After Aleppo: History Professor Shares His Expertise on the Middle East
Louis Fishman talks about the region and legacy of President Obama’s policies.
Read MoreA Lifeline From the Petrie Foundation: Helping Students Cope With Unexpected Hardship
Since 2005, more than 430 students at Brooklyn College, and 6,000 in the larger CUNY system, have been helped through Petrie Student Emergency Grants (PSEGs). “These are students who have real emergencies, and yet they stay, which is why we do this,” says Beth J. Lief, executive director of the Petrie Foundation.
Read MoreBrooklyn 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 MoreMacaulay Student Uncovers Lost Family History in India and Pakistan, with Support of Rosen and Magner Stipends
Med-school-bound Aakaash Varma conducted interviews in his ancestral village, and neighboring communities, to learn more about the 1947 split of these two nations, as well as the details of his own family’s experiences.
Read MoreFrom the Heights to the Great Wall
Senior Edwin Done discusses how study abroad in China proved a transformative experience and inspired his desire to become an engaged global citizen.
Read MoreDispatches from Egypt
Journalist Abdalla Hassan ’94 talks about his experience on the ground since the early days of the Arab Spring.
Read MoreHistory Professor Studies Ancient Graffiti in Israel
Professor Karen B. Stern’s research helps historians paint a more complete picture of the ancient world.
Read MoreHistory Professor’s Book Aims to Shatter Stereotypes of Vietnam Veterans
For his latest book, Professor Phillip F. Napoli spent nearly a decade speaking with Vietnam veterans in an effort to paint a more complete picture of those who served.
Read MoreBrooklyn College Welcomes New Faculty (Part 3)
Joining Brooklyn College’s full-time faculty are a medieval historian who specializes in eleventh- and twelfth-century monastic devotion; Professor of English who conducts research that uses magnetic resonance imaging to capture
Read MoreHistory Professor Receives CUNY Award for Emerging Scholars
Brigid O’Keeffe’s first book, New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union, will be released this summer.
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04.3.2013
Posted By
Susan Landers