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Ccny Pays Tribute To Former Professor And Pioneering Education Psychologist Kenneth Clark October 3

September 29th, 2006 | City College

NEW YORK, September 28, 2006 — The City College of New York will pay tribute Tuesday, October 3, to one of its most prominent professors, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, whose research findings were instrumental to the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that declared school segregation unconstitutional.
The College will host a roundtable [...]

NESC, CCNY And Goldman Sachs Foundation Team To Create Leadership Training Program For Region 10 Teachers

September 28th, 2006 | City College

– APLUS Fellowships Awarded to 19 Master Teachers –
NEW YORK, September 28, 2006 –A unique leadership development program that combines classroom training, apprenticeships and coaching from private sector executives is preparing 19 master teachers in New York City Region 10 to become assistant principals within a year.
The pilot program was created through a partnership among [...]

City College Offers Fall 2006 Architecture Lecture Series

September 28th, 2006 | City College

NEW YORK, September 28, 2006 — The City College of New York’s School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture’s Fall 2006 lecture series begins 6 p.m. Thursday, September 28. Entitled “Alternate Propositions,” the lectures present six eminent architects renowned internationally for their powerful bodies of work.
The series runs for six consecutive weeks through November [...]

City Tech Establishes Construction Education and Safety Academy

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

Brooklyn, NY — September 28, 2006 — It almost seems that there is construction happening on every block in the city, with yet another project announced every day. New schools, affordable housing, expansion of transportation hubs, redevelopment of commercial to residential space, relocating our local and favorite teams to new stadiums and, of course, the [...]

Brooklyn College Celebrates Diversity With New Lecture Series

September 28th, 2006 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — Beginning on October 11, 2006, Brooklyn College is launching a new Diversity Lecture Series – discussions and workshops designed to foster inclusion and diversity on campus and in the community. The free program is open to students, faculty and the general public. Panelists and presenters will explore ways to increase awareness and [...]

Martin McDonagh’s Grisly Comedy The Pillowman at Brooklyn College’s New Workshop Theater, October 5-8

September 27th, 2006 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn College Theater Department begins its 2006-2007 season with a spellbinding stunner of a play: Martin McDonagh’s 2004 Tony Award-winner The Pillowman, directed by Rhett Martinez at the New Workshop Theatre, October 5-8. Seats: $5.

This exhilarating and vicious comedy-drama concerns a fiction writer (Matthew Glogowski) in a totalitarian state who is [...]

Theater Critic John Simon to Visit Lehman College October 5

September 26th, 2006 | Lehman College

BRONX, NY — The legendary and provocative theater, film and literary critic John Simon will be interviewed on Lehman College Professor William Hoffman’s “Conversations” series Thursday, October 5. The show begins taping at 2 p.m. in Room C-14 of Carman Hall. The discussion is free and open to the public.
Simon was the theatre critic [...]

George Sanchez Promoted To Senior Vice President at BCC

September 26th, 2006 | Bronx Community College

Bronx, NY – George Sanchez joined Bronx Community College in 1987 as the Executive Director of the Bronx Educational Opportunity Center with management of over 1200 students and over 80 faculty and staff. In 1995, Dr. Sanchez became the Dean of Continuing Education, Grants and Development, and in 1999, he took on the position of [...]

Mary Coleman Promoted To Senior Vice President at BCC

September 26th, 2006 | Bronx Community College

Bronx, NY – In April 1997, Mary E. Coleman came to Bronx Community College (BCC) of The City University of New York (CUNY) as the Vice President of Administration and Finance. To accurately reflect the considerable expansion of her leadership role at the College through the years, Ms. Coleman was promoted to Senior Vice [...]

Half-Day Seminar on Brownstone Restoration and Renovation at City Tech on Oct. 28

September 26th, 2006 | New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY — September 26, 2006 — New York City College of Technology (City Tech) is offering a Saturday afternoon seminar, “Anatomy of a Brownstone III: Inside and Outside,” on Saturday, October 28, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., in the Atrium Amphitheater, 300 Jay Street (at Tillary), Downtown Brooklyn. Admission is $35 per person, [...]