Making Headway is a nonprofit supporting families of children diagnosed with brain or spinal cord tumors. In 2024 the organization will provide up to 15 scholarships of up to $5,000 to eligible applications. more

Shelley Johnson promises to bring the highest quality education to the School of Health and Professions as the new dean of health and professions at Manhattan College. She started that job July 15. more

Gregory Dymerets, Delia Lima, and Jadalynn Palma of greater Riverdale were all named to the dean’s list at the University of Delaware for their hard work during the fall 2023 semester. more

Three students from greater Riverdale were marked with outstanding academic achievements from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, as first and second honors. more

The call of a lifetime is well worth the wait. If you are a baseball player with big dreams, there is universal agreement about what said phone call would be. Tom Cosgrove waited seven years for that call. more

Over two months since Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israel, the scars are very much present for two Manhattan College basketball players who are experiencing the secondhand effects of war while living away from their homeland. Playing back certain parts of Oct. 7, such as the horror stories relayed back to them from family and friends who lived it, is hard enough. Even now, the stories that are spread through social media and text messages are seemingly impossible to escape. more

Manhattan men’s lacrosse secured a share of the 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 6-2 win over Wagner in Staten Island on Saturday night in the regular season finale. more

Greater Riverdale’s Jesenya Olivas, a senior cybersecurity major specializing in information and systems security, graduated from Le Moyne College and made its dean’s list as well. She held a grade point average of 3.5 or above. more

History with an exclamation point sums up the title-winning run for the Nigeria women’s basketball team at the 2023 AfroBasket tournament. more

For a little over a year, the College of Mount Saint Vincent soccer and lacrosse programs have been able to call the Athletic Field at Marillac their home. The addition of the turf field, which overlooks the Hudson River, is part of a movement from the current administration to make athletics a priority for the future. more