Brooklyn College to Receive $1.5 Million from the City of New York to Prepare More Students for Tech Industry as Part of its CUNY 2x Tech Initiative The initiative aims to double the number of graduates from the City University of New York with bachelor’s degrees ready to compete for tech jobs in New York City. Read More
Programmed for Success Shahzoda Davlatova’s internship at JPMorgan Chase & Co. provided the tech savvy student a challenge that transformed her. Read More
Biology Professor Juergen Polle Featured at Annual Algae Conference Biology professor Juergen Polle moderated and spoke in the session “Genetic Modification: A Key to Improving Algae Feasibility?” at the 13th annual Algae Biomass Summit in Orlando, Florida, in September. Read More
Graduate Student Avdar San Receives Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Sciences Graduate student Avdar San received the Early Research Initiative Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Sciences. The $5,000 award recognizes academic interests and achievement and is intended to help support Read More
Biology Graduate Student Manal Farhat Receives Provost’s Estelle and James T. Ramey Scholarship Biology graduate student Manal Farhat received the provost’s Estelle and James T. Ramey Scholarship. Read More
HNS Professor Gets NIH Grant Melissa Fuster Rivera, assistant professor in the Health and Nutrition Sciences Department, was awarded an NIH mentored research grant to help fund her research on interventions to improve cardiovascular health Read More
Biology Chair to Moderate Panel at American Society of Microbiology Conference Peter Lipke, chair of the Biology Department, will moderate a session at the American Society of Microbiology’s annual microbe conference in Chicago next June. The session is titled “The Leaks Read More
Fighting Cancer by Awakening Our Immune Systems Biology Professor Anjana Saxena’s research explores whether antibiotics might be the cure. Read More
Three Literary Alums Shortlisted for the National Book Award Greg Grandin ’92, along with M.F.A. in creative writing alumni Helen Phillips ’07, and Ocean Vuong ’12, and are all shortlisted for the 2019 National Book Awards—Phillips for her novel Read More
A New Scholarship Builds a Foundation for Brooklyn College Students Committed to Civic Engagement Susan Lee (Stecker) Walling ’66, and her husband Bob established a generous scholarship that will support civic-minded students in their efforts to improve conditions for their communities. Read More
