MONDAY 08/29 – THURSDAY 09/01  11AM – 2PM LOBBY OF 2 WEST 13TH ST  OPENING EVENT MONDAY 08/29 5PM – 7PM   Over 2 billion t-shirts are sold each year. 700 gallons of water are used to make one t-shirt.  More than 17 million tons of cotton was produced last year. 215 billion t-shirts could be produced with this cotton.  …

  Starling Project makes gorgeous scented candles that are hand poured in Brooklyn, New York and made with American hand-blown glass and cotton wicks. McDavid’s business supports the American economy but also is making a major impact in the life of individuals less fortunate abroad. Starling Project, founded by Parsons alumna, Sterling McDavid ’15 has donated …

Congratulations to Oda Olafsrud on receiving the NORAM Award! Parsons SCE is so pleased to announce that Oda Olafsrud has received the NORAM Award from the Norwegian American Foundation at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. The Norway-American Association (NORAM) is a small non-profit organization founded in 1919 by  the American-Scandinavian Foundation and Norwegians Worldwide. The Norway-America Association’s mission …

Two Artists Built a spinning house, and then moved in which sits upon a concrete pillar at Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, N.Y. The house spins and tilts with the wind, and the weight of its inhabitants. The 40-by-8-foot Modernist structure was a living space for Schweder and Shelley …

New Schoolers Named Fulbright U.S. Student Finalists – Nelson Ubri, BFA Architecture ’15 Nelson Ubri, BFA Architecture ’15 is one of the five students that The New School is excited to announce to have the opportunity to pursue work as a finalist in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Ubri, the recipient of …

Congratulations to former BFA Interior Design student, Jia Lun Wu.  Jia Lun Wu won the IDA gold medal for her Interior Design final year project. Please see link below to view project. https://idesignawards.com/winners/zoom2.php?eid=9-12559-16

Essay, Collecting and Disseminating Knowledge on the Architecture of the Megacity written by Professor Brian McGrath has been published in the journal Urbanisation. Urbanisation aims to publish comparative as well as collaborative interdisciplinary scholarship that will illuminate the global urban condition beginning with a firm footprint in the Global South, specifically …

Every year, the university recognizes a group of faculty members who have been nominated by their students and colleagues as Distinguished University Teachers. These faculty members embody the highest standards for teaching and advancing The New School’s mission and vision through their remarkable capacity to inspire critical engagement with ideas …

For Janine, Parsons made the leap to the interior design profession seem more like the natural next step.

Cultural differences and similarities between managing a design practice in NYC and in Paris.