Poet Ocean Vuong ’12 Wins $50,000 Whiting Award for Emerging Writers Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press), the first full-length work by the B.F.A. Creative Writing graduate, was released on April 5. Read More
Brooklyn College Student Wins $16,500 on Wheel of Fortune Senior Matt Epstein talks about his recent once-in-a-lifetime experience as a winning contestant on one of America’s favorite game shows, Wheel of Fortune. Read More
Political Science Professor Anna Law Wins NSF Grant to Further Research on Women Asylum Seekers The Herbert Kurz Chair of Constitutional Rights will investigate how immigration courts decide gender-based asylum cases. Read More
Macaulay Honors College Student and Aspiring Physician Crowned Miss Upstate New York Shelley Jain, a Fulbright finalist and B.A.-M.D. Program student, wants to use her gifts to help others. Read More
TV and Radio M.F.A. Students Debut Talent Show Spotlighting Brooklyn Artists Each 30-minute episode of Brooklyn’s Best is produced and directed entirely by students, and streamed live via the Brooklyn College TV Center. Read More
Music Without Borders: Conservatory of Music Professor Arturo O’Farrill ’96 Wins Fourth Grammy Award Afro Latin Jazz Suite, a track on the album Cuba: The Conversation Continues, wins in Best Instrumental Category. Read More
Two New MFA Programs Prepare Students for Careers in Film Scoring and Sonic Arts Conservatory of Music master’s students will work with Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema students on capstone projects. Read More
Magner Career Center Provides a Way for Student to Uncover the Ancient Past Anastasia Danilova’s journey to South Dakota for paleontological study enabled her to work with renowned experts and cement her passion for exploration. Read More
Brooklyn College Student Speaks at Special United Nations Celebration of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day At a U.N. event celebrating women-owned businesses and causes, undergraduate Mbachur Mbenga spoke about the need for women and girls around the globe to have full access to education. Read More
Nurturing Tomorrow’s Leaders Building on a tradition of women-oriented resources, Brooklyn College inaugurates a new Women’s Initiative. Read More
