The Student Development and Activities is home to over 25 recognized student organizations throughout The New School that serves Parsons as well as all the other eight schools under the umbrella of The New School.[21]
Publications[edit]
re:D is the magazine for Parsons alumni and the wider Parsons community, published by the New School Alumni Association.[22]
Scapes is the annual journal of the School of Constructed Environments. Edited by Joanna Merwood and student interns, the journal focuses on global, metropolitan, and departmental perspectives on architecture. The theme of the 2008 issue is architectural drawing and the representation of natural systems.[23]
The Journal of Design Strategies explores and documents collaborative work on the borders of management and design. The journal welcomes contributions that address the importance of design and design-based education to business strategy and planning and that speak to the need for sustainable approaches to new value creation. In each issue, they highlight people, projects, approaches, and events that together characterize an important aspect of the collaboration between design and business.[24]
The Parsons Journal for Information Mapping (PJIM) is published quarterly by the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping and focuses on both the theoretical and practical aspects of information visualization. With every issue, the Journal aims to present novel ideas and approaches that advance the field of Knowledge Visualization through visual, engineering, and cognitive methods.[24]
BIAS: Journal of Dress Practice published by the MA Fashion Studies Dress Practice Collective started in the spring of 2013 and aims to join elements of "visual culture, fashion theory, design studies and personal practice through a variety of media."[25]
Broadcasting[edit]
WNSR is a student-run, faculty-advised online-only university radio station based at The New School. Programming is delivered in the form of streamable mp3s and, in the near future, subscribable podcasts. It is a station for all divisions of The New School.[26]
Traditions[edit]
Fusion Fashion Show[edit]
Fusion, an established event since 2000, brings together Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons The New School for Design, to engage in a school vs school fashion show competition. All contestants are either freshman or sophomore students and the models are student volunteers. The judges pick a "best designer" from each school and a "best overall school". The best designers each receive a cash scholarship.[27]
Parsons Fashion Benefit[edit]
Parsons’ annual Benefit and Fashion Show is a black tie gala that raises funds for scholarships and academic programs at the school. A highlight of the event is a runway show featuring the top thesis collections of Parsons’ graduating BFA Fashion Design students, including its Designers of the Year. The Designer of the Year Award has launched the careers of such famous alumni as Marc Jacobs, and Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler.[28] The show has been a tradition of the school for more than sixty years.[29]
The event also honors today's influential fashion designers and their positive impact on the fashion world. Tom Murry, President & CEO of Calvin Klein, Inc and Francisco Costa, the label's Creative Director for Womenswear were honored by Parsons for their visionary work and contribution to the field of fashion design.[30]