Spring 2011 Issue - Lehman College

Awards
Charting the Growth of Both
External Funding and Enrollment
$30 Lehman College External Funding 1999-2010
$25
$20
$15
$10
$5
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Funding in Millions
$8.4
$10.2 $10.1
$26.1
$19.1
$14.9 $15.3 $16.3 $17.1 $17.1 $17.6 $18.8
’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10
CUNY Research Foundation Fiscal Year: July 1 - June 30
Since 1999, external funding for both research
and sponsored programs at Lehman College
has more than tripled, from $8.4 million in 1999
to $26.1 million in 2010. The large increase between
2009 and 2010 was due to the “MATH-
UP” grant, which totaled $7.6 million.
Faculty and Students Alike Win Awards for Their
Professional and Community Contributions
2010 was a banner year for the receipt of awards, from the College
itself and President Fernández to many faculty members and students.
Here are just a few of them.
Lehman College was named to the President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll for the second consecutive year. This is the highest
recognition an institution of higher learning can receive from the Federal
Government for its commitment to volunteering, community service, and civic
engagement.
The Department of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies
received recognition at “Somos CUNY/SUNY, Somos el Futuro,” in Albany,
on the occasion of its fortieth anniversary and as the first such department
to be established in the U.S.
President Ricardo R. Fernández received the Ninth Annual Latino Trendsetter
Award for his achievements, contributions, leadership, and service to
both the Hispanic and Bronx communities.
Mathematics and Computer Science Professor Jason Behrstock was
awarded a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, joining earlycareer
scientists, mathematicians, and economists from fifty-six colleges and
universities in the U.S. and Canada.
Total Number of Students
12000
9000
6000
3000
8,768
Lehman College Enrollment 2000-2010
12,195
11,860
10,922
10,814
10,615
10,281
9,712
9,510
8,889
12,115
Senior Alyza Brown was elected as the Undergraduate Student Memberat-Large
of the New York City chapter of the National Association of
Social Workers.
Distinguished Professor of English and former U.S. Poet Laureate
Billy Collins became the seventh recipient of the Nashville Public Library
Literary Award.
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2000 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09
Enrollment has increased at Lehman from 8,768
students in 2000 to more than 12,000 for the
past two years.
iPhone App Available for Lehman
Lehman announced the availability in 2010 of
a free Apple ® iPhone application that features
news, sports, events, an interactive campus map,
and other College-related information. The free
app can be downloaded at the iPhone App store
and will run on v. 3.1.2 or higher
of the phone’s software. It features
news, sports, events, an interactive
campus map, and other
College-related information.
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Nursing Professors Catherine Alicia Georges and Keville C. Frederickson
were appointed as nursing fellows at the prestigious New York
Academy of Medicine.
Professors Dinu Ghezzo (Music) and William M. Hoffman (Journalism,
Communication, and Theatre) received awards from ASCAP (American Society
of Composers, Authors, and Publishers), adding to the awards they have
previously won from the prestigious professional organization.
Conversations with William M. Hoffman received its second Telly
Award, this time for a show that featured guest David Kaufman, the author
of Doris Day—the Untold Story of the Girl Next Door.
The Irish Voice honored Professor Thomas Ihde (Languages and Literatures)
for the second year in a row as one of the Top 100 Irish educators
in America.
Inside Lehman X, a half-hour television program produced by a team of
students, faculty, and staff, won its third consecutive Hermes Creative Award,
bringing to eighteen the total number of awards the series has won since it
began in 2002.
Professor Andrei Jitianu (Chemistry) received the prestigious Feliks Gross
Endowment Award, which recognizes outstanding research conducted by
junior faculty in the humanities or sciences at CUNY.
Lehman continued Today/Spring on page 20113937