May 12, 2015 Twelve Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) students spent Spring Break 2015 working with the organization Habitat for Humanity to build two new homes in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, a neighborhood badly damaged by the 2005 Hurricane Katrina. The BMCC Office of Student Affairs provided funds for the students...
December 6, 2013 From his home in Manhattan’s financial district, BMCC student Paul Borri couldn't help noticing that the lights in nearby commercial buildings burned bright 24 hours a day—even when the buildings were locked, unoccupied and unused. "This was a ridiculous waste of electricity as well as a cause of light pollution, which...
July 5, 2016 The Graduation Success Initiative (GSI) within the College of Opportunity to Prepare for Employment Department (COPE) at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) held its 2016 graduation on June 28 in Richard Harris Terrace. Forty-eight students, representing 84 percent of the GSI program’s current cohort, completed the program with an associate...
January 8, 2013 On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. BMCC President Dr. Antonio Pérez will ring The Opening Bell of the New York Stock Exchange. He will be accompanied by BMCC Foundation Chair Christine Larsen; Secretary/Treasurer Laura Morrison, Senior Vice President at NYSE Euronext, and a group of current BMCC students. Borough...
November 30, 2016 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Faculty Development Day 2016 was held Wednesday, November 30 in the Fiterman Conference Center. Within the larger theme “New Pedagogical Approaches,” panels explored strategies for maximizing student learning in developmental courses, for implementing more effective assessments of student learning, and for the benefits of interdisciplinary and...
April 21, 2014 Elizabeth Butson is a recipient of the BMCC Presidential Medal and has underwritten many scholarships for BMCC students, including one in the name of her mother, Katy Halepli. She has served as President of the BMCC Foundation Board and chaired the BMCC Annual Gala, which will recognize her this year a special...
December 5, 2017 The lobby outside Theater One was filled with conversation and laughter as friends, family and guests gathered for the red carpet portion of the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Student Film Festival, November 30. The festival is produced by the BMCC Video Production Club. The competitive event occurs twice each...
(L-R): Christopher Stein, Erwin Wong, Mete Kok October 5, 2016 Latinos account for more than half of total U.S. population growth — yet make up less than 10 percent of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) workforce, according to a 2016 report by the Pew Research Foundation. This gap is being closed at...
The BMCC Public Safety Department will be offering a series of a one-day training courses for BMCC students, faculty and staff on Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation/ Automated External Defibrillation and First Aid on the following dates in June*.Please email Sergeant J. Ayala at jayala@bmcc.cuny.edu or mkinard@bmcc.cuny.edu with your choice of which day you would like to attend....
Professor Chin-Song Don Wei, of the Department of Computer Systems, and Professor Emily Anderson, chairperson of BMCC's Department of Social Sciences and Human Services. December 6, 2013 Virtually every aspect of human activity from agriculture to zoning is impacted and shaped by geography. But while conventional maps depict borders, physical features and place names...
