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
Swimming With Sharks Helped Senior Tori McGregor Uncover Her Strengths One of an impressive cohort of 2018 Rosen Fellows who worked on dynamic projects, McGregor used her award to travel to The Bahamas to conduct research at the Bimini Biological Field Station. 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
Author and Historian Joanna Beata Michlic to Brooklyn College Students: “The Study of Holocaust Survivors Can Constitute a Template for Comparative Studies of Other Victims of Genocide.” The renowned scholar discussed her research on child survivors of the Holocaust in Poland during the early postwar period. Read More
Brooklyn Seoul: A Cultural Exchange Brooklyn College’s new academic partnership with Dongguk University in South Korea gives students from both institutions the opportunity to expand their worldview and strengthen their cultural competency. 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
We Are Brooklyn A New exhibit that showcases the work of the Brooklyn College Listening Project is currently on display at the library before heading to the Tenement Museum later this fall. Read More
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
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
Prom Redux: Pride Edition Brooklyn College’s first queer prom offers a do-over of the high school ritual for members of the campus LGBTQIA community. Read More
