Protecting Your Zoom Session from Intruders
Check out these quick tips to help you use Brightspace more effectively!
How to resolve errors connecting to PurchaseWifi.
Play/Screenwriter making waves
Wins Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 1
Joins writing staff of Knuckles
We’re packing up and moving from Moodle to Brightspace!
Through archaeological excavation, the project studies the transition from simple to complex societies roughly 4,000 years ago.
Two students each from White Plains and Port Chester High Schools will receive Westchester Scholar Awards.
On View
January 24 - December 31, 2024
For fifty years, the Neuberger Museum of Art has fostered learning, sparked the creative process, and investigated understandings of the world in which we live through its collections, exhibitions, and education programs.
Professor of Jazz Studies acclaimed in recent interviews for fresh interpretation of Baroque classics.
Purchase College made the Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges for another year.
-had been to several schools before settling on Purchase
Three PWSW instructors featured in play reading series
The SUNY Online Summit will be held in person February 28-29, 2024 at the SUNY Global Center in New York, NY. D2L Connection: New York will be held on Friday, March 1 at the Global Center.
This weekend, students in the Playwriting and Screenwriting program collaborates with the junior Acting company and guest director Cezar Williams (director of this season’s Fucking A) to present lightly-staged readings of new short works.
Her script “Clearwater” in top 14% of all scripts on the screenwriting site Coverfly.
Stay informed about the upcoming Moodle to D2L Brightspace Migration, available training opportunities, and additional help resources!
The SUNY Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Student Empowerment Initiative seeks to provide support for SUNY to be a model of excellence of inclusive pedagogy in higher education by training SUNY faculty and instructional designers in the Universal Design for Learning framework.
I am delighted to have the honor of becoming Purchase College’s Jewish Studies Program Coordinator starting Fall 2021.
festival award/new job at Gray’s Anatomy
The Library will have modified hours during Spring Break.
Film at the Microscope Gallery
Are you an older adult? Some of you might be surprised to learn that you are. 55+. Yup.
The Richard Alan Sarnoff Prize in Jewish Studies
This year’s Sarnoff award in Jewish Studies, presented at the Humanities Awards Ceremony in May, went to Martin Drob. Martin was a History Major with a strong interest in Jewish Studies, who wrote his Senior Project about the United States’ response to the Holocaust.
The Library is excited to feature a selection of books that have been recently added to the collection. All items are available to be checked out. March is Women’s History Month. This list spotlights books that examine and celebrate women and women’s experience, both contemporary and historical, across different disciplines.
Each month we will feature a different selection of new books. Check back in April for more new titles!
Celebrate Women’s History Month with us!
Exciting news! We’re expanding our Graphic Novel and Manga Collections and want your input. Swing by the library and share your suggestions. Your recommendations could be added to our collection!
On View
January 24, 2024
West Gallery
A project in The Making of a Museum: 50 Years exhibition
The Promised Gift tells the story of Roy R. Neuberger’s 1969 grand and optimistic philanthropic contribution, a gift of 300 works of art to the State University of New York.
On View
January 24, 2024
Klein Gallery
A project in The Making of a Museum: 50 Years exhibition
1969—1974 explores the role of Roy R. Neuberger as one of the most important collectors of his day, the conceptualization, design, and construction of the Museum, and its use in the early 1970s by the students and faculty of Purchase College prior to the formal opening of the Neuberger Museum of Art in 1974.
On August 1, 2024, Artstor will be retired. All Artstor content will be accessible via JSTOR. Read on for more details including information about upcoming workshops on finding images in JSTOR.
We are thrilled to announce that Purchase College has partnered with SUNY Online Instructional Design Services to offer all Purchase College faculty and instructors access to tailored instructional design support!
Purchase College offers abundant opportunities for a lifetime of learning.
Best Screenplay in Paris Fest
Peggy Stafford’s “Behind the Attic Walls”
Congratulations to Natalie Black (class of 2017) on all success!
New Plaza Cinema Screening Short Works
Librarians are here to answer your questions about research and citation, virtually and in-person! Just Ask a Librarian for help right now!
You can now print from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop to a designated printer in the Reference Area of the Library!
On View
February 21, 2024
Window Gallery
A project in The Making of a Museum: 50 Years exhibition
Threnody is a 250-foot-wide site-specific painting created by American artist Cleve Gray for the opening of the Neuberger Museum of Art.
Please help us in welcoming the following new hires to Purchase!
This free hybrid workshop (via Brightspace and Zoom) provides a comprehensive introduction to the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. Participants will learn why the UDL framework is important, how to apply its principles and guidelines to their own courses, and best practices for interacting with students with disabilities. Participants in this workshop will apply what they learn about UDL to design a new lesson or revise an existing lesson.
TLTC has received several inquiries from faculty about how we as an institution and a system are handling AI and what detection tools are available for faculty use. We understand that this is a loaded issue with many implications and a variety of potential consequences.
On View
December 6, 2023—March 24, 2024
In an era in which individuals may live and work in multiple locations, often outside their native country, we may ask if it remains relevant to think in regional terms. This question is essential, as many artists prefer not to carry a national banner, but instead consider themselves actors engaged in a universal dialogue.
Many Purchase College students, faculty, and staff welcomed and benefitted from the Broadview Freecycle Event!
The Library’s Spring semester hours begin on Monday, January 22.
Inch forward with your community. Together, we think wide open!
Join SUNY Instructional Designers Rob Piorkowski and Alexandra Pickett for the next session in our webinar series on effective use of Brightspace!
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.
Premieres new play Better Friends on campus!
The senior attended the 52nd Annual Conference of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislators, Inc.
That’s according to the Princeton Review’s Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition.
EOP shared their autobiographical narratives Event hosted by College Writing professor Amy Beth Wright.. students refined their essays over the course of several weeks, and transformed them into short performance pieces.
Music and Movie Piracy - and the DMCA
Learn more about Jenn’s journey from Purchase student to becoming an advocate for Purchase students.
Join SUNY Instructional Designers Rob Piorkowski and Alexandra Pickett for the Spring 2024 faculty webinar series on effective use of Brightspace!
The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC), in collaboration with the Office of Disability Resources (ODR), is seeking to increase awareness about three key accessibility features in Brightspace: Anthology Ally (formerly Blackboard Ally), Accommodations and Special Access, and the built-in Accessibility Checker.
Several new features have been added to our instance of Brightspace.
What if you could help Purchase students achieve their dreams of a college education?
Instructors, please submit your Library Course Reserve Requests using the Course Reserves Request Forms for books and films.
Get immediate access to 1000+ feature films (big box office) and TV shows! Check out the updates to our Top 1000 collection.
The Library is excited to welcome Tony White as our new Library Director, starting Sept. 7, 2023.
Edwidge Danticat will receive the SUNY honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters.
Kevin Collymore ’10 (President, Purchase College Alumni Association) and Nadège Boisson Pardo (Executive Director, Alumni Engagement)
The Center for Media, Film and, Theatre (CMFT) will create a new center for the Conservatory of Theatre Arts, the School of Film and Media Studies, and related arts programs.
Did you know the Purchase College Library is a federal depository, one of 1,100 depositories for government information in the U.S.? Check out our online Government Documents Help Guide to learn more about the gov docs collection!
Meet Melissa Sheinheit, Assistant to the Director of the Neuberger.
What should I do at Purchase College if I might have COVID?
The Library is excited to announce the launch of the Purchase College Library Digital Repository.
Gina Belafonte is an award-winning producer, director, actress, educator, prison abolitionist, and freedom activist.
Through her stage works and through her direct mentorship of young writers, María Irene Fornés. had an extraordinary influence on American playwriting in the last fifty years, but her work is largely unknown to the general public. We aim to change that! The Playwriting & Screenwriting program has partnered with the Conservatory of Theatre Arts to present productions, readings, screenings, and workshops in which students, Purchase faculty, and guest artists will share how their encounters with this body of work have changed them.
Kicking off the festival is a keynote address by dramaturg, producer, and scholar Morgan Jenness, this Saturday at 6pm in the CMFT Performance Studio, which will be followed by a reception, and then the opening performance of Fornés’s masterpiece The Conduct of Life directed by guest artist Shadi Ghaheri, and featuring members of BFA Acting Company 47 and the work of students in the Theatre Design/Technology BFA program.
A full listing of FornésFest activities can be found at the festival website
https://www.purchase.edu/academics/theatre-arts/fornesfest/
Note that many events, including this Saturday’s keynote address and performance, require reservations. You can make your reservations by clicking on the event listing at the website
Anthology Ally (formerly Blackboard Ally) is available in Brightspace to help faculty improve the accessibility and usability of course materials. We encourage instructors to use it as a guide for improving the quality of existing and new course content.
It’s not too late to vaccinate! Call 914-251-7925 to schedule an appointment for a flu shot.
Opens April 2024
South Gallery
A project in The Making of a Museum: 50 Years exhibition
1974—2024 tells the story of the years from the time of the formal opening of the Museum to the present.
The Library is excited to feature a selection of books that have been recently added to the collection. All items are available to be checked out. February is Black History Month, and the books in this month’s showcase touch upon the Black experience, both contemporary and historical, across different disciplines.
Each month we will feature a different selection of new books. In March, we will be celebrating Women’s History Month and will spotlight books that examine and celebrate women. Check back then!
Meet the four newest members of the President’s Cabinet.
Check out these quick tips to help you use Brightspace more effectively!
MPox cases have been on the rise in NYS. Learn how to protect yourself.
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.
According to the National Science Foundation survey.
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.
He’ll spend 2023–2024 in Salzburg, Austria exploring immersive storytelling.
Frankie Kadir Bademci-Vaughan is a fourth-year New Media and Theatre and Performance graduate.
As reported by Patch, Purchase students get a look at the new senior living community rising on their campus.
Jeff Edwards from the Patch staff writes that, “The connection with Purchase College is already paying off for one Broadview Charter Member who had an unexpected brush with greatness.” Read the full article.
That’s according to the Princeton Review’s Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition.
Tough and sweet, demanding and nurturing, Professor Emerita of Film Miriam Arsham taught a generation of Purchase film students the art of telling stories through moving images.
On View: Ongoing
Then and Now is an ongoing exhibition that includes a rotation of works from the museum’s collection of more than 6,000 objects.
Think you have the best design for our Pancake Madness T-shirts? Submit your artwork and may the best artist win!
The world premiere of Little Bear Ridge Road by playwright Samuel D. Hunter opens in June.
Khiry Walker ’15 also joins the cast.
I hope you will all be joining us next month for our 50th anniversary celebration events. When we gather in the Theater Gallery on Saturday evening, April 13, to honor Janet Langsam, Fred Wilson, and Lois Bregstein, surrounded by the site-specific painting, Threnody, we will be in one of the largest exhibitions spaces in the region.
Recurred on AppleTV+ series and co-starred at Pasadena Playhouse.
Public art consultant, curator, and art historian Emily Blumenfeld was central to the permanent installation Diatom Lace on the East Midtown Greenway along the East River.
The Global Studies class Place, Space and Belonging experienced the transformational renovations at LaGuardia airport’s Terminals C and B.
Hoffman won the Berru Poetry Award in Memory of Ruth and Bernie Weinflash for When There Was Light.
Objects from Africa have been on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art since it opened to the public in 1974.
This is one of my favorite stories because it connects our campus to another great institution, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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.
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.
Another of the Neuberger’s great support organizations is the Museum Service Council. The MSC is comprised of devoted art lovers who have volunteered hours and hours of their time to the education of generations of students—from the College and from the community—who have walked through the doors of the Museum.
A deeply personal work from the renowned artist
One the best things about the Neuberger Museum of Art are the people who make up our community. And among the ‘best of the best’ are the leaders who have, for so long now, been a part of our amazing support and advisory group, the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art.
The cast reunited to receive the SAG award for Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble.
Eberhardt is part of the star-studded cast of Enemy of the People at Circle in the Square Theatre.
Opening today, Cleve Gray’s Threnody is on view again as part of the Museum’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Today’s story is your story to tell.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Roy R. Neuberger’s 1969 founding promised gift. Twenty-nine objects were accessioned by the Neuberger Museum of Art in that year. Since then, the Museum’s collection has grown to comprise nearly 7,000 objects, which have been donated, promised, bequeathed, and purchased.
Congratulations to three members of the Purchase music community on winning four awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.
No, it’s not shiny, or fancy, or visible from the road. But that’s not what it was supposed to be.
Allyson Jackson, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, was awarded the $99,480 grant to empower students to help protect the environment.
The New York Times describes Midnight on Beacon Street as “an impressive debut.”
The master plan for Purchase College was inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s master plan for the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
We are excited that Broadview Member Residents are moving into their new homes in phases which will continue through the spring.
The accomplished casting director and lecturer in Acting won for casting Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers.
The TLTC needs your input to make Brightspace the best it can be!
In 2002, as Roy R. Neuberger turned 100, he published his second memoir, The Passionate Collector: Eighty Years in the World of Art. He dedicated the book “with great affection and respect to the extraordinary, original, passionate artists who have enriched my life beyond measure.”
On shamanic practices and “rice divination.”
Do you know which work of art was the very first to enter the Museum’s collection?
Students study and conduct visitor surveys in collaboration with New York City’s New Museum.
Visual Arts and Arts Management students collaborate on Maass Gallery exhibitions.
For his senior project, Hollingsworth created a show to expand musical theatre
opportunities for actors on the spectrum.
Jones shared his expertise on working with the likes of Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Hudson and on the power of acting training.
2024. A great year. Why? Because the Neuberger Museum of Art is celebrating its 50th anniversary!
The Economics Program’s Shark Tank-style event invites entrepreneurs to judge the inventive ideas of students from all majors.
Caught the Bug (2022), an experimental film made by Amelia Wyeth Ponirakis ’23 in her junior year has screened in London and New York.
A while back I wrote you about an experience I had when I was much younger, working as a curatorial assistant at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) and met with a donor who gave NMWA the plaster cast of Harriet Hosmer’s sculpture of the Clasped Hands of Elizabeth and Robert Browning.
Between your other festive holiday happenings, take a minute to mark your calendars for some of the special events that we’ll be hosting at the Museum during our Year of Celebration!
You’ve heard me mention that all year next year the Neuberger will be celebrating our 50th anniversary.
If you’ve been to the Museum lately, you’ve probably noticed that we are no longer charging for admission.
On behalf of all of us at the NEU, we wish you peaceful, restful and joyful times with family and friends during this season of thanks.
Faculty and alumni rise to the top with GRAMMY Award® nominations.
You’ve heard me mention that next year we’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Museum. This milestone wouldn’t be possible without the support of the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art. It’s true. We wouldn’t be one of the top academic art museums in the country without the Friends organization.
Recognized by the U.S. Department of State for strong engagement with the Fulbright Program.
If you missed our exhibition, A Matter of Discovery: The Art of Luis Perelman, you missed a real treat.
Last week, a group of students from the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance visited the Museum with faculty member Nelly Van Bommel ’04 to experience Dennis Oppenheim: The Assembly Line.
Produced annually, New Plays Now, gives Playwriting and Screenwriting students an opportunity to stage readings with the Conservatory of Theater Arts acting program.
Fall 2023 SUNY FACT2 Campus Reps Updates & Professional Development Opportunities
If you’ve never been to Buffalo, you should go. (Wear layers.) Especially if you like the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Over the weekend, I had the great opportunity to visit the Darwin D. Martin House in a Buffalo suburb.
A collaboration between the Environmental Studies program and the Sustainability Office sparked a search for species on the Purchase campus.
Updating of our facilities 10-year master plan.
Making much needed repairs and updating to our Darkroom.
Addressing the campus’ aging electrical systems.
The first opera I ever saw was Verdi’s Nabucco at The Lyric in Baltimore, just about 30 years ago. Knowing little of opera at that time, I loved the pageantry of it from the start. And, then, as all of the opera-goers gathered during the intermission to sing Va, pensiero together, I thought, this is a magical and unifying experience.
October 18th 4 – 6 pm
Fort Awesome 0142
Purchase ranks among some of “the best academic programs” for audio engineering.
The producer, songwriter, and recording artist is recognized for his pivotal collaboration with the rapper Ice Spice.
Writing to you today, days after the attacks by Hamas on Israel, as the nature of the attacks emerge… the ruthless barbarism, the terror, the trauma… it’s very hard for me to put something into words here. It makes me angry. It makes my heart break.
This Friday, October 6, marks the 54th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the museum.
It’s an exceptional experience to be with an artist who is seeing an exhibition of their work for the first time. I don’t mean a first exhibition of their work, generally. I mean an exhibition of a particular set of works of theirs that they are seeing on view for the first time.
Here’s a review of Admissions activities for 2022–2023.
Congratulations to the winners of staff awards this year.
Chief Information Officer and Director of Campus Technology Services Bill Junor has retired.
It’s not easy to get a pin on that hat.
There are three new PSGA Green Cabinet members: Student Sustainability Coordinator, Compost Master, and FreeStore/New Director. Meet them below!
Including nods by Backstage, The Hollywood Reporter, and Money.
A summer study abroad program
It’s finally that week again … the first week of the semester when all the students are back and the campus is re-energized.
Commedia dell’Arte and Classical Pantomime
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: A Female Military History of the Warsaw Ghetto and its Uprising, a narrative history, will be published in 2025.
Internationally renowned, Venice Biennale-bound artist unveils canvases that capture his personal artistic journey through the visual lexicon of the West African divination system Fâ.
Internationally renowned, Venice Biennale-bound artist unveils canvases that capture his personal artistic journey through the visual lexicon of the West African divination system Fâ.
The Assistant Professor of Communications directed Their Voice.
Helado won the Audience Choice Award.
“…Hartley would stand as one of the few meaningfully independent filmmakers of his era.”
A student-led initiative in the Conservatory of Dance will ensure that dancers of diverse backgrounds can continue to thrive at Purchase and feel empowered in their community.
The investigative reporter and host explores the fascinating and frightening true story behind bringing the abortion pill to the US in the 90s.
The Bessie Award category honors an artist who has made an exceptional leap in their career.
Directions for moving courses from Moodle to Brightspace.
The Award recognizes the impact of her choreography.
The Award recognizes the impact of her choreography.
Named one of the “next generation” at Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance.
Named one of the “next generation” at Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance.
As part of our migration from Moodle to Brightspace, Purchase now subscribes to Tier 1 support services provided by the SUNY Online Help Desk.
The interpretive signs in the Purchase Native Pollinator Garden resulted from collaboration between environmental studies, arts management, and graphic design.
Mutt by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz ’16, also screened at Sundance, Berlin Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films 2023.
July 2023 Brightspace updates from the TLTC and Brightspace Migration Project Team as well as info about upcoming SUNY teaching & learning conferences.
The Library is excited to welcome Tony White as our new Library Director, starting Sept. 7, 2023.
Penguin Books will publish his yet unfinished PhD dissertation in history, an incredible coup.
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.
Chillé is writer and director of Father Figures.
SUNY Empire State University will host its 8th Annual Learning with Innovative Technology (LIT) conference on Thu, Aug 10, 2023. This is a FREE virtual conference focused on using technologies in education.
SUNY Chancellor John B. King welcomed 40 new EOP students to campus to mark the launch of the system-wide Summer Academy.
SUNY System Administration, SUNY University Faculty Senate, and SUNY Faculty Council of Community Colleges are hosting an academic conference focused on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ) in the Curriculum to take place in-person at SUNY Albany on Nov 3 & 4, 2023.
June 2023 Brightspace updates from the TLTC and Brightspace Migration Project Team as well as info about upcoming SUNY conferences.
Research articles published by Wildlife Ecology students in the 6th volume of the Purchase College Journal of Ecology.
Here’s how to review and accept or decline your award.
Research articles published by Wildlife Ecology students in the 6th volume of the Purchase College Journal of Ecology.
Today was a bittersweet day. Our good friend Lucille Werlinich rotated off as chair of the Purchase College Foundation.
Working with GreenSheen, a leader in paint recycling, thousands of cans were dropped off by community members.
Working with GreenSheen, a leader in paint recycling, thousands of cans were dropped off by community members.
This will be more for those of you who followed the Tony’s…
Six students and two faculty mentors attended the 2023 Northeast Natural History Conference in Burlington, VT in April to present their senior project research.
This spring, the Purchase College Chapter of Sigma Xi nominated eight seniors to be inducted into this scientific research honor society.
This spring, the Purchase College Chapter of Sigma Xi nominated eight seniors to be inducted into this scientific research honor society.
Dynamic retrospective features signature resin sculptures and never-before-seen studies.
One of the first 11 recipients of a SUNY/CUNY scholarship to expand and diversify New York’s mental health force.
Not long ago I visited the Rhode Island School of Design Museum for the first time. Wow. What a beautiful museum.
Please help us in welcoming the following new hires to Purchase!
The event also celebrated Professor of Economics Sanford Ikeda, who’s retiring at the end of this year.
Falco stars as his mother, and Roche plays his sister on Davidson’s new semi-autobiographical series.
The magazine selected deMartin’s first feature film to support through its Production Services program.
Cave will receive The 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre.
Meet Ian Driver, Interim General Manager of The Performing Arts Center
The Library mourns the passing of long-time colleague, Caroline “Carry” Kyzivat.
One of our greatest hopes for Hard Return has been the ability to involve so many students. And involve them we did! They had wonderful experiences … the kind of experiences that are distinctly PURCHASE and distinctly NEUBERGER.
This exhibition presents a significant body of work by internationally renowned, Venice Biennale-bound artist Romuald Hazoumè based on his dedicated study of Fâ divination.
The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.
For Best Lighting of a Play
Psychology and sociology double major Hannah Kaebnick is one of two who earned the honors.
Biology major and Chemistry minor Sonia Seth is one of two who earned the honors.
The competitive festival celebrates emerging filmmakers from traditionally marginalized communities.
A sought-after puppet designer and puppeteer, Ortiz crafted the Milky White cow in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.
Drama Desk, Daytime Emmy, and Tony nominations are in the mix.
A highly accomplished lighting designer, Croiter earned a nomination for work on Only Gold.
Around here, Culture Shock means spring has ARRIVED at Purchase College … and it’s happening this weekend!
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.
Ken Weeks demonstrated how he builds canoes by hand entirely from natural materials.
Olivier Zerouali is a Voice and Opera Studies major in the Conservatory of Music.
The SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD) OTTER Institute (set to take place on August 14 - September 18) is an opportunity for online practitioners, regardless of teaching modality, to learn more about online education’s innovations, trends, and challenges. Register now for free course design and delivery assistance from the SUNY DLE Trainers!
ON VIEW: June 7 - November 5, 2023
Well known for his pioneering sculptures cast in clear resin, New York-based artist Luis Perelman’s career spans six decades and encompasses drawings and paintings, sculptures, and innovative new artforms that he continues to explore today. The Neuberger Museum of Art has staged a dynamic retrospective featuring more than fifty objects from the artist’s collection, as well as never-before-seen items from his studio. The exhibition will be on view through Fall 2023.
He’ll spend 2023–2024 in Salzburg, Austria exploring immersive storytelling.
The spring 2023 issue of the music journalism magazine is published.
Faculty, as you plan courses for upcoming semesters, remember that you can adopt open textbooks from the extensive library available from SUNY OER Services!
You’ve heard me talk about our performance art show, Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment, and the opportunities that have been created for Purchase College students to be involved as performers and as production assistants.
Arts Management Students Presented at the 2023 Annual SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC).
We’re packing up and moving from Moodle to Brightspace!
Boston University historian and professor Charles Dellheim joined the Jewish Studies Program at Purchase College to give a lecture on his book, Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern.
Assistant Professor Lenka Pichlíková studied with the Marceau and teaches mime and Commedia Dell’Arte to Purchase students.
Our highly skilled preparators move most of our art when needed, but sometimes we need backup, especially when an object requires rigging. Such was the case earlier this week when we needed to relocate Alexander Lieberman’s Alert.
A few of you asked about the Magic 8 Ball in the picture of the blocks that I shared last week.
AI-assisted writing tools such as ChatGPT are a hot topic in academia right now. During this session, Turnitin will discuss what they’ve been doing to develop tools to help instructors and students, as well as the unique opportunities and challenges this time period poses.
As reported by Patch, Purchase students get a look at the new senior living community rising on their campus.
A speculum is haunting your OB-GYN. Bloom battled the patriarchal spirits of nineteenth-century gynecology to clear a path to a new achievement in feminist design, a journey into the utopian horizon that performance artist Nao Bustamante calls the “vaginal imaginary.”
So, in my office, I have a lot of blocks. These are blocks that my kids played with when they were younger but outgrew.
What is online classroom etiquette?
Cinema Love will be published by Dutton Books and John Murray Press in 2024.
The actor earned the NAACP Image award for portraying Uncle Clifford on Starz’s P-Valley.
It’s sometimes hard to remember what our outdoor sculpture collection looks like when it snows, because it doesn’t really snow any more around here.
Patterson earned the award for appearing in three plays during the season.
Dave Grill ’86 leads the lighting team for the Broadway revival.
Open Education Week (March 6-10, 2023) is an annual celebration of the people and activities that apply open practices to education around the world.
Parker Posey ’91 and Bill Sage ’88 star in The New Group’s The Seagull/Woodstock, NY.
Warfield has been a creative force for 25 years.
Addressing ongoing leaks and other problems, while also making the building more energy efficient.
Modifications and repairs to our existing parking lots, pathways, and sidewalks around the campus, expanding access to our Main Plaza and Academic Buildings.
I’m taking a few days to be with my family during my youngest son’s Midwinter Recess.
Please join us in welcoming two new librarians, Lorraine LaPrade and Jaime Neudecker!
Jeff Edwards from the Patch staff writes that, “The connection with Purchase College is already paying off for one Broadview Charter Member who had an unexpected brush with greatness.” Read the full article.
The SUNY Center for Professional Development (SUNY CPD) is offering two main types of Brightspace training. All trainings are free and available to all Purchase College faculty and staff!
Alix Pearlstein’s Inventory blurred the lines between then and now, self and other, live and recorded by using improvisational exercises to examine a personal archive of objects from previous artworks — props, structures, gestures — with a group of Purchase College student actors.
Our performance art exhibition, Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment, continues this week with a work by Purchase College Class of 1988 graduate Alix Pearlstein.
Alicia Pilgrim ’20 and Ta’Neesha Murphy ’21 star in the second season.
Carter Hudson ’09 returned to his breakout role.
The film demonstrates the collaborative DIY culture found at Purchase—it stars musician Hannah Lee Thompson ’17 and several alums were on the crew.
Stay informed about the upcoming Moodle to D2L Brightspace Migration, available training opportunities, and additional help resources!
Targeted for larger audiences, these scaled webinars offer live demonstrations of the Brightspace learning environment and other training topics. Opportunities to ask questions of Brightspace experts during the last 30 minutes. “Illuminations” are advanced Brightspace workshops offered in the scaled webinar format that feature Brightspace tools and topics not covered in the Brightspace Fundamentals training.
Dr. Jeffrey Gurock gave a book talk on the Jewish experience in Parkchester and examined how race and ethnicity played a part in the social, economic, and cultural makeup of the neighborhood.
This month’s SUNY FACT2 update includes information on how to prepare for our move from Moodle to Brightspace, the SUNY Digital Learning Environment (DLE) website and all of its many resources, upcoming SUNY events including the SUNY Online Summit, FACT2 Inclusive Teaching Webinar Series, the 2023 Student Success Summit, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) workshops, SUNY’s annual Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT), and Technology Conference (STC).
The release of ChatGPT late last year was immediately hailed as a game-changer in the application of artificial intelligence to writing tasks. This webinar takes a “technology-positive” approach to the challenges posed by A.I. to both humanities and STEM disciplines. Join us for this timely and practical discussion about how A.I. is transforming the educational landscape.
The choreographer is the first-ever Asian American woman commissioned to create new work at the New York City Ballet.
Join the Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology (FACT2) Inclusive Teaching Task Force each Thursday in April for this 4-part Inclusive Teaching Webinar Series.
And now for a change of pace… My youngest has been really into dystopia as a genre lately, so over the weekend we went to the see a performance of The Machine Stops, a new play adapted by Kevin Ray from E. M. Forster’s 1909 short story of the same name.
A la vista del 8 de febrero al 26 de mayo, 2023
Si los proyectos del Aula Abierta se alinean con el plan de estudio de los cursos del Colegio Purchase, sobrepasan también el espacio del aula tradicional.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano swore in Beltran at a ceremony at Yonkers City Hall, just steps away from where she grew up.
The third phase of renovations to several of our academic building restrooms to upgrade to ADA compliance and sustainability standards.
The second phase of renovations to several of our academic building restrooms to upgrade to ADA compliance and sustainability standards.
Board of Directors 2022–2023
The jazz sensation also won Best New Jazz Vocal Album.
Artist Brendan Fernandes collaborated with an ensemble of Purchase College student dancers and with vogue artist, Pose cast member, Purchase alumnus, and current faculty member Jason Rodriguez in a work that responded to African art in the Neuberger Museum’s collection.
Janet Rollé ’84 has always been keenly aware of her place in her family’s story—a difficult but straightforward path of advancement from generation to generation. But throughout her life, Rollé has rarely followed paths: she forges them, and they’re anything but straightforward.
We opened our performance art show, Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment, today and I wanted to let you know about a special event later this week.
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 SUNY Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Student Empowerment Initiative seeks to provide support for SUNY to be a model of excellence of inclusive pedagogy in higher education by training SUNY faculty and instructional designers in the Universal Design for Learning framework.
Summer study in France provided an artistic breakthrough.
Purchase College is participating in Campus Race to Zero Waste for the 2023 season.
Final results: We placed #7 out of over 100 participating schools in the “Per Capita” recycling category. Thank you to everyone who helped get us there!
We’ve recently upgraded our connection to Perusall, which required a new integration between our Moodle system and the Perusall application. To use Perusall this semester, faculty and students will need to confirm and merge their Perusall accounts.
Robbie Morrell distills multiple sources to reveal suggested techniques to find happiness.
Mitski collaborated with Son Lux and David Byrne on “This Is A Life” for the Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Built to last? Nope, not everything.
Please welcome Grace Afflerbach as the new Sustainability Coordinator.
With so many new hires in recent months, we’d like to shout out our Welcome to Purchase collectively.
We celebrate our colleague who has worked in The Hub for more than 25 years.
Performance artist Kate Gilmore and art historian Jonah Westerman co-curate nine newly commissioned works showcasing artistic activities that the pandemic made temporarily impossible.
Congratulations to the longtime C+CS office/business manager for this well-deserved honor.
The Purchase D/T program was well represented on the crew behind the FISU Games 2023 Opening Ceremony in Lake Placid.
We’re building something. It’s big. Really big. It’s art. It makes noise. It’s been shown at the Neuberger twice before. It’s part of the collection.
ON VIEW: January 18—June 30, 2023
Dorothy Dehner’s work draws upon a primitive nature with each line, color, and form emphasizing both a visual and symbolic isolation.
The Provost/VPAA attended the November PSC meeting and kindly answered our questions.
Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment opens February 1.
2023 is off to a great start!
Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that it has awarded the Neuberger Museum a $30,000 grant in support of our new performance art exhibition, Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment.
Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that it has awarded the Neuberger Museum a $30,000 grant in support of its new performance art exhibition, Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment.
The $150,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities will support language, literature, and history with a focus on Spanish heritage speakers.
2023 is off to a great start!
Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that it has awarded the Neuberger Museum a $30,000 grant in support of our new performance art exhibition, Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment.
The recurring segment on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon challenges musicians to compose a song in under an hour.
SUNY campuses increasingly recognize the importance of being student-ready and culturally responsive, thus meeting students where they are in order to facilitate the co-creation and attainment of personal, academic, and professional goals.
Congratulations to Jonas Edmondson for receiving the Gilman scholarship. He will be studying in Australia for the Spring semester of 2023.
ON VIEW:
The largest body of work by a single artist in the Neuberger Museum of Art’s collection is by Louis Michel Eilshemius, who is represented by more than a hundred paintings, watercolors, and drawings …
- Michael Lobel
Professor of Art History at Hunter College
and former Professor of Art History at Purchase College
CIT 2023 will be a hybrid event with a separate schedule for our virtual and in-person presenters and attendees. Registration is now open!
ON VIEW through Fall 2023
The largest body of work by a single artist in the Neuberger Museum of Art’s collection is by Louis Michel Eilshemius, who is represented by more than a hundred paintings, watercolors, and drawings.
ON VIEW: February 8—May 28, 2023
Open Classroom projects align with course material of Purchase College classes while moving beyond the scope of the traditional classroom.
Wishing everyone a peaceful and joyful New Year!
Want to know which museums in New York (aside from the Neuberger ... of course) look really great right now?
That’s according to the Princeton Review’s Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition.
Kirkus Reviews calls Our Lady of the Highway one of the Best Indie Books of 2022.
The 2023 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) program has just been announced. These competitive, peer-reviewed awards aim to demonstrate, communicate and replicate innovations developed at campuses across SUNY.
The students were honored to meet privately with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
Described as timeless, his voice has the vibe of Roy Orbison.
As I look back on 2022, the year is filled with reminders of the incredible support we have received from our visitors, members, and friends. You propel our creativity and make the Neuberger a place of rich learning and discovery.
ON VIEW
Extended through January 24, 2024
A machine is a perfect way to describe the mind.
- Dennis Oppenheim
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips for faculty to help you get organized for the new semester!
The team behind Purchase Beauty Bar—Chumba Kiplagat ’23, Una Bharat ’23, and Norie Guerra ’23—would bring an affordable salon to campus.
Flint Brenton, Forbes Councils Member and CEO of Syntellis Performance Solutions, writes that: “A lifelong approach to learning is an integral part of becoming a successful leader.”
No, not that kind of retirement….
The Critics Choice Award nomination is for the role of Jacob Hill in ABC’s smash hit workplace comedy.
The Critics Choice Award nomination is for the role of Jacob Hill in ABC’s smash hit workplace comedy.
No, not that kind of retirement….
The SUNY Online Summit will be held online and in-person March 8-10, 2023!
Last week, students from the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance performed a wonderful improvisation event in the gallery with our Nicolás De Jesús exhibition.
If you’ve seen our YOKO ONO: Mend Piece (Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City version) exhibition, I think you’ll like this conversation with Midori Yoshimoto, an expert on Japanese women artists, and Diana Puglisi, our curator of education for youth and adult programs. Listen in as Yoshimoto describes her work with Yoko Ono and the evolution of Mend Piece since its debut in 1966.
On October 26, 2022, Dara Horn joined the Purchase College Jewish Studies Program for a conversation about her book, People Love Dead Jews, with Professor Christian Bailey.
ON VIEW: February 1—May 7, 2023
Hard Return: 9 Experiments for this Moment is a performance art exhibition featuring a series of nine artists creating dynamic week-long experiences, environments, and interactions live in the Neuberger Museum of Art’s galleries.
My eldest son pokes fun at me for saying “the work” all the time.
2022 Roy R. Neuberger Prize Award Exhibition
ON VIEW: April 13 – December 22, 2022
Light, color, sound, and texture are vehicles to explore issues of injustice and bring the power of art and policy to bear on historical engagement and critical action.
The Hollywood Reporter included Purchase in its round-up of top American film schools.
Professor of Chemistry Stephen Cooke receives a $107,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Energy for uranium and thorium research.
Winter Session 2023 Dates
Monday, December 19, 2022–Friday, January 13, 2023
Registration is underway!
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.”
According to the 2022-2023 report, Purchase hits the list at #8 for Top Public Schools nationally.
ON VIEW: September 7-December 23, 2022
ON VIEW: August 31 — December 23, 2022
In this iteration of the iconic installation Mend Piece (Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City version) (1966/2015), Yoko Ono proposes communal mending as an act of healing.
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.
Faculty / Instructors: Join a Moodle Basics Virtual Drop-In Session via Zoom, during Welcome Week, for live help with Moodle!
The striking abstract collage is a major addition to the collection.
The PAC is back with live performances this fall beginning October 8.
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us on Saturday for the Friends 50th Big Birthday Celebration!
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips for faculty to help you get organized for Summer session!
Purchase alumni collaborate to answer the question.
The Warded Man was a New York Times bestseller.
EXTENDED! On view through September 24, 2022
Milton Avery, well known for his influence on a wide variety of artists working in the United States, focused much of his work on color relationships. While his works were recognizable in subject matter, he was praised for expressing form through colors that had emotional value, rather than directly copying reality.
On April 21st, the Neuberger Museum of Art welcomed the public for a reception celebrating 2022 Roy R. Neuberger Prize artist Tomashi Jackson and her solo exhibition, Tomashi Jackson: SLOW JAMZ.
The composer, flutist, and producer will be the eleventh Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow.
Dawson’s app Step2,3 recently won Purchase’s Shark-Tank Style Competition.
Tomorrow we’re moving one of our most awe-inspiring pieces back into the galleries. It was one of the first works commissioned specifically for the Neuberger. It was created here. It is huge. It is bold. It is powerful. And it is part of the Friends 50th Anniversary exhibition.
What is it?
The Combined Heat and Power Energy Storage Project (CHP/ES) is an example of the long-term energy vision for the college coupling together energy efficiency, reusable energy and energy storage which will lead to energy savings, resiliency and learning opportunities to the campus community and beyond.
Solo exhibition by prize recipient Tomashi Jackson to open at the Museum on April 13
After many thoughtful conversations about the academic needs of our students and the current COVID case load in our region, Purchase College decided to adjust its academic calendar to begin two weeks later than the originally planned start date.
So… what does it mean for the Museum?
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips for faculty to help you get organized for the Spring 2022 semester!
ON VIEW: September 7 - December 23, 2022
Explore the work and artistic career of contemporary Mexican artist Nicolás de Jesús.
ON VIEW
There is always something NEU to explore from our encyclopedic collection of more than 6,000 artworks.
ON VIEW: March 23 - July 3, 2022
Remarkable in its breadth and depth, this exhibition is comprised of major works of art that have come into the Museum’s collection over the past fifty years through the efforts of the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art, an organization of dedicated local, regional, and national supporters who help the NEU grow and thrive.
Do you like the idea of taking time for yourself but feel there aren’t enough hours in the day? Well, let us help you.
Learning to squeeze self-care into your life may actually lead to less stress, more energy, and a clearer focus.
There’s so much happening on campus! Here are some ways to stay in the loop.
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.
ON VIEW: November 17, 2021 — April 24, 2022
Stewarding a collection requires not only the physical care of objects but also a lot of research. That detective work, using a wide range of tools, is critical for ensuring that the history of the ownership of an object—its provenance—is known prior to a museum acquiring that work by gift, bequest, or purchase.
The SUNY Online Service Level Agreement (SLA) provides a detailed list of the services, free and for a fee, provided by SUNY Online. These services range from support for online faculty and students to campus administrators focused on online learning and address challenges, provide solutions, and offer opportunities for campuses to partner with us or to just take advantage of open resources to improve online learning on their campuses. Plan to join us for a monthly webinar series that explores a different dimension of the SLA each month and helps address challenges and opportunities.
EXTENDED THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2022
David Smith: Billiard Players includes a selection of works executed from 1935 through 1945, a crucial period in the artist’s artistic evolution. Smith examined the figure of the billiard player in many variations as a way to advance open sculptural forms, synthesize sociopolitical subject matter into his own personal iconography, and explore the fluidity between representation and abstraction in depicting volume, motion and time.
ON VIEW: October 20, 2021 - December 24, 2021
Open Classroom projects align with course material of Purchase College classes while moving beyond the scope of the traditional classroom.
Addressing ongoing leaks and other problems, while also making the building more energy efficient.
Providing a new pump house near the front of the campus to help increase overall campus water pressure and prevent any backflow into the town’s water system.
A study to look at humidity and ventilation issues in both buildings and development of both short-term and long-term solutions.
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips for faculty to help you get organized as the Fall 2021 semester gets underway!
ON VIEW: July 21 - October 17, 2021
A set of eight drawings by the artist Stephen Antonakos has been donated to the Neuberger Museum by his wife, Naomi, and will be on view in our galleries through mid-October.
Faculty / Instructors: Join our Moodle Basics Virtual Drop-In Session Zoom room (please use your Purchase College-affiliated Zoom account; room login details below) for live help with Moodle any time from 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm on Thursday, August 26, 2021.
A weekly online and social gathering for the Purchase College Community to discuss films and topics related to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies.
Every Tuesday from July 6 to August 10, 2021 6:00–8:00pm, via zoom
Register Here!
ON VIEW: September 15 - December 24, 2021
Featuring works from the permanent collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art, The Rise of a Social Consciousness in the Arts of Mexico since the Revolution highlights the important roles played by modern Mexican artists in the awakening of a social consciousness in Mexico, a country that was marked by a decade of revolution beginning in 1910 that not only changed its political course, but also triggered an artistic revolution.
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips to help you get organized as Summer sessions get underway!
Please mark your calendars for June 10-11, 2021 for two days of learning, networking, brainstorming, and reimagining at the SUNYCUAD Annual Conference.
Special congrats to the ENV award winners this year:
Outstanding Senior: Tiffani Rushford
Outstanding Junior: Julie Gifford
If you missed any of the sessions during this year’s Virtual & Global alumni events, the week’s lineup of programs is available to watch now on YouTube.
Founding Professors Peter Schwab and Lee Ehrman Retire
When Purchase was forced to cancel the in-person 2020 commencement ceremony last May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one graduate was particularly disappointed.
We asked for your memories of the tree and here are your responses.
Few things spark a more nostalgic response in the hearts and minds of Purchase grads than the beloved Elephant Tree, the majestic copper beech tree that stood behind the original estate house. Sadly, the tree had to be removed last winter due to years of irreversible damage from pests and disease.
Independent curator and consultant with a specialization in artist estates
He was named the Claude and Alfred Mann Endowed Professor in Dance at USC Kaufman.
Living sustainably can be associated with a high cost, however through resources at Purchase and the local community, green choices can be accessible and affordable.
This past Fall, Green Fee worked with a company called AllMatters (formerly OrganiCup) to obtain free organic menstrual cups for Purchase students and alumni, in efforts to combat campus waste. 254 members at Purchase made the switch to a reusable cups avoiding over 134,000 disposable products on campus.
I’m off this afternoon to spend some time with my son during the NYC schools break.
Caleb Dowden is graduating from the Conservatory of Dance.
Dancer, educator, activist, and a founding member of Parsons Dance who also set David Parson’s work on the Purchase Dance Corps and Nederlands Dans Theater.
ON VIEW: March 24 - September 12, 2021
Barbara Ségal’s Dash (1994), a life-sized marble mimicry of a laundry detergent bottle, showcases the artist’s technical mastery while also playing with high and low imagery and material in the late twentieth century.
The latest Open Classroom project by Purchase M+ graduate students debuts this week at the Neuberger Museum of Art.
Concentrated Power is organized by Rebecca E. M. Ribeiro, Veronica Murphy, Meg Byron, and Shunyo Aizawa Morgan — the curatorial cohort of Purchase College’s Art History Exhibition course (2020-2021).
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.
An Interview with Curator Patrice Giasson
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.
Bilingual School Psychologist shares her first-gen story and work experience as a Psychologist in the field.
The move is part of the college’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and social justice.
The move is part of the college’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and social justice.
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips to help you get organized as the semester draws to a close!
SUNY Online is pleased to host and showcase several presentations from our SUNY campuses in celebration of Open Education Week March 1-5, 2021. Open Education Week is an annual celebration, and an opportunity for actively sharing and learning from each other.
After a year behind closed doors due to the pandemic and renovations, the Neuberger is ready to begin a phased reopening next week. Works from the permanent collection and some recent acquisitions will be on view for the classes who schedule the first visits.
This morning we announced the addition of more than 30 new objects to the Neuberger’s permanent collection over the past year.
Congratulations to Francesca Padilla ’07 (Creative Writing) for her debut work What’s Coming to Me.
Modifications and repairs to our existing parking lots, pathways, and sidewalks around the campus, expanding access to our Main Plaza and Academic Buildings.
The first Springboard-curated recipient of Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation AIR Founder’s Residency.
ON VIEW: June 9, 2021 - February 14, 2022
Lesley Dill’s Rush (2006-07) is a visually dazzling, ambitious site responsive work that covers a 20’ x 60’ wall in the Neuberger Museum’s Theater Gallery. This immersive installation is an enormous collage of hundreds of interconnected animal and human figures culled from world spiritual traditions and representing love, death, transcendence, and other themes.
We canvassed a wide circle of Purchase College community members to gather impressions of President Peña, hopes for her tenure, and predictions of where Purchase will be in the future. They all agree, Peña is a perfect match for Purchase College.
Congratulations to Laura Jobin-Acosta ’20 MM, a composer recently named a recipient of the first-ever IDEA Opera Residencies program by OPERA America.
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.
ON VIEW: May 26 - June 27, 2021
What do you think of when you hear the word freedom? How about the words “healing” and “justice”? ConnectiveCollective is an evolving project – artists talks, projects, and workshops – looking at healing, justice, and the power of listening.
ON VIEW
African Art and Culture presents objects from the permanent collection that represent the artistic production of over thirty societies spanning a broad geographical area stretching from Mali in the west to Mozambique in the east. Offering an introduction to the richness and complexity of these artistic traditions, such objects nevertheless illustrate but a small fraction of African culture.
For the next two NEU Student Voices blog posts, art history master’s student and Neuberger Museum Archival Research Fellow Rem Ribeiro joins me in examining objects in Roy R. Neuberger’s permanent collection.
Most but certainly not all of the artists whose work Mr. Neuberger collected were Caucasian males. For our project we chose works by two trailblazing female artists. We started by looking at pieces by Irene Rice Pereira, an abstract painter and philosopher who played a major role in developing Modernism in America.
This holiday season, we’re going to try something a little different.
This case study, courtesy of American Journal of Arts Management, explains how degree programs contribute to professional practice and the financial impact of that practice.
In the second installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, I’d like to introduce you to Purchase College alumna Margaret Winslow ’08. She holds a BA in Art History from the University of Mary Washington and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism, from SUNY Purchase College.
As a curatorial fellow at the Neuberger Museum, Winslow curated Collaborative Compositions: A portfolio for Merce Cunningham. Today, she is the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Delaware Art Museum.
As of Fall 2020, Student Projects (i.e. Senior Projects, Capstone Papers, and Master’s Theses) are no longer be submitted to the Library via Moodle. All Student Projects are submitted in MyHeliotrope.
It’s safe to say that most Purchase College students—including this year’s new Freshmen—have heard of the “NEU” but many of you may not be as familiar with its origin and namesake, Roy R. Neuberger. I did some research and wanted to share with you some of what I found out about the Museum’s founding donor.
By Gabrielle Bohrman, NEU Student Voices Blogger (Fall 2022)
Did you know the Neuberger Museum was the first building to open on Purchase College’s campus? Philanthropist and art-collector Roy R. Neuberger played an integral role in the birth of Purchase College and the establishment of the Neuberger Museum of Art in 1969.
By Gabrielle Bohrman, NEU Student Voices Blogger (Fall 2022)
Three former senior project students are co-authors.
Shared from the Neuberger Museum of Art: In this new Alumni Spotlight series, I am excited to introduce you to Purchase College alumni who worked at the Neuberger Museum of Art while they were students and to talk with them about where they are today.
My first interview is with Annabel Rhodeen Spring who earned her Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Criticism, and Theory from Purchase College in 2012.
When the pandemic began in mid-March, the Neuberger Museum launched its NEU To Do campaign, a weekly e-mail linked to arts suggestions and virtual activities. As students, you’ve received many of these e-updates and, hopefully, have taken advantage of these resources while we’ve all been forced to stay inside.
Now that some New York arts institutions have reopened their doors to the public, with COVID-19 protocols of course, I wanted to share a few of this month’s local exhibitions and events that I found interesting as a Purchase College student.
Last Wednesday the community collaboration project ConnectiveCollective launched with a Virtual Town Hall for Purchase College students to talk about the issues that are on their minds right now. Four students with varied backgrounds facilitated the event. I caught up with two of the moderators to ask about their involvement with the project, their experiences, and what comes next.
“Student participation is important to us not only because we want to reach everyone where they are but also because of the energy, optimism and big picture thinking students bring to our work.”
Eric Gottesman
Co-Founder, For Freedoms
Assistant Professor of Art+Design, Purchase College
This summer’s 2020 Obie Awards Ceremony presented Schriever with Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design honor.
Addressing the campus’ aging electrical systems.
Restoring one of the oldest buildings on campus.
Improving our ability to better manage runoff of rainwater and melting snow from our streets, lawns, and fields, while improving overall water quality around the campus and also restoring the surround habitat
An interior reimaging of the Natural Science building with new upgrades to labs, classrooms, lecture halls, and support spaces.
Addressing an ongoing leak into the Museum’s lower level.
Addressing exterior masonry issues to prevent water infiltration and interior damages at the Neuberger Museum of the Art, Campus Center North and Campus Center South.
SUNY Online is committed to supporting campuses as they plan for an uncertain and unprecedented fall semester. The SUNY Online Teaching unit has developed a portfolio of resources in a variety of modes to best fit institutional or individual needs. SUNY Online is offering a monthly webinar series that will provide an overview of the various resources developed to support you through this semester and beyond. Register here for “Back to School” Teaching Webinar Series.
Journalism major Sonia Barkat ’21 recently had a book of plays published, Winter Stars: Three 10-Minute Plays: From Tragedy to Fantasy to Comedy.
The Sustainability Advisory and Outreach Committee (SAOC) gathered members’ transportation data to show the positive environmental impact from telecommuting due to COVID
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Unveils 2020 Summer Season Lineup
Congratulations to the emerging filmmaker, one of ten named a Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow.
Spring 2020
The Neuberger Museum is delighted to share a selection of works on paper by Alexander Calder (1898-1976), a favorite modernist whose art has inspired generations of artists and museum-goers.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
Like so many when the pandemic hit, designer Alexander Whittenberg ’14 (theatre design/technology or D/T) was forced to pause his work. He used the opportunity to reflect, to appreciate those who inspired him, and to consider the industry’s future.
One of the most interesting things that is coming out of our remote work for the museum is the way in which it allows a new perspective, putting us in the position to think quite experimentally about what we do and how we do it.
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.
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.
Deputy director for advocacy and government relations at Amnesty International, the largest grass roots human rights organization in the world.
Deputy director for advocacy and government relations at Amnesty International, the largest grass roots human rights organization in the world.
The New Media Senior Class of 2020 presents their senior exhibition, S0CIAL D1STANCE.
The former soccer stand out and up-and-coming actor is on a roll.
Purchase has partnered with UCapture to decrease our carbon footprint by online shopping!
Major: Journalism
Minor: Visual Arts/Photography
Major: Voice & Opera Studies
Minor: Journalism
Major: Drawing and Painting
Minors: Biology and Art History
Majors: Psychology and Gender Studies
Minor: Studio Composition
On March 1, 2020, a new bag waste reduction law took effect in New York State, including campus where hundreds of thousands of bags are used each year!
In the event of an emergency, the ability to teach courses on campus may be affected. The COVID-19 Remote Teaching Resources Guide and workshop series will help you identify and become acquainted with alternatives to face-to-face instruction for use during situations when teaching must take place remotely.
Tips for taking an online course this summer.
Isaac Julien: Western Union: Small Boats on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art February 12-May 31, 2020
“The question of migration, of who belongs and who does not, who lives and who dies, has only just begun in the name of securing democracy in Europe and beyond. I can’t help but think of the tragedies that lie ahead.”
Calder from the Collection, an exhibition of 15 of the artist’s prints, drawings and paintings, is on view January 29–May 17, 2020, at the Neuberger Museum of Art
The acclaimed director screened her innovative new work and met with experimental filmmaking students.
Long ago, as a curatorial assistant at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), I received a phone call from someone who said they would like to bring something in to be seen. In those days, I met with a lot of artists who were interested in having their work shown at the NMWA, but this felt a little different.
Giving Thanks … to all of you, for all of your support for what we do here at the Neuberger.
help the great potential students rise to great heights.
Kouguell’s “Barbie Dream House” is an official selection at New York No Limits Art of the Short Festival!
Signs in the Wappingers Algonquian Language of Westchester, NY
Dec 2-10, 2019
For me, showing students how to look out beyond their own “backyards” is a key ingredient in teaching the value of understanding difference and of global citizenship.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Playwriting and Screenwriting Department
Routledge publishes new book by Jordan Schildcrout, Associate Professor of Theatre & Performance
Routledge publishes new book by Jordan Schildcrout, Associate Professor of Theatre & Performance
Did you know transportation accounts for 35% of New York’s carbon footprint? Green commuting is an impactful action!
On September 17 2019, NYS University Police Officers were recognized by Interim President Dennis Craig for their response to a medical emergency involving a local community member who suffered a cardiac medical episode while jogging on the campus of Purchase College. President Craig presented Officer Genaro Gonzalez, Officer Michael Boyd, and Lieutenant Tim Ludden with framed proclamations recognizing the officers for their dedication, their selfless service, and the lifesaving first aid they provided.
Recommendations for overall campus security systems upgrades and improvements, including access control devices, cameras, classroom security, and enhancements to internal controls and communications systems.
Project will address the Visual Arts Building’s aging mechanical air and ventilation systems.
On view for the first time in the United States at the Neuberger Museum September 25-December 22, 2019
How does one transmit political courage? Yto Barrada asks.
A monumental work of art that is exhibited every few years
The heroic space encompassed by these walls required a heroic subject.
– Cleve Gray
New and returning faculty/instructors: please join the TLTC and Library for our Fall 2019 Teaching & Learning Day workshop series on Wed, August 21 and Thu, August 22 at 1:00pm-4:00pm at the Purchase College Library.
The New Yorker’s Margaret Talbot went On the Road with Mitski.
She’s playing a five-night residency featuring her early songs.
And congratulations to all the Purchase alumni and faculty who earned nominations this Broadway award season.
SLATE Innovation Summit. Chicago, IL. June 19 – 21, 2019
Randi attended the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SHAM) 2019 Annual Meeting thanks to the PSC grant she received.
On Wednesday, April 10, an audience packed the Neuberger Museum of Art’s Center Gallery to hear jazz musicians interpret the poetry of Kevin Young.
There was always a practice room available, there was always someone to jam with, and there was always a faculty member to point you in the right direction.
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips to help you get organized as summer sessions get underway!
Fifteen SUNY students explore opportunities in climate research.
Show Dog Handler and Motorcycle Safety Instructor
BFA Film
Last week, I saw The Self-Portrait, From Schiele to Beckman at the Neue Galerie in New York City.
Old leaking roof to be replaced with new built up roofing system, new drains, and parapet repairs.
Repairs and upgrades to the existing four exterior stairs that lead from the West 1 & 2 parking lots to the Main Plaza, including new steps, handrails, lighting and masonry restoration.
Lori and Yale Paprin donate $40,000 for the purchase a large, exuberant Eric Aho painting for the Neuberger’s Permanent Collection
Aho’s “Approach” on View in New at the Neuberger Museum of Art: Recent Acquisitions now through June 16
If Pettibone painted an image based on a reproduction of one of our Vasarelys, but upside down, should we exhibit it the way he painted it or should we hang his work upside down to match the Vasarely, which would also be hanging in the show.
ON VIEW: January 23—June 16, 2019
Important works by well-known artists donated to the Neuberger Museum by George and Edith Rickey are displayed alongside miniature “copies” that the Rickeys commissioned artist Richard Pettibone to create as “mementos” of the donated works.
The associate professor of sociology will be in residence at The MacDowell Colony.
Former staff member continues her positive impact on Purchase years after retirement.
To bring artists’ voices into the political sphere, Assistant Professor of Photography Eric Gottesman has launched a nationwide program to encourage public engagement through large-scale public art installations, town hall meetings, and gallery exhibitions.
If classes are cancelled and/or there is a weather emergency that prevents access to campus, there are a number of tools and resources available to engage students using Moodle!
ON VIEW: February 27-June 30, 2019
Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush is the first solo museum exhibition for the Chicago-born artist. The exhibition is a ten-year survey of approximately 30 of her paintings, watercolors and collages.
ON VIEW: November 21, 2018 – February 27, 2019
A Gathering: Sculpture from the Collection includes 19 objects spanning a period of fifty-five years (1947-2002), and highlighting the versatility of materials worked by different hands. The artists in the exhibition employ steel, aluminum, wood, and found objects to explore movement, sound, origin, transformation, minimalist form, and the specificity of three-dimensional objects in space.
ON VIEW: September 26 - December 23, 2018
This exhibition looks at the legacy of Neuberger Museum of Art and Purchase College, SUNY, friend and colleague, Irving Sandler.
ON VIEW
: September 26 - December 23, 2018
American Moments: Photographs by John Shearer is a five-part symphony of images that tell the story of a turbulent period in American history.
Rakowitz recreates rooms and artifacts destroyed by war in Iraq using convenience food packaging.
Being at Purchase really helped me to create the career that I wanted for myself...the Purchase community feels like a family that I will have for the rest of my life.
This multi-phased project will identify a number of classroom and learning spaces throughout the campus to be rehabilitated.
Be the Cowboy, a new album by Mitski (studio composition), received rave reviews from Rolling Stone and more.
Dan Romer ’04 and Saul Simon MacWilliams ’05 recognized for original score.
LED lighting project in partnership with New York Power Authority is like taking 140 cars off the road.
Biomedical illustrator and educational application developer credits the interdisciplinary nature of her classes and surroundings as impacting her career path.
Major: Psychology
Minors: Biology and Visual Arts
The culture of diversity at Purchase fully prepared her for graduate studies in genetic counseling.
Major: Psychology
Courses in Premedical Studies
This only affects faculty who have had courses on the original Moodle server (Spring 2009 through Spring 2012).
Assistant Professor in Design/Technology Clint Ramos, Lecturer Dane Laffrey, Lecturer Maruti Evans and Brian MacDevitt ’80 nominated.
Eight Lit seniors took home major prizes from the Humanities Awards Luncheon on 4/25!
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.
April bursts with jazz studies performances in New York City and recordings featured on WBGO Jazz 88.3fm.
Purchase student Abrielle Scharff ’18 placed second in the Coffee Music Project and was offered an opportunity to perform in London.
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.
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 art history program at Purchase College is pleased to welcome new faculty member Dr. Jonah Westerman.
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Library has put together a display of various media and books from our collections by and about Hispanic and Latinx people.
She’s a member of the dance company Diavolo, who made it to the finals of NBC’s America’s Got Talent.
Q&A with Faye Hirsch, visiting associate professor in the School of Art+Design and coordinator of the visual arts MFA program, whose new book on Lois Dodd is coming out this November as part of a series on contemporary painters published by Lund Humphries in London.
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.”
Q&A with Purchase Alumna Kat Griefen
Purchase students and alumni from the Conservatories of Dance and Music release Odette’s Crown.
Purchase alumni David Grill ’86, Jonah Kaplan ’95, and Stanley Tucci ’82 all made the cut.
The Conservatory of Dance presents the Purchase Dance Company in a diverse program dedicated to the memory of Trisha Brown, a pioneer of postmodern dance, who influenced generations of artists.
The Company will perform Trisha Brown’s landmark work Glacial Decoy, prestigious alumnus Doug Varone’s Mass, and Norbert de la Cruz III’s Talsik. In addition, three graduating seniors will perform solos choreographed or re-staged for them by Ana Maria Lucaciu, Deborah Lohse, and Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director of New York Live Arts.
Performances will take place at New York Live Arts on Wednesday, May 24, Thursday, May 25, Friday, May 26, and Saturday, May 27. All performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. New York Live Arts is located at 219 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011.
The Jandon Business of the Arts Lecture took place in the Humanities Theatre on Monday, April 3, 2017.
Purchase Jazz Combo, the Ahmad Jamal Tribute Group, were featured on WBGO 88.3FM in Newark, the NYC area’s only 24-hour jazz radio station during the on-air celebration of April, Jazz Appreciation Month.
Three students appear in Madonna’s short film Her-Story
Comprehensive signage program to unify the campus environment and provide a consistent information strategy to orient all College community members, patrons, and visitors.
Full renovation of over thirty restrooms on campus to ADA compliance and sustainability standards.
The Sixth Annual Backstage Legends and Masters Award event will pay tribute to the founder of Scenic Art Studios on April 24.
It’s the first recording in more than 50 years of this work.
Edward W. Hardy: Bachelor of Music – Purchase College, Cum Laude, 2010–14
Pedestrians walking near the exterior of the Neuberger Museum of Art have been greeted this fall by dozens of faces staring back—some smiling, some serious.
She stumbled upon the The Beat online during her college search—it was one of the main reasons she decided to attend Purchase.
She stumbled upon the The Beat online during her college search—it was one of the main reasons she decided to attend Purchase.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater welcomes three new members to its company this season, and two have ties to Purchase.
Three alumni from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts’ Acting Program have landed starring roles on hit television shows—and garnered critical acclaim along the way.