Photo Album

Photo Album

After a painstaking restoration and upgrade, the clocktower and cupola on the Brooklyn College Library building will be as good as new and better.

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Out and About

Out and About

Before CUNY athletic events were suspended because of COVID-19, Brooklyn College sports celebrated some historic wins.

Class Notes

Class Notes

Class Notes is an excellent way for alumni to keep up-to-date with news about the progress of classmates and peers.

The Pride of Brooklyn College

The Pride of Brooklyn College

The 1982 Final Four Men’s Basketball Team to Be Inducted to Hall of Fame

The Icon and the Artist

The Icon and the Artist

Don’t call him “the RBG artist,” but Jac Lahav ’08 has a body of work, a fundraiser, and some family lore that inextricably bind him to the late Supreme Court Justice.

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Theater Professor Justin Townsend Earns Two Tony Nominations

Theater Professor Justin Townsend Earns Two Tony Nominations

His lighting designs for two smash Broadway musicals make theater world’s most prestigious shortlist.

Alumni Authors Earn American Book Awards

Alumni Authors Earn American Book Awards

Ocean Vuong ’12 and De’Shawn Charles Winslow ’11 ’13 M.F.A. Recognized for Their Contributions to Multicultural Literature

Focused on Food for the Greater Good

Focused on Food for the Greater Good

Health and Nutrition Sciences Professor Melissa Fuster wants to help restaurants get healthy.

A Solid Discovery

A Solid Discovery

Professor David Aulicino and two colleagues answer questions about the 12-sided dodecahedron, a shape mathematicians have been studying for two millennia.

Keeping It Reel

Keeping It Reel

Faculty and alumni mentors, internship programs, and a new executive director at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema are helping students to polish their soft skills for careers in a notoriously tough industry.

A Broader Narrative

A Broader Narrative

Often against convention, Brooklyn College’s artists of color are known for turning typical notions of Black art on its end. Today they are encouraging the next generation of artists and art lovers to forge ahead in this tradition, but with the added role of crashing the gates of a long-established institution to become stewards of the American art scene.

Retooling for a Remote World

Retooling for a Remote World

Reflections on transitioning many of the college’s services to the virtual environment.

Calling All COVID Scholars

Calling All COVID Scholars

Faculty members join forces to create an archive for the college community’s tales from the pandemic.

Teaching in the Pandemic

Teaching in the Pandemic

With a lot of patience, creativity, and a tenacity matched by that of their students, many professors made it through the spring semester. Over the summer, they upped their game and came back this fall with some new skills.

Rooted, but Reaching for the Stars

Rooted, but Reaching for the Stars

After directing a video for Grammy Award–winning artist Ciara, senior film student Annie Bercy is on a path to follow her dreams.

On the Ball

On the Ball

Junior racquetball champ Akul Ramayani begins his freshman year at Brooklyn College with star-athlete determination and plans for a career in medicine.

Michelle J. Anderson

From the President’s Desk

Dear Alumni, I hope this finds you well as we approach these last few weeks…

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Brooklyn College Magazine, Volume 8 | Number 1