BMCC math professor David Allen and his team create an algorithm to generate randomness, and push the limits of encryption. February 27, 2015 “It’s pretty hard to generate sequences of numbers that have any degree of randomness,” says BMCC math professor David Allen. “They’re expensive to create, and very hard to maintain.” This begs...
Toys collected through the Veterans Resource Center December 21, 2016 This holiday season, BMCC students, faculty and staff donated their time to collecting canned goods, coats and toys to benefit New Yorkers in need. Out in Two Students Donate Canned Goods Students in the BMCC Out in Two program make a commitment not only to...
December 19, 2017 Negativity is frowned upon in college—but negative space has a valued role in the toolkits of advanced painting students at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY). Liberal Arts major and aspiring painter Herron Hutchins puts it like this: “We learned that the background is just as important as the foreground." She’s standing...
July 7, 2017 More than 330 prospective BMCC students and guests attended the Summer 2017 Open House on June 29 in Richard Harris Terrace at 199 Chambers Street. Close to 70 faculty and staff volunteers as well as more than a dozen student volunteers were on hand to talk with guests about the benefits...
May 8, 2014 The dictionary defines “sustainability” as “the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources.” But there’s more to it than that, says Scott Anderson, VP-Planning and Administration at BMCC and co-chair of the college’s Sustainability Committee. “Sustainability isn’t only about composting and turning off the lights. It’s...
October 27, 2016 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) and the New York Power Authority will begin installing the largest solar array in Manhattan on its rooftop at 199 Chambers Street in Spring 2017. Over 900 solar panels will be placed on the roof and the mechanical room facing West Street. The photovoltaic array...
October 11, 2017 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) welcomes Sara E. Crosby as Director of the BMCC Learning Academy (BLA) and Christopher Oscar Medellin as BMCC's Director of E-Learning. Sara E. Crosby, Director of the BMCC Learning Academy Sara E. Crosby served most recently as Director of First College Year, out of the...
Jay Lieberman and the Derfner Foundation give BMCC the gift of a state-of-the-art communication skills lab. December 22, 2014 A dedication ceremony and reception celebrating the new Derfner Foundation Communication Center was held recently on BMCC’s main campus. BMCC President Antonio Pérez, Provost Karrin Wilks and others extended a special thanks to the Derfner...
Comic excerpts from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York May 21, 2015 A Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Multimedia Arts department student who interned at The Federal Reserve Bank of New York shared an idea that helped lead to an upcoming exhibit showcasing the New York Fed’s historic collection of comic books....
February 4, 2014 On February 24, Ethnic Studies Professor Zetta Elliott will present a talk in the Canada Seminar at the Weatherhead Center for International Studies at Harvard University. “I left Canada 20 years ago in part because I wasn't able to get published and didn't have the option of studying with Black scholars...