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Brooklyn College School of Education Participates in Series of Videoconferences with BC Alumnus on CUNY

May 31st, 2007 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — The school year may have been winding down but some BC education students got a unique lesson in how the earth is heating up.
The students participated in a nationally televised videoconference about global warming by NASA scientist and Brooklyn College alumnus Joel Levine. The event, held at the WEB building, was the [...]

Cityvisions 2007 Celebrates CCNY M.F.A.’s First Decade; Marks 50th Anniversary Of Hans Richter’s Retirement

May 31st, 2007 | City College

NEW YORK, May 24, 2007 — The M.F.A. in Media Arts Production at The City College of New York (CCNY) will celebrate its tenth birthday by premiering 11new documentary and short fiction films during Cityvisions 2007, its annual student showcase, June 1 and 2 at Manhattan’s DGA Theater. The program is comprised of thesis [...]

CCNY’S 161ST COMMENCEMENT Set For JUNE 1; PRESIDENT GREGORY H. WILLIAMS TO ADDRESS GRADUATES

May 31st, 2007 | City College

— Philanthropist Larry Gralla ‘51, Austrian educator Hans Matzenauer, Nobel Laureate Mario José Molina to be honored, CCNY President’s Medal to Josh S. Weston ‘50 —
NEW YORK, May 21, 2007 – The City College of New York (CCNY) will confer honorary degrees on philanthropist Larry Gralla ’51, noted Austrian educator Hans Matzenauer and Nobel Prize-winning [...]

ROSSANA ROSADO AND WILLIAM MACAULAY SPEAK AT BARUCH COLLEGE’S 42ND COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

May 30th, 2007 | Baruch College

Twin Ceremonies on May 30th Confer 3,728 Degrees
Rossana Rosado, publisher of El Diario/La Prensa, New York’s largest Spanish-language newspaper, and William Macaulay, the philanthropist and investment manager who donated $30 million in support of City University’s Honors College (since renamed the Macaulay Honors College), delivered keynote addresses at Baruch College’s 42nd Commencement Exercises, held today [...]

MOTHER AND SON GRADUATE IN TANDEM

May 30th, 2007 | Baruch College

DULCE M. AND JOSE B. RYAN RECEIVE THEIR DEGRESS
New York, NY – May 30, 2007–Neither mother nor son took a direct route to a college degree. For Dulce Ryan, 46, it was the culmination of years of struggle first in the Dominican Republic and then in New York. “I didn’t want to work in [...]

CCNY TRACK & FIELD STARS SHINE AT NCAA DIV. III CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 30th, 2007 | City College

NEW YORK, May 29, 2007 — The City College of New York (CCNY) women’s team clocked an NCAA season-best time of 46.32 seconds to win the 4×100m relay, en route to a third place overall finish at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in Oshkosh, Wis., last weekend.
Graduating senior Mechelle Barnwell, senior Alecia Watson and [...]

BCC Coach & Two Players to Travel to Italy for Goodwill Games, June 22

May 29th, 2007 | Bronx Community College

Bronx, NY – Three members of Bronx Community College’s baseball team, the Broncos, winners of the CUNY Baseball Championship, will play baseball in Rome, Florence and Parma Italy from June 22 – July 5.
Jorge Rosado, second baseman, Alexander Sanchez, catcher, and Broncos Coach Adolfo DeJesus will travel with a CUNY team made up of two [...]

Brooklyn College Alumna Wins Obie Award

May 29th, 2007 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — Young Jean Lee, a 2006 graduate of the English department’s master of fine arts program in playwriting, won an Obie Award in the category of emerging playwrights. The award, handed out May 21 at New York University, comes with a $1,000 grant.
The Obie Awards were created by the Village Voice in 1955 [...]

Professor SenGupta Takes the Helm of Macaulay Honors College

May 29th, 2007 | Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn College is pleased to announce that Professor Gunja SenGupta, of the history department, has accepted an appointment as director of the Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College.
Professor SenGupta’s teaching and research interests are in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, African American history, Women’s History, and Comparative Slavery. She is the [...]

CUNY Chancellor Names University Dean for Institutional Advancement

May 25th, 2007 | The University

City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein has announced the appointment of Carlos A. Flynn as University Dean for Institutional Advancement after a nationwide search.
Mr. Flynn, who has more than thirty years of experience in fund raising and human services, has served as Interim University Dean for Institutional Advancement for the past four years. [...]