Award-winning Actor Jimmy Smits to Receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award at the 2019 Brooklyn College Commencement Ceremony

The veteran entertainer will receive the award in honor of his artistic career, activism, humanitarian work, and for representing the absolute best of his alma mater.

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Activist and #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke to Receive Honorary Doctorate at 2019 Brooklyn College Commencement Ceremony

In recognition of Burke’s global impact on social justice and advocacy, the college will award her an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the May 30 event held at the Barclays Center, where she will also give the keynote address.

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The Zicklin Family Gives $2.25 Million to Endow Scholarship Fund for Degree Completion

The gift will help to ensure the academic momentum of hundreds of students annually.

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M.F.A. Student Headed to Poland on Fulbright Award

Eri Nox will be writing an adaptation of a Polish play over five distraction-free months.

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Cherríe Moraga, Internationally Recognized Writer and Activist, In Conversation with Professor Vanessa Pérez-Rosario

What Brooklyn College’s We Stand Against Hate event series presents Cherríe Moraga on her memoir Native Country of the Heart, in conversation with Modern Languages and Literatures Professor Vanessa Pérez Rosario. Who Cherríe Moraga is

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Psychology Professor Andrew Delamater Gains Insight into How We Learn Through Research in Animal Cognition

Recently tapped to edit a leading academic journal in his field, Delamater is poised to play a significant role in the direction of scholarship on the psychological foundations of learned behavior.

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Tyquane Wright ’06 Spins an Oscar-winning Web Into the Spider-Man Universe

In addition to the 2019 Academy Award for Best Animated Film, the alumnus’ work on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse also earned him the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the animated film category.

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The Godmother of Title IX

After she was turned down for a tenure-track university faculty position because she was considered too “strong” for a woman, Bernice Sandler ’48 got angry, and then she went on to help champion and pass legislation that would bring equality in education to women and girls nationwide.

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Celebrating the Women Leaders of Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is ahead of the pack on some key indicators of gender equality in higher education.

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New York Philharmonic Commissions Distinguished Professor Tania León for 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment

The Conservatory of Music professor is also curating a music program for the Philharmonic.

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03.9.2019
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Susan Landers