by Sam | Oct 30, 2014
The Uni Project has teamed up with Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) to create a science reading station inside the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Part of an exhibit called “More Than Meets the “I” exploring the new frontiers of biology, health, robotics &...
by Sam | Oct 30, 2014
Photos Archive: Governors Island, New York Harbor. Summer 2014 For the second year in a row, the Uni Project partnered with the Brooklyn Public Library, the Queens Library, and the New York Public Library to offer an open-air reading room on Governors Island....
by Leslie | Oct 29, 2014
This summer, we created regular pop-up reading rooms at six different play streets in Harlem, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Play streets are just what they sound like—streets closed to traffic so kids can play and get physical exercise. In NYC, the Uni Project is...
by Sam | Oct 28, 2014
This summer, illustrator and Parsons student Tiffany Lin was our artist-in-residence. We first met Tiffany as part of a class that created handmade books for the Uni on Governors’ Island. Tiffany made a scrolling book called LOOK UP! that told the story of a girl...
by Sam | Oct 27, 2014
The Uni reading room helps close achievement gaps by positively impacting the following factors identified by the National Education Association: access to a learning environment that can support youth development outside of school; access to books; time kids spent...