Projects Archivist Amy Roberts Takes on the YWCA Collection, Thanks to Grant Amy Roberts is the projects archivist at the Brooklyn College Library, arranging and describing the archives of the Brooklyn chapter of the Young Woman’s Christian Association (YWCA) archives at Brooklyn College. Read More
AREAC featured in Excelsior AREAC was the subject of an Excelsior feature on March 21, 2018, entitled “Brooklyn College in the Know: Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center,” by Sandy Mui. Read More
Distinguished Professor Jeanne Theoharis’ New Book Challenges What You Think You Know About the Civil Rights Movement A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History (Beacon Press, 2018) has been praised by The New York Times and Publisher’s Weekly. Read More
Conservatory of Music Prof. Arturo O’Farrill ’96 Wins Fourth Grammy The Afro-Latin Jazz composer and bandleader won Best Instrumental Composition for “Three Revolutions,” a song from his latest album Familia: Tribute to Bebo+Chico. Read More
Senior Gabrielle Powell on the Importance of Cultural Studies and Why Anthropology Makes Her Question Everything In an ongoing series we interview students to get their perspective on current events, issues, and their Brooklyn College experience. Read More
When Opportunity Knocks Feirstein’s female students get a chance to work on city-funded television pilots. Read More
Elle Documentary Spotlights Professor Zinga Fraser’s Scholarship on African-American Women The director of Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women’s Activism at Brooklyn College also recently received the prestigious American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship. Read More
Scientists and Citizens Work Together in Brooklyn to Help Restore New York’s Waterways The data we collect gives concerned community members the information they need to lobby their local representatives, according to Dr. Jessica Joyner Read More
Co-creator of #SAYHERNAME Spotlights Police Violence Against Black Women and LGBTQ People at Brooklyn College Event Activist, attorney, and author Andrea J. Ritchie led a talk about the daunting challenges faced in the quest to center women of color, and queer and transgender people as victims in discussions of state violence. Read More
A Soldier’s Story Senior Isiah James, a decorated veteran, finds community and support on the Brooklyn College campus thanks to the college’s Veteran and Military Program. Read More
