Maynard Solomon '50 was a co-founder of Vanguard Records.

In 2016, Assistant Professor William Esber of the Department of Psychology was awarded $249,000 from the National Institutes of Health to research how the brain processes changes in stimulus salience.

The Brooklyn College Conservatory Choir performed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Conservatory of Music students can enroll in an internship whereby they perform for ailing and recovering patients in New York Methodist Hospital.

In 2015, our faculty received more than $4.7 million in grants and awards for new and ongoing research.

Pianist and pops conductor Peter Nero '56 has won two Grammy Awards out of a dozen nominations.

Young Jean Lee '05 M.F.A. won an Obie Award in 2007.

One of every 20 Brooklyn residents with a college degree graduated from Brooklyn College.

Our Diana Rogovin Davidow Speech Language Hearing Center sponsors a chapter of the National Stuttering Association.

Mystery writer Stanley Ellin '36 won three Edgar Allen Poe Awards.

Sandra Feldman '60 served as president of the American Federation of Teachers for seven years.

In only three years of existence, the women’s soccer team has captured the City University of New York Athletic Conference Championship twice.

Carol Steinberg '76 is president of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.

Assistant Professor of Music Arturo O'Farrill won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Brooklyn College students have won the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship in 2015, 2007 and 1992.

Thom Calandra '79 was the founding editor of CBS MarketWatch.com.

Bhikkhu Bodhi (born Jeffrey Block) '66 served as president of the Buddhist Publication Society for more than a decade.

Our Learning Center offers tutoring from student peers who have excelled in their field.

We offer more than 100 student clubs and organizations.

Marcia Brener Sorkin '36 was the first female standards engineer in the United States.