Results

January 15, 2025: A performance by Afro-Dominican Flamenco artist Laura Peralta at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 1 is part of the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies

January 9, 2025: Two LaGuardia students, Quashawna Hutcherson and Laniel Collazo, were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a prestigious award from the U.S. State Department for students with limited financial means. Both students will use their scholarships to

January 9, 2025: LaGuardia is a designated location for New York City’s 20th annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate project. The overnight event on Jan. 28 is a key part of addressing homelessness across the five boroughs.

January 7, 2025: A blood drive will be hosted at LaGuardia Community College on Monday, January 27.

January 7, 2025: Dr. Stephen Petrus, historian with the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, on the legacy of Ed Sedarbaum, known as the ‘grandfather’ of the Queens LGBTQ movement.

January 2, 2025: The $5.8 million grant to LaGuardia Community College from the New York State Education Department to provide pre-employment transition services to students with disabilities is included in a roundup of major news stories impacting Western Queens in

January 2, 2025: LaGuardia first-generation student Tabia Tarannu was named a 2024-25 Kaplan Leadership Scholar.

January 2, 2025: A new online exhibition from the LaGuardia & Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College provides an introduction to the passage of the “Gay Rights Bill” by the New York City Council, for scholars, students, and the general

January 2, 2025: Stephen Petrus, Director of Public History Programs at the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, is interviewed about “A Complete Unknown,” the newest biopic about Bob Dylan and his early years in the folk music scene, staring Timothée Chalamet

OPEN CAMPUS January 31, 2025: LaGuardia Community College and Columbia University are the only two colleges currently teaching at Rikers Island. Criminal Justice Professor Cory Rowe directs an initiative, in partnership with the nonprofit College Way, offering a college-level course

December 31, 2024: Alexander Seki, Associate Director of Green Job Programs at LaGuardia Community College, discusses training programs for solar panel installation, offshore wind technician (wind turbine technician), and other green jobs in order to fill growing employer need and

December 23, 2024: Elimane Tambedou, a Senegalese migrant living in Queens, takes English classes at LaGuardia Community College.

December 20, 2024: LaGuardia Community College offers tuition-free program for immigrant nurses to join NYC healthcare workforce.

December 11, 2024: Dr. Richard Lieberman, Professor of History at LaGuardia, comments on the food scene in the Upper West Side in the late 1960s.

December 11, 2024: Dr. Joshua Tan, a professor of physics and astronomy at LaGuardia Community College, commented on reports of unidentified drones flying over parts of New Jersey.

December 8, 2024: The gift of $116 million to LaGuardia Community College from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation was one of the largest gifts to a higher education institution in 2024.

December 4, 2024: For nearly 40 years, Dr. Kyoko Toyama, College Discovery counselor and Japanese language professor at LaGuardia, has advocated for the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, supporting its mission to abolish nuclear weapons and promote the rights of hibakusha—survivors

December 2, 2024: English Professor Jason Hendrickson, a CUNY Career Success Leadership Fellow, explores the importance of faculty-student mentorship.

December 2, 2024: How Dr. Milena Cuéllar and other LaGuardia Community College instructors make math relevant and exciting for students.

BRONXNET December 31, 2024: Alexander Seki, Associate Director of Green Job Programs at LaGuardia Community College, discusses training programs for solar panel installation, offshore wind technician (wind turbine technician), and other green jobs in order to fill growing employer need

November 28, 2024: Jasmine Edwards, a professor at LaGuardia Community College and certified therapeutic recreation specialist, serves on the board of Arts For All, an arts organization dedicated to bringing artistic opportunities to students in New York City.

November 27, 2024: The LaGuardia Community College Foundation is seeking donations on Giving Tuesday, December 3, to support students. Additionally, LaGuardia CARES is requesting donations of non-perishable food, winter clothing, and toiletries to assist students during the upcoming holiday season,

November 21, 2024: LaGuardia Community College is ranked No. 5 among U.S. two-year colleges in economic mobility—moving low-income people to the middle class and beyond—in a Stanford University study. LaGuardia is ranked as the top school for RN and LPN

November 19, 2024: LaGuardia Community College is a training site of a program helping prepare international nurses to enter the New York workforce and combat the nursing shortage.

November 14, 2024: LAGCC’s Theater Program Presents Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad, November 19–23.

November 7, 2024: LaGuardia is granted $5.8 million from the New York State Education Department to help students with disabilities. The award is the largest ever presented to a single CUNY college in support of students with disabilities.

November 7, 2024: LaGuardia Community College hosts grand opening of Finca La Florecita (Little Flower Farm), a new urban farm and research center on campus.

November 7, 2024: LaGuardia Community College Opens New Urban Farm, Finca La Florecita.