Brooklyn College Student Speaks at Special United Nations Celebration of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day At a U.N. event celebrating women-owned businesses and causes, undergraduate Mbachur Mbenga spoke about the need for women and girls around the globe to have full access to education. Read More
A Lifeline From the Petrie Foundation: Helping Students Cope With Unexpected Hardship Since 2005, more than 430 students at Brooklyn College, and 6,000 in the larger CUNY system, have been helped through Petrie Student Emergency Grants (PSEGs). “These are students who have real emergencies, and yet they stay, which is why we do this,” says Beth J. Lief, executive director of the Petrie Foundation. Read More
New Book Sheds a Different Light on Nobel Prize Winner Wangari Maathai Professor Namulundah Florence explores the educational leadership of the founder of Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement. Read More
Brooklyn College is a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students Students travel to Asia and Western Europe to teach and conduct research. Read More
Brooklyn College Education Professor Receives Standing Ovation at United Nations Trina Lynn Yearwood of the School of Education delivers talk in support of inclusive education at the annual U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read More
Finding Pride in a Safe Space Brooklyn College introduces the LGBTQ Resource Center, a hub for the education and support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning campus community members. Read More
College Names New Deans in the School of Education and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Affordable higher education to a diverse student population. Read More
Brooklyn College Remembers Claire Tow ’52 Her lifelong commitment to philanthropy has provided opportunities for countless members of the college community. Read More
Brooklyn College Graduates over 4,000 Students at 2014 Commencement Brooklyn College celebrated its 89th Commencement Exercises this year graduating more than 4,000 students. Read More
Campus Celebrates Diversity During Unity Week Annual weeklong event brings students, faculty, and staff together to promote tolerance. Read More
