— Seven Alumni to Receive Townsend Harris Medals for Outstanding Postgraduate Achievement —
The Alumni Association of The City College of New York will present its 62nd John H. Finley Award jointly to actor F. Murray Abraham and the Theater for the New City (TNC). The presentation will be made at the Association’s 129th Annual Dinner, [...]
Visiting the Whitney Museum last year, BMCC English professor Cheryl Fish couldn’t help noticing that an exhibition of Buckminster Fuller’s work lacked any mention of his long-time collaborator, June Jordan.
A poet, essayist, educator and social activist, Jordan had worked closely with Fuller in the 1960s on “Skyrise For Harlem,” a conceptually daring architectural redesign of [...]
It’s not surprising that Frank Lloyd Wright was one of Barbara Ashton’s favorite architects. “Wright used mathematics extensively in his work—not just in the engineering of his buildings, but in their artistic design,” says Ashton, an associate professor of mathematics.
Next month, Ashton will conduct a one-day workshop for kindergarten teachers and K-12 teachers in which [...]
After a stint in the army, and in the corporate world, David Hobart enrolled at BMCC last year to pursue a business degree. Like most BMCC students, he successfully balances a job with his academics.
But Hobart’s job is unique—he is the founder of The Spirit of the Lakes, Inc., a non-profit drum and bugle corps [...]
The Modern China and Media Culture departments at the College of Staten Island will present “Migrant Children and Global Film: Case Studies in Local Mobility,” a lecture by Dr. Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, on Thursday, November 5 in Building 1A, Room 308 at 1:30pm.
Event co-coordinator Ying Zhu, Associate Professor of Media Culture and co-coordinator of the [...]
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of the City University of New York will celebrate the centennial of the Grand Concourse at an event to be held on November 12, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. in the college’s Repertory Theater at 450 Grand Concourse.
To mark this occasion, Sam Goodman, a lifelong Grand Concourse resident, will introduce [...]
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College’s Continuing Education and Professional Studies Department received both “Best Catalog” and “Best Marketing” honors for 2009 from the Continuing Education Association of New York (CEANY), and Executive Director Lorraine Altman was named Continuing Educator of the Year. These recognitions were conferred at CEANY’s 46th Annual Conference, held at [...]
-The Dominican Leadership in the United States and Puerto Rico will Honor Him with the DANR National Guanin Educator Award-
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Washington, DC.- Washington, DC– Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, the new President of the City University of New York’s Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, an institution founded over forty years ago [...]
Dr. Sandi Cooper, Professor of History at the College of Staten Island, has been named the latest recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Peace History Society.
Regarding the award, which will be presented at the Society’s banquet tomorrow, Cooper says, “I am deeply touched, honored, and slightly embarrassed by the award voted to me [...]
Maya Monroe, the daughter of New York Knick great and hall of famer Earl Monroe, has been named the assistant coach for the York College women’s basketball team. Monroe comes to York College after coaching Seward Park High School the last four seasons. She took over a team with a 3-15 record and went a [...]
