How to Have a Good Death: David Balk Recognized for his Scholarship on Death and Grieving The Association for Death Education and Counseling recently awarded the health and nutrition sciences professor the Academic Educator Award for excellence in the field of thanatology. Read More
An Academic and Cultural Immersion Winter intersession students take in life-changing experiences during the Brooklyn College Study Abroad in China Program. Read More
Trials and Interventions Psychology Professor Angelo DiBello scores multiple grants to document drinking patterns and test interventions for college students. Read More
Award-winning Poet Sonia Sanchez Examines the Power of Black Women’s Politics at Brooklyn College’s Shirley Chisholm Day Celebration The event, which commemorated the 50th Anniversary of alumna Shirley Chisholm’s historic election to the U.S. Congress, also featured other preeminent scholars in the world of black women’s politics. Read More
M.F.A. Fiction Program Faculty Member Sigrid Nunez Wins National Book Award for Fiction Her novel The Friend beat out stiff competition at the awards ceremony on November 14 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Read More
Academic Momentum Campaign Creates New Tools to Help Students Graduate in Four Years From enhanced student support to a reexamination of course structure and financial aid, the CUNY-wide drive aims to better guide students in mapping their route to a degree. Read More
Swimming With Sharks Helped Senior Tori McGregor Uncover Her Strengths One of an impressive cohort of 2018 Rosen Fellows who worked on dynamic projects, McGregor used her award to travel to The Bahamas to conduct research at the Bimini Biological Field Station. Read More
Award-winning Poet Sonia Sanchez to Keynote Shirley Chisholm Day at Brooklyn College Nov. 27 In Commemmoration of the 50th Anniversary of Shirley Chisholm’s Historic Election to U.S. Congress Other guest speakers include eminent scholars in the world of black women’s politics. The Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women’s Activism is dedicated to bringing Chisholm’s life and legacy to the general public. Read More
Author and Historian Joanna Beata Michlic to Brooklyn College Students: “The Study of Holocaust Survivors Can Constitute a Template for Comparative Studies of Other Victims of Genocide.” The renowned scholar discussed her research on child survivors of the Holocaust in Poland during the early postwar period. Read More
