Blake Pfeil ’19 Finds Solace and Beauty in Abandoned Spaces
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.
Think Open
The Buzz About Bees: Collecting Honey to Examine DNA
Professor Stephen Harris and students in this new course extract honey from our own Purchase College bee hives.
Debut Feature by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz ’16 at Sundance and Berlin FF
Mutt is one of 12 films selected for the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition from thousands of entries.
Majors and Minors
Choose from 47 majors and 32 minors.
2021–2022: Debora Martinez ’22 Creates Community
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.
Major NEH Grant Will Support Humanities Initiatives
The $150,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities will support language, literature, and history with a focus on Spanish heritage speakers.
Four Earn AUDELCO “Viv” Award Nominations
Two alumni and two faculty members were acknowledged for their work in Off-Broadway productions.
Can Clever Chemistry Eliminate Nuclear Waste?
Professor of Chemistry Stephen Cooke receives a $107,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Energy for uranium and thorium research.
Darryl Rahn ’15 Wins Battle of the Instant Songwriters
The recurring segment on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon challenges musicians to compose a song in under an hour.
Mitski ’13 Collaboration Receives Oscar Nomination
Mitski collaborated with Son Lux and David Byrne on “This Is A Life” for the Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Purchase Earns a Competitive Fulbright-Hays Award
The grant will fund curriculum development and language immersion in Benin for faculty and area K–12 teachers.
Two Major Grammy Nominations for Samara Joy ’21
Joy is up for Best New Artist and Best New Jazz Vocal Album.
Annual Shark Tank Competition Awards $5000 Grand Prize
The team behind Purchase Beauty Bar—Chumba Kiplagat ’23, Una Bharat ’23, and Norie Guerra ’23—would bring an affordable salon to campus.
Professors Awarded Major Grant by National Science Foundation
Professors Erika Ebbs and Stephen Harris will study symbiotic communities among ducks.
