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Campaign for Divestment Moves Forward

Some key policymaking groups at the New School are encouraging the university to divest its endowment funds from businesses involved in fossil fuel extraction.

Planet of the Interns

University Student Senate co-chair, Jens Astrup, believes The New School should take a stance against unpaid internships and is currently preparing an initiative for the USS. Photo by Alexandra Ackerman

How Unpaid Interns Are Fighting Back. For Generation Y, having an unpaid internship has become an ubiquitous coming-of-age marker as the tattoo.

Putting Print Credit To Use

At the end of each academic year, many New School students scramble to use what is left of their print-point credit before it expires on August 15.

Statement of Solidarity and Support to Students for a Free Cooper Union

We, The New School University Student Senate, declare our solidarity with the Students for a Free Cooper Union as they take action to preserve tuition-free education, the core…

Galliano Master Class Workshop Cancelled

After a tumultuous two-week period following the April 24 announcement of designer John Galliano’s upcoming workshop at the Parsons fashion department, The New School abruptly announced on Tuesday…

The War for Space

At the University Town Hall on April 2, President David Van Zandt presented faculty and students with this map, depicting what the face of The New School will soon look like. (Courtesy of The New School Office of Design, Construction and Facilities Management)

The New School’s Plan for Campus Unification For decades, New School students have complained of the hurdles of taking classes offered across the university’s seven divisions.