ARCHIVED: Students in the City
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The New New Yorker Robert Leleux ’03 moves from Texas to New York, learns some new words, wrecks an art installation, and finds his calling.
Out of the Blue As city planning commissioner, Amanda Burden ’76 designs the future of New York's neighborhoods. Now she's leading the charge to revitalize a long over-looked area: the city's waterfront.
Room to Write It really is the final frontier: Carolyn Ferrell ’84 goes on the city-dweller's never-ending quest for more space.
A Coney Island Education A history class explores the immigrant neighborhoods and decrepit amusement parks of New York's favorite peninsula.
Community Centers: Drama King “Harlem, Bed-Stuy, Detroit, Watts, or Chicago’s South Side—we are basically the same people: a transurban people. What we have in common is the slave ship.”
Community Centers: Church Ladies ”We often think of a church as a building, but it’s actually made of people.”
Community Centers: Social Media “When asked about activism, saving the building is the first thing most students will mention.”
Community Centers: Saloon Salon “We’ve gone from cutting-edge to venerable in a blink. It’s absurd.”
Community Centers: Animal Collective “We wanted to create a collective environment, one where we could work together toward a larger creative vision.”
Vera Wang '71 addresses Class of 2013; photos, videos, media clips available on Commencement site