New EXPLORE cart brings STEAM learning to NYC Chinatown

New EXPLORE cart brings STEAM learning to NYC Chinatown

The Uni Project returned to Chinatown’s Sara D. Roosevelt Park this weekend and brought something new: an EXPLORE cart created in partnership with the Harlem-based HYPOTHEkids for their STEAM the Streets initiative. People gathered around microscopes and...
The Uni at the Central Park Zoo with The Drawing Center

The Uni at the Central Park Zoo with The Drawing Center

Every Saturday in May, the Uni DRAW cart will transformed into a field station of the Department of Tropical Research at the Central Park Zoo, where visitors can draw from specimens and learn how ecologist William Beebe and his team of scientists worked with...
Uni reading room on the street in Elmhurst Queens

Uni reading room on the street in Elmhurst Queens

The Uni Project teamed up with NYC DOT to vist a Weekend Walk hosted by Thai Community USA NYC. We were also honored to give a tour of the Uni to librarians from Aarhus, Denmark—they have launched their own mobile library project called MobiBiblioteket, making use of...
Uni at Westchester Square in the Bronx

Uni at Westchester Square in the Bronx

Uni portable reading landed at the first of many NYC DOT Weekend Walks this season, this one hosted by the Westchester Business Improvement District. Despite a little April rain, we met some great folks and hope to return on a sunny day! Uni Project participation made...
Uni Project season gets underway tonight!

Uni Project season gets underway tonight!

Ever wish you could invite New Yorkers into your apartment, let ’em browse your books, and read on your couch? Nope, me neither. Fortunately, we have public space and the Uni portable reading room! Sam here, reminding you that our 2017 season launches tonight....
Come work at the Uni Project

Come work at the Uni Project

Looking for a challenge? You could be running pop-up installations that offer reading, drawing, and more in NYC public space. You are fearless, friendly, and organized. The Uni Project is hiring. Let’s do this. (Just want to help the cause from time to...
Make a year-end donation to the Uni Project and bring people together

Make a year-end donation to the Uni Project and bring people together

Dear Friends of the Uni, We’re writing to tell you how things stand with the Uni Project as we celebrate our first five years, and to ask for your support. Please consider making a year-end donation to help us bring learning opportunities to NYC public space in...
Uni Project will become 100% climate neutral in 2017

Uni Project will become 100% climate neutral in 2017

This one is personal for Leslie and me. We are committing this nonprofit to become a 100% climate neutral organization in 2017, and we will make sustainability a priority across all aspects of the organization going forward. No line of work, no company, no...