Press Release Archive

November 11

QUEENS COLLEGE STUDENT AIMS FOR THE MOON WITH ARTEMIS I MISSION

November 14

QUEENS COLLEGE PROFESSOR KRISTINA DENISOVA ESTABLISHES FIRST LINK BETWEEN LOW IQ IN INFANTS AND GREATER RISK FOR CHILDHOOD AUTISM

October 25

QUEENS COLLEGE TO HOLD OCTOBER 27 RIBBON-CUTTING TO DEDICATE BILLION-YEAR-OLD BOULDER IN HONOR OF WILSON RANTUS (1807-1861), PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, EDUCATOR, AND BUSINESSMAN, WHOSE FARM AND FAMILY CEMETERY BORDERED WHAT IS NOW THE CAMPUS

October 12

QUEENS COLLEGE CELEBRATES 85TH ANNIVERSARY WITH PRESIDENT’S MEDAL PRESENTATIONS TO NOTABLE ALUMNI, AN EXHIBITION AND VIDEO ON THE COLLEGE’S HISTORY, AND A RECEPTION WITH LIVE MUSIC

October 7

QUEENS COLLEGE CELEBRATES 85TH ANNIVERSARY WITH PRESIDENT’S MEDAL PRESENTATIONS TO NOTABLE ALUMNI, AN EXHIBITION AND VIDEO ON THE COLLEGE’S HISTORY, AND A RECEPTION WITH LIVE MUSIC

October 3

Congresswoman Grace Meng Visits Queens College Project—Made Possible with Nearly $2 Million in Funding Support From Her—That Tests Wastewater for Pathogens, including Coronaviruses (COVID-19), Influenza, Polio, and Monkeypox

September 29

Queens College Announces New Faculty, Student Support and Courses to Mark Students’ Return for the College’s 85th Anniversary Year

September 22

A New Queens College Exhibition, Understatements: Lost and Found in Asian America, Explores the Evolution of Asian American Identity, September 28 – January 6, 2023

September 7

A New Queens College Exhibition, Understatements: Lost and Found in Asian America, Explores the Evolution of Asian American Identity, September 28 – January 6, 2023

August 24

Performance by Grammy-Nominated Rap Artist Fivio Foreign to Highlight Queens College’s Welcome Day for 1,500 First-Year and Transfer Students

July 19

Queens College Baseball Student-Athlete Marc Cisco Earns All-American Honors

June 8
Queens College Hosts Pridefesr 2022, A City University of New York (CUNY) In-Person Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion.

June 3
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Spoke at Queens College’s First In-Person Commencement Ceremony in Two Years on Thursday, June 2, 9 am; Marked Its Ninety-Eighth Commencement

June 1
Queens College Seniors Awarded International Fulbright Scholarships

May 25

Library of Congress Awards Grant to Queens College to Support New Uses of its Godwin-Terbach Museum Collections in Middle and High School Classrooms

May 18
Queens College Senior Receives Prestigious Jonas E. Salk Scholarship
Premed student David Musheyev is among only eight recipients of the Salk Scholarship, one of CUNY’s highest honors. 

May 18
Queens College to Honor the Late Jimmy Heath, World -Renowned Jazz Master and Music Professor, In Benefit Concert may 21

March 23
Queens College Names Kate Pechenkina as Dean of Social Sciences

March 21
QUEENS STEM ACADEMY Launched by LaGuardia Community College and Queens College to Increase Hispanic, Low-Income, and other Under-Represented Minorities in High-Demand STEM Fields

March 11
Queens College to Receive Federal Funding for Project to Detect COVID-19 in Wastewater

March 3
Queens College Announces New School of Business at March 3 Opening Reception

April 12
Queens College Wheelchair Basketball Standout Seira Larrauri Garcia is First-Ever CUNY Athlete Invited to Vie for a Spot on U.S. National Team

April 07
Queens College is First College in New York State and Second in the Nation to Hold Yellow Heart Memorial Honoring 123 Members of Its Community Lost to COVID-19