A familiar scenario: class started 15 minutes ago and you are deeply invested in the material being taught, but then, in the middle of it all, something else demands your attention. A
Professor Clare Carroll has been fostering an intellectual and encouraging environment for students at Queens College for the past 35 years. Carroll teaches in the Comparative Literature Department and cites her “absolute
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Dr. Iva Burdett from the Chemistry department describes herself as a “one-hundred percent nerd.” Growing up in a small Serbian village called Tobolac with only six children, she found solace in books—especially
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Queens College has been recently added to the Research Colleges and Universities classification for this year’s update on the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education. This designation, according to the Carnegie
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On Saturday, March 8th, SEEK students and faculty from a multitude of CUNY schools attended the annual SOMOS Inc. New York conference in downtown Albany. Attendees experienced panels of experts in fields
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The Queens College Academic Senate passed a motion expressing frustration at the administration for the QC website shut down at its Feb. 13th meeting. The QC Academic Senate, composed of 40 faculty
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If you’ve never wondered who made the chair you’re sitting on, here’s the answer: prisoners. Corcraft, the brand name of the Division of Correctional Industries, has long supplied furniture, cleaning supplies, license
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On Monday, Oct. 28th, Dennis Cohen was named the executive counsel and labor designee for Queens College. With experience as an attorney and former judge, he will be in charge of reporting
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