Queensborough Community College Archives

William Penn and colonial leaders meeting with Native Americans

American Christianity’s Obsession with Native American Salvation

December 30, 2019

"Messianic Fulfillments: Staging Indigenous Salvation in America" by Prof. Hayes P. Mauro examines Christian evangelical movements of the 16th-19th centuries' efforts to transform Native Americans into the "ideal American." Read more ›

Male nurse with arms crossed in clinic examination room

It’s Time to Stop Using the Term ‘Male Nurse.’ Here’s Why

December 3, 2019

| Queensborough Community College

Professor Randelle Sasa holds that dropping injurious gender-based labels like male nurse would strengthen the profession and create a more gender-balanced workforce. Read more ›

Transparent sheet music on 16mm camera and film. Sheet music is by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major

The Unexamined Power of Classical Music in Modern Cinema

October 30, 2019

| Queensborough Community College

A new book looks at why modern filmmakers choose classical music to frame their narratives. Read more ›

Street sign in Jackson Heights, Queens, NYC, honoring Julio Rivera: Julio Rivera corner

A Play Explores the Aftermath of a Gay Man’s Murder in Queens

June 25, 2019

| Queensborough Community College

A play dramatizes the murder of Julio Rivera, a gay Puerto Rican man in Jackson Heights, Queens. The killing was the first hate crime tried in New York State during the 1990s. Read more ›

Diversity, Decision-Making, and a Community College Class Project

May 10, 2019

| Queensborough Community College

A professor used a community college classroom to find out how diversity affects editorial decision-making. Read more ›

Research in Real Time: 3D Printing Lab

December 4, 2018

| Queensborough Community College

Need a model of an ear, pancreas or kidney? How about a model of a space station, or a theatrical mask? The Advanced Manufacturing Lab at Queensborough Community College can help. Read more ›

ARBEIT MACHT FREI, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Lesser Poland, Poland, April 2015

Not Just History: Strategies for Teaching about Genocide

November 6, 2018

| Queensborough Community College

A new book offers strategies for teaching community college students about genocide by connecting the history of mass atrocities to contemporary issues, social justice, the arts, and other interdisciplinary approaches. Read more ›

What African-American Marching Bands Teach Us About Black Culture

May 21, 2018

| Queensborough Community College

Professor Jules Allen traveled the country for five years photographing African-American marching bands, a culture that “breathes the soul and spirit of Africa within the modern world.” Read more ›