November 10, 2016 To the Members of the CUNY Community: We have just experienced a long, contentious campaign and what was to many a surprising outcome. I have spoken to many of our students about their reactions to the results, and those range from confusion to concern to a sense of vulnerability for themselves...
February 10, 2017 “RE:SEARCH,” an exhibition of recent faculty art, opened at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) with a reception on Wednesday, February 22 in the Shirley Fiterman Art Center, 81 Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan. The exhibit will be on display through April 1, 2017. “RE:SEARCH” provides a glimpse into the work...
April 15, 2016 The John Zuccotti Theater at BMCC (Theater One) was calm the afternoon of April 15. But in less than two hours, actor-comedian Chris Rock took the stage with director JJ Abrams—“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”—where Abrams made headlines as he offered hints about the next Star Wars production. The Tribeca Talks...
June 22, 2015 BMCC Nursing Chair Jacqueline Nichols received the Caribbean American Healthcare Award on June 25 at the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn. The award is presented annually by Caribbean Life, an online news organization for and about the Caribbean community in New York City. The event’s 34 honorees include doctors, nurses, administrators and...
November 29, 2016 November 29 is CUNY Tuesday! Join the members of the CUNY community for an extraordinary day of giving back. #CUNYTUESDAY, a 24-hour giving campaign, is a chance for the CUNY Community everywhere to come together to show Panther Pride in BMCC, and provide essential funding to support student scholarships. Community members...
The Students in Service to Women Recognition Award, sponsored by the Women's Resource Center Council, is presented to nine recipients. April 8, 2015 The first annual Students in Service to Women Recognition Award was presented to each of nine recipients March 30 in Richard Harris Terrace, on the main campus of Borough of Manhattan...
May 11, 2017 Students, faculty and staff filled Richard Harris Terrace for the poster presentation portion of the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Annual Research Symposium (BARS) on Wednesday, May 10. The presentations were a highlight of the event that showcases BMCC student research projects they have been conducting with faculty mentors. The...
BMCC Professors Joyce Zonana, David Bahr and Chamutal Noimann February 18, 2014 Every year, the Modern Language Association (MLA) hosts a convention attended by its 30,000 members from over 100 countries.This year, among the hundreds of presenters at the convention were BMCC English Professors David Bahr, Chamutal Noimann and Joyce Zonana. The 2014 MLA convention,...
September 29, 2015 Students packed a large Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) classroom on Monday, September 28 for a panel discussion titled Gender & Policing; Policing Gender. The CUNY Justice Academy at John Jay College/CUNY and the Criminal Justice program at BMCC organized the event. The two-and-a-half-hour panel discussion centered on a growing...
Associate Professor of Developmental Skills Cynthia Wiseman November 21, 2014 Associate Professor of Developmental Skills Cynthia Wiseman has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lead teacher trainings in rural areas of Vietnam during the 2014-2015 academic year, the U.S. Department of State and J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board recently announced. “My proposal...
