Campus News – Page 9

May 2, 2022

“Ozark”: Lousy finale, great series

By Darren Johnson Campus News Well, that series finale was awful. “Ozark,” the epic Jason Bateman-led crime show on Netflix, has stretched four seasons…

January 13, 2022

Essay: That professor who dropped the mic

By Darren Johnson Campus News I found myself recently channeling that old crank political science professor I’d had back in the day. One day…

January 7, 2022

Podcast: The Top 10 bands who never had a Top 40 hit

Riffing off of his article, “The Top 10 Bands That Never Had a US Top 40 Single” in the latest edition of Campus News,…

December 3, 2021

SUNY Board, UUP and others stand by Malatras

After the SUNY Student Assembly and a SUNY community college faculty group condemned Chancellor Jim Malatras (see separate story) for off-color emails he’d sent…

October 13, 2021

SUNY students are nearly 100% vaccinated

State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras today announced that SUNY students are nearing full compliance with the New York State Vaccine Mandate,…

August 10, 2021

Non-credit college preparedness course offered at C-GCC

Columbia-Greene Community College is offering a new, non-credit course in College Preparedness, offering students an in-depth look at preparing for the college of their…

April 15, 2021

Three CUNY profs are Guggenheim Fellows

Three nationally celebrated CUNY faculty members have been awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships for their work in art, letters and photography, placing the University among…

April 15, 2021

SCCC freezes tuition again; $2735/semester

For the second consecutive year, Suffolk County Community College’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to freeze tuition at the State University of New York’s…

April 6, 2021

FMCC makes acting president permanent

State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed Dr. Gregory Truckenmiller as president for Fulton-Montgomery Community College, effective immediately. The appointment was…

February 19, 2021

CUNY online diversity events marred by hate groups

Several virtual Zoom events hosted by CUNY campuses over the past 10 days were the targets of hateful attacks by individuals who infiltrated the…

February 18, 2021

Proposal to help more EOP students attain medical school

State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced today the first ever statewide initiative to help more Educational Opportunity Program students get into…

January 29, 2021

SUNY Adirondack to cut seven programs

SUNY Adirondack will begin the process of eliminating seven academic programs with persistently low enrollment by no longer admitting new students in these programs…

January 26, 2021

Chancellor delivers the State of SUNY address

SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras delivered the annual State of the University System Address today. A video and transcript can be found here: https://www.suny.edu/sotus/. SUNY’s…

January 26, 2021

SUNY considers spring sports

Chancellor Jim Malatras issued the following statement regarding spring athletics at SUNY colleges: “SUNY student athletes have done a tremendous job in such uncertain…

January 21, 2021

Suffolk nursing students help with distribution of Covid vaccine

More than five-dozen Suffolk County Community College nursing students have volunteered to assist New York State and Suffolk County with the administration of the lifesaving COVID-19…