Research That Holds Water
“I met Crystal when she was in my physics class,” says Professor Kibrewossen Tesfagiorgis. “She asked all kinds of questions, and that’s the kind of person you want in your research project”—which in...
View ArticleBMCC Students Recall 9/11 2001
Like any other day, the hallways at 199 Chambers Street were filled with students rushing to class, chatting with friends or making plans for the weekend. But it wasn’t just any other day. This was...
View ArticleBMCC Moves up in CCW Rankings
The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) continues to rank as one of the nation’s top colleges for awarding associate degrees according to the 2015 Community College Week (CCWeek) Top 100...
View ArticleBMCC Students Complete IT Training Led by BMCC and Per Scholas
On September 9, 2015, 18 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) students graduated from an intensive CISCO certification program offered through a partnership between BMCC’s Center for...
View ArticleBMCC Fall Career Fair Offers Opportunities to Students
Almost 500 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) students donned professional attire and made their way to the BMCC gym for the Fall 2015 Center for Career Development Career Fair on...
View ArticleBMCC’s New Tuition Waiver Program Eases Financial Burden for Thousands of...
Summer 2015 marked the start of an innovative Summer Tuition Waiver Program at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York (BMCC/CUNY). BMCC that offers six types of vouchers...
View ArticleBMCC Nurtures Returning Adult Students
Forty-two-year-old Bronx resident Christopher Long worked for several years as a computer analyst at investment bank Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. Long loved his job but he felt trapped, even fearful...
View ArticleBMCC Partners with CDI to Help High School Graduates Enter College
Thanks to funding through NYC Small Business Services (SBS), and the NYC Mayor's Office, a new partnership has been formed between BMCC’s Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development and...
View ArticleShirley Fiterman Art Center at BMCC Presents City Lives Art Exhibit, Opening...
Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York (BMCC/CUNY) will host an art opening for the exhibit City Lives in the Shirley Fiterman Art Center, located on the first floor of...
View ArticleBMCC Hosts Policing Gender Event
Students packed a large Borough of Manhattan Community College classroom on Monday, September 28 for a panel discussion titled Gender & Policing; Policing Gender. The CUNY Justice Academy at John...
View ArticleBMCC Professors Apply Global Competencies Ideas in Classrooms
Borough of Manhattan Community College English as a Second Language Instructor Denizo Gokora recently instructed her students to go out into the community where they live and find newspapers, poems or...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Giving
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) formally launched the BMCC Legacy Society by honoring its members at a special reception in the Fiterman Hall Conference Center on October 22. More...
View ArticleBMCC Celebrates Inductees and Funders of the 2015 Out in Two Scholarship Program
On October 22, BMCC President Antonio Pérez; Provost and Senior Vice President Karrin Wilks; Vice President of Student Affairs Marva Craig; Academic Dean Erwin Wong and Vice President for College...
View ArticleBMCC Celebrates Italian Heritage Month
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) students, faculty and staff filled Richard Harris Terrace on Monday, October 26, for a day of live music, poetry-reading and special lectures, all...
View ArticleBMCC Awarded More Than $182,000 in New STEM Funding
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced on October 26 that it will award Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) $182,549 to enhance education programs in science, technology,...
View ArticleSolving the Mystery of Neutrinos
Since 1992, Borough of Manhattan Community Center (BMCC/CUNY) Professor of Science Chiaki Yanagisawa has been part of an international research team investigating neutrinos, sub-atomic particles...
View ArticleBMCC Kicks Off Hispanic Heritage Month
November 4, 2015 Students, faculty and staff gathered in Theatre Two at 199 Chambers on November 4 for an opening ceremony of BMCC’s Hispanic Heritage month. This year’s theme, Hybrid Landscapes,...
View ArticleBMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Presents Spero Plays Nyro by the...
BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents The Christine Spero Group, performing “Spero Plays Nero,” part of the Tribeca...
View ArticleBMCC, in Partnership with Per Scholas, Graduates 15 Participants from CISCO...
Fifteen Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) students recently graduated from an intensive CISCO certification program offered through a partnership between BMCC’s Center for Continuing...
View ArticleBMCC Men’s Basketball Player Ranked Nationally
Borough of Manhattan Community College Criminal Justice Major Kenneth Coar was named NJCAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for November 16-22, 2015. Coar was the top player for the Division Three...
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