Graduate Bulletin 2011–2012 - Brooklyn College - CUNY

20 Special Programs and Opportunities
Special Programs
and Opportunities
The New York City Louis Stokes
Alliance for Minority Participation
(NYC-LSAMP)
The NYC-LSAMP in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) is an alliance of 16 CUNY colleges
and the CUNY Graduate Center. The goal of the program
is to ensure a long-term capacity to produce significantly
greater numbers of individuals from groups underrepresented
in STEM careers through lasting changes achieved at
participating institutions. The program offers financial support
for undergraduate and graduate education and opportunities
to be part of faculty-supervised research teams at Brooklyn
College.
Eligible students must:
• be U.S. citizens or permanent residents admitted to full-time
study at Brooklyn College;
• be a member of a group underrepresented in science
research, including, but not limited to, African Americans,
Native Americans and Hispanics;
• major in a STEM discipline; and
• have a GPA of 3.00 or higher.
For more information, visit the LSAMP website, http://
projectstem.net, or contact the program activity coordinator,
141 Ingersoll Hall Extension, 718.951.4346. Deadline for
summer and fall application is May 1; deadline for spring
application is December 1.
CUNY NIH Bridges to the
Doctorate Program
Brooklyn College is a partner in the CUNY Bridges to the
Doctorate Program, a two-year transition program to the
Ph.D. for talented CUNY students matriculated in master’s
programs in the sciences who intend to pursue doctoral study
at CUNY that leads to careers in the biomedical sciences.
The program provides tuition remission, mentoring, research
opportunities, salary for work in a research laboratory, financial
support for research supplies, opportunity to participate in
local and national science conferences, and the opportunity for
advanced admission into a CUNY doctoral program, among
other benefits. The program aims to increase the number
of biomedical researchers who come from groups currently
underrepresented in the sciences.
All participants in the program must:
• be U.S. citizens or permanent residents;
• be a member of a group underrepresented in the sciences,
including but not limited to African Americans, Hispanics,
Native Americans and Pacific Islanders;
• be a matriculated student in a CUNY master’s program in
biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, physics,
psychology, or speech and hearing sciences; and
• have research, not clinical, interests and professional goals.
For further information, including applications, which are
accepted throughout the year, contact the program director,
Dr. Gail Smith, at gsmith@gc.cuny.edu.
Latin/Greek Institute
In the summer Latin/Greek Institute, Brooklyn College, and the
CUNY Graduate Center offer college-level work in language
and literature. Master’s students are eligible to apply. No
previous knowledge of Latin or Greek is required. The Latin
curriculum consists of study of forms and grammar, reading
and analysis of representative texts from archaic remains
through the Renaissance, and study of classical or medieval
Latin literature. The Greek curriculum consists of language
study and reading and analysis of representative texts in Attic,
Ionic and Koine Greek. Information and application forms
may be obtained in the Department of Classics, 2408 Boylan
Hall, 718.951.5191, or at the Latin/Greek Institute Office, 365
Fifth Avenue, New York (212.817.2081). Further information
is available on the institute’s website, http://web.gc.cuny.edu/
lginst/.