The Knights Men’s Track and Field team won the inaugural East Coast Conference Outdoor Championship on May 5. The event was close and came down to the final two races on day two at Queens College, but the Knights held off St. Thomas Aquinas 165-164. “I told them give it your all, leave it all [...]

The City University of New York received a $25 million donation from the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation on May 1 as part of an effort to boost graduation and student retention rates. In light of the generous donation, the CUNY Board of Trustees made a decision to rename The New Community College, The Stella [...]

While the U.S. unemployment rate slipped down from 7.6 to 7.5 percent last month, more than 40 percent of recent college graduates are underemployed according a poll released on April 30. The survey of 2,060 recent graduates and soon to be graduates, done by global management consulting firm Accenture, showed that these people, 51 percent [...]

Pregnant college students no longer have to worry about facing forced maternity leave from classes. Stephanie Davis, a Borough of Manhattan Community College student, made headlines several weeks ago when she was told she would not be allowed to make up assignments due to pregnancy related absences. Davis subsequently was forced to drop the class [...]

On April 24, students, faculty and alumni filled Campbell Dome, eagerly awaiting Marie Howe’s arrival. The New York State poet laureate read from past and current volumes of poetry, followed by a Q&A session led by Stefanie Lipsey—a Queens College MFA alumnus—and ended with a book signing. The event was sponsored by the MFA Program [...]