The City University of New York congratulates Distinguished Professors Kimiko Hahn of Queens College and Patricia Smith of College of Staten Island on their election to the 15-member board of chancellors of the Academy of American Poets, the nation’s leading champion of poets and poetry.
Long Island University held a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the College of Veterinary Medicine Learning Center, a state-of-the-art facility that now serves as the primary home to the New York metropolitan region’s only veterinary medicine program.
Composer, performer and cellist Zoë Keating is known for her use of technology – which she uses to record and sample her cello onstage and in the studio – and for her DIY approach – composing, recording and producing her works on her own terms, without the help of a record label.