CUNY Newswire

On Monday, December 4, 2006, at 5:00 p.m., the York College Performing Arts Center presents Jazz Forum # 15 with our own Myrna Lake, Celeste Wortes and Dorothy Parks. Myrna Lake: A Magna Cum Laude graduate in Music at York College, is a total entertainer whose rich alto voice and piano ability have been showcased [...]

FLUSHING, NY, November 10, 2006 — The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (CBNS) at Queens College, CUNY, announces a major expansion of its medical monitoring program for emergency responders and recovery workers at the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site. The program, the Queens World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, will [...]

Long Island City, NY–When Dr. Innocent Datondji walked into his first class at LaGuardia Community College and looked out onto a classroom of 25 eager ESL students, the college’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence knew he was no longer in his native country of Benin. “The smallest class I teach at my college is 250 students,” said [...]

Brooklyn, NY — November 13, 2006 — The 12th Annual Gifts and Services Live & Silent Auction at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) will be held on Thursday, December 7, 2006, from 6 to 9 p.m., in the College’s Janet Lefler Dining Room and adjoining Atrium Promenade, 300 Jay Street (at Tillary), [...]

The Pluralism and Diversity Program at the College of Staten Island has created a special learning experience, entitled The Tunnel of Oppression, for CSI students, faculty and staff. The Tunnel of Oppression is an opportunity for the CSI community to get a glimpse of what life is like for people who are experiencing some form [...]

NEW YORK, November 13, 2006 — “Silences,” City College graduate Octavio Warnock-Graham’s poignant M.F.A. thesis film about the search for his African-American father, won the Outstanding Documentary Award at the prestigious 2006 Angelus Student Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film, which also won for Best Documentary in Cityvisions 2006, CCNY’s annual festival for graduate [...]

–Visiting Spanish Physicist, Russian Mathematician to Focus on Research – NEW YORK, November 13, 2006 — The City College of New York (CCNY) is hosting two 2006-2007 Visiting Fulbright Scholars, Dr. Justo J. López Sarrión, a Spanish physicist, and Dr. Alexander Alexandrovich Mikhalev, a Russian mathematician. Both are at CCNY to conduct fundamental scientific research. [...]

NEW YORK, November 13, 2006 – During World War II, Sosua, a village on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, became home to approximately 800 Jews who fled the Nazis and settled there at the invitation of President Rafael Trujillo. This week, a Jewish Studies class at The City College of New York (CCNY) [...]

In recognition of State Senator John J. Marchi’s enormous contributions to public life, the College of Staten Island will honor the Senator on Wednesday, Nov. 29 with a daylong celebration of his work that will include the dedication of John J. Marchi Hall, a conference exploring his political legacy, and a gala dinner at the [...]

BRONX, NY – Two members of the Lehman College faculty have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants for the 2006-2007 academic year. Dr. Robert Carling of the English Department is lecturing on American literature in Tezpur, India, and Dr. Alcira Forero-Pena of the Anthropology Department is lecturing and doing research on the Pan-Maya Movement in Guatemala [...]

Brooklyn, NY — November 7, 2006 — New York City College of Technology (City Tech) in Downtown Brooklyn has launched a new grant-funded initiative designed to promote the academic success of the increasing number of veterans enrolling at the college. Called “Project W.I.N.,” the initiative is a collaboration between the College’s Committee for Veteran Student [...]

Brooklyn, NY — In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, the department will present an all-day program, Encuentro 2006, The Possible Dream: Latin@ Arts, Communities, and Leadership on Thursday, November 16 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Brooklyn College Student Center, located [...]

The City University of New York has launched several major initiatives aimed at assisting veterans to overcome educational, financial and other obstacles they face while pursuing a college education.

Hostos Community College will dedicate a Memorial Garden to those who lost their lives in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 Who: Hostos Community College President Dolores M. Fernandez, NYS Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, NYC Councilman Miguel Martinez, NYC Commissioner Guillermo Linares, other local officials, students, faculty members, community leaders, and family members and friends [...]

“Dominicans are descendants of African Americans too,” Said Reverend Benito Jones of the AME Church in the Dominican Republic New York City, USA (November, 2006). “Dominicans are descendants of African Americans too,” the Reverend Benito Jones said proudly during his recent visit to the United States. Jones is pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church [...]

“The Immigration and Immigrant Debate: Perspectives from Queens Multi-Ethnic Communities.” Symposium will present information and views on current national immigration policy and related issues, including demographic trends; economic/political participation; cultural/national/racial identity; and patterns of cooperation/conflict. Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11 am — 2:30 pm Rosenthal Library 230 Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing. For directions, [...]

WHAT: Ceremony to dedicate the new World War II Veterans Memorial Plaza at Queens College (over 60% of Queens College students enlisted or were called to duty). The inscribed names of 58 students and one staff member who gave their lives will be read by history students who researched the circumstances of their deaths. SOUND/VISUALS: [...]

BRONX, NY— The Bronx Institute at Lehman College has been awarded two $20,000 Next Generation Venture Fund Scholarships for eighth-grade students currently enrolled in its programs. The two students selected will participate in an intense three-year academic program that will help them pursue higher education opportunities at highly selective colleges and universities. The Scholarship, which [...]

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which opened its doors in
August 2006. The rigorous three-semester Master of Arts program
equips students to work in multi-media newsrooms and to report in
specialty areas. Students learn by doing in the media capital of
the world, taught by veteran reporters and editors. At our new
campus in midtown Manhattan, students have access to the latest
computer technology, a wireless newsroom, and a digital television
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Former Hunter cross-country star Omri Holzman was among the leading runners in the New York City Marathon on November 5. The June 2006 Hunter graduate — participating in his first career marathon – placed 20th in his age group and 48th in the male category among nearly 38,000 finishers. Overall, Holzman’s time of 2:29.21 put [...]