Brooklyn College Magazine, Volume 8 | Number 2

The newly opened Brooklyn College Cancer Center is looking to build on the school’s already robust reputation for cancer research and expand educational opportunities for students who are choosing careers in the field of oncology. But there is an equally important third goal: outreach to its surrounding community to help address disparities in cancer studies, treatment, and education.

In a year that has seen a focus on the underpinnings of racial and social equity issues, concurrent with alarming learning loss in schoolchildren, the Brooklyn College School of Education faculty and alumni—in research and in practice—are stepping up to meet the moment.