Non-academic student workers rally, will meet with university administration to discuss signing a neutrality agreement in their unionization process 

NewSWU organizers rally outside the University Center on May 10, asking The New School to enter a neutrality agreement with them as they go through their unionization process. Photo by Caidin Ferrigno.

Backed by supportive cheers of passersby and MTA buses honking in solidarity, a group of roughly 20 organizers, faculty, union members, and students gathered outside The New School’s…

The New School’s non-academic student workers are organizing their unionization campaign   

NewSWU Organizing Committee members Jovanna Liuzzo (left) and Aarya Kini (right) speak at the April 11 Rally Against Austerity in the Eugene Lang Courtyard.

Non-academic student workers are the only non-unionized group on The New School’s campus besides full-time faculty. With support from ACT-UAW Local 7902 and union members at the university,…

An evening worth $100,000: annual Parsons Benefit will honor Neiman Marcus CEO and Naomi Campbell

The 2023 Parsons Benefit will take place at Cipriani Wall Street. Image via Cipriani website

The annual Parsons School of Design Benefit is set to take place Wednesday, May 24, at Cipriani Wall Street. In prior years, the event has stirred controversy due…

University Student Senate to hold elections for the 2023-24 Academic Year this week

Five Student Senators pose with a USS advisor and Gnarls. Pictured in the photo, from left to right: Spencer Sher, Andrade Fearon, DesireeMonae Gibbs, Gnarls, Lauren Kaase, McKenna Merriman, Ahana Sharma. Image via the University Student Senate

Eight days later than planned, The New School’s University Student Senate (USS) will be holding elections for the 2023-24 Academic Year beginning Tuesday, May 2 at 12 p.m.…

Navigating the past, present, and future of sexual politics and gender identity

Keynote speaker Emily Apter delivering a lecture at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin Photo Courtesy of David San Millán

Every fiscal school year, The New School hosts a symposium to discuss gender and sexuality-based justice. But this year’s symposium is the first since the US Supreme Court…