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 MoreSwimming 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 MoreAward-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 MoreAuthor 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 MoreBrooklyn 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 MoreSociology 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 MoreWe 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 MoreAward-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 MoreProfessor 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 MoreProm 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.
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