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The college holds the #8 spot on US News and World Report’sTop Public Schools list among National Liberal Arts Colleges for 2026.

Purchase receives $50 million for a major geothermal project, funded by Governor Hochul’s $1 billion Sustainable Future Program.

Protecting our environment remains a shared community value.

Michael Bell-Smith and Sara Magenheimer’s experimental video premieres at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, Sept. 26–Oct. 13.

Selecting a course mix that aligns with an entrepreneurial mindset, she turned her vision for a comfortable neighborhood spot into a reality.

Liberty Lost is created, produced, and hosted by the seasoned journalist.

The Playwriting and Screenwriting/Arts Management major is among the International Screenwriters’ Association ‘s first-ever class of Student Fellows.

Professor of Psychology Paul Siegel has been awarded the prestigious Sloan-Menninger-Shevrin Prize for outstanding contributions to psychodynamic research from the International Society of Neuropsychoanalysis.

The recent grad  joins award-winning cast members Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther), and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) in Twelfth Night, a comic romp about romance, gender roles, and mistaken identity.  

Michael E. Steiper, PhD becomes the seventh president of Purchase College effective August 11, 2025.

Appearing in USA Today, the piece hails the program’s expansion and its necessity.

Helhoski is a senior writer and content strategist covering economic news and trends in consumer finance at NerdWallet. 

Rising sophomores had a unique opportunity to explore a variety of college programs, degree options, and careers at the annual Sophomore SummerQuest, June 1–5.

Students on the Sustainability Team partnered with seniors enrolled in Community Design this spring to create original, eye-catching signs, maps, and stickers promoting the Purchase Nature Preserve.

Student printmakers attended the inaugural Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, held on March 28–30 at Powerhouse Arts, a growing NYC creative production center.

Ving Rhames ’78–’80 and Shea Whigham ’93 reprise previous roles, while Sydney Cole Alexander ’15 makes franchise debut.

Medha Chandwani ’25 and Carver Fell ’25 received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

Stephanie LeBlanc ’14 has been named one of the Top 25 Women Chief Content Officers of 2025, recognized by Women We Admire, an organization celebrating accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada.

Acting BFA alums Zoë Winters ’07 and Carolyn Kettig ’17 will share the spotlight in the pilot of the FX drama, Seven Sisters. 

On a misty morning in March, Lily Bruder-Zal ’04 was in her Hudson Valley greenhouse planting seeds: lobelia, echinacea, columbine, and, yes, lilies—that will blossom into glorious flowers on her land, Vanishing Point Farm.

Led by Associate Professor Lee Tusman, the group witnessed IBM’s quantum computer systems up close.

Walking through eyelets of fear, Aberturas al caminar is on view February 28–April 5, 2025.

The highly anticipated second season of Severance is now streaming.

Parker Posey and Sarah Catherine Hook play mother and daughter.

Cooke’s research and artwork featured on covers of prestigious chemistry journals.

Samara Joy ’21 continues her Grammy streak, and Jaylen Petinaud ’20 played drums on the award-winning Hell’s Kitchen Original Broadway Cast Recording.

The award funds the choreography of new work with Battery Dance Company.

DANCE magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2025 includes three Purchase alumni.

It’s the role of Miss Hesitation in the Disney/Cirque Du Soleil show Drawn to Life.

A/way premieres December 6, 2024 at the Dances With Films NY Film Festival in Manhattan.

For the first time in nine years, he’s part of the ensemble when A.I.M. premieres the evening-length production “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful” on Dec 3, 2024.

The CJI Fellowships are exclusive paid opportunities offered to recent graduates of the Columbia University School of Journalism.

Inspired by the report, Scientific American delves into the innovative approach of facing fears without even knowing it.

Three students from the region were honored for their reporting in the inaugural Purchase College Awards for Excellence in High School Journalism.

According to the New York Times, Thompson’s work was a “standout.”

The Classical Theater of Harlem co-produced Memnon at the Getty Villa.

The project is a collaboration between 100+ Purchase alumni and students.

Given by the International Black Theatre Festival, Irby received the Lloyd Richards Director Award and Cave the Outstanding Achievement in Stage Management Award.

A competitive National Institute for Mental Health grant funds promising research to combat fear and anxiety.

Cain Coleman ’09–’13 presents new work at The Shed in Hudson Yards, sharing the stage with recent graduates.

Blue Sun Palace, the only US film in the selection, won the French Touch prize.

Sophomore Playwriting and Screenwriting major wins playwriting award.

Discussing Sinkane’s 8th album We Belong, Ahmed Gallab MM ’22 says Purchase helped him become a more confident songwriter.

The inaugural apprenticeship program piloted by Storyline offers a full-time paid position.

Purchase proudly announces this year’s winners of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence: Caitly Dominici and Sara Richter.

Logan plays Moni opposite Diarra Kilpatrick on Diarra From Detroit.

Artists and Hackers is a podcast on art, code, and community.

The world premiere of Little Bear Ridge Road by playwright Samuel D. Hunter opens in June.

Hoff­man won the Berru Poet­ry Award in Mem­o­ry of Ruth and Bernie Wein­flash for When There Was Light.

Lecturer David Handschuh wins two prestigious New York Press Photographers Association Awards.

Professor George Kraemer and student Maura Vander Putten will study invasive species along hiking trails in the Catskills next summer.

The cast reunited to receive the SAG award for Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble.

The accomplished casting director and lecturer in Acting won for casting Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers.

Allyson Jackson, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, was awarded the $99,480 grant to empower students to help protect the environment.

Jones shared his expertise on working with the likes of Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Hudson and on the power of acting training.

Caught the Bug (2022), an experimental film made by Amelia Wyeth Ponirakis ’23 in her junior year has screened in London and New York.

Recognized by the U.S. Department of State for strong engagement with the Fulbright Program.

A collaboration between the Environmental Studies program and the Sustainability Office sparked a search for species on the Purchase campus.

The producer, songwriter, and recording artist is recognized for his pivotal collaboration with the rapper Ice Spice. 

A summer study abroad program 
(Please note: this program is on pause for 2025/2026)

The investigative reporter and host explores the fascinating and frightening true story behind bringing the abortion pill to the US in the 90s. 

The Award recognizes the impact of her choreography.

The interpretive signs in the Purchase Native Pollinator Garden resulted from collaboration between environmental studies, arts management, and graphic design.

Penguin Books will publish his yet unfinished PhD dissertation in history, an incredible coup.

Chillé is writer and director of Father Figures.

Working with GreenSheen, a leader in paint recycling, thousands of cans were dropped off by community members.

The event also celebrated Professor of Economics Sanford Ikeda, who’s retiring at the end of this year.

The magazine selected deMartin’s first feature film to support through its Production Services program.

The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.

Psychology and sociology double major Hannah Kaebnick is one of two who earned the honors.

The competitive festival celebrates emerging filmmakers from traditionally marginalized communities.

Drama Desk, Daytime Emmy, and Tony nominations are in the mix.

The nearly $3 million grant over five years from the U.S. Department of Education will support programs for Hispanic and low-income students from all backgrounds.

Cinema Love will be published by Dutton Books and John Murray Press in 2024.

Patterson earned the award for appearing in three plays during the season.

Parker Posey ’91 and Bill Sage ’88 star in The New Group’s The Seagull/Woodstock, NY.

The film demonstrates the collaborative DIY culture found at Purchase—it stars musician Hannah Lee Thompson ’17 and several alums were on the crew.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano swore in Beltran at a ceremony at Yonkers City Hall, just steps away from where she grew up.

Hue TV, a conceptual and performance work by Martinez, is the President’s Award for Public Art selection for 2022 and will be on view on campus (and on Instagram) for the remainder of the spring 2023 semester.

The $150,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities will support language, literature, and history with a focus on Spanish heritage speakers.

Kirkus Reviews calls Our Lady of the Highway one of the Best Indie Books of 2022.

The team behind Purchase Beauty Bar—Chumba Kiplagat ’23, Una Bharat ’23, and Norie Guerra ’23—would bring an affordable salon to campus.

The Purchase College Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program provides support to underrepresented students studying science.

A short film by Kunga Choephel will run Sunday, November 20.

He’s competing in the legendary theatre’s Amateur Night competition.

Purchase College is happy to once again be included in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges.

Acknowledged for noteworthy engagement with Fulbright programs and one of only five undergraduate schools to receive this honor.

Ghasem Ebrahimian ’79 won for best cinematography, and Jordan Tetewsky ’16 earned the Ultra Indie Award.

Kirkus Reviews calls Papa on the Moon “cunningly conceived.”

The dramaturg provides perspective on drag performance as the musical Kinky Boots returns to the stage.

According to the 2022-2023 report, Purchase hits the list at #8 for Top Public Schools nationally.

Spektor wrote and recorded 11:11 as a student in the Studio Composition program.

The photographer shares her insight on climate change after years of photographing icebergs.

Shaheed is the first Black male to earn a PhD in dance from Texas Woman’s University.

Annan plays Uncle Clifford, the gender-fluid main character on the STARZ hit P-Valley.

The library and community arts center will be in his hometown of Monticello, NY.

“Unbroken Circle” is part of Romer’s acclaimed original score for the limited series, Station Eleven.

The striking abstract collage is a major addition to the collection.

Directed by Jeremiah Zaga, the Netflix film stars Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah.

She starred in three plays this season.

The Warded Man was a New York Times bestseller.

Congratulations to seniors Corina Picon (psychology) and Laila Wilson (playwriting and screenwriting).

Musician Mara Keen MM ’22 and dancer Naoki Yogi ’22 are the winners of the SUNY-wide award.

A generous grant from the Merce Cunningham Trust and matching funds from the J2 Scholarship Challenge Grant for Student Success have come together in the form of a new endowed scholarship that will provide relief to an aspiring upper-level (junior or senior) artist who is in danger of not finishing their dance degree at Purchase College due to financial pressure.

She joined the museum this month as the Sills Foundation Curator of African Art.

Cross co-edited the James Bond film No Time to Die.

The cast received the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series award.

The scholarship recognizes behind-the-scenes theatre-makers of color.

The Millennium Film Workshop takes place Thursday, February 17.

On the Town—Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein is also garnering solid press.

A new articulation agreement promotes degree completion and facilitates the transfer process to a bachelor’s degree program.

The actress and comedian discusses her next moves.

The New York Times covers his show with collaborator Zorawar Sidhu at Petzel Gallery in “Facing Violence With Brushes and Ballots.”

For her senior project, she built a sculptural house to demonstrate her ideas.

The indie artist tops former President Barack Obama’s playlist for 2021.

Professor Dave Grill and several alumni worked to light the Heisman Trophy Presentation ceremony.

Abbott Elementary follows public school teachers in Philadelphia to critical acclaim.

The Knight Foundation Arts program award is proof of their confidence on its impact on the art and cultural life of Detroit.

American Ballet Theatre announced that Janet Rollé ’84 will become CEO and Executive Director effective January 3, 2022.

According to the Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2022 Edition, a unique resource for students interested in attending colleges with strong commitments to the environment and sustainability.

She’s “The Epitome of Contemporary Cool.”

The President’s Award winner traces the arc of the the sun as it passes over the campus through a sonic experience.

Professor of Media Studies has been selected to join the advisory board for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards.

Battle Green Vietnam: The 1971 March on Concord, Lexington, and Boston is Lemire’s third book.

Congratulations to Laila Wilson ’22 for recognition by three significant awards this semester: the Paley Center for Media’s inaugural Peter Roth Internship Program, a SUNY ACT scholarship, and an NAACP scholarship.

The 17-year-old singer performed a stirring rendition of “America the Beautiful” during the Mets and Yankees subway series game on the 20th anniversary of September 11.

The New York Times article appeared in print on Sunday, August 22.

Arraygency will represent BIPOC, queer, and trans creative talent.

Sophia Hadeshian ’20 will use the funds for media supplies covering Armenian community.

The Television Academy Foundation Internship Program selects only 50 students nationally.

Andrea Thome is one of six American playwrights to earn the The New York Community Trust’s Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting.

That’s according to The Fiske Guide to Colleges Best Buys of 2022.

Cooper contributed to LinkedIn’s LGBTQ+ pride in the workforce campaign.

And learned of her win on what would have been Fitzgerald’s 104th birthday.

She’ll spend 2021–2022 at the University of Messina in Sicily.

Purchase College hosted the annual festival April 9 and 10. Program and selections available for viewing through April 20.

He was named the Claude and Alfred Mann Endowed Professor in Dance at USC Kaufman.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Silas Brown ’10 on his win and to David De Jesus ’04 and Lucy Kalantari ’98 for their work on Grammy®-winning projects.

The work accompanies a story in the Style section.

The move is part of the college’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and social justice.

The first Springboard-curated recipient of Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation AIR Founder’s Residency.

Congratulations to Laura Jobin-Acosta ’20 MM, a composer recently named a recipient of the first-ever IDEA Opera Residencies program by OPERA America.

The colorful mural welcomes shoppers at Yonkers’ Cross County Center.

The SUNY system-wide award recognizes student excellence.

Books by Carl Safina ’77 and Garth Greenwell ’01 landed on The New York Times list of “100 Most Notable Books of 2020.”

The inaugural issue of Brown Sugar will release on November 27.

The costume designer and associate professor of theatre design/technology was honored for her work on Soft Power.

A charitable gift from former Neuberger Museum of Art docent Susan Gideon Fuirst and her husband, Alan Fuirst, will support the virtual and on-site expansion of the Museum’s K-12 education programs.

This summer’s 2020 Obie Awards Ceremony presented Schriever with Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design honor.

Purchase is among the top 700+ schools in the nation ranked for best value.

This according to the 2021 edition of The Princeton Review.

The associate professor of chemistry is part of a research team that received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Solangie Anulsa Ledesma ’20 pays tribute to the assistant principal who influenced her life as a teenager.

“The Live Performance and Interactive Media” summer workshop is organized by Professor of Acting David Bassuk.

Congratulations to the emerging filmmaker, one of ten named a Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow.

Purchase College has been selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges based on the college’s strength in academics, arts and culture, social life, financial aid, campus environment, extracurricular activities, and more.

The author and political reporter for The New York Times co-authored a piece for the paper on the occasion of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on LBGTQ rights.

The SUNY Chancellor has awarded Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies Ragnhild Utheim and Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Lisa Jean Moore a grant for creating a study abroad opportunity that addresses climate change.

Alumnus Spike Wilner, owner of Smalls Jazz Club and Mezzrow, is using creative strategies to reopen. Smalls will be the first NYC jazz club to return to live, on-site performances!

The history and studio composition double major is among two Purchase College graduating seniors to receive the prestigious 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

Purchase Joins SUNY Chancellor Esports Challenge Co-Sponsored by Extreme Networks.

The Acting major shares this year’s Thayer Fellowship award given by SUNY.

Congratulations to Lucy Wijnands ’20 (jazz studies), named one of five finalists of the Ella Fitzgerald Competition.

Assistant Professor of Art+Design will continue his work on a film project in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Scholastic published Ghost Squad today, a middle grade novel by journalism major Claribel Ortega ’10. It will also be made into a movie.

For his work editing Ford v Ferrari.

According to the Princeton Review’s Top 200 Best Value Colleges.

For Best Children’s Album

Each year, Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” list features a new cadre of dance world professionals on the brink of a breakthrough.

The Art+Design professor created a public art installation for the  Coral Springs Museum of Art.

She competed to win the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.

They attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in California.

Silas Brown and Amanda Gookin MM ’16 were recognized for their work as producer/engineer and performer.

The honor is presented by the Telluride Film Festival.

Melanie Rosete Film BFA ’20 makes personal films with universal appeal.

Alumni awarded for work in environmental studies and biology at the WCA Entrepreneurship in the Sciences event.

Purchase named a Top Performer for social mobility.

Composition Professor Kamala Sankaram looks to expand opera audiences through the use of techno music and familiar language.

Purchase faculty and students will be featured at four events during ArtsWestchester’s annual JazzFest.

The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot went On the Road with Mitski.

The program is designed to attract students from a diverse range of undergraduate study programs.

Lydia Adelle Brown ’19 and Jorell Williams ’06 star in two different NYC productions of Laura Kaminsky operas.

Congratulations to seniors Takashi Mukoda (new media and mathematics/computer science) and Bailey Vaughn (dance).

Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Jean Moore, professor of sociology and gender studies for her appointment as Distinguished Professor by SUNY.

The photography alum talks about his experiences and his art on BBC Reel.

On March 6, an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of The Center for Engagement.

Westchester Magazine recently profiled David Grill, associate professor of theatre design/technology.

He accompanied Associate Professor Dave Grill ’86 to his 17th Super Bowl.

According to The Princeton Review’s 2019 Best Value College Guide.

Dean of the School of the Arts is profiled in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

Composition Professor Laura Kaminsky is a winner of the 2019 Composers Now Festival Visionary Award.

Reworks original into a critically acclaimed graphic novel for a new generation.

The associate professor of sociology will be in residence at The MacDowell Colony.

Graphic designers enhance vacant storefronts in White Plains.

Kim hailed for the great work she’s doing advancing sustainability through events and initiatives on campus.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music production of Watermill was reviewed in the New York Times.

Rakowitz recreates rooms and artifacts destroyed by war in Iraq using convenience food packaging.

Three Theatre Design/Technology alumni were honored at the Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles.

Azia Rodriguez ’19 and Patrick Moore ’21 participated in hands-on service learning projects to rebuild Puerto Rico.

Dan Romer ’04 and Saul Simon MacWilliams ’05 recognized for original score.

Marcella Lewis ’16 for dance and Kyle Abraham ’00 won the prestigious Statue Award.

DanceSpirit Magazine raves about @issadancelook Instagram by Joy Marie Thompson ’18 and Dava Huesca ’19.

Cincinnati Opera has announced a commission of Castor and Patience by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith, US Poet Laureate

Purchase selected by the highly selective Fiske Guide to Colleges for its strength in many areas from academics to arts and culture to campus environment.

Vuk Lungulov-Klotz ’16 was selected for visionary storytelling.

Visiting Affiliate Artist Matt Wilson wins the Jazz Journalists Association Musician of the Year and Record of the Year awards.

He’s on Westchester Magazine’s annual list of under-30 business superstars.

Assistant Professor in Design/Technology Clint Ramos, Lecturer Dane Laffrey, Lecturer Maruti Evans, and Brian MacDevitt ’80 all received nominations.

President Schwarz, staff, and students took part in our annual tree planting ceremony.

Artisan behind artists who makes sculpture a reality.

Studio Composition Professor Jakub Ciupinski is composing original music to be choreographed by Jessica Lang for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s residency at Lincoln Center.

April bursts with jazz studies performances in New York City and recordings featured on WBGO Jazz 88.3fm.

Distinguished Service Professorship is SUNY’s highest rank.

He will retire at the end of the 2018–19 academic year.

A crowd gathered on the mall for 17 minutes to protest gun violence.

Purchase student Abrielle Scharff ’18 placed second in the Coffee Music Project and was offered an opportunity to perform in London.

In a roundtable hosted by Westchester Magazine, six local college presidents share their advice for college-bound high school students.

The award-winning series Windows to the Wild explores what life for Thoreau was really like in Walden Woods.

Houston Grand Opera takes Kamala Sankaram’s new opera on an outreach tour of 80-100 performances.

Acknowledged for outstanding academics and affordability.

A clearing became an Army base for the Vietnam scenes in The Post.

Five family members have all chosen to study at Purchase.

The Purchase alumni donated funds to renovate the Film Sound Stage.

The $50,000 Creative Capital Grant funds their research on big data and artists of color.

Anonymous Was A Woman Awards recognize originality and potential.

Nine students explore opportunities in STEM research.

Three softball players had the experience of a lifetime teaching softball to local youth in Cape Town.

Artists from the Coleman Collective returned to campus to share their life-after-Purchase experiences with students.

Historian discusses Robert Moses and the Transformation of New York.

The prestigious Ford Foundation fellowships recognize artists and cultural leaders on the forefront of social justice.

Eliza Evans MFA ’17 installed plastic-wrapped trees to draw attention to human interaction with the planet.

She received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Kris Graves ’04 commissioned by EJI to create work for The Legacy of Lynching currently on view.

Gregory Spears, a new affiliate artist in our classical composition program, is headlining PROTOTYPE, a progressive opera festival.

Purchase students and alumni from the Conservatories of Dance and Music release Odette’s Crown.

Purchase is once again listed as one of the best colleges in the country in the highly selective guide.

Cites strength in academics, arts and culture, social life, financial aid, to name a few.

Purchase alumni David Grill ’86, Jonah Kaplan ’95, and Stanley Tucci ’82 all made the cut.

Cende is the latest band formed at Purchase to garner acclaim.

In his first professional orchestra audition, alumnus Gabriel Fridkis (’16) wins the audition for Principal Flute in the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.

Three students selected for their success on and off the field and court.

The Purchase Opera Department was awarded two American Prizes for their 2016 production of The Crucible.

Design/tech student Megan Seibel had the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to her lighting professor Dave Grill ’86, a generous donor, and a whole lot of persistence.

His debut novel What Belongs To You among five chosen as finalists.

The Sixth Annual Backstage Legends and Masters Award event will pay tribute to the founder of Scenic Art Studios on April 24.

Purchase College is proudly recognized by a variety of publications, including US News and World Report,ThePrinceton Review, and The Hollywood Reporter.

The film, produced by Lecturer in Communications Melissa Rodriguez ’13 with Jamie Simiele ’26 as production coordinator, will screen Oct. 18.

The 21 x 35-foot interactive sign, Capitalism Works for Me! True/False invites audiences to engage in thoughtful reflection and meaningful debate at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel, a festival that celebrates art and culture.

The modern dance innovator was presented with the 2025 Princess Grace Award, recognizing dance artists for their extraordinary accomplishments. 

Cordoba has been named a 2025 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow.

The recent grad received a grant from the National Board of Review for her documentary short, Puff Puff Pass, an intimate look at the Black lives impacted by the legal and cultural history of the now-legal cannabis industry.

El Tiguere (The Tiger) received the green light from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s fellowship and filmmaking incubator, Colectivo, paving the way for its premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in June. 

After six weeks participating in the SUNY/EOP Undergraduate Summer Research Program, two EOP students presented their final projects at the Program’s Summer Research Symposium.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)  grant will provide scholarships and support to 34 STEM students.

Costarring Laurie Metcalf, the play debuted last summer at the renowned Steppenwolf Theater Company where Stock was hailed by The Chicago Sun Times as “shockingly terrific” and “a revelation.”

And the shows featuring our alumni that rose to the top.

The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) welcomed 73 new first year students to campus for their summer orientation.

We’ll Carry On Alright is now eligible for the Academy Awards.

As the principal women wardrobe supervisor, Gomez-Pizzo earned a stellar reputation dressing and supporting the stars.

Acclaimed journalist Adam Nagourney ’77 received an honorary degree and higher education leader Jeffrey Putman ’96 received the President’s Award for Distinguished Alumni.

Lebron received this year’s President’s Award for Public Art.

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Allyson Jackson secured close to $500,000 from New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation.

Alumni Marjan Nashat and Jay O. Sanders receive nods for performances, and faculty members Andrea Thome and Matt Otto for creative work.

According to the National Science Foundation survey.

At just 13 years old, Isaac Zal ’04 embarked on his metalworking journey in a workshop he built in his parents’ garage. 

Multi-media works by the artist, feminist, and cultural icon debut in groundbreaking Museum exhibition

Justin Torres, winner of the National Book Award, presented a conversation with National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy. The Durst Lecture Series brings powerful names in literature to campus every year.

Hudson joins the cast of the stage adaptation opposite George Clooney.

The Netflix hit series Zero Day filmed on campus last spring.

The journalist takes over as CNN Business’ Technology Editor.

Katz worked his way up to a leadership role at Boston Jewish Film.

A. Dean Irby and Trazana Beverley were honored by the Audelco Recongnition Awards.

California Review of Books placed Art Monster: On the Impossibility of New York on their list of 10 Best for 2024.

Appointment of Purchase College Alumnus Aligns with Museum’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.

The group’s debut album, Hex Dealer, makes Paste Magazines’s “100 Best Albums of 2024.”

Presented to undergraduate students, LiveDesign’s Pat MacKay Diversity In Design scholarships support diverse and unique voices in the field of entertainment design.

Purchase boasts four nominees in five categories.

Purchase College is incredibly honored to be part of the newly launched MUGLER CREATORS: LIGHTS ON CREATIVE PEOPLE.

National Geographic defines a BioBlitz as “an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time.” 

Directed by Sam Gold at the Circle in the Square, previews begin September 26.

Lady in the Lake premiered in July, and the full series is available for bingeing.

The National Board of Review selected two Purchase film alumni among the 17 Student Grant Program winners.

The competitive National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends support humanities scholars in undertaking archival research for books and articles.

Purchase noted for academics, sense of community, engaged professors, and raw energy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Purchase named among best in the world.

For Best Lighting Design of a Musical for The Outsiders.

Topal brought together  his diverse skill sets to design a family home in Turkey recently  featured in dwell magazine.

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters tells the story of Jones’ powerful and healing ballet sprung out of the heartbreaking AIDS crisis. 

Vice President Robyn Graygor shares why the club is an essential Purchase experience.

Directed by Sarah Benson for the Atlantic Theater Company.

The New York Times describes Midnight on Beacon Street as “an impressive debut.”

Stereogum and others delve into their unique sound ahead of the May 17 release of their debut album Hex Dealer.

The Global Studies class Place, Space and Belonging experienced the transformational renovations at LaGuardia airport’s Terminals C and B.

The sought-after voice and dialect coach helped Da’Vine Joy Randolph prepare for her now Oscar-winning performance, among other awards.

Untitled (2023) is on view in the Humanities Building lobby.

Two students each from Mamaroneck, White Plains, and Port Chester High Schools will receive Westchester Scholar Awards.

Eberhardt is part of the star-studded cast of Enemy of the People at Circle in the Square Theatre. 

Congratulations to three members of the Purchase music community on winning four awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

Hollingsworth is a swing in the groundbreaking new show How to Dance in Ohio.

The Economics Program’s Shark Tank-style event invites entrepreneurs to judge the inventive ideas of students from all majors.

Faculty and alumni rise to the top with GRAMMY Award® nominations.

Professor of Jazz Studies Adam Birnbaum acclaimed in recent interviews for fresh interpretation of Baroque classics.

Purchase ranks among some of “the best academic programs” for audio engineering.

U.S. News & World Report places Purchase College on its list of  Top Ten Public Liberal Arts Colleges for 2024 and among the best 139 National Liberal Arts Colleges in the nation.

The Assistant Professor of Communications directed Their Voice.

The Bessie Award category honors an artist who has made an exceptional leap in their career.

Named one of the “next generation” at Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance.

Mutt by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz ’16, also screened at Sundance, Berlin Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films 2023.

Purchase joins 300 others among the “best and most interesting colleges in the U.S., Canada, and U.K.” in the 2024 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges.

SUNY Chancellor John B. King welcomed 40 new EOP students to campus to mark the launch of the system-wide Summer Academy. 

One of the first 11 recipients of a SUNY/CUNY scholarship to expand and diversify New York’s mental health force. 

Falco stars as his mother, and Roche plays his sister on Davidson’s new semi-autobiographical series.

Cave will receive The 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre.

For Best Lighting of a Play 

Biology major and Chemistry minor Sonia Seth is one of two who earned the honors.

A sought-after puppet designer and puppeteer, Ortiz crafted the Milky White cow in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.

A highly accomplished lighting designer, Croiter earned a nomination for work on Only Gold.

He’ll spend 2023–2024 in Salzburg, Austria exploring immersive storytelling.

The actor earned the NAACP Image award for portraying Uncle Clifford on Starz’s P-Valley.

Dave Grill ’86 leads the lighting team for the Broadway revival.

Warfield has been a creative force for 25 years.

The choreographer is the first-ever Asian American woman commissioned to create new work at the New York City Ballet.

The jazz sensation also won Best New Jazz Vocal Album.

Mitski collaborated with Son Lux and David Byrne on “This Is A Life” for the Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All At Once.

The recurring segment on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon challenges musicians to compose a song in under an hour.

The students were honored to meet privately with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

The Critics Choice Award nomination is for the role of Jacob Hill in ABC’s smash hit workplace comedy.

All-American Ruins, a multimedia project, began as a way to escape the grim reality of the pandemic and avoid crowds flocking to public trails and parks for their dose of nature.

The Voice and Opera production of Dialogues of the Carmelites, featuring the Purchase Symphony Orchestra, placed in three categories.

Two alumni and two faculty members were acknowledged for their work in Off-Broadway productions.

Professor of Chemistry Stephen Cooke receives a $107,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Energy for uranium and thorium research.

The grant will fund curriculum development and language immersion in Benin for faculty and area K–12 teachers.

Professor Stephen Harris and students in this new course extract honey from our own Purchase College bee hives.

Six of 18 dancers in this season’s company hail from Purchase.

Awarded by Boston’s Society of Arts + Crafts, the fellowship is given annually to an early-career furniture artist. “Her work in steel is like no other I have seen.”

Zimny is the director of photography for this critically acclaimed coming-of-age dark comedy.

Professors Erika Ebbs and Stephen Harris will study symbiotic communities among ducks.

It’s the Sphinx Organization’s highest honor.

One of ten selected for the 2022 Future Nobel Laureates Scholarship Program.

Higginson appeared with the Sing Harlem Choir she directs.

The authoritative Fiske Guide to Colleges recognizes academics, faculty, campus vibe, location, and raw energy among Purchase’s attributes.

ALL ARTS commissioned a dance/film collaboration for their inaugural dance film festival.

The dinosaur puppets were featured in Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth at the Lincoln Center Theater.

“Infancy” was published in this week’s print edition.

She plays a teenage vampire drawn to the new girl in school—a monster hunter.

The PCLI Class of 2022 celebrates their achievement.

Musician Mara Keen MM ’22 and dancer Naoki Yogi ’22 are the winners of the SUNY-wide award.

Her script, The Winters, won in the category of Best Pilot Script.

Biohacked: Family Secrets was also Apple’s Pick of the Week.

Jordan writes for the Business Insider website.

The revivial of Thornton Wilder’s Skin of Our Teeth begins previews April 1.

The Narrative Feature Grand Jury prize was for Hannah Ha Ha.

Joy delivers a sultry “Stardust” valentine, performing one of her favorite standards.

Solo exhibition by prize recipient Tomashi Jackson to open at the Museum on April 13

He’ll be providing evening and late-night news support.

The Millennium Film Workshop takes place February 16 and 17.

She’s on the senior staff team for Manhattan’s Borough President Mark Levine.

The top prize went to Shannon Dawson for a social media app for creatives.

Tanairi Vazquez ’10 and Victor Cruz ’03 have roles.

Koueth was among 10 selected from 2,100 applicants for the virtual casting initiative.

Featured in the Washington Post, her book delves into “The Black people who lived in Walden Woods long before Henry David Thoreau.”

The National Opera Association awards the production of Dialogues of the Carmelites divisional first prize.

The TIDE film festival celebrates the power of storytelling by filmmakers of color.

The photographer’s social media accounts document her visits to all places haunted to the delight of 331k followers on TikTok and 14.4k on Instagram.

Manalo had once been a teen ensemble member at the Taylor School.

She’s the concertmaster and co-orchestrator of Moulin Rouge! the Musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway.

Assistant Professor of New Media and Computer Science Lee Tusman was recently named a fellow at The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at the NYU School of Law.

That’s according to by U.S. News & World Report in the 2022 edition of their college guide.

Otaño is a successful playwright and TV writer.

The $50k award acknowledges Guy’s creative promise.

Her new tattoo parlor opened recently.

The filmmaker will receive $5,000 from HUDSY.

Congratulations to Victor Couto ’14 for earning two Emmy nominations for his work at the Retro Report.

Korn is writer and producer on the Netflix animated series Hilda, produced by Silvergate Media and winner of two 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards.

For her role as Mrs. Basil E in the Netflix series Dash and Lily.

That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Interactive project leverages art as a form of civic engagement and a medium for critical discussion of societal issues.

The dance major also received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

That’s according to the Princeton Review’s 2021 Best Value College Guide, which places Purchase in a group comprising “only about 1.2% of four-year undergraduate institutions in the U.S.”

He plans to to pursue an MFA in Choreography in the United Kingdom.

Laila Wilson ’22 is taking the Annual POV Festival to new heights.

Award winning alumni Hal Hartley and Chris Wedge will serve as Jury President and Executive Director and “Bombshell” screenwriter Charles Randolph will deliver the keynote.

He’s the Founder and CEO of two successful MacInspires Makerspaces.

She’s the lead in the Squarespace ad featuring a new take on the Dolly Parton classic, 9 to 5.

Call Your Mother stars Kyra Sedgwick.

Keerati Jinakunwiphat ’16 (dance performance) graces the cover of the latest issue of Dance magazine as first on its list of 25 to Watch in 2021.

Read more about the planned retirement community on the Purchase campus, as featured on WAMC.org.

The alum and professor was a member of Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.

Acknowledged by The Society for Cultural Anthropology and the Society for Humanistic Anthropology.

Matoske entered American Cinema Editors (ACE) upon winning an ACE Eddie Award last January.

The Television Academy announced the winners of the 2020 Primetime Emmy® Awards.

That’s according to U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings for 2021, which also names Purchase a top performer in social mobility.

He was considered by many in the field of anthropology to be one of the most brilliant minds of his generation.

The Kresge Foundation Innovative Projects program awards $150,000.

At 8:46am on Monday, August 17, the oversized green clock at the center of campus was stopped.

Nicco Annan is garnering critical acclaim in the new Starz drama, P-Valley.

Winners will use the funds to expand Black Lives Matter protest reporting on their lauded Twitter account, NYC Protest Updates 2020.

When incoming students participate in the next phase of orientation in August, Phase T.W.O. (named for part two and Think Wide Open), they will be treated to an original song welcoming them to Purchase.

Awards honor excellence in teaching, librarianship, and professional and classified service.

Faculty, students, and alumni of the acting program created an online exhibition, We Breathe Black.

The one year appointment begins in September.

We are pleased to announce a new Ella Fitzgerald Scholar, Yancy Garcia. We remain grateful to the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation for their essential support.

In a semester that’s proven nothing short of remarkable, we must pause and honor the truly remarkable careers of two founding professors of Purchase College retiring this year, Professors Emeriti Lee Ehrman and Peter Schwab.

The chemistry and piano performance double major is among two Purchase College graduating seniors to receive the prestigious 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

The competition was apparently heated for his script, 2084.

Associate Professor of Theatre Design/Technology Anita Yavich, Chris Perfetti ’11, and Herrick Goldman ’91 earned nominations.

The Dance major shares this year’s Thayer Fellowship award given by SUNY.

Congratulations to author Garth Greenwell ’01 (literature) for receiving the prestigious award.

The Neuberger Museum of Art and The Performing Arts Center are both providing online content to keep you engaged in the arts while staying home.

We’re sharing stories from the Purchase community to focus on the positive and to inspire others. Learn more…

For the Associate Professor of Creative Writing’s book, You Darling Thing.

Travel photographer, writer, and advocate talks about putting down the camera and being present.

Graphic design students bring creative solutions to brighten the pedestrian experience in downtown White Plains.

They’ll receive $5,000 for finishing first in the Third Annual Startup Pitching Competition.

The School of Art+Design collaborates with the Neuberger Museum of Art.

Award category is for best arrangement.

Writer, designer, multimedia artist, and professor Warren Lehrer was awarded the lifetime achievement award in Pilsen, Czech Republic on November 11, 2019.

(T)HERE: A Global Festival of Arts, Culture & Ideas presents HAITI November 14–16

She’s playing the pivotal role of Princess.

Recognized for 17 years of distinguished service.

Purchase College joins 19 New York colleges and universities to purchase large-scale aggregated renewable energy.

Issa Dance Look, founded by Joy Marie Thompson ’18 and co-curated by Dava Huesca ’19, features the fashion of dancers in the studio and on the street.

Congratulations to Michael Rakowitz ’95, who was just named by The Nasher Sculpture Center as the recipient of its fifth Nasher Prize.

The recent acting graduate earned a role on AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead.

He helps people with disabilities express their creativity and produce art.

The 2020 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges selected Purchase based on its strength in academics, arts and culture, social life, financial aid, campus environment, extracurricular activities, and more.

She’s playing a five-night residency featuring her early songs.

A three-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will fund the “Activating Our Cultural Legacies” initiative, a project to sort and store the museum’s analogue and digital historical materials in a new information architecture for future accessibility.

And congratulations to all the Purchase alumni and faculty who earned nominations this Broadway award season.

Two Purchase seniors were recently honored with the SUNY-wide Thayer Fellowship and Patricia Kerr Ross Award.

The recent graduate talks about her art, career, and plans for the future.

The National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing (Poetry) Fellowship is $25,000.

Purchase College Broadway Technical Theatre History Project will present the Eighth Annual Broadway technical “Backstage Legends and Masters Award” to esteemed theater legend, David Rosenberg.

David Bassuk directed a reading the Potok play Out of the Depths.

Purchase joins all SUNY and CUNY campuses in offering students stigma-free access to free food.

Percussion Faculty member, Ian Antonio, is part of the Wet Ink Ensemble, which was named Best Classical Ensemble of 2018 by The New York Times.

The actress and comedian returns to New York for her debut stand-up special airing on HBO.

For contributions to US national security and foreign policy.

Grand prize winners hope to decrease global food waste and overuse of resources.

Dean for global strategy and international programs was awarded the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Her senior thesis project was instrumental to her growth as a filmmaker.

Dean of the School of the Arts will take part in a celebration of iconic American poet Walt Whitman.

Renovations include rest rooms and pathways on the Quad.

Anthony Domestico, associate professor of literature, offers remarks on behalf of the faculty of SUNY and Conservatory of Music students perform.

US News and World Report ranked Purchase among the top ten in their annual Best Colleges list.

Princeton Review Rates Purchase for Best College Theater and Among the Most LGBTQ Friendly Colleges.

LED lighting project in partnership with New York Power Authority is like taking 140 cars off the road.

Newsday.com journalist Rachel Weiss ’16 honored for her work focusing on Japanese-American internment camps.

Kamala Sankaram wins two Opera Grants for Female Composers.

Five alumni earned nominations, with two career-firsts.

She and her Art Force 5 team promote “creativity over conflict.”

She’s preparing to cycle over 4,000 miles across the US to raise awareness for affordable housing.

Three from Purchase earn Tony Award nominations and more.

Jiaming “Andy” Tang ’18 earns a Breakout 8 Writers Prize.

In this public television series, she joins the likes of Bill Clinton, Samantha Power, Bono, and YoYoMa in immersive interpretations of a single American poem.

Several events were held to raise awareness and to help victims heal.

Congratulations to seniors Dolan Wells Gallagher, Hayley Restivo, and Joy Marie Thompson for earning the 2018 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.

A champagne reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the occasion.

The economics major won the Dark Horse Dunker online competition and made us proud!

Purchase students will be traveling to Houston, TX to spend their spring break rebuilding Houston.

Alumna, Kayla Cashetta ’14 (classical composition), won the National Sawdust’s first Hildegard Competition for female and non-binary composers.

This year’s Roy and Shirley Durst Distinguished Chair in Literature, Michael Chabon, welcomed his longtime friend, Neil Gaiman, for a wide-ranging and warm discussion.

This year’s Backstage Legends and Masters Award goes to costume designer Alyce Gilbert, currently the production wardrobe supervisor for Wicked.

Student Victoria Corbalis ’18 gets the opportunity of a lifetime.

Purchase College is proud to be part of a project that has been awarded a prestigious grant honoring work in art and social justice.

It’s the eighth award received by the National Opera Association.

Dance alumnae named “25 to Watch in 2018” by Dance magazine.

PC4Y facility will close, but programming will move to The PowerLab.

Three vacant storefronts on Mamaroneck Avenue have been transformed with visual interpretations of poetry by students.

Wayne Tucker ’09 releases Wake Up And See The Sun to rave reviews.

Andrew Salomon has endowed a fund for aspiring journalists.

Students from across Art+Design learn tips and techniques from Uruguay’s Ignacio Iturria.

The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College alumni came out in full force to support Kyle Abraham ’00 and his talented dance company at the Abraham.In.Motion Homecoming Gala. 

The only two Americans to have ever won the prestigious Man Booker Prize both spoke at Purchase in 2017.

A. Dean Irby offers advice to acting students in Backstage.

Purchase welcomes 22 students from China for the second semester of the Arts Abroad Program.

She’s a member of the dance company Diavolo, who made it to the finals of NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

For outstanding lighting direction on the Super Bowl halftime show.

New composition faculty member Kamala Sankaram speaks about her music on the Resonant Bodies Podcast in advance of her appearance at the festival.

Our newest jazz affiliate artist, Matt Wilson, has released an album featuring the poetry of Carl Sandburg.

Current head of classical composition, Laura Kaminsky named among the Washington Post’s “top 35 female composers in classical music.”

SAT/ACT score submission is now optional.

Professor Jon Faddis broadcast live from Louis Armstrong’s house

Six international editions of National Geographic feature it on their covers.

Netflix’s new film Chasing Coral features Dan Romer’s music, including a song performed by Kristen Bell.

Purchase composition professor Laura Kaminsky’s ground-breaking opera As One depicts the experiences of its sole transgender protagonist, Hannah, as she endeavors to resolve the discord between her self and the outside world.

Waber’s senior project exhibition reviewed by PRINT magazine.

Professor Laura Kaminsky was awarded a commission to tell wide-ranging stories that resonate with all audiences, regardless of age or previous exposure to opera.

Starts the first US chapter of the student-run nonprofit Generocksity.

Jon Kessler ’80, Tommy Hartung ’04, and Tal Beery MFA ’17 in the 2017 Whitney Biennial.

Three students appear in Madonna’s short film Her-Story

Three female station managers make PTV history.