Vinod Menon of the Physics Department describes the important contribution that undergraduate students make to research at Queens College.

Dr. Cecilia McHugh, Professor of Oceanography, discusses creation of a program for undergraduate students to increase the representation of minority students doing field research in the geosciences at Queens College.

Edward Smaldone talks about his Queens College journey from a freshman barely able to read music to director of the school's Aaron Copland School of Music.

Michele Fraboni of the Elementary and Early Childhood Education Department describes her life-changing experience in coming to QC as an elementary school teacher and finding a new career in the college classroom.

Sports-industry jobs have never been easy to land — positions are limited and the competition fierce. But Matthew Higgins, executive vice president of Business Operations for the New York Jets, says there is still a way in. “There is no natural path to be part of a sports team or league,” says Higgins, “but the two I’ve seen work are internships and [ticket] sales.” Higgins, Queens College class of ’98, participated in the third annual Sports Alumni Roundtable, sponsored by the college’s...

Rep. John R. Lewis challenged Queens College’s 2009 graduates to “find a way to get in the way.” The Democratic Congressman from Georgia said, “You must stand up for what is right, for what is just, for what is good, you must do it — it is your calling.” The civil rights pioneer recalled growing up in rural Alabama when blacks, including his parents, endured the injustices of segregation. “But one day, at age 15, I heard about Rosa Parks, I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the...