We are happy to announce that Parsons School of Design is a Partner University of PLDC 2017 in Paris, France. Please see links below for more information Press Release – Call for Papers PLDC Conference Information

  We are happy to announce that Parsons School of Design is a Partner University of the 5th Light Symposium 2016 in Wismar/D. Please see link below to find out more. 2016 Light Symposium  

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 …

Led by Parsons faculty member and alumnus Chad Groshart, six students in the Parsons’ Lighting for Developing Countries class traveled 1,500 miles from their New York City classroom to the remote mountain village of Gran Sous to help locals develop, source, and install solar-powered lighting fixtures on five 25-foot-tall poles. …

This summer I had the opportunity to visit Lagos, Nigeria. My colleague Dhafar Al-Edani and I were hosted by Shola Ajayi, the Head Coordinator of UR4Africa, a social enterprise that focuses on coordinating safe spaces for creative learning. We were facilitators of design workshops for the organization mentors and students, …

Parsons The New School for Design and the MFA Lighting Design program is proud to support the Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC 2013, as a Partner University.

Here is a link to an incredible list of scholarships, grants, and other opportunities. Scholarships Thank you Jill!