Tag: The City University of New York

  • From a cabin in the woods without running water to astronomy PHD candidate, Moiya McTier uses her platform to advocate for women of color in the sciences. Then, growing up Filipina and Mexican in Nebraska could be confusing, but Mekita Rivas finds her style as a fashion journalist. And last, Hell’s Kitchen-bred Tanya Hernández knows…

  • Bringing Black History Home CUNY Newswire The City University of New York 2011-04-15 Antoinette Martignoni, left, and her granddaughter Greta Blau hold a family Bible that contains the name of their ancestor, Dr. James McCune Smith, the nation’s first African American physician at Martignoni’s home in Fairfield, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)…

  • CUNY DSI Monograph Documents Dominican Heritage of First Settler The City University of New York City College 2012-10-04 Juan Rodríguez, native of Santo Domingo, comes to New York in 1613 and stays when his ship sails to Holland The first non-native to live in what is now New York City was a black or mixed…