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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.

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.

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.

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

The 2018 Annual Scholarship Benefit raised over $1 million in support of need-based student scholarships!

On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, MMC Career Services held its 3^rd Annual Career Summit.

Jennelie Korbes, a Psychology major with a double minor in Forensic Psychology and Theatre, is MMC’s 2018 Valedictorian.

MMC is pleased to announce John Leguizamo and Debora L. Spar will be awarded Honorary Degrees at the 2018 commencement ceremony.

Biology alumna Alice Trye ’15 has been named a Global Health Distinction Fellow by her M.D. program at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Art alumnus ocikush is having a one-man show, COME SEE, at Antonina Sanat Galerisi in Istanbul, Turkey. The show runs April 3–May 5, 2018.