By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian Still from "Decade of Fire," Banana Kelly Community Improvement project Righting the writing of history is a crucial act of civic engagement. Vivian Vázquez [...]
By Kate Adler, Director of Library Services Thanksgiving may, for some of us, be a fun holiday, with food and family; but it is also a day that represents some of the darkest aspects [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support For the past five years, the LEC has held a small but vibrant event near the end of every semester. In the LEC, we officially refer to it [...]
By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian Conversation Prep What we eat is at once profoundly intimate, tied up with all sorts of cultural and personal associations, and deeply political, shaped by historical [...]
By Kate Adler, Director of Library Services The Plan A library is built on the “radical” belief that access to ideas and information is a human right. Libraries serve the unique needs and the [...]
By Kristen Plylar-Moore, LEC Writing Specialist Albert Einstein is attributed with saying, “If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend fifty-five minutes understanding the problem and only five minutes finding [...]
By Ha Diep, Lead Math Specialist In the LEC, I help MCNY students solve complex equations in addition to overcoming their fears about all things related to math. There is really no limit to my [...]
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support Welcome back to another fall semester! Or, if you’re new to MCNY, greetings for the first time! The beginning of any semester is exciting, but it can be [...]
By Kristen Plylar-Moore, Writing Specialist Reading has been a part of civilizations for thousands of years. In our increasingly digitized modern world, has reading become less relevant? If we can share ideas without letters, why [...]
By Michael Schoch, Writing Specialist In his 1994 essay “The Use of Force: Medical Ethics and Center Practice,” Jay Jacoby notes that writing centers are like doctor’s offices: places where people come for advice from [...]
