MS SDM Community Gathering – March 20, 2023
All current MS SDM students: Join the MS SDM directors in conversation at an informal virtual community gathering today, March 20th, from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Please find the calendar invite to join the meeting. Thank you!
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Participate in a Paid Design Sprint / Charrette
Join a Parsons design sprint / charrette to explore how we might deepen people’s sense of belonging – in a short period of time – through creative design. The goal of this project is to showcase your work, and create a scalable activation at the Parsons Benefit on May 24. You will receive a $350 honorarium for your full participation and completion of the project. Here’s what is involved: A Zoom kickoff meeting where you will learn about the project on Thursday, March 23, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Two 4-hour in-person working sessions (plus additional time on your…
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Info Sessions for a New Interdisciplinary Course: CareLab
Introducing CareLab, a new interdisciplinary course offered by Parsons School of Design Strategies starting this fall. Delivered by experts in art and design strategy, join a community of like-minded individuals to reimagine care and impact in communities and organizations around you. Don’t miss the Information sessions! Wednesday, March 8th, 11 – 12pm EST Tuesday, March 21st, 12 – 1pm EST RSVP here Course Description Course schedule: Thursdays, 4-6:40pm EST Faculty: Michele Kahane Evolving social norms, demographic changes, political and racial unrest, and environmental crises have shifted how families, neighbors, workplace colleagues, and diverse citizens engage with and…
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Top Fives in New York – Jonathan Yubi
Here is a list of things to do and see in New York for this week. The list for this week is by Jonathan Yubi, Program Administrator of Strategic Design And Management. Visit The Met Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park and explore medieval art and architecture. It’s “pay what you wish” if you have a NYS ID. Order an Old Fashioned at Prohibition, a jazz club in the UWS. Visit the Bronx Museum of the Arts’ current exhibition “Swagger and Tenderness: The South Bronx Portraits by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres Take the 1 train to Junction Blvd. order…
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MSSDM Alumni Webinar on March 10
Join us on Friday, March 10th, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM for an alumni panel conversation on Strategic Design in uncertain times. The conversation will be moderated by Claire Zhuang (SDM’23) with panelists Kelly Ernst (SDM ’22), Senior Product Strategist at Method; Silvia Garuti (SDM ’20), UX Designer II at LexisNexis; and Sundar Subramanian (SDM ’19), Sr Business Designer at Ford Motor Company, London, UK. To know more about the panelists’ experience and thoughts around MS SDM program, please check out their alumni stories. The panel will be virtual. All MS SDM students are invited. REGISTER HERE
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Employer Networking Session 2: Tips & Tricks for Interviews & Networking
Calum May, Senior Recruitment Consultant at Twist, is leading this session of our program’s employer engagement initiative. Calum will speak about Tips & Tricks for Interviews & Networking from a recruiter’s perspective on Thursday, March 2, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Please find the link to join on your calendar. If you missed session 1 regarding portfolio review, please watch the recording shared through MS SDM weekly newsletter.
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Students’ Event: Calling Our People Back Home
Calling Our People Back Home: Reconnecting to the Tradition of Black Life in Nature is a no-cost retreat for and by Black artists taking place for the first time in Staatsburg, NY from Saturday, March 11- Tuesday, March 14, 2023. If you wish to participate, please fill out the form by Feb 28th 2023. The event is arranged by Luopu (MFA Creative Writing) and Chidera (MA Media Studies), two black artists with a shared love of nature who recently received a New School Student Research Award to fund this important work. Their time in nature will consist of hikes,…
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WEISS LECTURE | Design & Solidarity
In their new book, Design & Solidarity, (Columbia University Press), artist Marisa Morán Jahn (Director, Parsons’ Integrated Design Program) and architect Rafi Segal (Director, MIT SMArchS Urbanism Program) explore the power of design, art, and architecture in shaping emergent forms of mutualism, fulfilling their promise of solidarity, and ensuring that these values endure. Join us for a lively conversation with the authors and leading thinkers and designers:
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SOCAP Entrepreneur Program Applications Due By Friday
The SOCAP Entrepreneur Program uplifts social entrepreneurs from around the globe, sharing access to SOCAP’s broad network of investors, donors, and changemakers. Developed by Sarah Sterling, SOCAP’s Executive Director of Entrepreneurship, this one-of-a-kind annual program offers selected social entrepreneurs the unique opportunity to not only connect with and learn from one another leading up to the event but the chance to present their ventures to the entire SOCAP audience. The program is looking for the most innovative, scalable, and impactful ideas from across the globe to join us in our 2023 cohort. Selected entrepreneurs will get access to SOCAP’s…
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