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Danit Weitzman's (MFA Design & Technology '25) thesis project, The Shape of Feeling, won the Liam Otero Prize for Ki Smith Gallery's annual Critics Choice exhibition.
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Architect Aya Maceda (Part-Time Assistant Professor) transformed a Brooklyn loft into a functional live/work environment by creating the "box-bed," a birch plywood structure that is a cross between architecture and furniture.
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HIV Unwrapped at NYFW paired up-and-coming Parsons student artists with HIV experts, Demetre Daskalakis, Allison Agwu and LaRon Nelson. Models including Lionel Moise, Shia Ho and Michael Macneal helped turn molecular science into runway-ready looks.
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David Lewis and Dr. Sharon E. Sutton led the Design Workshop studio last spring to look at ADU for You, which has legalized ADUs in New York City for over two years. The students' fiber, wood, and mineral designs embrace bio-based building materials.
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New School students designed creative responses to eco-anxiety for the course "The Future We Want to Run Toward: Managing Eco-anxiety Through Collective Imagination." Some of their work was shown during NYC Climate Week.
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Under the Pasig City Local Government Unit and Mayor Vico Sotto, the city developed the floating parks concept in collaboration with Alao Design Studio (co-founded by Aya Maceda) and PGAA Creative Design.
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"The modern conservatory must balance a deep study of the traditional operatic canon with an equally rigorous engagement with 21st-century opera", Mannes faculty members Emma Griffin and Cris Frisco write.
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For Ohio-born designer Edward Buchanan (BFA Fashion Design '95), Black industry mentors changed his life. Rodney Patterson gave him a tip off about an opening at Bottega Veneta, where he would become the first ready-to-wear design director.
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Mannes Opera presents Suor Angelica, a one-act tragedy following a nun whose past holds a mysterious scandal. Cris Frisco, Assistant Professor of Music, conducts the chamber orchestration featuring the church's organ, directed by Mikhaela Mahony.
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Brand partnerships matter for fashion schools like Parsons because they ground curriculum in the real complexities and contradictions of the industry, not just theory, says Ben Barry (Dean of Fashion), speaking to Retail Brew.
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Steven Faerm (Professor of Fashion) ponders the question, "What human capabilities become more valuable when AI can perform the production?"
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Immanuel Wilkins, faculty member in the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and a co-director of the New School’s Blue Note Ensemble, has been named as a 2026 MacArthur fellow.
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Directed by Helio San Miguel, "Agnes Heller: Philosopher, Dissident, Activist" won the Best Feature Documentary Award at the Manhattan Film Festival. It also won Exceptional Merit Award at the Documentary Without Borders International Film Festival.
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The MFA Fashion Design & Society Gen 15 NYFW runway show drew coverage from Vogue Runway, DScene Magazine, The Impression, and Fashion Network. A follow-up showroom let visitors examine the construction, textiles, and design details up close.
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BubbleTex, from Parsons' Synthetic Ecosystems Lab under the direction of Harpreet Sareen (Associate Professor of Interaction and Media Design) is a finalist in the materials and biodesign category of Fast Company's Innovation by Design Awards.
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Jilly Traganou (Professor of Architecture and Urbanism) was named among the Japan Foundation's 2026 Arts and Cultural Exchanges Fellows for her work.
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Mayor Mamdani joined the Tishman Environment and Design Center's Climate Week 2026 Keynote Event to discuss AI, energy, and NYC's affordable future, examining the most urgent challenges shaping our collective future.
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The Parsons MFA Fashion Design & Society show, held in the school's atelier, offered a grounded contrast to the drama of New York Fashion Week, with a standout student class presenting in an intimate, familiar setting.
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