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. Read More
Art and Politics Are Inseparable in Little Rock, the Hit Play from Award-winning Playwright/Director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj ’11 M.F.A. A New York Times Critic’s Pick, the production about the “Little Rock Nine” comes out of the Brooklyn College alumnus’s tradition of bearing witness, testifying, and shining a light on uncomfortable, necessary truths. Read More
Brooklyn College-Led, Interdisciplinary Research Team Selected to Study Stormwater Flood Risks in New York City Academic partners to work with NYC’s Department of Environmental Protection and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency to assess existing stormwater hazards and climate change for long-term stormwater infrastructure planning. Read More
Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts Opens at Brooklyn College The new Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College is now open at the Hillel Gate entrance. The state-of-the-art facility offers the college’s performing arts Read More
New Field School Transforms Manhattan’s Lower East Side into a Classroom For one month this summer, Brooklyn College students from the Urban Anthropology field school crossed the East River to study the effects of climate change, gentrification, and a shifting population on the storied lower Manhattan neighborhood. Read More
Brooklyn College Names Anne Lopes, Ph.D. as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Anne Lopes, Ph.D. has joined the Brooklyn College administration as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, effective August 13. “Anne brings tremendous experience and insight to the work Read More
Brooklyn College Students Help to Rebuild Puerto Rico Senior Jonathan Cabral was among nearly 200 who traveled to the island with the CUNY Service Corps to help repair homes damaged by Hurricane Maria. Read More
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Acquires Professor Patricia Cronin’s Sculpture Memorial to a Marriage is one of 25 pieces of art selected for an annual show highlighting the gallery’s new acquisitions. Read More
A Dirty Job Brooklyn College researchers publish findings from two studies on safe soil practices. Read More
Professor Matthew Burgess Is PUMPed About His Latest Collaborative Public Art Project Burgess’s vision, the Poetry Urban Mural Project (PUMP), is bringing communities of students, scholars, and artists together to create public works that transform the aesthetic of the city one wall at a time. Read More
