Underscoring its support for adding the arts to the nation’s focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Teachers College, Columbia University’s Academic Festival 2016.Continue reading
Health Department Recognizes World TB Day With New TB Data
In recognition of World TB Day, the Health Department today released data on tuberculosis cases in New York City. Continue reading
ADIFF Celebrates Woman History Month In Harlem
Women behind the camera are the focus of this month’s African Diaspora International Film Festival film program to be held at Teachers College, Columbia University from Friday, March 25 to Sunday, March 27, 2016.Continue reading
Columbia University’s Three-Story Academic Conference Center
Back in October of 2014, YIMBY reported that construction was wrapping up on Columbia University’s nine-story, 450,000-square-foot Jerome L. Greene Science Center at 3229 Broadway, between West 129th and 130th Streets, in the Manhattanville section of Harlem.Continue reading
Equity Play By Students From Harlem (And Beyond) At Columbia
Be inspired, informed and entertained by an original educational-equity-themed play written and performed by the Campaign for Educational Equity's high-school-student collaborators from Epic Theatre Ensemble.Continue reading
Teachers College Presents “10467,” An Educational Equity In Harlem
Teachers College, Columbia University’s Campaign for Educational Equity, in collaboration with the Epic Theatre Ensemble, is presenting 10467, an original, educational equity-themed play written and performed by high school students.Continue reading
Columbia University’s Community Scholars Program Seeks Nominations And Applications
Columbia University's Community Scholars Program is seeking nominations and applications for its next class; the deadline is Friday, April 29, 2016. Continue reading
Sign Up Your Kid For The HYPOTHEkids, K-12 STEM Initiative
HYPOTHEkids, is Harlem Biospace's K-12 STEM initiative, they run a summer program called the Hk Maker Lab in Harlem, New York.Continue reading
Harlem World Magazine Editors Present At Just Food Conference In Harlem
On Sunday, March 13th, at 2:50 pm - 4:20 pm EST, the annual Just Food Conference will take place at Teachers College, Columbia University. The event is being held in partnership with the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy. Continue reading
Book Debut ‘For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood’ By Christopher Emdin In Harlem
The debut of Christopher Emdin's (Teachers College, Columbia University) brand new book, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education at Columbia University, promises to be a great event.Continue reading
Harlem Food Entrepreneurs Meetup In Harlem
Does everyone tell you that your food is the best and you should sell it? Rightly so, the folks at Columbia University feel that if you have considered or recently started a food business, this is the meetup for you. Continue reading
Schomburg’s Muhammad Gives Keynote At Teachers College In Harlem
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Minority Post-Doctoral Fellowship program, Teachers College will host Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for a keynote address.Continue reading
HW Pick: Seneca Village Tour In Central Park NY
Though it may look like the rest of Central Park, the landscape along the Park’s perimeter from West 82nd to West 85th Streets holds some of Central Park’s most important history.Continue reading
Harlem’s Columbia President “Nicholas Miraculous” Murray Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler, April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947, was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University in West Harlem, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Continue reading
New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia
In her first major policy address in New York City, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia will deliver her vision for preparing excellent teachers during the Phyllis L. Kossoff Lecture on Education Policy.Continue reading