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Leaders in art, government and culinary worlds being honored at Caribbean Heritage event

June 14 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

FLATBUSH — THE FLATBUSH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MARKET is the setting this coming Tuesday, June 18, the New York State Comptroller is hosting his 10th Annual Caribbean Heritage Event. In conjunction with the national observance of Caribbean American Heritage Month, DiNapoli will honor Assemblymember Kimberly Jean-Pierre (11th AD/Suffolk County), a graduate of Brooklyn College and proud […]

A protester's sign to keep Downstate open. Images courtesy of UUP

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SUNY Downstate Hospital Proposed Closure Plan: Myths vs Realities

April 15 | Special from UUP, United University Professions

SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced a plan Jan. 16 to make drastic changes in the structure and operation of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. SUNY’s plan would relegate this safety net hospital to a wing in Kings County Hospital Center and farm out other healthcare services to neighboring hospitals, effectively closing the hospital. […]

(From left) Associate Professor Malcolm J. Merriweather; Pulitzer Prize-winner and Kennedy Center honoree, conductor, and educator Tania León; Leonard Tow of The Tow Foundation; and Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson at the Presidential Lecture Series event on March 28 at the college.

Tow Foundation endows new chair named for Tania León at Brooklyn College

April 8 | Special from Brooklyn College

FLATBUSH — Thanks to the generosity of the Tow Foundation, more specifically Leonard Tow, who graduated from Brooklyn College in 1950, the School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts will enjoy a new chair. Pulitzer Prize-winner and Kennedy Center honoree Tania León returned to Brooklyn College recently, as part of President Michelle J. Anderson’s Presidential […]