Queens College News

Populations of numerous migratory fish species in the North Atlantic have declined by more than 95 percent, threatening not only food supplies and economic systems, but also the way humans perceive the health of the planet's ecosystems, according to a paper published today in the journal BioScience.

They are: - Malcolm Derk , of Freeburg , a Snyder County commissioner. - Leonard Modzelesky , of South Abington Township, former operations manager at WNEP -TV. -Dan Naylor , of Benton Township, a Lackawanna Trail school director and unsuccessful candidate for state representative in 2002.

Stephen E. Freeman and Thomas A. Dern have been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the YAI Network.A They most recently served as Associate Executive Directors of the YAI Network.

What is perhaps the most compelling argument for the new Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers University can be found approximately one mile south of the school's Newark campus.

Last week's last-minute cancellation at Princeton and Columbia Universities of a lecture by Arab feminist Nonie Darwish - an author who has strongly denounced Islamic intolerance and jihadism - brings to mind American universities' unwillingness to protect campus free speech rights for opponents of Nazism during the 1930s.

It has been over eight years since the September Eleventh attacks, and for the first time since, this perception of this "Islam vs.

Readers and authors will have several new peer-reviewed chemistry journals to peruse next year.

Tenor saxophonist, composer, teacher-- Jimmy Heath has been a professional musician for over 60 years.

Outside Counsel Solutions, a full-service law practice, announced that tax attorney Devorah Pomerantz has joined the New York office.

As 1944 started, Jim Gray was a young man of 19 years growing up in Queens Village.

Steve GA ndola is president and CEO of the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which has launched the Sacramento Latino Complete Count Committee as part of a regionwide campaign to get all Latinos counted in the 2010 census.

Date : Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:32:45 PST Tert, Armenia Nov 13 2009 Armenian Genocide Matter of Freedom of Speech, But Not Life's Only Subject: Orhan Pamuk 11:02 ¢ 13.11.09 On November 10, Orhan Pamuk was a guest at Queens College in New York, where he answered questions and talked about his latest novel, The Museum of Innocence , which was ...

California Democratic Rep. Joe Baca wants to count all Latinos in the 2010 census, including millions of noncitizens.

There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday in Piketon for a 42-foot mobile unit with a CT scanner that will be used in resuming tests to detect early lung cancer for current and former workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

Al Rosen and sports memorabilia show promoter Joe Koppa talk a week before a sports card and memorabilia show in Queens College Gym.

UK's Oxford defends Iran protester scholarship from al-Arabiya reports that Oxford University has set up a scholarship in honor of Neda Agha Soltan, the young Iranian woman murdered during the Iranian election protests.

" The Asian American Writers' Workshop, one of the most prominent Asian American groups in the country, announced the confirmation of Morteza Baharloo to the Workshop board.

On November 11 and 18, guest presenters will share their insights concerning the science and natural history of Jamaica Bay.

AS COLLEGE majors go, Jewish studies is as diverse as the people it represents. Now, a growing community in the borough is making history at Queens College , with a new class in Bukharian Jewish history and culture in spring 2010.

Dr. Frank Nitsche, a scientist with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will present Secrets of the Deep on Saturday, November 21 at Beczak Environmental Education Center, 35 Alexander Street, Yonkers.