Deborah Willis to Serve as Brooklyn College’s Franklin Day Speaker Brooklyn College is pleased to announce Deborah Willis as its 2023 Franklin Day Speaker. Willis—an educator, photographer, curator, artist, author, and historian—will lead a discussion based on the visual archives of Black Read More
Brooklyn College Cancer Center Receives Grant from the Gray Foundation Borough’s first cancer center that brings together research, education, and community outreach gets a $100,000-boost. Read More
New Mural Project Builds Connections While Beautifying Campus Students from experimental art course help enhance the walls of Film Department building. Read More
Brooklyn College Distinguished Professor Emerita Tania León Receives Kennedy Center Award The composer is the first CUNY faculty member honored with this distinction. Read More
Historic 1982 Men’s Basketball Team Inducted Into Brooklyn College Athletic Hall of Fame ‘Kingsmen’ team went down in history as the first and only CUNY team in any sport to advance to the NCAA Division III Final Four. Read More
Brooklyn College Professors Wayne Powell and H. Arthur Bankoff Help Reveal Details of Ancient and Complex Trade Network in Present Day Turkey Research on 3,300-year-old Uluburun shipwreck continues to yield incredible finds. Read More
Author and Activist Barbara Smith Serving as Brooklyn College’s Hess Scholar-in-Residence for 2022-23 The independent scholar has opened up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. On November 29, Smith will be part of a conversation on campus with Jeanne Theoharis to discuss selected clips from the newly released documentary, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” which features Smith and is also based on Theoharis’ research and book of the same name. Read More
Brooklyn College Again Recognized for Promoting Students’ Social Mobility The CUNY senior college ranked no. 5 in the nation on CollegeNET’s latest Social Mobility Index. Read More
Brooklyn College’s WBCR Returns Student-run radio station back streaming 24-7 thanks to students, faculty, and staff. Read More
Brooklyn College Launches New Career Program With Prestigious Corporate Leaders Including Aon, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) The program allows students enhanced access to business leadership to help ensure career success. Read More
