Arts & Humanities
CUNY Graduate Center Receives $10 Million Gift From Leon Levy Foundation To Endow Leon Levy Center For Biography
The Leon Levy Foundation has donated $10 million to the CUNY Graduate Center to endow the Graduate Center’s Leon Levy Center for Biography, the premiere institute for biography in the U.S. This donation is the second largest in the Graduate Center’s history and brings the Leon Levy Foundation’s total giving to the school to $22.8...
The Moynihan Center at The City College of New York introduces second cohort of the Moynihan Public Service Fellowship, supporting promising undergraduate students pursuing innovative careers in public service
Moynihan Public Service Fellows receive awards totaling $10,000, take two elective courses dedicated to professional development and public service, and participate in a paid summer internship in city government or in another public service institution.
WCS Library and Archives Unveils Digitized Historic Film Collection – 1,600 films, dating back to the early 1900’s, offer a window into the history of zoos, aquariums and wildlife conservation
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Library and Archives, based at the Bronx Zoo, is proud to announce the completion of its Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Initiative. Sponsored by the Leon Levy Foundation, this monumental project allowed WCS to assess and inventory more than 1,600 historical film reels. With the digitization of nearly...
Leon Levy Center for Biography announces five new Biography fellows, supporting writers as they work on biographies of history-makers, from Nella Larson to Bill Gates
The Graduate Center’s Leon Levy Center for Biography announced the award of five resident Biography fellows for 2024-2025: Emily Bernard, Nicholas Dawidoff, Nicholas Kulish, Stephen Phillips, Mike Rezendes, and a sixth Leon Levy/Alfred P. Sloan fellow for a biography on a figure from science. Each fellow receives a $72,000 grant, research assistance, writing space, and...
Kai Bird Wins BIO Award for making Graduate Center’s Leon Levy Center for Biography “the most important institute for biography in America”
Kai Bird, Executive Director of the Graduate Center’s Leon Levy Center for Biography, was awarded the 2024 BIO Award. The highest honor from the Biographers International Organization, the BIO Award recognizes a distinguished colleague who has made significant contributions to the art and craft of biography.
Elizabeth Moynihan, impassioned scholar of Mughal gardens, dies at 94
The Washington Post - Former U.S. senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y), a cerebral politician ever ready with a bon mot, once raised a glass at a celebration and toasted “the other man” in his wife’s life. He was referring not to a paramour or an old flame, but to the 16th-century emperor Babur, founder of the Mughal...
Elizabeth Moynihan, Engine of the Senator’s Success, Dies at 94
The New York Times - Elizabeth Moynihan, who was a vital political partner to her husband, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, during his four terms as a U.S. Senator from New York; played a consequential role in Washington herself; and, as an architectural historian, made a signal discovery in India, died on Tuesday at her home in...
Dick Ravitch’s legacy lives at CCNY: The new Moynihan Center at City College carries on the ideals of two great New Yorkers
The Daily News - Dick Ravitch, who died a few weeks ago, was one of the last exponents of an extraordinary generation of American public servants. Born at the onset of the Great Depression, this generation inherited the ideals of the New Deal and sought to apply them to American public administration throughout...
Colin Powell School’s Moynihan Center introduces inaugural Public Scholars Fellows
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Center of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York has announced its inaugural cohort of the Moynihan Public Scholars Fellowship.
The City College Of New York’s Colin Powell School Launches Moynihan Center To Cultivate New Public Voices And Prepare Diverse Leaders For Public Service
The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York will launch the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Center with the purpose of supporting new leaders to make a difference in public affairs. Through two signature fellowship programs and a rich slate of public events, the Moynihan Center will ensure that...
