Milano will join to host the first of the Port Authority Speaker Series, a panel discussion about the future of New York’s waterfront. The event will feature remarks by Christopher Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The panel includes representatives from labor, community nonprofit organizations, and developers. These experts will address the need for long-term public policies that balance waterfront development with the changing priorities of the surrounding communities, and the short-term limitations on urban development and regional growth due to the financial crisis. The discussion will include issues such as limited space for new development, the commercial success of the import/export industry, the need to preserve and create jobs, and the seemingly competing priorities of providing open space and environmental protections to residents in the surrounding communities.
Christopher Ward, executive director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) will make opening remarks. The following panel discussion includes Carl Biers, education director, International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1588, Carter Craft, former director of Programs, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, Venetia Lannon, senior vice president, Maritime Division, NYC Economic Development Corporation, Susan Bass Levin, deputy executive director, PANYNJ, Joshua Muss, president, Muss Development Company, Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director, United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park, and Greg David, editorial director, Crain’s New York Business.
The event is supported by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, with additional support provided by the Sirus Fund and the Milano Foundation. It will be held in Wollman Hall at the Eugene Lang Building at 65 West 11th Street on the 5th floor. Admission 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
LANG FACULTY STARS IN AMERICAN PREMIERE STAGED READING BY FAMED TURKISH PLAYWRIGHT
Zishan Ugurlu a full-time faculty member at in the Arts department at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts will be starring in the role of Hurrem Sultan, in the staged reading of the American Premiere of Concubine Sultan Hurrem by Turkish playwright Ozen Yula.
Ozen Yula is the one of the most prominent and internationally successful playwrights of Turkey. Yula’s plays have already been translated to German, French, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Japanese, and Arabic. His work is dark, comical, visually daring, and at the forefront of the avant-garde. The American Premiere of Concubine Sultan Hurrem is set in a secret harem room of the Ottoman Palace; Sultan Harem talks with a young concubine about her life, her love, her political influence, and the intrigues of the palace.
Ugurlu is an actor, director, and a teacher. She is the artistic director of Actors without Borders/ITONY, and is the recipient of the Martin Scorsese Award for acting in the film Dog Race.
The reading which will take place on Monday, December 1, at 6:30 p.m., at the Martin E. Segal Theater Center, the Graduate Center, CUNY; and on Thursday, December 4, at 6:30 p.m., at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, which will be followed by a discussion with the visiting playwright about the life of the legendary 16th-century figure, who was rumored to be of Polish descent.
The Martin E. Segal Theater Center, the Graduate Center, CUNY is located at 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th street. Tickets are free. To make reservations, please 212.817.1860.
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is located at 47th Avenue and Van Dam Street, Long Island City. Tickets are free. To make reservations, please contact the box office at 718.482.5151.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
NEW SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIETY HOSTS INTERDISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENTS
The New School Psych Society hosted an interdisciplinary discussion between the Philosophy and Psychology departments this past Thursday. The discussion consisted of panelists from both departments—who were all students. The purpose was to discuss whether the fields of philosophy and psychology have anything to offer each other, and if so, what the relationship between the fields—and their associated departments—should be.
The idea for the discussion originated with Amy Barackman, a second-year student in the Psychology master's program. Amy had experienced several of these student-led "guerilla discussions" during her undergraduate education, and felt the concept would translate well to The New School. "Student-led discussions give students, who can sometimes be intimidated when experts are present, the chances to more freely express their ideas," Amy explained.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA TO PRESENT SHAKESPEARE’S ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
The New School for Drama presents William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well as the final offering of the FIRST LOOK performance series. Drama’s FIRST LOOK is a program of performances of classical and contemporary works staged in a final rehearsal atmosphere, with minimal sets, lights, costumes, and props. The production features the third-year acting students and is directed by Stephen Fried.
In this bitter-sweet romantic comedy, love doesn’t come easy for Helena as she tries to claim the hand of the young lord Bertram—her reward for curing the ailing King. He refuses the arrangement, but the passionate Helena won’t take no for an answer, leaving her to find another way to convince Bertram to accept her love.
A Drama League directing fellow, Mr. Fried comes to Drama as the recent resident assistant director of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, DC. Among his notable credits, he has directed Henry V at Milwaukee Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus at Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, and Love’s Labor’s Lost at Illinois Shakespeare.
Performances are Wednesday through Saturday, December 10-13, at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.
For more information, visit the Drama website.
DRAMA ALUMS’ FILM HONORED AT QUEENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Drama alums Kevin Jackson ('98) and Andres Faucher's ('00) film, El Pasajero, has garnered yet another honor, winning Best International Short at the 2008 Queens International Film Festival in New York City. Earlier this year, the film was named Best Narrative Short at the Athens International Film & Video Festival.
“El Pasajero is a brilliant meditation on class and inequality, but finally about those essential things that unify us as humans. It is an important work by a new voice in world cinema," says legendary producer Jonathan Taplin (Mean Streets, To Die For), a member of the Academy Awards' Foreign Language Film Selection Committee.
In addition to its honors at Queens and Athens, El Pasajero was awarded Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast at the 2008 Breckenridge Festival of Film; received a Special Jury Award for Best Actor (Jorge Palacios) at the 2008 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival; and was a Finalist for Best Short at the 2008 USA Film Festival.
"In my many years of judging entries, El Pasajero is one of my top 10 favorites of all time," says Jocelyn Donaghue, juror at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
To date, El Pasajero has been selected to a total of ten film festivals across the country, including: Cinequest (San Jose, CA), Athens Int'l (Ohio), USA (Dallas, TX), Breckenridge (Colorado), Rhode Island Int'l, Los Angeles Short Film Festival, Los Angeles Latino Int'l, CineFestival (San Antonio, TX), and Queens Int'l.
For more information, please visit the El Pasajero website.
UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
2009 SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN ALASKA
The Tishman Environment and Design Center is now accepting applications for the 2009 Tishman Environmental Merit Scholars program, an exciting summer internship in Alaska. Two New School undergraduates (sophomores and juniors only) will be selected to spend the summer working with a grassroots environmental organization in Alaska.
In past years, students have worked for the Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF), the National
Wildlife Federation, and the Alaska Conservation Alliance on a wide range of issues. Selected students receive a 12-week, summer-paid internship in Anchorage, summer tuition scholarship for four credits of independent study, and roundtrip airfare.
For more information about the program, and to download an application form, go to environmental studies website. Applications are due December 12, 2008.
STUDENTS INVITED TO COMPETE IN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT CONTEST
The Responsibility Campaign invites you to create a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) on the negative consequences of underage drinking. The PSA’s content should address binge drinking and deter underage drinkers from purchasing and/or consuming alcoholic beverages. The winning PSA will creatively and artistically capture this message.
First prize is $1,000; second prize is $500; and third prize is $250.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three submissions and announced at a special reception for the finalists hosted by the Responsibility Campaign.
For contest details, rules, and applications visit the NYU website. The deadline for submissions is Monday, December 1.
The Responsibility Campaign was created to form an alliance among New York City’s elected officials, Community Boards Two and Three, New York University, The New School, Cooper Union, student groups, and local bar owners to develop a framework for responsibility and safety for university students and others involved in NYC nightlife.
Through these partnerships, the Responsibility Campaign has established working relationships with students and bar/club operators to proactively work towards the prevention of underage and binge drinking.
USE YOUR FREE ADMISSION TO DROP IN ON MOMA’S AFTER HOUR MONDAY NIGHTS
Monday, December 8, 2008, marks the first of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA’s) Monday Nights, a series of Monday evenings over the next six months when the Museum will remain open until 8:45 p.m. We encourage New School students and employees to drop in after work and enjoy access to the entire Museum. 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.
There will be live entertainment as well as drinks and cocktails available for purchase. MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street, New York City. 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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