Bayside, New York–Associate Professor Cheng Zeng at the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at Queensborough Community College, located in Bayside, New York during the spring 2006 semester.
The Professor will teach an interdisciplinary course that introduces students to Chinese society and culture [...]
Bayside, New York-The Art Gallery at Queensborough Community College hosts a major retrospective exhibit of works by the multi-faceted artist, Stefan Arteni. The show’s public opening is Sunday, December 11 from 1 to 4 pm.
Stefan Arteni is a painter, printmaker, calligrapher, and [...]
Bayside, New York–On Saturday, January 28 at 8 p.m., The Latin Legends of Comedy will make an appearance at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center. More than 20 years ago, Joe Vega, JJ Ramirez and Angel Salazar, together known as the Latin Legends of Comedy, merged onto the standup comedy scene of New York and became [...]
Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn College President Christoph M. Kimmich and Dean of the School of Education Deborah Shanley welcomed Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz to the college on Tuesday, December 20, to unveil a plaque honoring the Assemblyman and his late wife, Lena, the former Assemblywoman, for their advocacy and support of technology for teachers.
“We’re here today [...]
Exhibition: THE FABRIC OF CULTURES: FASHION, IDENTITY, GLOBALIZATION
February 14 – June 1, 2006
The Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, Flushing (Klapper, Rm. 405)
Directions: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/directions.php
Museum hours: Monday-Thursday, 11 am-7 pm; Saturday, 11 am-5 pm
Public reception: Thursday, February 16, 5-7 pm
Co-Curators: Elizabeth Lowe, Eugenia Paulicelli (exhibition originator), Julia Sharp, Amy Winter
This exhibition of more than 30 garments and [...]
Bronx, NY — Bronx Community College Scholarship Student Frank Pena has traveled to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico but never in his wildest dreams did he think he would leave his Bronx neighborhood for Shanghai, China and take an 18-hour flight from New York to San Francisco to Shanghai on December 26, the [...]
Long Island City, NY — An exhibit of International High School students’ essays and photographs chronicling the experiences of New York City’s immigrant workers will be on display at the Queens Museum of Art from January 7 through the 23rd.
On view is a collection of photos and essays that came out of a three-month research [...]
New York, NY – December 15, 2005 — Fox Butterfield, Pulitzer Prize Winner and former New York Times Correspondent, will be the keynote speaker at the first Annual Harry F. Guggenheim Symposium: Changing the View of Crime in America, to be hosted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He will speak at the [...]
New York, NY – December 15, 2005 — Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice together with Jack Rosenthal, President of The New York Times Foundation presented the first “Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting” Awards. The winners were: David Bernstein of the Boston Phoenix in the individual article category and Sarah [...]
FLUSHING, N.Y., December 15, 2005 – When Sean Talisman, 26, was a first-year music student at Queens College in 1997, he received an award as the most promising freshman in the department. But he changed course after a series of family tragedies and a stint as a poll monitor in the 2004 elections gave him [...]
