Press Release Archive

April 3

�춹��Ƶ Biologist Develops New Study of Global Trade in Wild Bats That Finds Extensive Illegal Hunting in Vietnam

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March 17

�춹��Ƶ K-12 Science Education Program GLOBE NY Metro Receives over $1 Million in Funding to Train Nearly 200 NYC and Nassau County Teachers

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February 27

�춹��Ƶ to Build the Borough’s First “Cleanroom” with Nanofabrication Capabilities; One of Three Student- and Community-Focused College STEM Projects to Receive Federal Funding

February 4��

�춹��Ƶ to Announce Scholarship Honoring Former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman (1926-2020), In Partnership With The Queens Chamber of Commerce Foundation��

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January 13��

�춹��Ƶ Choral Society to Audition New Members for the Remainder of Its 85th Anniversary Season

January 8

�춹��Ƶ Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration January 18 to Recognize Award-Winning Journalist and Activist Carol Jenkins, With a Performance by Jazz Vocalist Tyreek McDole��

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December 8��

�춹��Ƶ Choral Society Will Present Duke Ellington’s The Best of the Sacred Concerts in Collaboration with the Louis Armstrong House Museum for Its 85th Annual Winter Concert December 14

U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze Reads at �춹��Ƶ December 8��

December 4

�춹��Ƶ Featured in Season 15 of “The College Tour,” Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video

December 3

Carmen Cotei Appointed Inaugural Dean of the �춹��Ƶ School of Business

November 13

�춹��Ƶ Posts Latest Viewbooks Online

October 28

Advisory: �춹��Ƶ Ribbon-Cutting to Reopen Renovated Gertz Hall, Which Houses the College’s Prestigious Speech Language Hearing Center

October 21

�춹��Ƶ Hosts Public Reading by Newly Appointed New York State Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn, CUNY Distinguished Professor at the College

September 24

Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition at �춹��Ƶ Explores the Quinceañera Coming-of-Age Ceremony Through Fashion and Oral History Soundscapes September 25 – December 18

September 2

Vivek Upadhyay Appointed Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management at �춹��Ƶ

August 11

John J. Chin Named Dean of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute

August 7

$1.1 Million Grant Supports First-Gen Students

August 5

Audition for the �춹��Ƶ Choral Society This Month

August 4

Two New Distinguished Professors Appointed

July 31

Free Outdoor “Peter and the Wolf” Performances Throughout August

June 11

�춹��Ƶ Researchers Find That Prenatal Exposure to More Than One Climate Event Affects Child Brain Development

June 4

Advisory: �춹��Ƶ to Host City University of New York (CUNY) Pridefest 2025 Friday, June 6; Annual Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion is Free and Open to the Public

May 29

�춹��Ƶ 101st Commencement Recognized Over 4,000 Degree Candidates May 29, with Honors for Award-Winning Journalists Brent Staples and Errol Louis

April 25

�춹��Ƶ Faculty Members Karen Strassler and John Yao Named to 100th Class of Guggenheim Fellows

April 7

�춹��Ƶ Choral Society Presents Verdi’s Requiem at Colden Center Saturday May 17

Febraury 28

�춹��Ƶ Presents Free Reading by Award-Winning Author Edwidge Danticat March 10 in Celebration of Women’s History Month; Presented In Person and on Zoom

January 21

�춹��Ƶ Commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day Sunday, January 19, on the Theme “We Have and Shall Overcome”; Event Co-Sponsored by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Jr.

January 8

�춹��Ƶ Commemorates Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sunday, January 19, in partnership with Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Jr.; Branford Marsalis Quartet to Perform

December 9

�춹��Ƶ Choral Society Presents the Works of Hayden and Williams in a Winter Concert on the Theme of Hope and Unity December 15

October 30

Patricia Price Appointed �춹��Ƶ Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

October 28

Dennis Cohen Appointed �춹��Ƶ Executive Counsel

October 10

�춹��Ƶ Knights Table to Hold Ribbon-Cutting on World Food Day, Wednesday, October 16, at New, Larger Location With an Additional Service

September 25

�춹��Ƶ to Host Book Launch and Panel Discussion on��Corky Lee’s��Asian America: Fifty years of photographic justice, in Posthumous Celebration of the Life and Work of the Alumnus

September 17

John J. Chin Appointed Interim Dean of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute, Which Reports to �춹��Ƶ

September 13

�춹��Ƶ Study Finds That Climate Change is Affecting Fish in Jamaica Bay

August 20

August 14

�춹��Ƶ School of Arts Names First Artists in Residence Supported by the Thomas Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment��

August 13

�춹��Ƶ Choral Society to Hold Auditions for New Members Beginning Monday, August 19��

July 16

�춹��Ƶ Biologist Finds That Global Trade in Bats Sold on eBay and Etsy for Decorative Use Reveals Imminent Threat to Species Survival in First Major Study��

July 11

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation and �춹��Ƶ School of Education Partner to Present the First Louis Armstrong Summer Teaching Institute for New York City and Long Island Educators July 15 – 19, 2024��

June 27

�춹��Ƶ and NYC Parks Launch Borough-Wide Collaborative Offering Free Cultural Events through October ��

June 6

May 23

�춹��Ƶ 100^th��Commencement May 30 to Recognize Siblings of Civil Rights Martyrs James H. Chaney, Alumnus Andrew Goodman, and Michael H. Schwerner, Murdered 60 Years Ago, and Distinguished Alumni Carole A. and Norman Barham ’68��(Media Advisory)

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March 26

March 13

March 11

February 14

Two �춹��Ƶ Faculty Members are Winners at the Sixty-Sixth GRAMMY Awards

February 13

January 29

�춹��Ƶ Celebrates Black History Month

January 23

�춹��Ƶ Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 4

�춹��Ƶ Commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sunday, January 14, With Music and a Focus on Engaging Youth and Dr. King’s Enduring Connection to the College; Free and Open to the Public

August 24

�춹��Ƶ Grows Its Faculty and Appoints Key Administrators as it Begins the New Academic Year

June 9

�춹��Ƶ to Host the City University of New York (CUNY) Pridefest 2023 Friday, June 9; Annual Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion is Free and Open to the Public

May 24

�춹��Ƶ to Award Alumnus Jon Favreau Honorary Doctorate at June 1 Commencement

April 25

Bobbie Kabuto Appointed �춹��Ƶ Dean of the School of Education

April 12

Over 200 Musicians to Perform Brahms’��Requiem��Saturday, May 13, at �춹��Ƶ

February 15

�춹��Ƶ President Frank H. Wu Hosted Congresswoman Grace Meng at a February 15 Event Recognizing the More Than $2.2 M in Federal Funding She Secured for College Business School Initiatives and Kupferberg Center for the Arts Upgrades

February 9

�춹��Ƶ President Frank H. Wu to Host��Congresswoman Grace Meng at an Event in Recognition of the More Than $2.1 M in Federal Funding She Secured for College Business School Initiatives and Kupferberg Center for the Arts Upgrades

January 26

Over 1,000 New Students Enroll in Post-Pandemic Resurgence

January 15

QUEENS COLLEGE COMMEMORATES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, WITH A PERFORMANCE BY 2023 GRAMMY-NOMINATED JAZZ SINGER SAMARA JOY

January 4
�춹��Ƶ to Hold On-the-Spot Admissions Days for Veterans and Active Military Service Members, as Well as Transfer Students, Wednesday, January 4, and Thursday, January 5, 2023

December 2