Thursday, May 2, 2024
Photo courtesy of Diana Robinson, Flickr After a long year of empty theaters and cancellations, New York City is slowly bringing arts and culture back to life in a new arts festival called NY PopUps, NBC reports. The festival began hosting outdoor events at the end of February all over […]
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College, Instagram Dr. Cindy R. Jebb will be Ramapo College’s fifth president, as this was announced on Friday, March 10 through email and the college’s social media platforms. President-elect Jebb will officially hold the role starting July 6. On Friday afternoon, the Board of Trustees voted […]
Photo courtesy of James McCauley, Shuttershock COVID-19 has reared its ugly face for about a year now and shows few signs of going away. However, with many celebrities and public figures advocating for the vaccine and staying safe, the spread of the virus could begin to slow down. Celebrities’ opinions on […]
Phtoto courtesy of Roey Ahram, Flickr Cinema fans in the city that never sleeps can return to movie theaters on March 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced recently. Movie theaters began to close in New York last March when rates of COVID-19 began to pick up deadly speed in the United […]
Photo courtesy of jlhervàs, Flickr The United States has officially surpassed 500,000 coronavirus deaths. Millions of Americans are on unemployment and living paycheck to paycheck. The supply of vaccines has been scarce, leaving millions of senior citizens and those who possess health issues short handed. In response, the Biden administration has […]
Photo by Emily Melvin On the evening of Thursday, Feb. 11, the College Programming Board welcomed poet and spoken word artist Jae Nichelle for a virtual performance. Nichelle is a young and empowering artist from Atlanta, GA. who focuses on the strength, struggle and beauty of being a Black woman. […]
Photo by Danielle DeAngelis Award-winning author Amina Gautier virtually spoke to Ramapo College students and faculty on Thursday, Feb. 11 via WebEx. Professor Hugh Sheehy of the creative writing program hosted the reading and Q&A session. Gautier has published three short story collections: “At-Risk,” “Now We Will Be Happy” and, […]
Photo courtesy of Chris Zúniga, Flickr New masking recommendations from the CDC have emerged 13 months after COVID-19 was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The importance of wearing a mask or cloth face covering was stressed early on, being cited as one of the most important […]
Photo by Emily Melvin Ramapo’s Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts will be hosting a virtual Faculty Film Series every Tuesday in February. The event will showcase four Ramapo professors' feature films. On Feb. 2, the first Tuesday viewing featured Associate Professor Kelly Dolak’s 2017 documentary “Loyalty Code.” Students […]
