Award-winning Poet Sonia Sanchez Examines the Power of Black Women’s Politics at Brooklyn College’s Shirley Chisholm Day Celebration

The event, which commemorated the 50th Anniversary of alumna Shirley Chisholm’s historic election to the U.S. Congress, also featured other preeminent scholars in the world of black women’s politics.

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M.F.A. Fiction Program Faculty Member Sigrid Nunez Wins National Book Award for Fiction

Her novel The Friend beat out stiff competition at the awards ceremony on November 14 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

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Academic Momentum Campaign Creates New Tools to Help Students Graduate in Four Years

From enhanced student support to a reexamination of course structure and financial aid, the CUNY-wide drive aims to better guide students in mapping their route to a degree.

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Swimming With Sharks Helped Senior Tori McGregor Uncover Her Strengths

One of an impressive cohort of 2018 Rosen Fellows who worked on dynamic projects, McGregor used her award to travel to The Bahamas to conduct research at the Bimini Biological Field Station.

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Award-winning Poet Sonia Sanchez to Keynote Shirley Chisholm Day at Brooklyn College Nov. 27 In Commemmoration of the 50th Anniversary of Shirley Chisholm’s Historic Election to U.S. Congress

Other guest speakers include eminent scholars in the world of black women’s politics. The Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women’s Activism is dedicated to bringing Chisholm’s life and legacy to the general public.

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Author and Historian Joanna Beata Michlic to Brooklyn College Students: “The Study of Holocaust Survivors Can Constitute a Template for Comparative Studies of Other Victims of Genocide.”

The renowned scholar discussed her research on child survivors of the Holocaust in Poland during the early postwar period.

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They Slay

When a fashion-minded business professor and an alumna fashionista and entrepreneur come together, the result is a partnership nothing short of fabulous.

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Sociology Helps Distinguish Real News from Fake News Says Professor Gregory C. Smithsimon

Smithsimon argues that scholars who study within the discipline gain valuable insights, skills, and tools to help them navigate a world where digital spaces like those found on social media often spread misinformation.

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CIS Professor Michael Mandel Awarded $500,000 NSF Grant to Explore How Manmade Sounds and Climate Change Affect Animal Migration

Mandel’s research aims to help computers better understand sound.

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Award-winning English Professor Rosamond S. King Named New Director of the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute

A noted author and scholar with a passion for the humanities, King aims to spearhead the programming at the institute that contributes to the intellectual life of the campus.

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09.13.2018
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