Archive for January, 2012

The Benefits of Strength Training While You’re Pregnant

January 11, 2012 3:16 pm Health Sciences Dept

A new paper by Lehman College Professor Brad Schoenfeld (Health Sciences) details how strength training can benefit pregnant women. Professor Schoenfeld, a specialist in exercise science, published his work in the October issue of Strength and Conditioning Journal, a bimonthly publication of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSC). According to the conclusions he reached after [...]

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Meet Our Graduate Students in Art

January 11, 2012 2:49 pm Art Dept, Graduate Studies, Multimedia, School of Arts and Humanities, Students

Three students in Lehman College’s Master of Fine Arts Program discuss what inspires their painting and how their work has blossomed while studying at Lehman.

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Graduate Student to Compete in Miss NY USA Beauty Pageant

January 10, 2012 6:14 pm Alumni, Athletics, Middle and High School Education Dept

Joely Bernat, a graduate student in Lehman’s TESOL program and formerly one of the Lehman Lightning’s top swimmers, is poised to compete in the Miss NY USA beauty pageant competition on January 14 and 15, at Purchase College.

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Auditing Courses at Lehman: A ‘Smart Value’ for Senior Citizens

January 9, 2012 4:26 pm Admissions, Community Outreach

It didn’t take Lorraine Coyle Koppell long to realize that returning to college after all these years was a great idea. Mrs. Koppell, a trust and estates lawyer with her own practice on Park Avenue and in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, took advantage of Lehman College’s Encore program that allows senior citizens—at a remarkably reduced fee—to “audit” courses.

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Anthropology Prof. Harcourt-Smith Joins Secret Science Club Lecture Series

January 9, 2012 4:15 pm Anthropology Dept, In the News

Anthropology Professor William Harcourt-Smith recently stepped onto the stage at the Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn for the Secret Science Club’s monthly meeting.

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Lehman Distinguished Professor Awarded Mathematical Society’s Coveted Whiteman Prize

January 6, 2012 11:10 am History Dept, Research

Dr. Joseph W. Dauben, a Distinguished Professor of History and the History of Science at Lehman College, has received the 2012 AMS Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize. The coveted award is presented to a scholar only once every three years by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

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Bronx Institute Awarded $100,000 Grant from Edwin Gould Foundation

January 5, 2012 3:25 pm Bronx Institute

The Bronx Institute at Lehman College has been awarded a two-year, $100,000 grant from the Edwin Gould Foundation for continued support of its Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) program.

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New Modular Child Care Center Being Assembled Off-Site

January 5, 2012 3:21 pm Child Care Center

As bulldozers and jack jammers continue to break ground on what will soon be the new site of the College’s Child Care Center, assembly of the modular structure is already underway off-site.

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Public Safety Officer Talks About Life as a Navy Reservist

January 5, 2012 1:48 pm Public Safety

Read about Public Safety Officer Jose Ruiz’s service as a Navy reservist in Kuwait during the Iraq War and other CUNY staff members who are “ready to serve.”

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Get in Shape at the APEX this January

January 3, 2012 12:28 pm Athletics

The holiday season is over. If you’ve been overindulging at those holiday parties, it’s now time to assess the damage done to your waistline and get back in shape.

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