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In nearly 10 years, The Rosen Fellowship has funded a diverse array of out-of-classroom adventures, featuring everything from well-behaved chickens, to full-moon ceremonies, to lindy hopping.
2019 was a banner year for all things Magner: The Magner Career Center recently achieved 15 years of helping students succeed on their career paths, and the center’s founder, Marge Magner, celebrated the 50th anniversary of her graduation from Brooklyn College.
A New Deal for Artists: Connecting Brooklyn College to Its Past, Present, and Future" tells the story of the school's roots in President Franklin Roosevelt's program to lead Americans out of the Depression.
With the generous support of Bernard H. '62 and Ethel B. Garil, Brooklyn College Global Medical Brigades students got the opportunity to work with indigenous communities in a manner that prioritized holistic prevention and empowerment.
The state-of-the-art, LEED-certified building will house Brooklyn College's Department of Theater and Conservatory of Music, and serve as hub for arts and culture in the borough.
Renee Blumenfrucht '15 was prepared to give up on securing a dream job—until Leonardo Rizzi '93 and the Brooklyn College Magner Career Center intervened.
A New exhibit that showcases the work of the Brooklyn College Listening Project is currently on display at the library before heading to the Tenement Museum later this fall.
Brooklyn College's new academic partnership with Dongguk University in South Korea gives students from both institutions the opportunity to expand their worldview and strengthen their cultural competency.
Launched in 2015 with the generous support of Martin D. Sass '63, Brooklyn College's M.D. Sass Investment Institute has ensured that students gain the real-world financial experience and access to Wall Street movers and shakers that give them an edge in the job market.
Brooklyn’s Red Hook waterfront was the scene of the 2018 Best of Brooklyn on May 16, honoring Bernard ’62 and Ethel Garil. More than 200 guests filled the historic Liberty Warehouse at the Brooklyn College Foundation's annual fundraising gala to honor the longtime supporters of the college.
He will be responsible for raising external support for the college, management of the Brooklyn College Foundation, coordination with the Brooklyn College Alumni Association, and for Brooklyn College's engagement of its more than 150,000 alumni.
The Nov. 28 fundraiser aims to unite faculty, staff, friends, and more than 137,000 alumni to reach the highest possible goal and ensure the success of Brooklyn College students.
Students in the Brooklyn College Black and Latino Male Initiative (BLMI) took part in a cultural immersion program in Jamaica that took them to prominent historic and cultural sites on the island.
Grad Student David Engel was over the moon about his internship at NASA this past summer, which he secured through his work with the Magner Career Center.
With support from the Magner Career Center, Ryan Beckford scored a competitive position at the company before graduation, moving him one step closer to his dream career.
“The Rona Jaffe Foundation is very pleased to provide support to Brooklyn College in the form of these fellowships to incoming female graduate students in the M.F.A. program,” said Beth McCabe, director of The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards and a board trustee. “They will, we hope, not only provide much-needed funding within the program, but also help attract the strongest writing candidates to apply.”
On May 12, 2016, alumnus Don Buchwald '59 was honored at the Brooklyn College Foundation's annual fundraising gala, Best of Brooklyn, at New York’s iconic Rainbow Room. Buchwald, who heads Don Buchwald & Associates, has spent decades helping to guide the careers of many talented entertainers, while also being one of Brooklyn College's staunchest supporters.
Anastasia Danilova's journey to South Dakota for paleontological study enabled her to work with renowned experts and cement her passion for exploration.
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.
Med-school-bound Aakaash Varma conducted interviews in his ancestral village, and neighboring communities, to learn more about the 1947 split of these two nations, as well as the details of his own family's experiences.
Launched in fall 2015, Feirstein is the first public graduate school of cinema in New York City and the only one in the nation housed on a working film lot—Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
In recognition of over $15 million mobilized to support Brooklyn College's School of Business, CUNY trustees have approved the naming of the school in honor of prominent philanthropist Murray Koppelman '57.
For more than a decade, the Magner Career Center has had a record of unparalleled success in providing diligent and driven students with an edge in the market and preparing them to meet the real-world challenges facing graduates entering the workplace.
Inspired to build a career on Wall Street by his Brooklyn College professor, Martin D. Sass ’63 gives the School of Business an Investment Academy to inspire others.
As the Magner Career Center approaches its 10th anniversary, its founder, Marge Magner ’69, returns to the college to observe its growth and impact, and share her own life lessons with students.
The Brooklyn College Foundation was proud to honor the late iconic film director Paul Mazursky ’51 at the annual Best of Brooklyn gala in May 2014. Paul was joined by his wife, Betsy, and two of his favorite actors: Ellen Burstyn and Marsha Mason.
Anyone familiar with Ruth Turim's life, and the role Brooklyn College played in it, will understand the passion that compelled her family to establish the Ruth Turim '58 Award.
During summer 2014, Brooklyn College will launch the first Zicklin Summer Fellows program, a critical step toward graduating more students within six years of matriculating and opening up internships to students who otherwise could not afford them.
When Nicole St. Clair, director of the Black and Latino Male Initiative (BLMI) at Brooklyn College, first heard about the $99,000 gift the Kurz Family Foundation made in February, she was beyond excited.
By combining funds from various college sources, junior John Tan was able to study abroad in Japan, an achievement that helped him score subsequent paid internships and a fellowship.
