January 6-12, 2025

Lehman Weekly

College Events, Updates, and Extras

Olmec Head on a winter day

Photos of the Week

A dusting of snow is seen in front of the Old Gym and on the Olmec Head at the start of winter session ❄️

(Photos by Lehman College Multimedia Center)

Lehman in the News

Assistant Professor Douglas Oberlin (Exercise Sciences and Recreation) provides insight to USA Today on a new LPGA and US Golf Association policy banning transgender women

 

Leonard Lief Library's Joseph Tusiani Collection curated by Marguerite Zappa is featured on CUNY TV’s Italics

 

Podcast 🎙️ Associate Professor Olivia Loksing Moy (English) interviews outgoing Professor Mary Phillips (Africana Studies) about her new book Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins

Fall Flashback

Posed Group Photo

Lehman College was well represented at the 2024 SOMOS conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico this past November


Portrait photo of the professor

Faculty Spotlight

Assistant Professor Maurice Vann (Social Work) researches the potential of VR applications to enhance social work education

Diana Higuera-Cortés (Languages and Literatures) is one of CUNY’s 2025 Adjunct Incubator Awardees and is developing La Loteria Niuyorkina as a teaching tool for students

 

Lecturer Alyssa Lyons (Sociology) reviews Christine E. Sleeter’s book Critical Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice

 

Alumna Claudia Hurtado '23 (Nursing) shares her success story as a recent graduate of Lehman's international nursing program

Featured Events

💙 Volunteer for HOPE 2025 on January 28 and help estimate the unsheltered population of NYC to provide targeted assistance to help New Yorkers come inside

Center for Teaching and Learning

Faculty Opportunities

Join a half-day workshop January 17 at 10 a.m. and learn how to incorporate writing assignments across disciplines–You will design or revise syllabi and assignments using WAC principles, create action plans, and reflect on teaching practices (In-person/Hyflex)


Attend a winter online writing retreat January 22-24 and dedicate three days to focus on your academic projects


Faculty are invited to submit awards, honors, and accomplishments, for inclusion in the next Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Works VideoDeadline: February 28


Scene On Campus

Group Lined Up in Performing Arts Center Lobby
Gregory with Plaque
Large Group posed

The Lehman community held a special walkout ceremony for retiring Deputy Director of Public Safety Gregory Nigri to honor his 32 years of service to the college. (Photos by Janel Martinez)

“When Public Safety is a 24-hour operation, he's way beyond that. Any time of the day if I needed him, he was always there. It takes a special person to do this. It came from his heart.”

Director of Public Safety Fausto Ramirez on Gregory Nigri

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