Graduate Viewbook 2008-2009 - The New School

academic resources
program advisors are a primary resource for information, including program
requirements, academic progress, and school policies. advisors also refer students
to university facilities and services in addition to those offered by specific academic
programs. parsons and the new school offer students resources that provide optimal
conditions for learning.
technology
– students have access to more than 1,000
computer workstations on campus; the
print output center, which offers high-quality
color printing; and specialized labs with
professional video, modeling, animation,
and recording facilities.
– special classrooms support multimedia,
web design, and desktop publishing.
– free wireless internet is available
across campus.
– audiovisual equipment is available for loan.
exhiBition and studio facilities
– the sheila c. Johnson design center is a
new campus center for parsons that combines
spaces for learning and public programs with
galleries at the busy intersection of fifth avenue
and 13th street.
– students have access to extensive studio
facilities and professionally staffed fabrication,
model, and print shops, including metalworking,
jewelry, and woodworking facilities.
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liBraries
– at the donghia Materials library, students
can review and check out the newest, most
advanced materials.
– the gimbel art and design library houses more
than 50,000 new and rare books, 350 periodical
titles, 70,000 slides, and 45,000 picture files,
including mounted plates, slide collections, and
a digital image collection with online access.
– the kellen archive is an extensive collection
of materials relating to the history of art and
design, with a focus on parsons’ role in the
development of design and design education.
– the new school’s fogelman library specializes
in the social sciences and humanities.
– parsons students have access to the facilities
of the research library association of south
Manhattan, also known as the consortium. it
consists of research libraries at the new school,
new york university, cooper union, cardozo
law school, the new york academy of art, and
the new-york historical society. the combined
libraries hold more than three million volumes
and 25,000 journals.
student life