Brooklyn College Celebrates the Class of 2023 The 98th commencement united the campus community and featured Pulitzer and Kennedy Center Award-Winner Tania León and Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Evan Silverstein ’76, along with other special guests. Read More
Brooklyn College Distinguished Professor Emerita Tania León Receives Kennedy Center Award The composer is the first CUNY faculty member honored with this distinction. Read More
Conservatory of Music Associate Professor Johanna Devaney Awarded Computer Science Directorate Grant Johanna Devaney, Conservatory of Music The project is motivated by the idea that humans are able to learn with greater efficiency than machine learning models, in large part because they Read More
Seventeen Brooklyn College Projects to be Funded as Part of CUNY’s BRESI Initiative to Further Transform Ethnic Studies on Campus and Beyond Brooklyn College is proud to announce that 17 projects from various academic departments and other areas of the college were awarded a total of nearly $300,000 in funding through CUNY’s Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) program. Read More
Brooklyn College Celebrates Class of 2022 Held at Barclays Center, the first in-person ceremony in two years featured Mayor Eric Adams, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee, CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, and other special guests. Read More
Brooklyn College Honors Those Lost During the COVID-19 Pandemic Memorial event held on West Quad commemorated members of the Brooklyn College community. Read More
Bearing Witness Robert (Rubin) Firstman ’47 survived the largest loss of U.S. soldiers at sea in World War II but was not allowed to talk about it until decades later. When the event became declassified, he and other survivors and their family members, including an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College, have been telling the story. Read More
Brooklyn College Piano Professor Creates Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. “Reflection of Equality: An Ode to Martin Luther King” is part of a trilogy that also honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Read More
2021 Year in Review at Brooklyn College Despite the ongoing pandemic, there was a lot to celebrate in a year that saw new institutional alliances, big initiatives, prestigious awards, and a safe and successful partial return to Read More
Composer Thomas Nazziola ’06 Nominated for Grammy Award The former Conservatory of Music student brings a global array of musical influences to an album that he hopes takes listeners on a journey. Read More
