Inside an apartment in Paris live exchange student Sheyda Parnianpour and her Maltese puppy, Martini. Parnianpour adopted Martini last February. Parnianpour, a third-year student enrolled in King’s College…
Category: Zoom
Pets of Zoom University: Sofia
We’ve all been there. We spend hours upon hours with eyes glued to a computer screen filled with squares of human beings. Many are visibly tired. Some are…
Is Online Art School During A Pandemic Worth It?
A typical day for Ciara Liu, a Parsons fashion design student living in Hong Kong, starts at 2 p.m. and ends at nine in the morning, or 8…
Headaches? Blurry Vision? How Online Learning Impacts Our Eyes
When The New School announced in March that we’d be transitioning to online learning, I had a lot of concerns. Finding a quiet space to work in with…
The New Normal for International Students: Studying Across Time Zones
Chiedza Kaseke, a Parsons student, studies six hours ahead of New York time in South Africa and has started drinking coffee again, with “lots of milk and three…
New School Faculty Member Gets ‘Zoom-Bombed’ while Teaching Private Class
A group of unidentifiable men hacked a New School faculty member’s Zoom session meeting on Thursday, March 26, making harassing remarks and sharing explicit content. Jamie Lauren Keiles,…