After receiving rave reviews and playing to sold out audiences around the country, the THREE MO’ TENORS will arrive at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC) on Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 3:00PM.
Joan Rivers Asks, “Can We Talk?” at Queensborough’s Performing Arts Center
September 30, 2011 | Queensborough Community College
Her distinctive voice and famous comedic timing has made her one of the most entertaining and accomplished performers in the United States and throughout the world.
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk to Speak at Queens College October 17 Through its “Year of Turkey” Cultural Exploration
September 30, 2011 | Queens College
As part of Queens College’s “Year of Turkey” exploration program, Turkish-born Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Laureate, will engage in a conversation with students and his audience on the ways he writes novels for his readers all over the world.
Lehman College School of Arts and Humanities Launches Fall 2011 Speaker Series
September 30, 2011 | Lehman College
Lehman College’s School of Arts and Humanities will kick off its Fall Speaker Series with a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month on Wednesday, October 12, featuring a performance by Francisco Roldán and Thelma Ithier-Sterling in “Music by Spanish and Latin American Composers.”
State Approves CUNY’s New Community College
September 29, 2011 | The University
Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved creation of The New Community College – CUNY’s seventh community college and the University’s first new college in more than four decades – in a Sept. 20 letter to Education Commissioner John B. King Jr., Chancellor Matthew Goldstein has announced.
The “Ideal” Body
September 29, 2011 | Borough of Manhattan Community College
Elizabeth Wissinger, Associate Professor in the Social Science Department, was just awarded a Mellon Faculty Fellowship in Science Studies by The Interdisciplinary Committee for Science Studies at The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, for the academic year Fall 2011 through Spring 2012.
Community College Athletes of the WeekQCC’s Younes Benzaid (Cross Country) & Samantha Leotsakos (Volleyball)
September 29, 2011 | Sports
Younes Benzaid is picking up where he left off last year. At the Hunter College Developmental meet last Sunday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, he took second place overall with a 16:40 5,000 Meter (5K) time in a 146-runner field… The reigning Com…
Faith Ringgold to Receive CCNY’s First Cultural Arts Award
September 29, 2011 | City College
Faith Ringgold, the renowned artist, author and quilt maker has been selected to receive The City College of New York’s First Annual Cultural Arts Award. An alumna of City College, she will be honored at a ceremony Thursday, October 6, at CCNY’s Aaron Davis Hall Center for the Performing and Visual Arts.
CSI ATHLETICS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT FIRST-EVER HOMECOMING THIS WEEKEND
September 29, 2011 | Sports
The College of Staten Island will be celebrating its first-ever campus wide Homecoming Event this weekend on Saturday, October 1, and CSI Athletics will take center-stage, with a total of five sporting events that feature alumni, community involvement,…
CUNY Colleges Win Nearly $20 Million U.S. Award For Adult Job Training and Workforce Development
September 28, 2011 | The University
Out-of-work adult New Yorkers who are changing careers soon will have a new way to retool for today’s job market, thanks to a nearly $20 million federal grant to a consortium of six community and two comprehensive colleges at The City University of New York.