Features – Campus News

November 29, 2024

COVER STORY: On the Frontlines of History

By Dave Paone Campus News Helena Cheng sat as a reporter for Fox News four rows behind Donald Trump at his first trial in…

November 21, 2024

Visiting a legal cannabis dispensary

By Darren Johnson Campus News Windy Hill Wellness — my county’s first state-approved cannabis dispensary — had its grand opening/ribbon cutting this past month….

November 12, 2024

By getting involved in research, you can realize your dreams

By Laura Spinu, Ph.D. with Ebony Goldman Special to Campus News When I arrived at Kingsborough Community College to interview to be a professor…

October 18, 2024

Cengage to launch Student Assistant, a bot to help you understand your text

By Darren Johnson Campus News Normally a journalism story shouldn’t break into “first person,” but sometimes using “I” is needed if the writer brings…

October 18, 2024

From BMCC to Lawrence U. – overcoming adversity to major in AI

By Brianna M. Abreu Campus News Anthony Chimbay is a Mexican first-generation college student raised in Brooklyn, New York. Anthony’s mother immigrated from Mexico…

July 22, 2024

Talking with a new pot dispensary licensee

By Darren Johnson Campus News Windy Hill C-B-D, run by Holly Harris on Main Street in the Village of Greenwich, in Upstate Washington County,…

July 22, 2024

Long Islander has a yen for Japan

By Dave Paone Campus News Several years ago there was “Café Americain,” a television series where Valerie Bertinelli played Holly Aldridge, a young American…

June 21, 2024

A political science student, from community college to getting a master’s at the CUNY Graduate Center

By Janna Rojas Special to Campus News Born and raised in the Bronx, Justin Castro didn’t plan to go to college. His idea was…

June 20, 2024

A student’s journey from immigrant to soldier to Ph.D. student

By Jessica Wang Special to Campus News Growing up in Colombia and moving to the United States at a young age, Lucas Agudelo was…

June 5, 2024

A Cuban immigrant and community college grad follows her Ph.D. dreams

Karen Santos pursued her passion for Latin American literature into a CUNY Graduate Center Ph.D. program. By Emily Blackburne Special to Campus News Three…

June 5, 2024

Bedpan duty doesn’t deter this recent grad

By Dave Paone Campus News As far back as Kyra Higbie can remember, her mother was always rescuing injured, wild animals and nursing them…

May 22, 2024

From Bogotá, Colombia, to LaGuardia CC

By Dave Paone Campus News For the past few years, a hot-button issue in the US has been immigration – specifically illegal immigration –…

May 19, 2024

It’s time we talk about how to use AI ethically in college

By Janna Rojas Special to Campus News I’ve seen many students use ChatGPT for classwork. I’ve used it too to give me ideas on…

April 7, 2024

I went from community college to getting a doctorate, and you can, too

By May Myat Moe Special to Campus News In 2007, I left my home country of Myanmar for New York to pursue a college…

April 7, 2024

App aims to make college safe

By Dave Paone Campus News The world can be a scary place. Violent crimes happen every day and let’s face it, they can happen…