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
The Sacred and the Profane in Archie Rand’s Work Art professor’s latest book, The 613, is a New York Times Book Review pick. Read More
TV & Radio Students Launch Web Mini-Series A comprehensive cross-disciplinary program allows Television and Radio students to learn all aspects of television production while creating the web mini-series Unproductive. Read More
Obama Honors the Legacy of Shirley Chisholm ’46 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Shirley Chisholm Project Director Zinga Fraser discusses the legacy and continued relevance of the political icon on the heels of the recognition by President Obama and in light of one of the most diverse presidential campaigns in recent memory. Read More
Brooklyn College Listening Project Encourages Alumni Veterans to Share their Experiences with a New Generation Student-led interviews contribute to the college-wide, interdisciplinary oral history project and public archive. Read More
English Professor Ben Lerner Named 2015 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow The prestigious annual award provides $625,000 to those demonstrating “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” Read More
Exploring the Cultural Roots of Carnival A Caribbean Studies class gets a lesson in a signature carnival instrument—steelpan. Read More
Biology Professor Tony Wilson and International Research Team Unravel the Genetic Basis of Male Pregnancy Study of male pregnancy in seahorses suggests a common toolkit of genes across vertebrate evolution. Research has broad implications for understanding pregnancy in all animals. Read More
Poetry Is an Astronaut Professor Matthew Burgess’ unique approach to teaching poetry energizes and transforms his students of all ages. Read More
Two Professors Pen Separate Books on Influential Caribbean Literary Figures Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean, by Prof. James Davis and Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon, by Prof. Venessa Pérez-Rosario shed new light on the late authors. Read More
