Throughout February, Medgar Evers College shall celebrate Black History Month with an exciting array of events. Themed African-American Trailblazers, Pioneers and Educators, the roster includes activities that run the gamut of the African American experience: from celebrating their cultural contributions through film screenings, videos, book readings, storytelling, artistic creations, and song/dance performances; to critical explorations (such as panel discussions, and featured lectures), of the political and socio-economic advancements made since the heyday of the civil rights era. Event attendees will receive Black History mementos and light refreshments will be served at signature events.
From February 9 — April 24, 2012, the second of a free two-part exhibition on the
evolution of art will be on view at the Queens College Art Center. “In Perpetuum/
forever II” will show how one artist’s work — that of Anne Sherwood Pundyk —
influences the creations of other artists, writers, musicians and dancers. This
collaborative residency will culminate on April 4 with a performance and
presentation of the artists’ works.
“Grammar is really a navigation system for writing,” says Jane Tainow Feder, professor of English at City Tech. Feder, who has been teaching at the College for more than 40 years, has compiled her entertaining way of approaching the fundamentals of writing into The GPS for Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, and Sentence Structure.
Professor Martin J. Burke of Lehman College’s History Department, a specialist in American intellectual and cultural history as well as the history of Ireland, has been elected president of the Conference of Historical Journals (CHJ), the professional association for the editors of historical journals.
Former Harvard School of Public Health Research Epidemiologist and Co-Principal Investigator on a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for biomarkers of pain and cardiovascular disease.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer came to Hunter College on Thursday, January 26, with a powerful idea: New York should install solar panels on the roofs of its 1,094 public schools, a project that would eliminate nearly 77,000 tons of carbon from the city’s air each year, save taxpayers millions in energy costs and create 5,400 green jobs.
Here’s an opportunity to come and meet ESPN basketball analyst
Carolyn Peck and jazz musician Hillard Greene at Queens
College.
Peck’s appearance on Feb. 7 and Greene’s concert of milestone
Negro spirituals on Feb. 16 top the college’s exciting lineup of
free events next month in honor of Black History Month.
The City College of New York will celebrate Black History Month 2012 with a rich array of cultural events throughout February that includes exhibits, film screenings, conferences, lectures, discussions and performances.
Queens College will continue its “Year of Turkey” cultural odyssey
this spring with a variety of events. Among the most unusual is
INFLUX, a free contemporary Turkish dance performance on Feb. 25
by cutting-edge choreographer/performers making their U.S. debut.
Megan McKenna garners top player of the week after helping the Hawks to a pair of conference victories this past week…Rookie Francess Henry went 14-for-30 from the floor, totaling 38 points in Baruch’s three victories of the week.
