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Shirley Lin (’10) Selected for 2011 Skadden Fellowship: Project will be at AALDEF

December 29, 2010 | CUNY School of Law

CUNY Law graduate Shirley Lin has been selected to receive a 2011 Skadden Fellowship, a national fellowship program established by the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to enable law graduates to pursue public interest work.

Rocket® Expands Composting at Lehman College—Equipment is First in Operation in the Bronx

December 28, 2010 | Lehman College

BRONX, N.Y.—Lehman College began composting gardening waste in 1996. Now, with the help of a new composter called The Rocket®—the first in operation in the Bronx—the College can compost food waste as well. All the compost produced at Lehman is used to replace depleted nutrients in the campus soil, lessening the need for artificial chemical [...]

DYCD Commissioner Visits After-School Program at Bronx School

December 23, 2010 | Lehman College

Jeanne B. Mullgrav, commissioner of New York City’s Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), visited the Pelham Preparatory Academy December 14 to witness firsthand how an after-school program started by Lehman College is impacting Bronx high school students.

Lehman Undergrad Chosen NYS Social Work Student of the Year

December 22, 2010 | Lehman College

Lehman senior Eric Reyes was named Student of the Year at the New York State Social Work Education Association’s annual conference in Saratoga Springs last month.

Dr. Piña-Rosales Honored at New York’s Latino/Hispanic Book Fair

December 22, 2010 | Lehman College

Dr. Gerardo Piña-Rosales (Languages and Literatures) received two awards at this year’s annual Latino/Hispanic Book Fair in New York City: a commendation from the New York State Senate and the renaming of a school auditorium in his honor.

Step Up Speak Out Family Summit

December 22, 2010 | College of Staten Island

CSI presents the Fourth Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Step Up Speak Out Family Summit on Saturday, January 15, 2011.

Second Sight

December 21, 2010 | Borough of Manhattan Community College

William Richards lost his sight at age 33, and 16 years later, in 2007 earned an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education from BMCC. Fast forward another three years, and Richards is writing a book, Lost in Brooklyn, about his changing Williamsburg neighborhood—which, as a sight-impaired person, he sees from a new perspective.

Grand Season Finale for Harmony Program’s Orchestra

December 21, 2010 | Brooklyn College

As the strings, woodwinds and horns rose into a crescendo, one would have thought it was the opening gala of the New York Philharmonic. Instead, the resounding passage from Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony was being played by about 50 fourth- and fifth-grade students from the Harmony Program at PS 152 who were warming up for their winter recital at Gershwin Theater.

Taking a Global Health Initiative

December 21, 2010 | Borough of Manhattan Community College

Charlesworth (Charles) Mabheka is a strong presence on the BMCC campus. He’s gregarious, he’s enthusiastic, and he has a huge personality to match his huge heart.

Although he graduated from BMCC in 2008 with a degree in Business Administration, he’s still a part of the BMCC community, working as a tutor for the Learning Resource Center and College Discovery program.

Judges Hand Out $40,000 in Seed Money to Launch Journalistic Ventures

December 21, 2010 | CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

By Peter Hauck It was standing room only in Room 308 on the afternoon of December 13 as the spotlight focused on the vacant podium. Out in the lounge, the 10 students from Professor Jeff Jarvis’ Entrepreneurial Journalism class put away their notes. After spending the last four months refining their ideas, learning how to [...]