the new school receives $7 million donation to study
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NEW YORK, February 23, 2016 – The New School announced today a $7 million donation by Henry Arnhold to the university’s Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, part of The New School for Social Research (NSSR) in New York City. Mr. Arnhold’s gift is named in honor of the late Aristide Zolberg, a New School professor and renowned expert on migration. It will be used to turn the Institute into a unique, New York-based hub for academic research and policy debate on migration and mobility, as well as a place offering opportunities to apply academic knowledge in the field. “I’m happy to follow in Ari Zolberg’s footsteps by encouraging the study of migration, especially since it has become even more important in today’s globalized world,” said Arnhold, who is a member of The New School’s Board of Trustees. “Henry Arnhold’s gift directly supports the vision of The New School and substantiates a core commitment of the university to study the issues of our time, including migration and globalization,” said David Van Zandt, president of The New School. “This important gift comes just as the world is reaching a critical juncture in the politics surrounding the massive movement of people across borders and around the world,” said Will Milberg, dean of NSSR. "Henry Arnhold's gift will enable the New School to have a strong public voice in debates about migration,” said Miriam Ticktin, Co-Director of the Zolberg Institute and Associate Professor of Anthropology. “It enables us to develop our unique approach to questions about mobility in a global age." Mr. Arnhold’s donation will provide long-term financial support for the Zolberg Institute, as well as full funding for a professorship focused on educating the next generation of leaders in migration research. This gift builds on NSSR’s origins as the “University in Exile,” founded in 1933 with an historic recruitment of leading scholars threatened by the rise of Nazism in Germany. In 1940 and 1941, The New School again reached out to help refugees, collaborating with an emergency international rescue committee to help secure 100 positions in American Universities for scholars in exile. “With more displacement around the world than at any time since World War II, and more complexity in that displacement, humanitarian practice and policy needs new thinking,” said David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. “The International Rescue Committee is on the front line of crisis, from the trauma of war in Syria and South Sudan to resettlement across the US. We welcome the growth of the Zolberg Institute and look forward to a great partnership as it forges a global approach to vital research, advocacy and education work.” Carnegie Corporation of New York, which actively supports the work of organizations that promote the civic integration of immigrants in the United States, also recognized the importance of Mr. Arnhold’s donation to further the study of migration at The New School. “We congratulate Henry Arnhold for his generosity in ensuring that the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School for Social Research will contribute to understanding how immigration and migration is impacting all sectors of global society,” said Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. “It is appropriate that the institute is in New York City, which has always been the epicenter of immigrant energy, entrepreneurship, and creativity.” |
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