Brooklyn College

Afternoons at the Piano I
2025-10-30 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
1-2 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all
Conservatory of Music pianists perform solo works.

Autumn Showcase—Celebrate Fall and Sustainability
2025-10-30 12:30 - 14:10 | West Quad
Meet local organizations, campus groups, and others to learn about their efforts and how you can promote sustainability while decorating pumpkins.
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Career Conversation
2025-10-30 12:30 - 14:00 | James Hall, Room 1303, Magner Career Center
The English Department’s first Career Conversation of the year will feature three professionals who have built meaningful careers after majoring in English: Sue Landers (director of digital marketing and content strategy, Brooklyn College) and alums Ayanni Cooper (program officer, MLA) and Rava Rabb (program officer, Outrider Foundation).
We will hear about how their career paths evolved, what their day-to-day work is like, and how the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills they developed as English majors helped them land and shape meaningful roles in academic programming, nonprofit work, and communication strategy.

Google at Brooklyn College: Technical Résumé Workshop
2025-10-30 12:30 - 14:00 | Online
Engage with Google representatives on campus at this event designed to prepare and inform you on what to expect when exploring a career in tech. This workshop is open to all students pursuing tech+ majors (computer science, electrical and computer engineering, etc.).
After you sign up, you will receive an invitation link to join the virtual workshop. The information you submit on the sign-up form will be used in accordance with Google’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. If you would like to request deletion of your RSVP form, email hrdatarequest@google.com. If you have any questions, email techstudents@google.com.
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Interborough Express (IBX)scoping meeting
2025-10-29 17:30 - 20:00 | Whitehead Hall Auditorium, Brooklyn College
The first of three public meetings to solicit public input on the environmental review for the project.
What is the IBX project?

The Interborough Express is a proposed new transit line that would convert a 14-mile freight line into a commuter rail service connecting neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens.
The project aims to improve transit access for hundreds of thousands of residents and create better connections between different subway and LIRR lines.
The MTA is currently in the environmental review process under SEQRA (New York State Environmental Quality Review Act) to determine the project’s potential impacts.

Visit the IBX project page on the MTA website.

Brooklyn College Alumni Webinar: Balancing Careers and Life
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Learn how to grow your career without burning out. This workshop covers setting boundaries, aligning your work with your values, and building habits that enable you to succeed at work while maintaining a life outside of work.

Intro to Vogue Performance—Part 1, Featuring Legendary Overall Mother Jada Gabbana
2025-10-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Student Center, Room 222, Glenwood Room
Thanks to the TV show Pose and to last year’s first ever CUNY-wide Vogue Ball at Brooklyn College, the rich history of ballroom culture and houses is gaining mainstream attention. Whether newly founded, “legendary,” or “iconic,” house culture is a vitally important part of New York City Black and Latino LGBTQ+ history. We invite all students to attend our workshops on house and ball culture featuring mothers from the NYC KiKi ballroom scene.
Presented by WADW (What a Doll Wants) Productions, in collaboration with the LGBTQ+ Resource Center.

Google at Brooklyn College: Technical Interview Prep Workshop
2025-10-28 12:30 - 14:00 | Student Center, Room 400, Jefferson-Williams Room
Engage with Google representatives on campus at this event designed to prepare and inform you on what to expect when exploring a career in tech. This workshop is open to all students pursuing tech+ majors (computer science, electrical and computer engineering, etc.).
The information you submit on the sign-up form will be used in accordance with Google’s Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. If you would like to request deletion of your RSVP form, email hrdatarequest@google.com. If you have any questions, email techstudents@google.com.
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Rainbow Railroad: LGBTQI+ People Seek Asylum in a World Fueled by Hatred
2025-10-28 12:30 - 14:00 | Library, Room 150, Woody Tanger Auditorium
The world is facing the greatest forced displacement crisis in history. Anti-LGBTQI+ and anti-migrant policies are on the rise around the world, and the Trump administration has made queer people and migrants a target in the United States. And yet, while there are LGBTQI+ people who will still need to seek refuge in the United States, LGBTQI+ migrants are already part of our communities. This event explores the experiences of those who seek asylum based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
Since 2006, Rainbow Railroad, a global non-for-profit, has helped more than 13,000 LGBTQI+ individuals find safety through emergency relocation, crisis response, cash assistance, and other forms of assistance. Join us to hear the voices of those who have sought asylum and those who have guided them on the Rainbow Railroad.
Speakers include Kendra Frith, senior engagement officer at Rainbow Railroad, where she leads national and international initiatives to establish Communities of Care and Community Support Teams for LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers; Samuel Wairiuko, a human rights activist and economics student based in New York; and Richard Wilson, a final-year Bachelor of Social Work student at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean.

Mic Check! Start Your Podcast in Our BC Recording Studio
2025-10-28 12:30 - 14:00 | Library, Room 387-E
Are you aware that our library has a fully staffed, state-of-the-art recording studio for faculty and their students to use? Come in person to explore the Faculty Lab Studio and the FTDL Podcast studio. In this workshop hosted by Nathaniel Samuel and Melissa Panek, faculty will not only learn about the studio but also receive an overview of how students can record and create a podcast.

The Job Search
2025-10-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Learn all about the job search and seek new opportunities to grow and contribute in a dynamic work environment. This event will help you focus on roles that align with your skills, values, and long-term career goals.
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Brooklyn Walk
2025-10-26 08:00 - 12:00 | Coney Island Boardwalk
Who will you walk for? Join the Brooklyn College Cancer Center Team, the American Cancer Society, and others for this year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Brooklyn Walk on the Coney Island Boardwalk (1904 Surf Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11224).
Although some of our friends and family are no longer with us, they are all women who benefited from the cancer research that organizations like the American Cancer Society fund. That’s why we should continue to fight against breast cancer by raising funds and awareness to help women like them get the best and latest treatments possible! Joining the Brooklyn College Team is super easy! Just click here.
If you can’t join the team, please consider supporting ACS with a donation here!
If you have any questions, please email Ana Bartolomé at BCCC-CURE@brooklyn.cuny.edu.

Alumni Career Q&A
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Jump on Zoom, with no preparation necessary, and ask a Magner Career Center career coach any career-related question. In addition to getting your question answered, this is a great way to meet and learn from other alumni, in a small-group setting.
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New Books by BC Faculty Series: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
2025-10-23 18:00 - 19:15 | Online
Join Associate Professor of Philosophy Professor Matthew Lindauer for a conversation on his important recent book, The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts. Can philosophical concepts do real work in improving our world? Should we, when evaluating competing understandings of concepts like “justice” and “solidarity,” take into account whether these different understandings can help us to fight injustice and promote solidarity between people? In The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts, Lindauer argues that the answer to both questions is an emphatic “yes.” In doing so, it provides a bold new defense of a tight relationship between theory and practice. Drawing on cutting-edge scientific research, the book also demonstrates that we now have the tools to evaluate the practical value of normative concepts.

Magner Career Center Networking Event
2025-10-23 12:30 - 14:00 | James Hall, Room 1309
Join the Magner Career Center for an interactive networking session designed to help you build valuable connections and enhance your professional skills. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to grow your network, this event will provide practical tips and strategies to make meaningful connections in any industry. More than two-thirds of jobs are acquired by networking. You’ll learn how to talk to other people so they remember you as someone who left a positive impression about your skills and personality.

Networking
2025-10-23 12:30 - 13:45 | James Hall, Room 1309
The Magner Career Center is hosting a workshop designed to help students master networking! Learn how to confidently connect with professionals, start engaging conversations that lead to opportunities, and build lasting relationships that can boost your career. Don’t miss this chance to transform your dream into career reality.

Ask Me Anything!
2025-10-22 19:15 - 20:45 | James Hall, Room 1309
Join us at the Magner Career Center and ask us any of your career-related question. We’ll provide the answers you need!

Laighold Leadership Academy Reception
2025-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Whitehead Hall, Room 320, Robert M. Glassman Lecture Hall
This career-connected learning experience provides students with insight into leadership approaches and theories, including the Trait Approach, Skills Approach, Behavioral Approach, Situational Approach, Path–Goal Theory, Leader–Member Exchange Theory, Transformational Leadership, Authentic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Adaptive Leadership, Inclusive Leadership, and Followership.
Participants complete quizzes, post in discussion forums, submit a leadership self-assessment, and analyze case study scenarios. If you have any questions, contact Professor Myles Bassell via email or text at 615.400.5390.

Music from the Conservatory I
2025-10-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, Topfer Rehearsal Studio
5-6:30 p.m. performance
Topfer Rehearsal Studio
Free to all
Conservatory of Music students present performances of solo repertoire.

PBCC Meet and Greet Boat Ride
2025-10-22 13:30 - 15:30
The Palm Beach County Chapter kicks off its 2025–26 season with a meet and greet boat ride down the Intracoastal Waterway.
Purchase your tickets at least 30 minutes before the cruise, from Delray Yacht Cruises, 801 East Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida. Tickets cost $38, which includes a senior discount and tax.

Brooklyn College Alumni Webinar: LinkedIn and Networking Tips
2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Looking to elevate your professional presence and expand your network? Join us for an exclusive Brooklyn College alumni webinar focused on maximizing LinkedIn and mastering modern networking strategies. Discover how to optimize your profile, connect with the right people, and utilize your alumni community to unlock opportunities. Whether you’re job hunting, career shifting, or simply growing your network, this session offers practical tips to help you stand out and stay connected.

AI Mythbusting: Separating AI Fact From AI Fiction
2025-10-21 12:30 - 14:00 | Boylan Hall, Room 2420, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning
Join our all-star panel of Norman Eng, Melissa Panek, Mariya Gluzman, and Kelly Karst as they separate AI fact from AI fiction. In dynamic presentations, they illustrate the advantages and challenges of integrating AI into the classroom.

Deciding Brooklyn’s Future: A Community Forum with Elected Officials
2025-10-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Skurnick Center Room 148
Join us at Brooklyn College on Monday, October 20, for a conversation with local leaders and elected officials to discuss Brooklyn Borough’s most pressing challenges and opportunities impacting affordability, climate, maternal health, youth, and education. Brooklyn College Professor Gregory Smithsimon, Director of the Center for the Study of Brooklyn, will co-moderate with Brooklyn Org’s President and CEO Dr. Jocelynne Rainey.
More information and registration link here: https://brooklyn.org/event/deciding-brooklyns-future-brooklyn-org-community-forum-brooklyn-college/
Date, time: October 20, 6:30-8 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)
Location: Skurnick Center Room 148, Ingersoll Hall, Brooklyn College

New Books by BC Faculty Series: Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities
2025-10-20 18:00 - 19:15 | Online
Join Gabe Dunn, bestselling author, actor, and filmmaker, and host of the podcast “Bad With Money,” and Professor Celina Su, Department of Political Science, for a conversation on racial capitalism, coalition building, and her book recent book, Budget Justice.
Drawing on her years of engagement with democratic governance in New York City and around the globe, Su proposes in her book a new kind of democracy, in which city residents make collective decisions about public needs through processes like participatory budgeting, and in which they work across racial divides and segregated spaces as neighbors rather than as consumers or members of voting blocs. Essential reading to empower citizens, Budget Justice explains why public budgets reflect a crisis not so much in accounting as in democracy, and enables everyone, especially those from historically marginalized communities, to imagine and enact people’s budgets and policies—from universal preschool to affordable housing—that will enable their communities to thrive.
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Brooklyn College Alumni: Join Us for a New York Jets Game
2025-10-19 13:00 - 16:00
Brooklyn College alumni are invited to some fall football fun! Come out to MetLife Stadium to watch the New York Jets take on the Carolina Panthers and enjoy exclusive discounted tickets just for our alumni community. Reconnect with fellow Bulldogs, bring your friends and family, and show your school pride while cheering on the Jets! Tickets are limited.
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Joint Seminar With Ryan Williams
2025-10-17 12:30 - 13:30 | Ingersoll Hall, Room 3143
In this BCCC-CURE joint seminar with the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Ryan Williams (associate professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Stony Brook University) will present “Nanomedicine for the Treatment and Diagnosis of Cancer and Related Diseases.” This seminar is hosted by Assistant Professor Ankit Jain and sponsored by the Cancer Research Institutional Development ACS Grant.

Who Owns Ideas? Bringing Intellectual Property Into the Classroom—Part 1
2025-10-17 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Ideas are everywhere—in research, art, writing, design, and even memes. But who owns them, and why does it matter? This two-part workshop explores intellectual property (IP) as a fun and practical way to connect your students’ creativity to the real world.
In Part 1, Professor Sharona Levy (Communications Arts, Sciences, and Disorders) will look at why IP belongs in every discipline, with examples that spark discussion.

New Books by BC Faculty Series: Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:15 | Online
Join medieval historian Lauren Mancia and anthropologist Professor Katie Rose Hejtmanek as they discuss Mancia’s new short book, Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method. Learn why scholars assume they cannot use reperformance in academic inquiry and why they, in fact, should. Discover how embodied epistemology is particularly suited to studying certain pre-1500 C.E. historical topics. Find out how using performance as a tool for historical investigation might work. And hear about some of the innovative, fun, and crazy things these two professors do in their research and in their classrooms.
Lauren Mancia is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and professor of medieval studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She also organizes the LAMEM colloquium.
Katie Rose Hejtmanek is professor of anthropology and children and youth studies as well as a national and world champion in masters weightlifting.
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Protocols for Opacity: Opening Reception
2025-10-16 17:30 - 19:30 | Boylan Hall, Room 0400, Art Gallery
“Protocols for Opacity” is a group exhibition of artists whose practices examine ways of resisting visibility as a form of protest against today’s corporatized digital landscape. In a culture that compulsively shares images and texts, these artists embrace the power of withholding, interrogating the status quo through abstraction and opacity. Featuring works by Zainab Aliyu, Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Raphaël Fabre, Persephone Beatrice Hua, Juwon Jun, Sam Lavigne, Eva and Franco Mattes, Osman Baran Özdemir, Tom Pretty, Tabita Rezaire, Molly Soda, Sputniko!, and Carrie Sijia Wang, the exhibition invites reflections on how we relate to ourselves and others under conditions of perpetual visibility, and how refusing legibility can become an act of agency. The exhibition will run throughout the fall semester and winter intersession during Art Gallery hours.
