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Deborah Berlinger Eiferman, who turned 100 last month, sits in her Riverdale home as she explained how her mother’s guidance and a lot positivity has helped her attain century mark.
Turning 100 as the year turns to 2023
The headline in a local Brooklyn newspaper on Jan. 2, 1923 read, “Women will rule this year.” It was just four years after women got the vote after the 19th amendment became law. more
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Matthew Garaicoa, a sociology major and a social inequality and urban studies minor, wowed Lehman College faculty members with his research project titled “History of the Gross Michel” and a class collaboration, “Lets go Bananas” between the Lehman Lab for social analysis and the New York Botanical Garden. He also co-wrote and starred in ¡Pa’lante! A play inspired by the Black Lives Matter protest.
Lehman College student takes race unity top prize
What’s a deadly disease that has killed off a once-famous type of banana have to do with the winner of an annual race unity essay award? more
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Lydia Dufour makes Slippery Rock dean’s list
Lydia Dufour of greater Riverdale was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at Slippery Rock University. She had a GPA of 3.5 or higher and earned at least 12 credits. more
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RaShawn Stores’ history with Manhattan College dates back long before he became the interim head coach of the men’s basketball team late last year. A Bronx native, when Stores chose to go to college he stayed close to home and eventually helped lead the Jaspers to back-to-back MAAC Championships alongside fellow Bronx native Emmy Andújar.
Relationship built from tragedy keeps ex-mates strong
Everyone who knows Emmanuel “Emmy” Andújar has one tragic day in April of 2012 forever etched in their minds. It was the day Andújar, a former Manhattan College basketball star, lost his brother, Jose, to an unthinkable tragedy, leaving him speechless. more
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Former Manhattan head coach Steve Masiello yells out instructions to Iona players during the Gaels’ 84-76 win over the Manhattan Jaspers on Friday night.
Iona gets last laugh in thrilling overtime game
It’s been out with the old and in with the new for the Manhattan College men’s basketball team this season. But there was something familiar in open view on Friday night that had been a common sight at Draddy Gymnasium over the years. more
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Manhattan College has rich history behind it, starting with its name — Manhattan College, which was founded in 1853 on 131st street and Broadway. Eventually the school went north. The 'new Manhattan' stationed in Riverdale in 1922 and the beginning of the 2022 semester was the start of 100 years in the northwest Bronx.
Manhattan College celebrates a century in the Bronx
While when men were going to fight for the United States overseas in the 1940s, Manhattan College almost shut its doors because it was losing students to the military draft. Yet, last fall the college with roots in Manhattan celebrated its survival. more
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Courtney Warley played on the Manhattan College women’s basketball for five seasons, the last which ended in a trip to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament title game for the Jaspers. Warley’s career at Manhattan was a resounding success from an individual standpoint, featuring a four all-conference team nods, MAAC Defensive Player of the Year honors, and Manhattan College Student Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
Ex-Jasper basketball star finds her calling overseas
On what seemed like just another late August day Courtney Warley bid a temporary goodbye to her family and the familiarity of her whole existence. more
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Students who want to learn technical skills can help themselves and their school find funding.
A Unique Approach To Funding Education
(NAPSI)—Here’s a clever secondary education idea you may be glad you learned: When graduates walk across the stage at a Texas State Technical College (TSTC) graduation ceremony, they do more than … more
The observatory dome at Nassau Community College, at the construction site, next to the building it came off. That observatory is heading to Jerome Park Reservoir.
First NYC public observatory coming to Bronx
An observatory that was used for more than 40 years in Garden City needed a new place to call home. Students at Nassau Community College once had it on their campus until they began renovations to modernize the campus in 2019. more
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Future now program at BCC
Bronx Community College received a $125,000 grant from Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies in support of the college’s Future Now program. more
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