photo courtesy of James DeLa/New College Communications and MarketingProfessor of Economics Tracy Collins sits with New College students for a workshop. On Feb. 11, Professor of Economics Tracy Collins’ new Economics and Finance mentorship program hosted its first event for any New College and select…
photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsIn his first day of granted asylum, August 19th 2012, Julian Assange stepped out onto the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for press. After almost seven years in a dimly lit 330-square-foot room in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Wikileaks founder…
The Labor Force Participation rate decreased from around 67 percent in 2000 to 63 percent in 2018.The official Civilian Unemployment Rate says that the U.S. economy has an unemployment rate currently under four percent. Graphs courtesy of Federal Reserve of St. Louis (FRED). After almost…
Tatiana Lizon wearing "Architects Dream" in 2017. All photos courtesy of Arts Center of Sarasota. When Catalyst writer Noah Baslaw entered the Art Ovation Hotel on the evening of Friday, Apr. 12, the ground floor was packed with attendees and donors to Art Center Sarasota…
Noah Baslaw/CatalystThesis student Alba Abrams and her dog Basil pose in front of the glorious bay front sunset. The only thing two-year-old Basil, an Australian Shepherd and acquaintance to thesis student Alba Abrams, loves more than her ball is running full speed after it. She…
Henry Smyth has a career in banking and investment management that goes back to 1983, two years after he graduated from New College in the class of ‘81 with a degree in International Relations. He later went on to get a graduate degree in International…
Noah Baslaw/Catalyst The two coffee machines have remained under the back sheet for a few weeks. The Jane Bancroft Cook Library began offering free coffee from their new Starbucks Serenade™ coffee machines at the café Grand Opening on Sept. 6, 2018. The Library ran the…
On Jan. 4 California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., (PG&E) announced that CEO Geisha Williams would step down and their plans to file for bankruptcy protection in the wake of about $30 billion in liability costs due to its responsibility for the…
On Feb. 15, President Trump declared a National Emergency for funding over a wall at the Mexico border, according to The New York Times. The executive order allows unilateral action by circumventing Congress, after legislators decided to grant $1.375 billion for a security fence—short changing…
The world bought 4,345.1 tonnes of gold in 2018, up from 4,159.9 tonnes in 2017, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest quarterly demand trends report. Central banks accounted for most of the gold buying this year, adding another hint of growing global financial,…
