Category: Lang

New university President Joel Towers’ welcome speech met with concerns

Photo courtesy of The New School

Joel Towers, the university’s newly appointed president, delivered his first in-person address to the community last Thursday in the 66 W. 12th St. Johnson/Kaplan Hall auditorium. Throughout the 45-minute welcome speech, 10 audience members from a crowd of roughly 70 periodically rose from their seats, interrupting Towers to voice their inquiries.

‘We Are Pussy Riot or Everything is P.R.’: A conversation with the play’s director Mahayana Landowne

Lang College’s Fall 2023 cast of “We Are Pussy Riot or Everything is P.R.” Photo Courtesy of Ariana Guerra

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts’ annual theater production is right around the corner!  “We Are Pussy Riot or Everything is P.R.” follows the true story of Nadya,…

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The Lang Courtyard trees are dying. Has anyone noticed?

The trees in the Lang Courtyard are dying. This is specifically noticeable in the trees towards the western side which are leaning against each other for support. Given the New School’s urban campus, it is difficult to bring attention to the little green space TNS does have. Photo by Gigi Schweitzer.

The red maple trees that give company to the students who coalesce in the Lang Courtyard are dying. Most of them haven’t put out leaves this season, specifically…

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