We held another very successful Study Abroad Open House on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. This semester, we were able to produce a podcast of the event so that students who were not able to attend can listen online.

Thursday, November 19, 7pm, Baruch College: What’s the Right Thing to Do?
Michael Sandel is so well known for being successful at engaging students in large classes that Ken Bain’s What the Best College Teachers Do (Harvard, 2004) describes Sandel’s highly interactive lectures for more than 1000 Harvard undergrads as models of effective teaching and learning. [...]

A two-day symposium at the Italian Academy (Columbia University) on November 20 and 21, 2009.  For more information see:  www.columbia.edu/cu/cam

Formed in 2006 in New York City, Kinan Azmeh’s CityBand immediately gained recognition for their virtuosic and high energy performance, receiving praise from such sources as the New York Times’s Vivien Schweitzer, who deemed the segment, “the highlight of the evening.” Azmeh’s impressive resume includes performances in Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Moscow, and Damascus, [...]

Catherine Granton (At-Risk Female Youth and Environmental Studies) CUNY BA/BS ’09, will be one of the presenters, along with Professor Katy Cumiskey from College of Staten Island, at the Praxis of Feminine Pedagogy Conference at the Graduate Center on November 6th.  The paper they will be presenting is based on the project Granton started at the [...]

Ranging from recycled fashions to research visualization, dozens of students submitted original artwork and posters, on the themes of sustainability and the challenges it poses, to the annual CUNY Science and Art Exhibition held on Governors Island. You can see their work at Hunter College:
Wednesday, October 7th
Hunter West Lobby
Exhibition opens at 12 noon
Reception begins at [...]

November 13, 2009
5:30 to 7:30pm
American Folk Art Museum
45 West 53rd Street (off 5th Avenue)
CUNY BACCALAUREATE FOR UNIQUE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Students, Alumni and Faculty Mentors are invited to attend our annual social gathering at the American Folk Art Museum. Join us for this evening of music, refreshments, the delightful art of the Folk Art Museum, [...]

Topics discussed will include :

* The ADVANTAGES OF YOUR CUNY BA Degree
* deciding WHICH DEGREE IS RIGHT FORYOU
* HOW TO PREPARE FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL

Guest Speakers and Alumni will be on hand to share their experience and knowledge

Newman Vertical Campus
Multipurpose Room 1-107
Thursday, September 17, 2009
12 noon–3 pm

The International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) holds a variety of free events each year, Open Studios, Salons and Picture Parlors. 
All programs listed below are held at ISCP, 1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY (G train to Graham Ave) www.iscp-nyc.org
Salons: Tuesdays at 6pm
Where two names are listed, two artists are giving talks about their own work [...]