Professor and Department Chairperson for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Alan A. Aja was invited as an expert to contribute to an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court calling
Read MoreBrooklyn College is proud to announce that 17 projects from various academic departments and other areas of the college were awarded a total of nearly $300,000 in funding through CUNY’s Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) program.
Read MoreProfessor Alan Aja, chair of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latinos Studies, coauthored Afro-Latinos in the U.S. Economy (Lexington Books, 2021) with Michelle Holder, associate professor of economics at
Read MoreThe Mellon Transfer Student Research Program successfully empowers transfer students through independent and group research, as well as peer mentoring while significantly improving grades, retention, and graduation rates.
Read MorePresident Michelle J. Anderson and Immigrant Student Success Office Director Jesús Pérez ’95 were joined by CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez for a ribbon cutting of the new center on Dec. 13.
Read MoreAs PRLS nears its 50th anniversary, the department’s innovative, interdisciplinary approach illuminates the issues facing Latinx communities and helps students develop solutions.
Read MoreThe event, now in its 25th year, recognized authors of more than 50 new titles.
Read MoreSeveral weeks since the encampment in Zuccotti Park was dismantled, Occupy Wall Street is still struggling to find its footing. Demonstrations continue around the country; on Dec. 12, protesters up
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