Posted in REFLECTIONS & ANALYSIS
The old building at 65 5th Avenue was awkward, badly lit, uninspiring, and ultimately, unsustainable. Of course the old building was never intended to serve as a functional academic facility. Until 1968, the building was used as a department store; ultimately, the University purchased and renovated the property to house the Graduate Faculty of the […]
Posted in PEOPLE
Multi-talented George Pitts taught photography at Parsons for two decades, from 1998 until his untimely death in 2017. He came to Parsons as the revolutionary, founding Director of Photography at Vibe magazine, where he worked from 1993 to 2004. He also served as the Director of Photography at LIFE magazine from 2004 to 2007. His […]
Posted in In the Archives
Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. If someone told you that students from the New School are very open-minded, that would not be surprising. Obviously, the University […]
Posted in In the Archives
Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. I started working in The New School Archives as an assistant on the audio collections of the school. Coming from Eastern […]
Posted in In the Archives
Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. ParsonsPaper was a monthly student-produced newspaper that ran from 1976 to 1990, and was sponsored by the Parsons Student Council. The […]
Posted in In the Archives
Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Today is my first post for The New School Archives blog, but also my last day of working at the New […]
Posted in HISTORIES
A collage of the covers of the New School catalogs over the years.
Posted in PEOPLE
You walk into her office on the ninth floor of Joseph Urban’s Modernist architectural masterpiece, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, at 66 W. 12th St. She gives you a warm smile with a firm, friendly handshake. BB: Hello, I’m glad to be here, Gerard. Not a lot of people care about my history here at The New School. […]
Posted in HISTORIES
There is an ongoing history of efforts to build bridges between labor and management at the New School that lasted from 1919 through the 1970s. Courses on labor and management were initially offered in the New School’s first full academic year (1919-20): Modern Trade Unionism by Robert Bruère and Administration of Human Relations in Industry by H.C. Metcalf. […]
Posted in HISTORIES
Some principles on which the school was founded upon were academic freedom and the need to reinvigorate democracy. These core principles remain the same. As stated in the mission of the school today, “The New School’s future will be shaped by the core values that have defined our past: academic freedom, tolerance, and experimentation. In […]