Category Archive: Media

Housing Policy Field Trip Photos

On May 3rd, Milano Professor Alex Schwartz took his Housing Policy students on a field trip to the Lott Community Development Corporation in Harlem. The class met with the CDC’s Executive Director Chris Cirillo, who among other things took the class on a walking tour to see some of the group’s housing developments.

‘Africa Is A Country’ Blog Challenges West’s Idea of Africa

aiac_2

Professor Sean Jacobs was interviewed by Global Voices Online about Africa is a Country, a blog that Sean founded. The  blog is a collective consisting of about 30 core members, including graduate students (many of them GPIA students), professors, activists, development workers, writers, journalism students, art critics, novelists, photographers, activists, filmmakers, a DJ, and a film …

Continue reading »

Farm to Table, New School Style

Corbin_Hill-700

Civic engagement flourishes at The New School. Students, faculty, and alumni are involved in community-focused endeavors like Empowerhouse, New Challenge, and PETLab, and now Corbin Hill Road Farm, an innovative farm share in which The New School is playing a central role. Corbin Hill is a network of farms and urban communities in New York founded by Dennis …

Continue reading »

Student Projects: GPIA Alum Shaun Randol Interviews Salman Rushdie

The Los Angeles Review of Books recently printed an interview of author Salman Rushdie conducted by GPIA alum Shaun Randol, the topics of which ranged from censorship and freedom of expression, the role of the writer in times of conflict, and whether Twitter is a force for good or a distraction. Author of 11 novels …

Continue reading »

Milano Nonprofit Management in Huffington Post

The Milano Nonprofit Management MS was listed in a Huffington Post article, ‘What Do Nonprofits Need More Than Funding’, as a resource for those interested in learning more about nonprofit management. The article, published on April 17th, also listed organizations like Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration.  

Older posts «