The confetti flies and graduates celebrate the 2023 Brooklyn College Commencement at Barclays Center. Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson awards Evan Silverstein ’76 with the Presidential Medal of Honor. President Michelle J. Anderson presents Leonard Tow ’50 with a birthday cake. Faculty director of the Tow Mentorship Tammy Lewis meets with students at the kickoff of the Tow Mentorship Initiative. Marge Magner ’69 meets with the Magner Career Center’s 2023 stipend winners. Professor Maria Contel meets with participants at the college’s first Blood Cancers Symposium. President Michelle J. Anderson welcomes Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer to campus. Steven Soderbergh held a master class seminar. The premiere of America Transformed, from world-renowned composer Wadada Leo Smith Haitian Studies Institute welcomed Mayor Jaylen Smith to campus. Brooklyn College welcomed the largest new group of faculty in recent memory to campus. The Class of 2027 was warmly welcomed to campus in August. Students gather for the campus’s annual diversity fair, designed to foster unity and inclusivity among students. Students gather for an open house event at the LGBTQ+ Resource Center. An innovative and environmentally friendly green infrastructure test bed received the finishing touches this summer.
