Cesar Claro, Executive Director of the Richmond County Savings Foundation (RCSF), presented a check for $51,000 to College of Staten Island President Tomás Morales today, providing $50,000 to fund a new Senator John J. Marchi Visiting Scholar in Public Affairs position and for $1,000 of continued funding for the Staten Island Leadership Institute.
The Visiting Scholar [...]
World AIDS Day tomorrow (December 1) has added meaning this year at Lehman College, where work is under way to help those affected by the disease in South Africa, which has the largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world.
Supported by a $367,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Craig Demmer [...]
— Legal Scholar and Distinguished Interfaith Leader to Assess Role of Courts, African-American Churches in Advancing Racial Justice —
Dr. Derrick A. Bell, Jr., and Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. will lead the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies’ inaugural New York Life Colloquium, “The Courts, the Churches, and African Americans: Legacy and Contemporary Challenge,” [...]
The Lehman “Lightning” Jazz Brass Band will give a free concert Dec. 9, featuring the music of Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy and the World Saxophone Quartet, as well as a selection of contemporary arrangements for small to mid-sized ensembles. The concert begins at 2 p.m. in the Hearth Room, located on the third floor of [...]
In the first public, political survey ever conducted by a university-based team of scholars with a nationally representative sample of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGBs) Americans, results released today show that Senator Hillary Clinton has the support of 63 percent of LGB likely voters in the Democratic primaries, followed by Senator Barack Obama with 22 [...]
Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Charles C. Stuart has been selected to be the Jack Newfield professor at Hunter College for the spring semester.
The Jack Newfield Visiting Professorship of Journalism at Hunter was created to honor Newfield’s memory and his legacy as one of America’s most respected reporters-writers. The program, now in its third year, brings an outstanding [...]
For her “superior qualifications, accomplishments and commitment to education,” Evita Belmonte, a junior at New York City College of Technology (CityTech), has been honored with the 2007 Women’s Forum Educational Award.
The award honors women who overcome severe obstacles and strive to complete their undergraduate education after a hiatus in their lives. Belmonte certainly has met [...]
Some professors go on vacation when school is let out for the summer — but not BMCC professor Dr. Jianguo Ji, who had research findings and writings published in authoritative anthologies over the sweltering break.
Moreover, his new book, Developments in Applied Linguistics, came out in August — right before he went to the First International [...]
Michael Spierman, conductor of the Orchestra of the Bronx, will present a preview of Handel’s Messiah at Lehman College on Thursday, December 6, at 12:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Sponsored by the College’s City and Humanities Program, the event is free and open to the public.
The Orchestra will return to deliver a full performance [...]
Celebrated Sri Lankan musicians Rookantha Goonatillake and Chandralekha Perera host an evening of music and dance from the Sri Lankan diaspora performed in Sinhalese and English at the College of Staten Island’s Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 8 at 8:00pm. Hear hits from TV, film, and their many recordings, as well as new [...]
