By Frances Claer Raybaud Do not expect me to wax poetic about gathas or belly breathing. This is merely a little piece dedicated to a class all Queens College Macaulay students are required to take. Honors 101, or Honors Colloquium, involves planning out the next four years of your life, studying techniques, and even a […]
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A Farewell Letter to Professor Levine
Professor Ira N. Levine was a longtime faculty member in the Chemistry Department at Brooklyn College. He began his academic career at Brooklyn College in 1964 and became a full-time professor in 1978. Professor Levine taught first-year courses in general chemistry as well as advanced courses in physical and quantum chemistry. His research was in […]
South Asian Health & Development Initiative: Macaulay’s Newest Service Organization
By: Pooja Dutta (City ’18), Tanvir Islam (City ’18) and John Udara Mendis (City ’18) The beat of exotic Bollywood music, hands decorated with beautiful henna designs, and complicated dance numbers on the big screen were just some of the sights and sounds from Bollywood Henna Night on Friday, October 23rd. The event at MHC […]
Jessica Hopper’s William R. Kenan Lecture on Ethics and Resistance: Writing from the Margins
On the rainy night of October 1, Macaulay Honors College hosted the award winning rock critic, Jessica Hopper. To a room full of primarily Macaulay students, she delivered the most recent William R. Kenan Lecture on Ethics and Resistance. By the end of her incredibly quotable talk, the table in the back stacked with copies of her new book, The First […]
CUNY and Macaulay Should Demand More From Cuomo
By distributing leaflets to students and making noise on campus Brooklyn College, professors have again raised the issue of the decline in state funding for higher education. Not only are professors are not hired to teach full time so that students end up paying more for less, professors have been working without contracts for the […]
Selections from Humans of Macaulay: Part 3
See Part 1 here and Part 2 here. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Adam Hobbins Class: Freshman Campus: Hunter Major: Undecided “I really like film and the production aspects of it. I’m a member of Pied (Macaulay Filmmakers Club).” “Have you produced any films yet?” “Through them, yeah. I have assisted directed a bunch of their films. It was […]
Photos from Arts Night 2015
Theme: Interactive Impressions April 26th 5:30 PM to 10 PM
So here’s the deal, kid…
This month, we asked Macaulay seniors to submit a couple of sentences that they would tell themselves before they started college knowing all that they know now. Thank you to everyone for their honest and thought-provoking responses. We wish all of the seniors the best of luck in the next chapter of their lives! 🙂 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Worry […]
Spotlight: The Macaulay Business Club
The Macaulay Business Club (MBC) actively works to connect CUNY students to jobs and opportunities in the business field. “It is important to teach people how to conduct themselves in the professional world as well as to introduce them to important connections,” said current Executive President Chandrapaul Latchman, who will be working for JP Morgan […]
Selections from Humans of Macaulay: Part 2
See Part 1 here. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Cheyn Shah Class: Junior Campus: Queens College Major: Economics and Political Science “The day before my fifth birthday, I cut my own finger off.” “How?” “I was reaching through a window and the window fell on it (pinky finger), but they reattached it. So during the early hours of […]