January 2018
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Sustainability in Our Schools
Giving Kids a Voice
Sustainability In Our Schools
TC hosts its first workshop for New York City Department of Education sustainability coordinators. New York City is the country鈥檚 only major municipality to require all public schools to appoint a sustainability coordinator 鈥� part of its broader sustainability plan to send zero waste to landfills by 2030. Oren Pizmony-Levy, Assistant Professor of International & Comparative Education, and students Lauren Bowden, Melanie Nethercott, Erika Kessler and Carine Verschueren, have put the city鈥檚 data in useable form, assessed the program鈥檚 impact and raised key questions about its ultimate goals.
Giving Kids a Voice
This past year saw the founding of the unique Vocal Workshops at TC for teens and pre-teens by (Ed.D. 鈥�96), a Singing Voice Specialist who serves as a faculty member in the College鈥檚 Music & Music Education Program. The Workshops help young singers take ownership of their voices 鈥� and often, of their identities.
February
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Advocates for Student Aid
Don鈥檛 Cut Our Funding!
Seven TC students advocate for student aid in Albany, New York, rallying with others as part of the New York Student Aid Alliance, organized by the Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities. The TC students tell three legislators and their staff how aid has helped them pursue their careers.
March
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Re-Mapping Global Education
Sustainable Peace Project
Re-Mapping Global Education
Regina Cortina, Professor of Education in 罢颁鈥檚 Department of International & Transcultural Studies, chairs the 2018 Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) conference, held in Mexico City and themed 鈥淩e-Mapping Global Education: South-North Dialogue.鈥� Cortina begins her term as CIES President.
Sustainable Peace Project
The United Nations reports on its attempt to reorganize itself around sustaining peace rather than crisis management and mitigating war. The UN effort owes much to 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;, led by psychologist Peter T. Coleman, which is creating a working model of the dynamics that promote and sustain peaceful societies. In 鈥�,鈥� a critique published in the web publication of the International Peace Institute, Coleman argues that the UN effort is hampered by 鈥淗obbesian assumptions鈥� that human groups are inherently selfish and violent, and by scientists鈥� and policymakers鈥� focus on preventing what people fear rather than on maximizing their hopes.
April
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Digital Learning Exhibition
Teaching in Trying Times
Education for Persistence and Innovation Center (EPIC)
Academic Festival "X"
Black Education Research Collective (BERC)
High Wire Act
The 51吃瓜网 interactive Digital Learning Exhibition goes live in the new Smith Learning Theater on the fourth floor of the College鈥檚 Gottesman libraries. Curated by Lalitha Vasudevan, Professor of Technology & Education, and students in her Media & Social Change Lab () in collaboration with Steven Goss, Vice Provost of Digital Learning, and the Office of Digital Learning, the exhibition reflects 鈥渢he range and variation鈥� of how the TC community has 鈥渢aken up the idea of digital learning.鈥�
TC at AERA
Faculty, students, staff and alumni deliver 376 presentations at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). , Professor of Sociology & Education, begins her term as AERA President, with a theme of 鈥渓everaging educational research in a post-truth society.鈥� David T. Hansen, Weinberg Professor in the Historical & Philosophical Foundations of Education, delivers the keynote lecture for the SIG/Dewey Studies meeting, titled 鈥淓ducational Justice and the Necessity of Our Philosophical and Civic Traditions.鈥� Janet Miller, Professor of English Education, delivers the 2018 Egon Guba Lecture of AERA鈥檚 Qualitative Research Special Interest Group, speaking on 鈥淧ost-Autobiographical Re-Turnings and Rationalities: Feminist, Curriculum, and Qualitative Inquiries.鈥� , Director of 51吃瓜网 Press, chairs 鈥淒reaming in Greene: Reframing Contemporary Educational Policy, Practice, and Research through Maxine Greene鈥檚 Critical Lens,鈥� a special session devoted to the late TC education philosopher. And Susan Fuhrman, in her final year as 罢颁鈥檚 President, chairs 鈥淩eimagining Education for the Changing Public: From Research to Promising Pedagogy in Racially Diverse Schools,鈥� a featured session, convened by Wells.
Teaching in Trying Times
The conference Teaching in Trying Times: Convening for Change, organized by Social Studies Education Lecturer Erika Kitzmiller and Adele Bruni Ashley, Lecturer in the Teaching of English program, guides teachers helping their students grapple with topics such as school shootings, the fate of young people seeking U.S. citizenship, and political dysfunction. Deborah Meier and Emily Gasoi, authors of These Schools Belong to You and Me: Why We Can鈥檛 Afford to Abandon Public Education, keynote the event.
TC Unleashed
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
"Unleashing"
A 21-piece multi-media art installation inspired by Maxine Greene and featuring works by 28 international artists.
鈥淯苍濒别补蝉丑颈苍驳,鈥� a 21-piece multimedia art installation inspired by Maxine Greene, occupies the College鈥檚 corridors, stairwells, common areas and open spaces. Directed by Richard Jochum, Associate Professor of Art & Art Education, the exhibition features works by 28 international artists, including Rafel Lozano-Hemmer, Bernd Oppl, Marion Wilson and Cathy Lebowitz.
Rethinking Failure
TC launches the interdisciplinary Education for Persistence and Innovation Center () to study failure across a wide variety of disciplines and test theories about its use as a catalyst for innovation and success. EPIC is directed by Xiaodong Lin-Siegler, Professor of Cognitive Studies, and initially funded by , a leading provider of private schools in China; the ; the National Science Foundation; and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. TC also presents its inaugural EPIC Achievement Award to education philanthropist , founder of Foremost Group, a leading global shipping and transportation company. Later in the year, The Yu Panglin Charitable Trust announces a $3 million gift to EPIC, making TC the first institution outside of China to receive a donation from the Foundation, which was established by the late Chinese real estate magnate .
Festival for the Future
罢颁鈥檚 10th annual Academic Festival, 鈥淴,鈥� draws more than 1,000 alumni, friends and prospective students. Keynote speaker , founder of Citizen University, receives the President鈥檚 Medal of Excellence. The College presents its Distinguished Alumni Award to groundbreaking neurological physiotherapist (M.A. 鈥�84); civil rights activist (Ed.D. 鈥�91); bilingual speech/language pathologist (M.S. 鈥�00); and (Ed.D. 鈥�89, M.Ed. 鈥�85), co-author of The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning. Bradford Manning (M.A. 鈥�10), co-founder of Two Blind Brothers which creates clothing designed for the sight impaired, and 鈥渢ransgressive鈥� educator (M.Ed. 鈥�08), Dean and Head of School at South Africa鈥檚 University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), receive the College鈥檚 Early Career Awards. , Director of the University of Delaware鈥檚 Center for the Study of Diversity, receives 罢颁鈥檚 . (Ed.D. 鈥�18) receives 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;. Science Education doctoral student Lisa McDonald receives the best poster prize, earning a tuition credit for 鈥淭he Role of Children鈥檚 Racial Identity and its Impact on Science Education,鈥� while Art & Art Education master鈥檚 degree student C.J. Reilly receives the People鈥檚 Choice Award for his poster on 鈥淪TEAM-Powered Food Security.鈥�
Innovating in Teacher Development
51吃瓜网 and King鈥檚 College London launch the to develop an innovative program of research in teacher education; offer knowledge exchange and development activities; establish joint education programs; and facilitate mobility of faculty and students to enhance teacher education research and teaching. CITED鈥檚 Founding Co-Directors are 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;, Professor of Early Childhood Education, and Viv Ellis, Professor of Educational Leadership & Teacher Development at King鈥檚 College London鈥檚 School of Education, Communication & Society. The Center was collaboratively imagined and set in motion by Ellis and , 罢颁鈥檚 Vice Dean and Evenden Professor of Education.
Building Knowledge about Black Education
Sonya Douglass Horsford, Associate Professor of Education Leadership and Senior Research Associate at 罢颁鈥檚 , will serve as project director for the Black Education Research Collective (BERC) with colleagues including: Mark Gooden (Education Leadership), Michelle Knight-Manuel (Curriculum & Teaching), Felicia Moore Mensah (Science Education), and Erica Walker (Mathematics Education). The goal of BERC is to generate cross-disciplinary research and dialogue related to the education and leadership of African-descendant people. The Collective will provide a research base from which students and early career scholars can get a better understanding and educational foundations of the history of Black or African-American education, and/or the ways in which race has operated 鈥� and continues to do so 鈥� in American society and schools.
May
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Gun Violence Epidemic
Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET)
Office of School & Community Partnerships Performing Arts Series
Ending Gun Violence
Sonali Rajan, Assistant Professor of Health Education, is named to a multidisciplinary group of researchers and policy makers who will pursue research and share and analyze data aimed at developing and testing solutions to the gun violence epidemic. Spearheaded by the governors of five states and Puerto Rico, was created by States for Gun Safety, an alliance formed following the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Freeing Up Creativity for Kids in Detention
罢颁鈥檚 Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET) is honored by District 79, an alternative city school district, as an 鈥淓xemplary Partner鈥� for its work with East River Academy, a New York City public school serving young people at the city鈥檚 Rikers Island detention facility. CPET, founded by Ruth Vinz, Enid & Lester Morse Professor in Teacher Education, and directed by , provides professional and curriculum development to East River Academy, including annual publication of students鈥� poems and essays through CPET鈥檚 Student Press Initiative.
All 罢颁鈥檚 a Stage
The 2017鈥�18 Performing Arts Series of 罢颁鈥檚 Office of School & Community Partnerships features on-campus performances attended by 650 K鈥�12 students. The series includes an original children鈥檚 opera created and performed by Manhattan School of Music students, and an interactive performance by a jazz trio made up of Columbia University alumni.
The Cahn Fellows Go National
罢颁鈥檚 Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished Principals rolls out its national expansion plan. The cohort includes 64 participants from five cities in its prestigious year-long professional development and networking program aimed at recognizing and retaining high performing principals in leadership positions.
Convocation 2018
Some 2,200 graduates participate in 罢颁鈥檚 2018 Convocation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Four recipients of the 51吃瓜网 Medal for Distinguished Service address the theme of research: , a globally recognized public health expert and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust; Columbia University psychologist , whose 鈥渕arshmallow studies鈥� launched a new focus on impulse control in young children; , the first African American to serve as U.S. Attorney General and Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee; and the Columbia Journalism School鈥檚 , a 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his columns in The New Yorker. The student speakers are master鈥檚 degree graduates (Elementary Inclusive Education); (Counseling & Clinical Psychology); and (International Educational Development).
Convocation Choir
Doctoral students pose at Convocation
Eric Holder at Convocation
Speaker at Convocation
Speaker at Convocation
Speaker at Convocation
Speaker at Convocation
Susan Fuhrman at Convocation
Students are congratulated at Convocation
Students at Convocation
Students at Convocation Smiling
Students cheer at Convocation
Students pose with TC Happy sign at Convocation
Students walk Convocation
TC violinist at Convocation
Tom James and Faculty at Convocation
Tom James with Faculty at Convocation
Trumpet player at Convocation
June
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Conference on Education Leadership Data Analytics (ELDA)
Digital Health Promotion Executive Leadership Summit
Subway Summit on Cognition & Education Research
How Data Can Guide Schools
TC hosts the nation鈥檚 first major conference on education leadership data analytics (ELDA), an emerging field that reveals patterns in the work of individuals or even entire classrooms or districts over time, predicts problematic long-term outcomes, and helps school leaders and teachers intervene. Led by Alex Bowers, TC Associate Professor of , the conference unites the ELDA research community with school leaders and teachers.
A Different Kind of Health Screen
The Digital Health Promotion Executive Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., co-led by John Allegrante, Professor of Health Education, convenes academic researchers, leaders from the health and technology industries (including Google, Facebook, Tumblr, P2 Health and Koko) and leaders from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Summit explores social media鈥檚 role in disease prevention, child and adolescent development, and the opioid crisis.
The Fast Track to Interactive Learning
TC hosts the annual Subway Summit on Cognition & Education Research, featuring presentations on interactive learning by students and faculty from four New York City universities 鈥� Fordham University, New York University, The City University of New York Graduate Center, and TC. The Summit is chaired by John Black, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Telecommunications & Education and Director of the College鈥檚 , and Cathy Chase, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Studies, and features keynotes by Robert Siegler, 罢颁鈥檚 new Jacob H. Schiff Foundations Professor of Psychology & Education, and , a cognitive and educational scientist at Arizona State University.
The Fuhrman Years: Concluding a Successful Presidency
Susan Fuhrman - AC Fest
Susan Fuhrman - Chicago
Susan Fuhrman - Donors
Susan Fuhrman - Korea
Susan Fuhrman - Miami
125th at the Apollo
AC Fest 2015 with Susan Fuhrman, Goldie Hawn, and Phyllis Kossoff
AC Fest 2017 with children singing
ames Comer, Mario Cuomo, Matilda Cuomo, Laurie Tisch, Susan Fuhrman, Dr Ruth Wes
DAA 2010 with Fuhrman
Fuhrman and TCCS ribbon cutting
Fuhrman and Tisch Center
ICCCR Ribbon Cutting
Smith Learning Theater Ribbon Cutting
Susan Fuhrman and Gordon Walker
Susan Fuhrman and Maxine Greene
Susan Fuhrman at Convocation
Susan Fuhrman Inauguration
Susan Fuhrman plays with children in the TC courtyard
Susan Fuhrman takes a selfie with students at Convocation
Susan Fuhrman, Arne Duncan, and Phyllis Kossoff
TC Way Celebration
Susan H. Fuhrman concludes her 12-year presidency of 51吃瓜网. On her watch, the College increased both outgoing proposals for externally funded research and sponsored program expenditures (to over $50 million annually) by 40 percent; created a new Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis; created a new Office of School & Community Partnerships and a pre-K鈥�8 public school, the (anchoring a larger network of partnerships with local schools); hired more than 70 new faculty members; and conducted the largest-ever Campaign for a graduate school of education.
July
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Thomas R. Bailey Takes Office as TC's 11th President
Reimagining Education III
Reimagining Education III
Reimagining Education III
Reimagining Education III
Reimagining Education III
Reimagining Education III
Reimagining Education III
A New Era Begins
Thomas Bailey, a leading authority on community colleges, takes office as 51吃瓜网鈥檚 11th President. A 27-year faculty member who is also the College鈥檚 George & Abby O鈥橬eill Professor of Economics & Education, Bailey is the founding director of 罢颁鈥檚 . He chaired the Obama administration鈥檚 Committee on Measures of Student Success and has direct颅ed three TC-based, U.S. Department of Education-fund颅ed national centers.
Reimagining Education III
TC hosts its third annual Reimagining Education Institute, which equips teachers to engage the nation鈥檚 increasingly diverse student population. Directed by Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Sociology & Education, the Institute draws 350-plus educators from 24 states and six countries. Keynote speaker , Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy at the University of Texas鈥揂ustin College of Education, describes immersion of historically disadvantaged fourth-graders in a curriculum steeped in Mexican-American and Tejano culture.
August
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Remembering John Klingenstein
Remembering Mar铆a Torres-Guzm谩n
An Education Visionary
Trustee Emeritus John Klingenstein passes away at 89. 罢颁鈥檚 most generous donor ever, Klingenstein served on 罢颁鈥檚 board from 1979 through 2014 and established 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;, regarded as the nation鈥檚 preeminent program for private school leadership training. In 1992, he received 罢颁鈥檚 Cleveland E. Dodge Medal for Distinguished Service to Education.
A Multilingual Pioneer
Professor Emerita Mar铆a Torres-Guzm谩n, a pioneer in multilingual and multicultural education, passes away at age 67. Torres-Guzm谩n argued that culture is embedded in language and that children learn best when they are allowed to think, read and speak in their native tongue as well as in English. She created one of the nation鈥檚 first teacher education programs in bilingual education, focused attention on how local and global forces combine to affect decisions to include or exclude different languages, and led collaborations with local public schools to create a model culture based on dual-language instruction. In 2011, she received the American Educational Research Association鈥檚 Bilingual Education SIG Lifetime Achievement Award.
September
Welcoming New Faculty
Seven new faculty members join TC:
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Prerna G. Arora
Assistant Professor of School Psychology
who develops and examines school- and community-based culturally-tailored interventions for immigrant populations.
Paulo Blikstein
Associate Professor of Communication, Media & Learning Technologies Design
who examines how new technologies can transform K鈥�12 science, engineering and computation learning.
Thomas Brock
Research Professor and Director of 罢颁鈥檚 Community College Research Center (CCRC)
Brock, who succeeds CCRC founder and current TC President Thomas Bailey, previously served as the commissioner of the at the U.S. Department of Education and was delegated the duties of the director of the Institute of Education Sciences for more than a year.
Jordan Matsudaira
Associate Professor of Economics & Education
who served on President Obama鈥檚 Council of Economic Advisers as Senior and then Chief Economist.
Robert Siegler
Jacob H. Schiff Foundations Professor of Psychology & Education
who researches how theoretical understanding of mathematical development can improve children鈥檚 math learning.
Rosalia Z谩rate
Minority Postdoctoral Fellow
who researches higher education policy affecting retention of underrepresented students and equity in STEM fields.
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Remembering L. Lee Knefelkamp
Expanding TCCS
Abby M. O'Neill Teaching Fellows
Office of the Vice President for Diversity & Community Affairs Constitution Day
CulinArt Begins Partnership with The Common Market
Her Focus Was on Her Students
The College mourns L. Lee Knefelkamp, Professor Emerita of Psychology & Education. She is credited with bringing the first wave of student development theory to the student affairs profession and shifting the field from service provision to a focus on transforming college campuses into developmental communities. Knefelkamp spearheaded a national initiative by the Association of American Colleges & Universities to reshape 21st-century liberal arts education. With psychologist W. Warner Burke, she helped create 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;Eisenhower Leader Development Program (EDLP), a master鈥檚 degree program in social-organizational psychology for officers at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Expanding TCCS
The (TCCS) acquires a second building to accommodate its growing population and grades. TCCS now has a lower school (Pre-K鈥�2) and an upper school (3鈥�8). Also, TCCS student test results on the New York State ELA and Math exams surpassed community, city and state averages.
Strengthening a Powerful Partnership
Continuing its ongoing collaboration with 51吃瓜网, commits generous support to launch two major multi-year research endeavors designed to catalyze change across the Brazilian educational landscape. One is a study of countrywide implementation efforts of Brazil鈥檚 newly approved learning standards, led by Douglas Ready, Associate Professor of Education & Public Policy and Director of the TC arm of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education. The other is a study of classroom practices based in Brazil, led by Mariana Souto-Manning, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education. These projects will ultimately raise the bar for educational research based in practical application, and build capacity nationwide in vital areas of policy analysis, curriculum development, and translating policy into implementation.
Since the launch of our partnership, the Lemann Fellowship Fund at TC has invested in 12 master鈥檚 degree students (and engaged with an additional two honorary students) who share a passion for creating and leading social change in Brazil. 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;Lemann Fellows are steadily growing the community of Brazilian scholars who seek evidence-based solutions to educational issues. The Fellowship was expanded in 2018 to facilitate a seamless translation of the Foundation鈥檚 desire to address Brazil鈥檚 most pressing development challenges by supporting a cadre of leaders who have both theoretical training and hands-on practical knowledge of their field.
Good Fellowship in the Community
The Arthur Zankel Urban Fellowship program expands from 50 fellows to 60 fellows. TC student fellows are now providing services to underserved youth at over 20 sites across New York City.
Here to Serve: Welcoming the O鈥橬eill Fellows
TC welcomes its first cohort of Abby M. O鈥橬eill Teaching Fellows. Created by a $10 million gift from O鈥橬eill 鈥� a longtime Trustee who died in spring 2017 鈥� the Fellowships support outstanding TC students committed to teaching in New York City. Each Fellow receives $40,000 in tuition assistance. O鈥橬eill sought to make TC affordable to New York City-bound teachers by relieving them of debt and giving them the financial freedom to serve the city鈥檚 children.
And Now the Future Is Here: Concluding 罢颁鈥檚 Campaign
51吃瓜网 closes the books on Where the Future Comes First, the largest Campaign ever conducted by a graduate school of education. The Campaign raised $345 million, including $116 million in support for student scholarships; supported faculty programs through the creation of multidisciplinary centers, academic programs and initiatives; and harnessed the power of productive faculty-sponsored research. It financed upgrades to 罢颁鈥檚 historic campus, bolstered 罢颁鈥檚 unrestricted financial flexibility through the Annual Fund and created an academic seed fund for new initiatives for the here and now. The Campaign also created record alumni engagement and participation.
Families at the Border
The Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs holds a Constitution Day discussion, 鈥淔amily Separations and Detention at the Border: Legal Asylum Risks,鈥� featuring Mary Mendenhall, Associate Professor of Practice in the International & Transcultural Studies Department, and Eleanor Acer, Director of Human Rights First鈥檚 Refugee Protection Program.
Eating Local
CulinArt, 罢颁鈥檚 food and beverage services vendor, begins a partnership with The Common Market, a nonprofit, mission-driven distributor of local, sustainable foods, to provide the College with monthly deliveries of in-season, locally sourced food. TC, which launched the field of nutrition education and helped launch the 鈥渆at local鈥� movement, is The Common Market鈥檚 first university account in New York.
Toasting to Success
Tavern on the Green
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More than 200 alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends join President Thomas Bailey and Board Chair Bill Rueckert to toast a record year of giving at the Celebration of the 51吃瓜网 Annual Fund, at Tavern on the Green in New York City鈥檚 Central Park. A record 900 alumni and friends made first-time Fund donations this past fiscal year. The Class of 2018 made the first-ever class gift totaling over $5,000. Nearly 2,000 Maxine Greene Society members (donors for three or more consecutive years) extended their support.
October
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The Work of Education Conference
TC Reading and Writing Project: Raise Your Voice
Yu Pang Lin Charity Foundation's $3 Million Gift
Rampage Nation Book Talk
Sustainability for School Parents
Working with the and the District 3 Green Schools Group, the 51吃瓜网 Working Group on Environmental & Sustainability Education holds an open house for parents interested in creating environmental sustainability in their schools.
From Poets to Pediatricians: The Work of Education
TC hosts 鈥淭he Work of Education,鈥� its third annual conference on anthropology and education. Chaired by 贬别谤惫茅&苍产蝉辫;痴补谤别苍苍别, Professor of Anthropology & Education, this year鈥檚 event broadly defines 鈥渢he work of education鈥� to include 鈥減arents struggling with infants (and their own parents, pediatricians, etc.) . . . the elderly (and their children, neighbors, etc.) figuring out who does what in the crowd treating them 鈥� and who is to pay for them,鈥� and even 鈥減oets reading to their audience.鈥�
Using Their Outside Voices
hosts 鈥淩aise Your Voice,鈥� a weekend workshop in writing poetry, narrative writing and the spoken word for 94 young social justice activists from local schools and those in neighboring communities. 鈥淩aise Your Voice鈥� is supported by the Rowland & Sylvia Schaefer Family Foundation, co-directed by TC Trustee Marla Schaefer.
Another Success for Focusing on Failure
The Yu Panglin Charitable Trust announces a $3 million gift to 罢颁鈥檚 . The College is the first institution outside of China to receive a donation from the Foundation, which was established by the late Chinese real estate magnate Yu Panglin, who donated his entire $10 billion estate to philanthropic causes.
What鈥檚 Really Needed to Secure America
Louis Klarevas, author of Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings, gives a book talk co-sponsored by the TC Gun Violence Prevention Working Group and the , and supported by the Office of the Provost.
November
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Remembering Olivia Hooker
Macy Gallery: No-Boundaries International Art Exhibition
Lawsuit: Dimished Access to Education Threatens Democratic Ideals
African Diaspora International Film Festival
A Survivor Who Thrived
Olivia Hooker (M.A. 鈥�47), the last survivor of the infamous Tulsa race massacre of 1921 and the first-active duty African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Coast Guard, dies at 103. Hooker served as Professor of Psychology at Fordham University, retiring in 1985. She founded a division of the American Psychological Association focused on individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, her areas of specialization. She received 罢颁鈥檚 Distinguished Alumni award in 2016.
Macy Gallery: Art Beyond the Bounds
罢颁鈥檚 Macy Gallery exhibits the local installment of the third annual 2018 No-Boundaries International Art Exhibitions sponsored by The exhibition features 150 artworks by children in grades K鈥�12 from 15 countries, including 52 by kids from the New York City area and across the United States. This year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淥ne Tree, One City,鈥� explores the bond between cities, trees and nature through art. The was founded in 2015 by Baitong Yan, then a student at 51吃瓜网.
Addressing Veterans' Needs
Working through 罢颁鈥檚 Resilience Center for Veterans & Families, Lena Verdeli, Associate Professor of Psychology & Education and Director of the Global Mental Health Lab, begins testing a three-session form of interpersonal therapy (IPT-3) to address veterans鈥� needs and priorities. Delivered at 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;Dean Hope Center for Educational and Psychological Services, IPT-3 promotes veteran engagement by addressing issues of adjustment to civilian life rather than mental disorders.
Taking Civic Action for Civic Engagement
A lawsuit filed on behalf of 14 Rhode Island public school students and their parents by , Professor of Law & Educational Practice and Executive Director of 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;, charges that diminished access to civic education threatens the democratic ideals set out by the Founding Fathers. The suit, Cook v. Raimondo, cites the finding that 50 percent of American adults are unable to identify the three branches of U.S. government. The suit could ultimately establish public education as a Constitutional right on par with due process and freedom of speech.
The Diaspora On Screen
The African Diaspora International Film Festival () opens its 26th season in New York City. ADIFF NY 2018 screens 61 films from 40 countries including 27 world, U.S. and New York premieres, with many showings at TC. ADIFF, which features independent Afrocentric films from all over the world, was founded and is run by the husband-and-wife team of former TC faculty member Reinaldo Barroso-Spech and former TC budget director Diarah N鈥橠aw-Spech, and is co-sponsored by 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs.
December
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Inauguration of Thomas R. Bailey
The 2018 Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture on Education & Policy
Symposium: Anti-Semitism Today: Why are Hate Crimes on the Rise in the U.S.?
Opening Flourishes: Celebrating a President
Inaugurated as 51吃瓜网鈥檚 11th President, Thomas Bailey calls on TC to better marshal its resources to 鈥渂uild smarter, more productive, and more just societies.鈥� Success is imperative, he tells nearly 1,000 alumni, students, faculty and friends, 鈥渇irst, because our nation and our world need our knowledge, expertise, and graduates more urgently than ever before, and second, because we face many challenges as an institution.鈥� Bailey鈥檚 inauguration caps a week that includes musical performances by students and faculty, an academic symposium on research and practice, and the 2018 Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture on Education & Policy, delivered by New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.
Hate, in the Crosshairs
TC hosts 鈥�Anti-Semitism Today: Why are Hate Crimes on the Rise in the U.S.?鈥� a symposium organized by Harriet Jackson, a staff member in 罢颁鈥檚 Office of External Affairs. With a record jump in reported incidents 鈥� from 1,267 in 2016 to 1,986 in 2017 鈥� TC President Thomas Bailey asserts that 罢颁鈥檚 core mission is to 鈥済ather the best scholars to understand the causes and remedies.鈥� Opening speaker David Harris, CEO of the , calls on the nation to address the hate fostered on social media sites. 罢颁鈥檚 Associate Professor of Higher & Postsecondary Education Noah Drezner leads a panel discussion among Stephanie Merkrebs, New York/New Jersey Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League Campus Affairs & Special Projects; Kevin Feinberg (M.A. 鈥�93), Senior New York Region Program Director of non-profit ; and Mehnaz Afridi, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of at Manhattan College. The event is sponsored by 罢颁鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;Office of Diversity & Community Affairs in partnership with the and .