CIS Assistant Professor Rivka Levitan Awarded $500,000 NSF CAREER Award to Study Entrainment The grant will support Levitan’s entrainment research for the next five years and fund the collection of a new corpus of task-oriented speech to enable the analysis of important questions about entrainment. Read More
How to Have a Good Death: David Balk Recognized for his Scholarship on Death and Grieving The Association for Death Education and Counseling recently awarded the health and nutrition sciences professor the Academic Educator Award for excellence in the field of thanatology. Read More
Elena Felder’s Google Search Yields Terrific Results The computer and information science alumna says her education exceptionally prepared her for her current position at the tech giant. Read More
Trials and Interventions Psychology Professor Angelo DiBello scores multiple grants to document drinking patterns and test interventions for college students. Read More
Award-winning Poet Sonia Sanchez Examines the Power of Black Women’s Politics at Brooklyn College’s Shirley Chisholm Day Celebration The event, which commemorated the 50th Anniversary of alumna Shirley Chisholm’s historic election to the U.S. Congress, also featured other preeminent scholars in the world of black women’s politics. Read More
M.F.A. Fiction Program Faculty Member Sigrid Nunez Wins National Book Award for Fiction Her novel The Friend beat out stiff competition at the awards ceremony on November 14 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Read More
Award-winning Poet Sonia Sanchez to Keynote Shirley Chisholm Day at Brooklyn College Nov. 27 In Commemmoration of the 50th Anniversary of Shirley Chisholm’s Historic Election to U.S. Congress Other guest speakers include eminent scholars in the world of black women’s politics. The Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women’s Activism is dedicated to bringing Chisholm’s life and legacy to the general public. Read More
They Slay When a fashion-minded business professor and an alumna fashionista and entrepreneur come together, the result is a partnership nothing short of fabulous. Read More
Sociology Helps Distinguish Real News from Fake News Says Professor Gregory C. Smithsimon Smithsimon argues that scholars who study within the discipline gain valuable insights, skills, and tools to help them navigate a world where digital spaces like those found on social media often spread misinformation. Read More
CIS Professor Michael Mandel Awarded $500,000 NSF Grant to Explore How Manmade Sounds and Climate Change Affect Animal Migration Mandel’s research aims to help computers better understand sound. Read More
