At last evening’s meeting of CEC13 Brooklyn, planners Greg Whitten and Jonathan Geis from the Dept. of Education (DOE) revealed a map (see photo) of a proposed change to the district boundaries for P.S. 8 and for neighboring P.S. 307. The area shaded blue on the map is the present P.S. 8 district, which the … Read More →
Students from New York City College of Technology (City Tech) held a send-off party at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday for a solar home they built, which will be shipped to California and entered into the 2015 Solar Decathlon International Competition in October. It took more than 80 undergraduate students two years to plan … Read More →
In 2012, Superstorm Sandy showed that new models for housing that meet the needs of a high-density urban environment are desperately needed. A team of approximately 60 City Tech students is contributing its solution in a net-zero energy model home, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2015 Solar Decathlon international competition. The model … Read More →
With a grade of A- from Money Magazine, Brooklyn Heights’ St. Francis College was again recognized on the magazine’s Best Colleges List. The recognition comes in the same week that St. Francis was selected as one of America’s Top Colleges by Forbes, the eighth year in a row the College has made that list. The … Read More →
A group of 70 high school and college students from Brooklyn had an opportunity to have “Lunch with a Judge” with Hon. Deborah Dowling as part of the Kings County Courts Student Employment and Internship Program on Tuesday. The program, which has lasted for more than 20 years now, picks kids nominated by local community … Read More →
Will Bring Together 300 of Borough’s Leading Innovators The inaugural Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit — an event that will explore the borough’s development — will be held on June 25 at locations throughout the Brooklyn Cultural District, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership recently announced. The summit will bring together 300 of Brooklyn’s leading innovators makers, builders and entrepreneurs to explore how Brooklyn can continue its ascent … Read More →
World Science Festival brings stargazing, dancing robots to Brooklyn waterfront The weather couldn’t have been better at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday for a night of stargazing, talks by astronomers, NASA scientists and astronauts — and dancing robots. The event was part of the World Science Festival, a citywide science exposition. Hundreds spread blankets on … Read More →
More than 40 undergraduate nursing students received medical “White Coats” emblazoned with the St. Francis College logo to show their dedication to the health and well-being of their future patients at St. Francis College’s first White Coat Ceremony on May 12. May 12 is also the birthday of Florence Nightingale, credited with elevating nursing to … Read More →
On June 9, the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) at 128 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn Heights plans to open an exhibition that explores one of Brooklyn’s oldest and most extensive infrastructure projects: its sewer system. Called “Brooklyn Sewers: What’s Up Down There?” this exhibit tells the story of the creation of the Brooklyn sewer system through a historical … Read More →