NEWS
Thu, March 12, 2026
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The New School plans to reduce employees by 20%
New School administrators plan to reduce the university’s employees by 20% through buyouts and layoffs by June, according to documents obtained by the New…
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Hundreds gather in Union Square to demonstrate against escalating U.S. and Israel-backed war in Iran
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Hundreds of anti-war protesters gathered in Union Square on Saturday to oppose the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran and escalating war. Thousands have already been killed, including Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This…
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University Student Senate moves to recommend renaming Kerrey Hall, following discovery of links between Kerrey and Epstein
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The New School University Student Senate (USS) is voting to recommend renaming Kerrey Hall, after recently released Department of Justice files showed links between former New School president Bob Kerrey and convicted child sex offender…
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10-foot-long anti-restructuring letter delivered by New School faculty, staff, and students to University President Joel Towers during fourth anti-restructuring demonstration this year
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This story was updated on Mar. 9, 2026 at 9:17 p.m. Over 100 New School part-time faculty, full-time faculty, students, and staff marched from the University Center to Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall to hand-deliver a…
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The New School’s President Joel Towers confirms 7% workforce reduction from voluntary separation in email update on restructuring
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In an email sent to students, faculty, and staff on the morning of March 3, President Joel Towers outlined the increasing urgency of what he deemed a “historically significant, multi-year structural budget deficit” at The…
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Bob Kerrey shared at least five meals with Jeffrey Epstein, according to DOJ documents
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Kerrey told NSFP he knew Epstein had been convicted of sex crimes prior to their first meeting in 2013. The two maintained contact through 2014. You can review a timeline of those communications here. The…
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DEI is a Higher Ed Target. Here’s How Five Universities Responded
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The Collegiate Journalism Network, a new support and solidarity organization created by and for collegiate newspaper editors, brings you its first collaborative piece. American University’s The Eagle, Emporia State University’s The Bulletin, Oberlin College’s The Oberlin Review, Swarthmore College’s The…