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Maria Andrews ’17, an International Studies and Dance major at MMC, received the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grant to teach in Malaysia from January to November 2018.

Jack Irvin, while interning at Rolling Stone, earns writing credits.

Dr. Ann Aguanno, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, published an article in ASBMB Today, the members’ magazine of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The College proudly recognizes the contributions of the Black community to the United States during Black History Month, celebrated during the month of February each year.

While many of us were binge-watching hours of Netflix on our couches, Emily Kincaid ’07 was hard at work creating content for the streaming service.

On Tuesday, March 12, 2:30-3:30pm, Emma J. Rosi, Ph.D. , Senior Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will deliver the 2019 Barry Commoner Lecture on the Environment.

Have you been granted admission to Marymount Manhattan College? Come check out campus, meet your future professors and classmates, and tour the residence hall at Accepted Students Day!

Marymount Manhattan College’s Ferraro Institute for Breakthrough Civic Leadership is pleased to announce its inaugural event: Bill T. Jones on the Arts and Social Justice, in conversation with Lane Harwell of the Ford Foundation on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 on the MMC campus. The Rudin Foundation is also a sponsor of this event.

International Studies major Raghib Allie-Brennan ’13 assumes his position as State Representative in Connecticut’s Second District today.

Elisabeth Condon is a 2018 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s annual Painters & Sculptors Grants, which provide 25 artists with $25,000 each in unrestricted funds.

On December 6, four alumni from the Department of Natural Sciences participated in an informational panel for current students.

As part of the ir   IS 398: Movement for Social Change   course,  five MMC student s  organized a protest to  draw attention to  the lack of accessibility in the NYC Transit System.

On November 13, MMC’s Journalism in the 21^st Century and Future Directions in Journalism classes headed to the US District Court – Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn to hear opening arguments in the trial against Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo,” and one of the world’s most dangerous drug dealers. The goal: write a breaking news story on one of the biggest trials of the year and network with news outlets.

Hallie Cohen, Professor of Art and Director of The Hewitt Gallery of Art, has been accepted as a Visiting Artist to the American Academy in Rome for two weeks in January 2019.

International Studies major Raghib Allie-Brennan ’13 upset the Republican incumbent of District 2 in Connecticut during the 2018 midterm elections on November 6.

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.

A new major and minor in Urban and Environmental Sustainability are available to declare.

Professor Dan Hunt’s feature length documentary, Little Miss Westie, will have it’s World Premiere at DocNYC, the country’s largest documentary film festival.