College News

Mariko Silver received an honorary degree and gave the keynote speech at the 2017 commencement ceremonies for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Hofstra University.

The 2012 ¿ÐýÃŹÙÍø commencement speech by actor Peter Dinklage '91—one of the best ever, according to NPR—was cited in The Week's recent podcast on "the anatomy of a commencement speech."

The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article by Duncan Dobbelmann about the challenges–and opportunities–presented by offering pop-up courses.

Mariko Silver was interviewed for two articles featured on Linkedin.com about the role that mentoring can play in professional success.

The artist, curator, urbanist, and facilitator Theaster Gates was in residence at ¿ÐýÃŹÙÍø College in April, speaking to students, faculty, and staff about making place and making change, the two driving forces of his work. The highlight of his time on campus was the Adams–Tillim Lecture, which he delivered on April 25. By Aruna D'Souza