Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema to Offer M.F.A. in Digital Animation & VFX, Media Scoring, and Sonic Arts The Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema had added an M.F.A. in Digital Animation & VFX, Media Scoring, and Sonic Arts to its suite of degree programs. Read More
Brooklyn College Launches Haitian Studies Institute CUNY-HSI will serve as a leading international research center, supporting scholars and conducting policy analysis. Read More
Brooklyn College Foundation Honors (and the Friars Club Roasts) Super-Agent Don Buchwald ’59 at Annual Gala On May 12, 2016, alumnus Don Buchwald ’59 was honored at the Brooklyn College Foundation’s annual fundraising gala, Best of Brooklyn, at New York’s iconic Rainbow Room. Buchwald, who heads Don Buchwald & Associates, has spent decades helping to guide the careers of many talented entertainers, while also being one of Brooklyn College’s staunchest supporters. Read More
$40,000 Whiting Fellowship Supports English Professor in Creating a Digital Home for Brooklyn Oral Histories The prestigious prize—the first of its kind established by the Whiting Foundation—is awarded to those working toward better public understanding of the humanities. Read More
School of Ed. Faculty Create App that Trains First Responders to Address Abuse in Children with Disabilities The website and app provides resources to assist social workers, child protective staff, law enforcement, and medical professionals in better intervening when children with disabilities might be victims of violence and abuse. Read More
Paul Beatty ’89 M.F.A. Receives National Book Critics Circle Award The Sellout, Beatty’s most recent novel, has also been named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times. Read More
Poet Ocean Vuong ’12 Wins $50,000 Whiting Award for Emerging Writers Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press), the first full-length work by the B.F.A. Creative Writing graduate, was released on April 5. Read More
Brooklyn College Student Wins $16,500 on Wheel of Fortune Senior Matt Epstein talks about his recent once-in-a-lifetime experience as a winning contestant on one of America’s favorite game shows, Wheel of Fortune. Read More
Political Science Professor Anna Law Wins NSF Grant to Further Research on Women Asylum Seekers The Herbert Kurz Chair of Constitutional Rights will investigate how immigration courts decide gender-based asylum cases. Read More
Macaulay Honors College Student and Aspiring Physician Crowned Miss Upstate New York Shelley Jain, a Fulbright finalist and B.A.-M.D. Program student, wants to use her gifts to help others. Read More
