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.

88th Annual Commencement: TNS community shows support for Palestine, Israel, and the Gaza Solidarity Encampments

A student with a graduation cap on, with a narwhal horn attached to the top. Photo by Jordan Fong

Throughout The New School’s 88th Annual Commencement Ceremonies celebrations, as the graduates were honored for their achievements at the university, students, performers, and commencement speakers openly expressed their…