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Brooklyn College Sponsors the Frederic Ewen Conference on Academic Freedom: Academic Freedom in a Partisan Age, March 31

March 30th, 2006 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — The Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities is hosting a daylong conference on one of the most contentious topics in higher education-academic freedom. The conference, which will feature nationally recognized commentators on this long-running dispute, will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Gold Room of the Student [...]

With Help From City Tech Students, CUNY Chancellor Called for Funding ‘Compact’

March 30th, 2006 | New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY — March 29, 2006 — In The City University of New York’s (CUNY) 2006-2007 Budget Request, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein called on the state and city to change the approach to funding higher education in New York. He wanted officials to know how the University is saving millions of dollars in productivity initiatives, [...]

The Gallery Exhibition

March 30th, 2006 | College of Staten Island

The Gallery of the College of Staten Island (CSI) is privileged to have an exhibition of the extraordinary photographs by Sunil Gupta. The exhibit is entitled “Imagining Childhood; Living with HIV in Delhi,” and is organized by the Gallery’s curator, Professor Nanette Salomon.
The Gallery will host an opening reception with the artist on Wednesday [...]

Brooklyn College Acting Talent Is Showcased at the Abingdon Theater, April 10

March 30th, 2006 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — Seventeen Brooklyn College acting students will perform in a daylong showcase at the Abingdon Theater on April 10. The students, members of the Brooklyn College Master in Fine Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts acting programs, will perform short scenes of no more than three-minutes duration, directed by Mary Beth Easley and [...]

Brooklyn College Anthropologist Identifies New Prehistoric Monkey

March 29th, 2006 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn College Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology Alfred L. Rosenberger is part of a team of Argentinean and United States scholars who have identified a new species of monkey that once roamed the forests of South America. The discovery of the monkey species, Killikaike blakei, is the result of painstaking analysis [...]

Truman, Goldwater, and Marshall Scholars

March 29th, 2006 | The University

For the second year consecutive, CUNY undergraduates have been awarded prestigious Truman and Goldwater Scholarships, while a CUNY graduate student has been named a select Marshall Scholar.

CSI to host 2006 Collegiate Job Fair: “Bridges to Success”

March 29th, 2006 | College of Staten Island

The College of Staten Island (CSI) Career & Scholarship Center invites all college seniors, juniors, graduate students, and alumni to attend the 2006 Collegiate Job Fair “Bridges to Success” to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4 at the College of Staten Island’s Sports & Recreation Center at 2800 Victory [...]

Brooklyn College Junior Ryan Merola Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship

March 28th, 2006 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn College student Ryan Merola, a junior in the City University of New York Honors College who is pursuing a double major in political science and philosophy, has won the prestigious Truman Scholarship. Merola, a 1999 graduate of Xaverian High School and third-generation Brooklyn College student, is one of only two New [...]

COMPETITIVE ETHICS: A DEBATE TOURNAMENT

March 28th, 2006 | Baruch College

April 3 –Top Business Execs Will Judge ‘Ethics Bowl’
Baruch College has enlisted top executives from Citigroup, Con Edison, Goldman Sachs, the Rudin Family Foundation, the CIT Group, Information Technology Management and other firms to act as judges in the ‘Ethics Bowl,’ a tournament in which students will compete to devise ethical solutions to corporate and [...]

City Tech’s Joel Mason Documents ‘Signs of the Times’ in Solo Photography Show

March 28th, 2006 | New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY — March 28, 2005 — Twenty-five years of photographic experimentation by New York City College of Technology’s (City Tech) Joel Mason will be on view in his first solo show, “Signs & Space,” from April 3 through April 28, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the College’s Grace Gallery, 300 Jay [...]