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Parsons Exhibit Displays State of Online Privacy

A crowded venue full of free wine, artists and their respective works should evoke openness, not paranoia. But at the Sheila Johnson Design Center last Wednesday night, “The…

The Colors of Healing

Vanessa Turi’s original portrait was intended to be a present to Muller. (Courtesy of Vanessa Turi)

Parsons students come together to commemorate Nicki Muller’s life and art There it hung, adding color to the tar black walls that surrounded it. A portrait of…

A Tale of New Cities

(Courtesy of Simone Egipciaco)

Young artists are leaving New York and looking elsewhere The dream of moving to the big city may be changing. In recent years, post-industrial cities along the Rust…

Students Prioritize Classwork Over Sleep

Ten minutes before his class began, Daniel Kim was nearly asleep at his desk. He yawned, rested his head on the table and closed his eyes. It is…

Politics, Activism and Mutual Aid

In Our Hearts hosts several “free stores” in Brookyn and now one on Staten Island on Fridays. This free store was open from noon to six at Herbert Von King Park in Bedford-Stuyvesant. (Henry Miller)

Brooklyn’s In Our Hearts Tries to Redefine a Movement Every Friday — weather permitting — a free shop pops up on the corner of Marcy Avenue and Lafayette at…

Mallory Brennan, 26, Parsons Junior, saw her relationship with a friend strengthen during Hurricane Sandy. She stands in her William Street dorm room, which she had to evacuate following the storm. (Elizabeth Wu)

Love and anger in a hurricane In the four days after Manhattan’s Financial District was evacuated because of Hurricane Sandy, I became one of five people crammed inside…