CUNY Newswire

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 [...]

August 2, 2012, Bronx, New York–From sun-seared Mercury to the icy outer planets, sensors mounted on satellites are gathering useful data from virtually every corner of our solar system — except perhaps one: the Bronx. “The Bronx area has not produced high quality data,” explains Dr. Sunil Bhaskaran, an Assistant Professor at Bronx Community College [...]

Professor Thomas Cipullo, a professor in Bronx Community College’s Art and Music Department, has been Awarded a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those “who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the [...]

Jason Palladini, a biology major at Bronx Community College, has been selected to work in the Material Science Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin for the summer 2012. The internship is for two months, June-July. His food, accommodation and the air fare are covered in addition to the $1000 stipend from the University of Texas. Jason [...]

The Dept. of Health, Physical Education and Wellness at Bronx Community College is proud to congratulate Dr. Donna Genova on winning the prestigious National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Award. Dr. Genova is being honored for her enormous contribution to women’s collegiate sports. She has served as the NJCAA Women’s Regional Director for 13 years, [...]

Dr. Robert Maryks, Associate Professor in the Department of History, has been awarded a Mellon Seminar Fellowship by the Committee on the Study of Religion at the CUNY Graduate Center. The Fellowship will enable Dr. Maryks to participate in the Committee’s ongoing seminar for the 2012-2013 academic year. The seminar topic will be “Catastrophe,” and [...]

In February 2012, Professor Janet Heller submitted a proposal to CUNY’s Office of Academic Affairs, Office of the University Dean for Health and Human Services. The request was to fund paid internships for students in community-based public health promotion research. This unique opportunity will provide hands-on experience to students enrolled in the Community/School Health Education [...]

Urban University Conference Series presents Nanotechnology Conference March 26th and 30th Meister Hall Keynote speaker Dr. Carlos Silvera from National Institute of Standards and Technology will present, “The Present and Future Impact of Carbon Nanotubes on Nanotechnology” Meister Hall March 26, 2012 1:00-4:00pm Nano Days Come explore sand that won’t get wet even under water, [...]

ATTAIN Lab at the Bronx Educational Opportunity Center leads the nearly 40 statewide ATTAIN Labs network in Microsoft Certifications. Figures recently released by the State University of New York show that the ATTAIN lab at the Bronx Educational Opportunity Center helped 575 New Yorkers receive certifications in various Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel and Power [...]

Bronx Community College Irish Heritage and Culture Committee St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon Celebration Friday, March 16, 2012, Noon Bronx Community College Colston Hall, Lower Level 2155 University Avenue Bronx, NY 10453 Honoring … Mr. Derek Woods Journalist ▪ Videographer ▪ Producer Bronx Magazine ~ BRONXNET ‐ www.bronxnet.org Producer of “Memory Brings us Back” ~ Recipient [...]

On February 14, 2012, Cory Vendryes, a member of the Speech, Drama & Debate club at Bronx Community College, came in First Place in Persuasive Speaking at the CUNY CLASP (CUNY League of Active Speech Professors) speech competition. The competition was held at LaGuardia Community College and included two categories: Informative and Persuasive speaking. Communication [...]

Congratulations to Alex Luma, computer science major and Anthony Canelo, engineering science major, who both received honorable mention at the Black Engineer of The Year Awards in Philadelphia on February 17, 2012. Alex Luma was awarded the “Community in STEM” Award and Anthony Canelo was awarded the “Academics in STEM” Award. It was a very [...]

Associate Professor of History William deJong-Lambert has received a $25,000 Science, Technology and Society grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the Second International Workshop on Lysenkoism, hosted by the University of Vienna, June 21-23, 2012. The first International Workshop on Lysenkoism, held December 4-5, 2009 at the CUNY Graduate Center and the Harriman [...]

Bronx, NY — Putnam County, NY, District Attorney Adam Levy visited Bronx Community College November 10, 2011, where he spoke to criminal justice students about the bullying epidemic, his Bronx background, and careers in the criminal justice field. “You are in the best place to learn your trade in criminal justice,” he said at the [...]

Bronx, NY — Bronx Community College held a dedication ceremony on October 27, 2011, for a new mural created for its campus. Conceived, designed, and executed by students and graduates of BCC’s Digital Arts Program, the artwork is located on the temporary construction fence adjacent to the College’s Language Hall. The dedication ceremony was held [...]

Bronx Community College students Cory Vendryes and Yanilda Peralta were trophy winners at the Ed Leonard Memorial Speech Tournament held at Seton Hall University in New Jersey October 22, 2011. The two members of BCC’s Speech, Drama and Debate Team were winners in the Impromptu Sales event. Vendryes, a liberal arts major with a biology [...]

Students in Bronx Community College’s Continuing and Professional Studies HITECH Program attended the Second Annual New York State Student Informatics Conference on September 23, 2011. Held at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, the conference was presented by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS). The purpose of the event was to nurture and develop future health [...]

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter and Author Keynotes Bronx Community College’s Freshman Convocation Bronx, NY — Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Mirta Ojito was the keynote speaker at the Bronx Community College Freshman Convocation on September 22, 2011. She spoke on the topic of “College Students in a Global Community” during the convocation, which was held in [...]

Bronx Community College freshmen convocation highlighted student stepping stones to success.