2012-2013

Ashley Feith ’13 Wins NAFSA’s Title of 2012 Student Diplomat
December 21, 2012
When we send off our students to study abroad in every corner of the world, we know they’ll come back as even better global citizens – but Marymount Manhattan College’s own Ashley Feith ’13 is out to prove it. Ashley’s video documenting her experience abroad at the American College in Thessaloniki, Greece, as a Niarchos Foundation Exchange Student, took top honors in the NAFSA Student Diplomat Video Contest, making Ashley NAFSA’s 2012 Student Diplomat.

L'aura Bagdziunas and Ambassador Susan Rice
MMC Senior, L’aura Bagdziunas Attends Prestigious UNCA Awards Dinner
December 20, 2012
Ms. Bagdziunas is an IS minor and got the internship that lead to her attending the event through the IS department and MMC professor, Dr. Ghassan Shabaneh.

Dean Michael Salmon Receives National Award for His Work in Easing Transition for First-Year Students
December 18, 2012
Although college life is exciting and fun, adjusting to it often can be a challenging process. At Marymount Manhattan, Dean Michael Salmon goes above and beyond to ease that transition. As the Dean of Academic Advisement and Student Retention, he has created numerous innovative programs and opportunities geared toward helping first-year students adjust to college life. In recognition of his successful efforts, he is one of ten recipients nationwide of the 2012-2013 Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate award from The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition!

President Judson Shaver Offers the Condolences of Marymount Manhattan College to the Community of Newtown, CT
December 15, 2012
Once again, senseless violence has claimed the lives of students and staff at an educational institution committed fundamentally to enhancing life and human development.

MMC Professor, Dr. Alessandra Leri, makes groundbreaking discovery with Bromine
December 14, 2012
Ground-breaking research has led to the discovery that bromine is interactive with other elements, refuting the long-held belief that halogen elements like bromine exist in nature only as inorganic salts.The study, The Chemistry of Bromine in Terrestrial and Marine Environments, was conducted by Dr. Alessandra Leri (Marymount Manhattan College Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science) and Dr. Satish Myneni (Princeton University Associate Professor of Geosciences) and recently was highlighted by the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab, the DOE-funded particle accelerator where Dr. Leri performed part of her research.

Professor Carrie-Ann Biondi and Students Ashley Feith and Ariel Kline discuss “Harry Potter and Philosophy: Metaphysical Musings at Hogwarts.”
December 11, 2012
Philosophy and Religious Studies Professor, Carrie-Ann Biondi along with two of her students, Ashley Feith and Ariel Kline were featured on MuggleNet Academia discussing “Harry Potter and Philosophy: Metaphysical Musings at Hogwarts.”

Marymount Manhattan students at 71st Street and Bedford Hills Learn Together in New Combined Class
December 6, 2012
During the spring semester of 2013, Marymount Manhattan College students will be going to prison for class. Over the past fifteen years, Marymount Manhattan has been offering classes and degrees to the inmates of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Under the direction of Professor Michelle Ronda, students from Marymount Manhattan’s main campus at 71st Street will mark another milestone for the program – its first “combined classroom”, in which students from the main campus will study together with the women at Bedford Hills.

Success to the Cast and Creative Team of RUINED- Raising Money for Fistula Victims
December 3, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS to Professor David Mold, the cast and creative team of RUINED who raised $2700 to fund operations for 6 women suffering from fistula!

During this Season of Giving…
December 1, 2012
please consider making a gift to Marymount Manhattan College!

Vote Now! MMC Senior Ashley Feith is Finalist in Student Diplomat Video Contest
November 27, 2012
When we send off our students to study abroad in every corner of the world, we know they’ll come back as even better global citizens – but Marymount Manhattan College’s own Ashley Feith ’13 is out to prove it. Ashley’s video documenting her experience at the American College of Thessaloniki is a finalist in the NAFSA Student Diplomat Video Contest.

Weather Alerts
November 8, 2012
To The MMC Community: 

Special Message from the President: Hurricane Sandy
November 7, 2012
Dear Members of the MMC Community: 

I write to welcome you back to campus as the College re-opens today. Although many of us are able to pick up and return to our routines, we know that some members of our community and many others are still lacking heat or electricity and access to their homes. We keep in our thoughts and prayers those who lost loved ones or whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged. 

President Shaver Responds to Hurricane Sandy
November 2, 2012
To Members of the Marymount Manhattan College Community:

I am hoping that each of you is safe and secure in the aftermath of the most severe weather condition in recent memory, and that your loved ones are also safe. I offer my sympathy for any losses you have suffered. 

Tri-State Students: How To Request Hurricane Sandy Relief
November 2, 2012
Dear MMC students in the Tri-State area,

I hope very much that this note finds you safe and sound. As students who live or whose families live in areas affected by the storm, we are praying that you have not suffered catastrophic damages. If you have, we’d like to know how MMC might be helpful to you. President Shaver, the administrative team at MMC and I are ready to assist you. 

John Everett Millais: Isabella, 1848-49..
Video: Watch Professor Jason Rosenfeld, Ph.D., discuss an important picture from the exhibition he has co-curated at Tate Britain in London
November 1, 2012
Jason Rosenfeld, Ph.D., a Marymount Manhattan College Distinguished Chair and Professor of Art History, reveals the story behind John Everett Millais’s painting Isabella (1849). Dr. Rosenfeld is the co-curator of Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde at Tate Britain, the National Gallery of British Art, in London, England.

MMC Professor Debra Tillinger, Ph.D. Lends Climate Science Expertise to International Science Times
November 1, 2012
In order to make sense of Hurricane Sandy’s severity, the International Science Times turned to a local leader in the field of climate science – Marymount Manhattan College’s own Dr. Debra Tillinger.

Rudin Lecture to Feature Astrophysicist and Fiction Writer Janna Levin in “A New Experiment in the Third Culture”
October 27, 2012
For over half a century, there has been a chasm between the arts and the sciences–creating a gulf that has hindered the growth of both sides. Addressing this, Astrophysicist and fiction writer Janna Levin will deliver her remarks, “A New Experiment in the Third Culture,” during The Jack and Lewis Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture at Marymount Manhattan College on Wednesday, October 17th.

MMC Biology Students Earn Top Honors
October 25, 2012
Three Marymount Manhattan College biology majors earned top honors at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, held on Saturday, October 20th.

Marymount Manhattan College Honored as College of Distinction
October 22, 2012
Marymount Manhattan College was heralded this week as a College of Distinction for the 2012-2013 school year. The honorees, 294 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada, were selected based on recommendations made by high school counselors and quantitative data, including graduation rates and classroom size.

Professors Peter Naccarato and Katie LeBesco to debut new book Culinary Capital on December 1.
October 19, 2012
 Money, property and education are certainly status symbols in American culture. But, according to co-authors and academicians Peter Naccarato and Katie LeBesco, food and food practices can also serve as a mark of status and distinction. In their newly released book, Culinary Capital, they coin a new term as they examine contemporary culture’s fascination (perhaps even obsession) with the food scene. According to Naccarato and LeBesco, knowing and embracing the latest food trends – being a “foodie” – is an important path for gaining status in today’s world. Thus, Culinary Capital is a must read for all self-described foodies who thirst to understand the importance of their food choices – what, when, how and why they eat.

Marymount Manhattan College Junior Emma Eden Ramos Authors The Realm of the Lost
October 19, 2012
Psychology major Emma Eden Ramos is not only a published author, but one that is close to having another hit on her hands. Her most recently published books, a novella for middle grade readers called The Realm of the Lost (MuseItUp Publishing, September 2012), is receiving good press on the review and interview circuit.

Marymount Manhattan College Partners with CharityBuzz
October 17, 2012
Dates: October 16 – November 7

Hurricane Sandy: How you can help!
October 10, 2012
Hope and Change

Illustration by Madzia Bryll, a fellow member of the crew.
MMC Instructor Robin Beth Schaer Meditates on Loss and Hurricane Sandy and the Importance of a Strong Community
October 10, 2012
During the turmoil brought by Hurricane Sandy this past week, many people suffered losses across all scales – from power to heat to home to life – but even as some problems see their solution and others seem like they never will, most news stories focus more on facts than reflection.

MMC Presents Original Student Choreography in Dancers at Work
September 29, 2012
New York, N.Y. – Select students in Marymount Manhattan’s dance department will present original choreography on Nov. 18, 19, and 20 in the Great Hall. Dancers at Work (DAW) has been staged for 15 years in various forms. In addition the dance department’s Dance Representatives uses the event as a fundraiser to purchase risers for the Great Hall.

Alumni Adrienne Warren ’09 and Jason Gotay’11 Make Broadway Debut in Hit Musical Bring It On
September 6, 2012
New York, NY, September 6, 2012 - The Marymount Manhattan College experience is as individual and varied as each of its students. Faculty and students, alike, value the small, yet tightly connected community in this city of nine million. Students are encouraged to mirror NYC’s rhythm and “personality diversity” and to combine them with their own newly honed talents to serve as a springboard to success.

Marymount Manhattan College Announces New Full-Time Faculty for 2013 Academic Year
September 5, 2012
NEW YORK, NY, August 6, 2012 – Marymount Manhattan College has added nine full-time assistant professors to its faculty for the 2013 academic year. Their field of expertise range from theater, dance and communications to math, physics and international studies. “We are proud to add these assistant professors to our already stellar array of faculty members. Each will bring an infusion of new energy and a unique perspective that will undoubtedly enrich our students’ academic experience,” expresses Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D., President, Marymount Manhattan College. 

Alumnae Amy Young ’09, Diana Zambrotta ’09, and Katherine Carter ’09 featured in new play, Bite the Apple, at the New York International Fringe Festival
August 7, 2012
New York, N.Y.-The Other Mirror is proud to present Bite the Apple as part of the 16th annual New York International Fringe festival- FringeNYC. The dark comedy, written by Linda Manning, will have its first fully staged production directed by Katherine M. Carter.

Join the MMC Online Community!
July 26, 2012
New York, N.Y.—In an effort to create a more integrated online community and a seamless online giving process, Marymount Manhattan College is launching its new community for online giving and event registration. MMC’s NetCommunity provides donors the convenience of easily making secure gifts of any type, such as tributes, pledge payments, recurring gifts and events payments alongside donations. 

Queen Anne's Lace 3 by Millie Falcaro, M.F.A.
Nature Up Close Exhibition Features Work of Millie Falcaro, M.F.A.
July 24, 2012
New York, N.Y.—Millie Falcaro, M.F.A., associate professor of art at Marymount Manhattan College, is among three artists whose work is featured in a joint exhibition, Nature Up Close, at the Central Library of the Brooklyn Public Library. The exhibition includes Falcaro’s plant life photograms, as well as Gail Flanery’s monotype prints and Christine Newman’s pastels on paper, and runs through August 24, 2012. 

Boren Scholar Alvin Young ’13 Earns Internship with the Caribbean Community Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations
July 24, 2012
New York, N.Y. – After spending a year abroad, Marymount Manhattan student and Boren Scholar Alvin Young ’13 was selected for an internship with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York City. CARICOM is a conglomerate of representatives from different Caribbean countries that work together to facilitate and promote economic integration, as well as the coordination of foreign policy.

Senior Marshals during the 2012 Commencement Ceremony
2012 Senior Marshals Top Fundraising Goal and Enrich School Spirit
July 17, 2012
New York, N.Y.– During the 2011-2012 academic year, Marymount Manhattan College’s Senior Marshals, a select group of graduating seniors who are responsible for planning senior events and programs and leading the charge in fundraising for the Senior Class Gift, have made an especially positive impression on the way students view fundraising and giving back to their institution. Together with the help of the Office of Institutional Advancement, they raised $2,624.85, the largest amount ever contributed to the Senior Class Gift during an academic year. 

Marymount Manhattan Hosts Orientation for Parents and Families of Incoming Students - August 25th, 26th and 29th
July 16, 2012
New York, N.Y.—Marymount Manhattan College new and transfer students are not the only ones gearing up for the 2012-2013 semester. On August 25, 26 and 29, 2012, MMC parents will familiarize themselves with the College and learn about opportunities to stay informed and connected with their students as they earn their degrees at MMC. 

President Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D., presented Elizabeth Hayes '52 (right) with the Père Gailhac Award and Marjorie Ihrig '57 (left) with ...
Marymount Manhattan Welcomes Back Alumni for Reunion 2012
June 21, 2012
New York, N.Y. – Marymount Manhattan College invited the classes ending in 2 and 7 back to campus for Reunion 2012 “Then and Now” from June 1 to 2. The College honored Elizabeth Hayes ’52 with the Père Gailhac Award and Marjorie Ihrig ’57 with the Sr. Raymunde McKay Award.

Surrounded by his students, Marymount Manhattan Chair of the Humanities Division Peter Naccarato, Ph.D., holds a handful of truffles that...
Marymount Manhattan Students in Italy Take an Interdisciplinary Look at Food
June 20, 2012
CITTÀ DI CASTELLO, Italy— “Sole, dov’è il tartufo (Sun, where’s the truffle)?” called Matteo Bartolini after his dog. 

Picking their way carefully over the uneven ground, a group of Umbra Institute students from Marymount Manhattan College followed Bartolini – and the truffle-hunting Sole – as the farmer showed the class around the woods and meadows of his farm, nestled in the Tiber River Valley in northern Umbria, Saturday. 

President Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D., presents Nora Moran '06 with the 75th Anniversary Gala award.
Marymount Manhattan Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary in Recognition of the Bedford Hills College Program
June 14, 2012
New York, N.Y.—During a memorable and inspiring evening at the Metropolitan Club, Marymount Manhattan College held its 75th Anniversary Gala on Wednesday, June 6 with moving remarks and uplifting music and poetry. The evening honored Nora Moran ’06 and the graduates of the Bedford Hills College Program.

Celebration of Noël Coward’s Work Features Performance by Marymount Manhattan Students at Lincoln Center
June 6, 2012
New York, N.Y. – As part of a citywide celebration of playwright Noël Coward and his work, Marymount Manhattan College students will perform a Noël Coward revue—TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY NOEL—that will be presented in The York Theatre at Citicorp Center on June 24 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on June 25 at 6 p.m. Noted Broadway choreographer and director Larry Fuller will direct the revue. Admission is free, but seats are first come, first served.

Marymount Manhattan Presents 63rd Commencement
May 30, 2012
New York, N.Y.—On May 18, 2012, 363 graduates participated in Marymount Manhattan College’s 63rd Commencement Exercises at the New York City Center.

Katie Sives preparing the Amazonian Tambaqui fish!
Katelyn Sives ’13 to Study Sustainable Development in Brazil as Boren Scholar
May 9, 2012
New York, N.Y. – Marymount Manhattan international studies student Katelyn Sives ’13 was awarded a Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and the Institute of International Education (IIE). She will receive $20,000 to study and research sustainable development in Brazil through the School of International Training (SIT). During the first six months of the 2012-2013 academic year, Sives will study in Fortaleza, where she will conduct research on agrarian reform in the state of Ceará. Following this, Sives will pursue research in the social dimensions of agro-ecological farming practices in the Amazonian city of Belem.

Emerson Khost '13 earned an Honorable Mention at the 16th Annual ASBMB Undergraduate Student Research Competition for his research findin...
MMC Biology Student Earns Honors at National Science Conference
May 4, 2012
New York, N.Y.—MMC’s Department of Natural Sciences is proud to announce that biology major Emerson Khost ’13 earned an Honorable Mention at the 16th Annual ASBMB Undergraduate Student Research Competition held on Saturday, April 21 in San Diego, Calif. The competition was part of the 2012 Experimental Biology conference held from April 20 to 25. Of the 238 student competitors, only 20 students earned either First Place or Honorable Mention Awards. Khost presented the research findings of his investigation into a connection between insulin dysregulation and neurodegenerative disease conducted under the guidance of Associate Professor of Biology Ann Aguanno.

Ricardo Soares '12
Ricardo Soares ‘12 Receives Fulbright Award
April 24, 2012
New York, N.Y.—Ricardo Soares ’12, an international studies major at Marymount Manhattan College, was selected as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Fulbright ETA Program, a component of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places recent U.S. college graduates as English teaching assistants in schools or universities overseas. Soares is among seven Fulbright fellows who will begin their 10-month assistantships in Macau, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China that was a Portuguese colony for nearly 500 years, this September.

Marymount Manhattan College to Host 75th Anniversary Gala, Honoring Nora Moran ‘06 and Bedford Hills College Program
April 18, 2012
New York, N.Y. – Marymount Manhattan College is pleased to announce that Nora Moran ’06, a graduate of the Bedford Hills College Program, as well as all students and graduates of the Bedford Hills College Program, will be honored at the College’s 75th Anniversary Gala at The Metropolitan Club in New York City. 

Three MMC Students Named 2012 Jeannette K. Watson Fellows
April 11, 2012
New York, N.Y. – Marymount Manhattan students Alice Luci Trye ’15, Sameera Uddin ’14 and Adam Warwinsky ’15 have been awarded a 2012 Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship. The three-year fellowship program offers paid summer internships, mentoring, and enhanced educational opportunities to New York City undergraduates who demonstrate exceptional promise, outstanding leadership skills, and commitment to the common good. 

Student Documentary Sparks Conversation at International Conference on Participatory Budgeting
April 9, 2012
New York, N.Y.—On March 30, a documentary created by Marymount Manhattan College students launched the “Participatory Budgeting in the U.S. and Canada: International Conference” at Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work, for an international panel discussing participatory budgeting. The event was the first regional conference devoted to participatory budgeting in New York City, celebrating the closing of its first planning cycle, which allowed citizens to take part in determining council members’ discretionary budgets. MMC student Nancy Baez ’12 also presented her senior thesis “Initiating the Participatory Budget in New York City” among a panel of scholars. Policy makers, politicians, community leaders and activists from more than 20 countries were in attendance. 

Nick LaMedica '10 performed in MMC's 2009 Theatre Production Workshop of Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
MMC Alumnus Nick LaMedica ‘10 to Tour with War Horse
April 3, 2012
New York, N.Y. – Since graduating from Marymount Manhattan College in 2010, Nick LaMedica has landed several prominent roles in New York and national theatre productions, including his recent appointment as a cast member for the national touring production of War Horse, the 2011 winner of five Tony Awards. LaMedica played Tod in Return to the Onion Cellar, a production that was part of last year’s New York International Fringe Festival, and in addition to several characters for Crash Theatre’s production of Romeo and Juliet, he played Tybalt at New Jersey’s Pax Amicus Castle Theatre and Romeo at Shakespeare Miami and New York’s Sink or Swim Rep. 

(L-R) Andrew C. Revkin, Barry Commoner and President Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D.
Andrew C. Revkin Delivers Inaugural Barry Commoner Environmental Lecture
March 23, 2012
New York, N.Y. – On March 21, prize-winning environmental journalist Andrew C. Revkin delivered the first Barry Commoner Environmental Lecture, “Nine Billion People Plus One Planet Equals?,” at Marymount Manhattan College in the Great Hall. His lecture provided solutions to making the world’s anticipated spike in population by the year 2050 livable for the future. In his optimistic view, Revkin suggested an exploration of ways in which colleges can foster progress on a finite planet, including using technology in more creative ways to communicate environmental standards worldwide.

Monica Wiles '13, recipient of the Dean's Award for Excellence, presented Marx, the Master and Me, sponsored by Bradley Herling...
Honors Day Features Student Research at 35th Annual Honors Colloquium
March 23, 2012
New York, N.Y.– On March 21, Marymount Manhattan College hosted Honors Day to celebrate intellectual and creative achievement by students and their faculty mentors through the sharing of outstanding student work. 

Corey Liberman, Ph.D.
MMC Communication Arts Professor Receives Distinguished Alumni Honor from Rutgers
March 20, 2012
New York, N.Y.—Corey Liberman, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication arts, has been selected as a distinguished alumnus in the field of communication by his alma mater Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Liberman, who received his master’s and doctorate degrees from Rutgers, was invited to present his research to Ph.D. candidates and faculty at Rutgers’ School of Communication and Information on April 20, which will be followed by a distinguished alumni dinner. Each year, Rutgers selects three distinguished alumni in the areas of communication, media studies, and library and information science for this presentation. 

Alexandra Tarasenko '12
Research on BPA Found in Baby Bottles Takes MMC Student to National Experimental Biology Meeting
March 19, 2012
New York, N.Y. – Marymount Manhattan biology major Alexandra Tarasenko ’12 will present her research findings in testing bisphenol A (BPA) found in baby bottles at the 2012 Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, Calif., April 21-25. Recent studies have shown that exposure to BPA can cause serious health problems among children, affecting brain functioning, behavior and development, and even leading to cancer, and Tarasenko’s research will show which commonly consumed baby liquids are the most vulnerable to BPA leaching.