New York, NY: President Jeremy Travis today announced the appointment of Jules Kroll, founder of Kroll Inc., as chairman of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Foundation.
“I am delighted that Jules Kroll has graciously agreed to assume the chairmanship of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Foundation. Mr. Kroll brings with [...]
Bronx, NY — Bronx Community College (BCC) and Sanctuary for Families will sponsor a panel discussion, “African Women’s Empowerment Day II (A.W.E. Day) on Thursday, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., December 8. BCC is located at West 181st Street and University Avenue. The discussion, which is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, willbe held [...]
New Program Opens Door to Work for Youth with Special Needs
BRONX, NY — Thanks to a new program offered at Lehman College by the City University of New York, young men and women with special needs are being prepared for a future many thought was impossible—the world of work.
The program, which is called the Youth [...]
Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn College Theater Department presents Seamus Heaney’s 2003 play The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’ Antigone directed by Johnmichael Rossi at the New Workshop Theatre, December 8- 11. Seats: $5.
In this classic retelling, written during the months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Irish poet and Nobel Prize-winning author [...]
The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, the Rt. Honorable Dr. Kenny Anthony, will deliver the Feature Address a Special Seminar on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday, December 1, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. at the Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. The Seminar will deal with the subject: The Caribbean [...]
BRONX, NY— Lehman College has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to establish the José E. Serrano Leadership Institute, which will help high school juniors from the Bronx better understand and become more involved in the political system.
The two-year program will admit its first 25 students by the end of this [...]
Brooklyn, NY — Savvy students seeking to build a career have a new option at Brooklyn College—the bachelor of business administration (B.B.A.) degree.
The new program makes a strong connection between the liberal arts and the study of business, equipping young people with skills in the art and science of planning, organizing, and leading organizations in [...]
Brooklyn, NY — Throughout her life, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, a 1946 graduate of Brooklyn College, battled racism, sexism, militarism, and poverty. To celebrate Chisholm’s achievement, her birthday, November 30, has been designated a day of commemoration by the New York State Legislature. Brooklyn College will host a daylong event with film screenings, panel discussions, and [...]
Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn College Theater Department presents Sight Unseen, a play by Donald Margulies directed by Mary Beth Easley, in the Gershwin Theater, December 1 to 11. Jonathan Waxman, a rising young American artist, is about to make his European debut. Clients clamor to buy his works, “sight unseen.” But Jonathan [...]
Brooklyn, NY — The Wolfe Institute for the Humanities and the Brooklyn College Department of English will present “The Bush War against the Media,” a lecture by Eric Alterman, Professor of Journalism, on Thursday, December 8, at 1:30 p.m. Alterman’s essay “Bush’s War on the Press,” which appeared in the May 9, 2005 issue of [...]
