News and Events

Karen Beltran ’02 Named President of the Westchester County Bar Association

The first woman of color to lead the WCBA in its 130-year history has been a rising star and “raising the bar” for almost two decades.
Lip Critic Lands at 57 on Paste’s 100 Best

The group’s debut album, Hex Dealer, makes Paste Magazines’s “100 Best Albums of 2024.”
Purchase-Bred Lip Critic a “Band to Watch”

Stereogum and others delve into their unique sound ahead of the May 17 release of their debut album Hex Dealer.
Karen Beltran, Esq. ’02 Appointed Yonkers City Court Judge

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

Anthropology Professor Lorraine Plourde on The Urbanist podcast

She discusses her research on the sounds of Tokyo on The Urbanist podcast, “Designing the Sound of Tokyo”
The 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Award Winners

Purchase proudly announces this year’s winners of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence: Caitly Dominici and Sara Richter.
Quoted: David Kim in National Geographic

On shamanic practices and “rice divination.”
Alice Selipanov ’21: Visual Approach to Anthropology

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