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As part of the Bronx Community College President’s Lecture Series, BCC in collaboration with Hostos Community College, Lehman College and the League of Women Voters, will host a 2013 New York City Mayoral Candidates Forum. The forum, in which all current Mayoral contenders have agreed to participate, will take place on Wednesday,  July 24th and [...]

May 4, 2013, Bronx, New York—Under a cloudless, blue sky and with temperatures hovering in the low 70s, more than a 1000 men, women and children, both avid marathoners and casual walkers, participated in today’s Run the Bronx, Bronx Community College’s Annual Hall of Fame Run and Walk. Although registrants began descending on the campus [...]

Family Event Welcomes All to Run the Bronx April 17, 2013, Bronx New York—Run the Bronx, Bronx Community College’s Annual Hall of Fame Run and Walk takes place Saturday, May 4th. The official start time is 10 a.m., and the event begins and ends on the historic landmark campus of Bronx Community College, located at [...]

Quiara Alegría Hudes is an award-winning playwright.  She is the author of Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Water by the Spoonful is the second in a trilogy of plays. The first, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. The third and final [...]

Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone and New York City Deputy Mayor for Legal Affairs and Counsel to the Mayor Carole Robles-Romàn, join experts from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and others in a discussion of urban violence in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School Monday, April 8, [...]

March 28, 2013, Bronx, New York—In the increasingly competitive field of geospatial research, Bronx Community College (BCC) has taken a major step towards becoming a national center of recognition. The school was awarded a grant by two geospatial industrial giants, Environmental Systems Research Institute and Canada-based PCI Geomatics. Dr. Sunil Bhaskaran, an assistant professor at [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Diane Weathers, AVP Communications and Marketing Office: 718-289-5770 February 27, 2013, Bronx, New York—Bronx Community College President Carole M. Berotte Joseph and Vice President for Student Affairs Athos Brewer were among a group of American community college leaders who recently participated in the International Community College Conference in New Delhi, India. [...]

Don’t miss the new documentary, Divine Prescription: Stories of Faith, Health and Community, the latest project from filmmaker Debra Gonsher Vinik, Chair of BCC’s Communications Arts and Sciences Department. The film began airing nationally January 20 on ABC affiliates around the country. Her latest production, a story of how people of faith from various denominations [...]

The Bronx Community College Speech Drama and Debate team under the guidance of Mrs. Carmen Meyers, had an excellent showing at the Off- Broadway Swing Tournament in Selden, New York. Over the two-day tournament, December 1-2, 2012, twelve schools from across the country competed in ten different events. The BCC team was the only novice [...]

Anthony Canelo, an Engineering & Science major, has been selected as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer. The Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and US Black Engineer & Technology magazine sponsors this distinguished selection. Anthony will receive his award at the 27th BEYA STEM Conference luncheon on Thursday, [...]

Andres Davoren, a student in the Media Technology department, won a $5,000 scholarship from Dictionary.com for his laugh-out-loud funny YouTube video. The under two minute video depicts what the scholarship money can do for Andres. The winner was chosen on the humorous merits of the video and support from social communities. To see Andres’ winning [...]

Students, staff and faculty are invited to December 12th Bliss Hall reception Students in the Digital Arts and Music programs will display their work at a exhibit in the Hall of Fame Art Gallery in Bliss Hall. The works on display include graphic arts, web design, animation, photography, ceramics, paintings, drawings and digital music. The [...]

Funds will be used to prepare food stamp recipients for the workplace. November 7, 2012 — Some of New York City’s most disadvantaged citizens now have a new path to a respected profession and financial self-sufficiency. The Bronx Educational Opportunity Center, an academic skills and job preparation program administered by Bronx Community College, has been [...]

BCC is the first community college campus to earn the distinction October 26, 2012—Bronx, New York — Carole M. Berotte Joseph, President of the Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, announces that the college is one of twenty national sites newly designated as a National Historic Landmark. The official announcement was [...]

October 16, 2012—Dr. Carole Berotte Joseph, President of Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, has appointed Dr. Eddy Bayardelle as BCC’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement. In this capacity, he will serve as the college’s primary steward of the BCC Foundation with responsibility for leading a robust and multifaceted institutional development [...]

More than two dozen vehicles showcase the latest in fuel efficiency technology October 16, 2012—The future is coming to the Bronx–on four wheels. On Friday, October 19, the Center for Sustainable Energy of Bronx Community College (BCC) of is hosting its Eighth Annual Alternative Vehicle Technology Conference and Expo on the campus of Lehman College. [...]

Based On The Best Selling Book By Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, DocumentarySupports ITVS’ Women and Girls Lead Initiative as it Takes Viewers on a Global Journey to Turn Oppression into Opportunity for Women and Girls (Bronx, NY)— Community Cinema, a national documentary screening series sponsored locally by TripleFront Syndicate, Inc and the Independent Television [...]

September 21, 2012, Bronx, New York – In the 39 years since Bronx Community College moved to its green carpet of a campus, overlooking the Harlem River, in the borough’s University Heights section, there has never been major new construction—until today. Under a sun-filled September sky, the ribbon draped before North Hall and Library was [...]

September 18, 2012, Bronx, New York — With the opening of the North Hall and Library on the campus of Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, the Bronx borough can boast of a library that bristles with the most modern means of accumulating and distributing information.  The building welcomed its first [...]

Bronx, New York–For some thirty years, Bronx-born artist Daniel Hauben has found his muse no further away than the edifices, subway stations, and skylines adjacent to avenues like Fordham Road, the Grand Concourse, and the streets surrounding Yankee Stadium. Now Hauben brings his unique artistic vision to the crowning achievement of his career thus far—the [...]