BRONX, NY—After a ten-year absence, the study of Hebrew is making a comeback at Lehman College, thanks to Professor Zelda Kahan Newman, an expert in Hebraic and Judaic Studies, and a growing group of interested students. With the success last year of its first Hebrew course in ten years, the College’s Department of Languages and [...]
BRONX, NY — Distinguished Professor of English Billy Collins will teach a master class in poetry at Lehman College on six Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m., beginning on September 6, 2006. Professor Collins, who has taught at Lehman for over three decades, is a former United States Poet Laureate for two consecutive terms [...]
Bronx, NY — Bronx Community College Student and Musician Dexton Davis, 44, is the proud recipient of The City University of New York Peter Jennings Scholarship Laurel Award of $1,000 for 2006.
The Laurel Award is given to exemplary students who have achieved their General Equivalency Diploma (GED), have enrolled in CUNY colleges and have been [...]
Three Bronx Colleges To Benefit from $75,000 Grant
Bronx, NY — When liberal arts students at Lehman, Hostos and Bronx Community Colleges walk into their classrooms this fall, they will be stimulated with new knowledge and assignments as a result of what was learned by their professors during the Hall of Fame for Great [...]
Brooklyn, NY — The National Opera Center, a pilot program at Brooklyn College, will crown its inaugural season this weekend with a program of popular American show tunes, followed in the first week of August by performances of Cosi Fan Tutti and The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring the forty-piece National Opera Center [...]
Michael Ehrie, an MA student in musicology at Hunter, was selected out of more than 1,000 applicants to be a summer intern at National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. A privately supported, non-profit membership organization, NPR attracts more than 26 million listeners each week and is in partnership with more than 815 public radio stations [...]
Assistant Professor of Psychology Tracy Dennis has been awarded the prestigious Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health.
This highly-sought-after honor provides for a five-year grant that will allow Dennis to do intensive research, as well as receive advanced training and mentorship, in the field of child emotion regulation (ER) – [...]
The United States Tennis Association and Hostos Community College announce screening of documentary highlighting the life of Pancho Gonzalez, known as the Latino Legend of Tennis.
Bronx, New York, August 16, 2006. – The United States Tennis Association (USTA) Eastern section in conjunction with Hostos Community College is proud to announce a screening of [...]
FLUSHING, N.Y., July 19, 2006 — Queens College (QC)’s CISCO Regional Training Academy, which consists of 21 local computer networking academies, recently won the CISCO Systems Relevance Award for helping students successfully make the transition from the classroom to careers in technology. The college’s regional academy beat out nearly 8,000 schools to win this [...]
Brooklyn, NY — July 18, 2006 — New York City College of Technology (City Tech) English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) instructor Jay Klokker was one of eight recipients of the Literacy Assistance Center’s 21st Annual Literacy Recognition Award at a ceremony in June. Klokker was honored for his ability to conceive of new [...]
