2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee speaking at the 2024 International Women’s Day Conference, an event organized by the Haitian Studies Institute in collaboration with the Institute for Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace and others. Inaugural Tania León Chair Malcolm J. Merriweather, pictured with Kennedy Center Honoree Tania León, Tow Foundation founder and chair Leonard Tow ’50, and President Michelle J. Anderson at this spring’s Presidential Lecture Series. Brooklyn College Foundation trustee Irwin Federman ’56 received a presidential medal of honor from the college this fall for his long-standing support, pictured here with Rayshal De Riggs, a Federman Fellow through Brooklyn College’s Immigrant Student Success Office. The Federman Fellowship Program connects immigrant and first-generation students to mentors at the college. MSNBC legal analyst Melissa Murray, pictured here with Michelle J. Anderson, delivered the Samuel J. Konefsky Memorial Lecture, “Dobbs, Democracy and Distrust” on campus in the fall. News 12 visited campus to cover the women’s basketball team as they geared up for NCAA Division III tournament after winning a fourth straight CUNY title. At an exhibition of donated art by Saul Lambert ’49, President Michelle J. Anderson welcomed donors Joanna Underwood (Lambert’s widow, center) and Kay Deaux (right), among other guests. The art was donated thanks to the generosity of Underwood and the estate of Lambert, Deaux, and Sam Glucksberg. The M.D. Sass Investment Institute celebrated Murray Koppelman School of Business students competing in an experiential learning initiative in finance and investments. Professor in Secondary Education and Women’s and Gender Studies Barbara Winslow celebrates the launch of her new book Revolutionary Feminists, pictured here next to a portrait of Shirley Chisholm ’46. The next generation of Brooklyn College students joined faculty and staff on campus for Admitted Students Day, an event welcoming them to the family. Expert beekeepers visited campus this spring to discuss the vital role that pollinators play in our environment. This fall, Art Department students unveiled a new mural in the lobby of the Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts.
