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Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) is saddened to learn of the passing of Sister Brigid Driscoll, a member for 62 years of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), MMC’s founding order. She was also an alumna of MMC (Class of 1954), a former MMC trustee, and a Math instructor at MMC’s Bedford Hills College Program, at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, NY. In addition to many other roles, Sister Brigid served for two decades as the President of Marymount College, Tarrytown, MMC’s parent college. She died at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, on Monday, October 29, 2018 at the age of 84.

Keaven Caro, an alumnus of the Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience programs at MMC, has been accepted to UConn School of Medicine and Graduate School for the entering class of 2019.

Three brave MMC students traveled to New Haven to compete against nearly 100 other teams from across the country at Yale University’s second International Policy Competition.

Philip Trevino, Technical Director of Dance, has been selected as the winner of the Rosco Gobo Design Contest.

Booklaunch for Square Octagon Circle at Bureau, New York, NY
October 11 2018, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., 178 Norfolk St.
Ellie will perform a work in progress of The Eoliths at 7:00 p.m.
Her works are currently included in Indicators: Artists on Climate Change at Storm King Art Center  (May 19-November 11, 2018).

Two Biology student clubs (the Science Society and the Pre-Med Club) were awarded a $500 grant to conduct public outreach activities this term.

MMC student leaders completed an overnight immersive leadership weekend program at YMCA Camp Mason in Hardwick, New Jersey.

The MMC community is delighted to congratulate Communication and Media Arts alumna Olivia Armstrong ’14 on her 2018 Emmy in Interactive Media!

Edited by EWL Professor Peter Naccarato and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Kathleen LeBesco, the duo’s latest collection by Bloomsbury has received high praise by a number of leading food and culture scholars.

President Kerry Walk and the entire MMC community are delighted to congratulate alumna, former trustee, and longtime benefactor Gloria Spinelli Bohan ’63, H’03 on receiving the American Society of Travel Advisors’ (ASTA) prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Lesly Castillo ’21 spent her summer studying terrapins in New York City’s Jamaica Bay.

Ashley Pavia ’21, a double major in Biology and Environmental Studies, earned the opportunity to present her summer research at the major international conference in aquatic sciences in Puerto Rico this coming winter.

On Thursday, August 30, 2018, Marymount Manhattan College officially welcomed the Class of 2022 and new transfer students to the campus community at the New Student Convocation, a festive event attended by hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and trustees.

A research team led by Prof. Alessandra Leri has published a study entitled “Particulate organohalogens in edible brown seaweeds” in the journal Food Chemistry. Two Biology alumnae, Marisa Dunigan ’15 and Rosie Wenrich ’17, appear as authors on the paper.

The Marymount Manhattan College community is saddened to learn of the passing of two members of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) who were influential in the founding and development of Marymount Manhattan College (MMC): Sr. Ellen Marie Keane and Sr. Máire (Brendan) McQuillan. Both Both Sr. Ellen Marie and Sr. Máire died peacefully at Marymount Convent in Tarrytown, NY, on August 5, 2018.

Adjunct Professor Deanna Twain is Lead Producer of the Broadway play The Lifespan of a Fact.

Long-time Academic Writing professor Patrick McCarthy is attending and presenting his research at the annual American Conference for Irish Studies, this year at University College Cork, Ireland.

Any admirer of the arts knows that dance should be more than just movement.

Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts, Erin Greenwell, and alumna Christina Remley ’17 were part of the postproduction team for Yomeddine, a film which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film festival and nominated for the Palme D’Or award.

Jim Holl, Associate Professor of Art at MMC, has a new exhibition titled All the Living Things, featuring his large-scale paintings and small works on paper. The exhibition will run in Chelsea at the Garvey | Simon Gallery from June 11 through July 14.

In a small basement studio at Marymount Manhattan College, 15 students in pink tights and ballet shoes were hard at work perfecting their craft.

On Friday, May 18, 2018, Marymount Manhattan College held its 69^th Commencement Exercises at Lincoln Center’s iconic David Geffen Hall.

Six MMC Biology students presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) undergraduate poster competition held during the 2018 ASBMB Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA on April 21-25, 2018.

Communication and Media Arts Professor Corey Liberman, Ph.D. received the Past President’s Award at the 109^th Annual Eastern Communication Association (ECA) Convention held April 25-29, 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA.

On Thursday, May 24, 2018, the Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP) will hold its annual commencement ceremony at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison for women.