Professor Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome Moderates Panel on Chibok Girls Secondary School Abductions The event at the CUNY School of Law on April 14 examined the impacts on Nigeria and the world, as well as the progress made in the past decade. Read More
Politically Speaking: Corey Robin in Demand More Than Ever Distinguished Professor working on new book and named Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Visiting Scholar. Read More
Fluent in Any Culture Dean Foster ’69 recognized that cultural competency would be a crucial skill in an increasingly globalized world, so he built a business to teach it. Read More
Global Ambitions Army veteran and graduate student Gerard Placide has already traveled the world through his singing. Now he wants to change the world through diplomacy. Read More
Immanuel Ness Publishes Book on “Migration as Economic Imperialism” Professor of Political Science Immanuel Ness from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences has authored the book, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Read More
Picking Up Where He Left Off Darnell King ’23 returned to Brooklyn College after two decades to finish what he started. Read More
A Peabody and More Distinguished Professor of Political Science Jeanne Theoharis’ Rosa Parks book-turned-documentary racks up the awards while also earning the civil rights activist recognition as a more dynamic historical figure. Read More
Call Them by Their Name In a new internship last fall, anthropology major Lily Bello helped trans community members overcome the legal red tape of changing their names. Read More
Author and Activist Barbara Smith to Lecture at Brooklyn College on March 16 One of her first public appearances since 2020 will serve as an extraordinary complement to Brooklyn College’s Women’s History Month celebration. Read More
Author and Activist Barbara Smith Serving as Brooklyn College’s Hess Scholar-in-Residence for 2022-23 The independent scholar has opened up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. On November 29, Smith will be part of a conversation on campus with Jeanne Theoharis to discuss selected clips from the newly released documentary, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” which features Smith and is also based on Theoharis’ research and book of the same name. Read More
