The Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association has selected an article by two members of Baruch College’s Newman Library faculty as one of the top 20 publications of 2007 in the area of information literacy/library instruction. Professor Louise Klusek, head of reference, and Professor Jerry Bornstein, deputy chief librarian for public services, [...]
NEW YORK, June 26, 2007 — Corvena Francis, a senior majoring in Psychology at The City College of New York (CCNY), was one of 25 undergraduates nationwide awarded the 2007 Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color.
A native of St. Catherine, Jamaica, who now resides in the Bronx, Ms. Francis is the [...]
NEW YORK, June 28, 2007 — Gisel Diaz and Akeem Marsh, members of the Class of 2007 at The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York (CCNY), have been awarded New York State Regents Health Care Scholarships for Medicine. Both students are transferring to the SUNY Downstate Medical [...]
— Robert D. Santos Named VP for Campus Planning and Facilities Management and Esther Perález VP for Student Affairs; Karen Witherspoon to Direct Urban and Governmental Affairs —
NEW YORK, June 28, 2007 — Dr. Gregory H. Williams, President of The City College of New York (CCNY), today announced three senior-level appointments to bolster the College’s [...]
FLUSHING, NY, June 27, 2007—Two Queens College researchers share credit on a paper published in a recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, one of the most prestigious titles in its field. The article, which shows that trimming the whiskers of a newborn mouse affects the animal’s neural development, was not only printed in full [...]
Brooklyn, NY — The sense of achievement was palpable on the faces of the students at Brooklyn College’s Gershwin Hall as 71 of the original 74 students who entered BC’s STAR (Science, Technology and Research) Early College High School stepped to the stage to receive their diplomas on June 26.
“When we entered four years ago, [...]
No Consensus on International vs. U.S. Accounting Standards
Energy Conservation Moves to Front Burner
CFOs State Their Choice for Next U.S. President
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. and NEW YORK, N.Y. June 27, 2007 — American companies are forecasting single-digit percentage increases in capital spending, hiring, and the prices of their products over the next 12 months, according to a [...]
When Olga Karman came to speak at Queensborough Community College in November of 2006, the College’s President, Dr. Eduardo J. Marti felt an immediate connection. Dr. Karman’s memoir, Scatter My Ashes Over Havana is a story of Cuban exile and immigration to the United States, and the search for identity in a new land.
“At [...]
Brooklyn, NY — Members of a Dutch government advisory panel on agriculture and rural areas paid a visit recently to the Brooklyn College campus, once part of the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, to tour Distinguished Professor Martin Schreibman’s Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center (AREAC).
The visit to Brooklyn College on Thursday, June 21, was [...]
From July 10 to August 9 the Art Gallery of the Graduate Center will present Rob Amory, The Light of Others. The exhibition features 32 large-format, digital photographic portraits depicting intimate close-ups of the faces of unknown subjects. The Art Gallery is located on the first floor of the Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue [...]
