With the end of former Interim President Donna Shalala’s year as New School president, many students were eager to see a fresh face in the presidency and anxious…
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New university President Joel Towers’ welcome speech met with concerns
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.
The New School asks for $20 million for president’s townhouse
The New School is asking for $20 million for a West Village townhouse that has traditionally housed the president of the university, according to Sotheby’s International Realty. Sotheby’s…
President Shalala borrows words from Sting’s ‘Fragile’ amid tensions in the student body
Interim President Donna E. Shalala borrowed words from Sting’s song “Fragile,” to address “the fragility of life on this planet,” amid ongoing tensions between student groups regarding the…
Part-time faculty union files complaint with National Labor Relations Board
The New School part-time faculty union has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board in response to the university asking employees to fill…
David Van Zandt Looks Back On Ten Years
This article appears in our November print issue. You can pick up a copy on newsstands around campus, or at our newsroom in room 520 in the University Center. David…