The 75^th Anniversary of the George Polk Awards Ceremony celebrated the 2024 Polk Award winners and honored an additional sixteen outstanding journalists whose careers reflect a commitment to deep investigative reporting, as “George Polk laureates.” Established in 1949 by LIU to commemorate George Polk, a CBS correspondent murdered in 1948 while covering the Greek civil war, the awards honor special achievement in journalism. Read more about the winners here.

Senior Innocense Gumbs was named a recipient of a Fulbright Award to South Korea for the 2024-2025 school year. Gumbs is studying Elementary Education and currently serving as a Teaching Assistant in the Gifted Program with Dr. Lynne Manouvrier, Director for the Center for Gifted Youth.

The women’s tennis clinched its second consecutive NEC Championship on Sunday with a 4-2 victory over FDU at the Mercer County Tennis Center. LIUfinished the tournament with a 3-0 record, securing wins against Stonehill 4-0 and Saint Francis 4-3 before clinching the title against FDU in the finals, 4-2. The Sharks will next compete in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

Students in the Global Studies program traveled to Long Beach, California to present their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). These seniors in the Global Studies program spent the spring semester writing their theses based on the original research they conducted in their travels aboard, before traveling to NCUR to showcase their findings.

Over 600 educators from across New York City visited the Brooklyn campus for the eleventh annual New York City Schools Tech Summit. The event focused on advancing digital learning and featured remarks from NYC Public Schools Chancellor David C. Banks. Representatives from Google, Microsoft, Canva, Adobe, LEGO Education, Dell, Epson, and Promethean participated in the vendor meet-and-greet.

JPMorgan Chase has partnered with the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment to provide tuition support and establish the School’s first-ever financial health course. The innovative partnership provides 15 full-tuition scholarships and helps students establish strong money management skills through the MoneySmart Financial Coaching Program developed by the National Council for Workforce Education.

In Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen, the Emmy-nominated and
Award-Winning Lebanese-American chef, bestselling and award-winning cookbook author, Julie Taboulie, warmly welcomes one and all into a whole new wonderful world of the fresh, flavorful and fabulous famous foods from her beloved Lebanese heritage.

Junior Lindsey Cowans threw a no-hitter in the LIU softball team’s shutout victory over Farleigh Dickerson University (FDU), putting
an exclamation point on the Sharks third straight victory in the
three-game series. Cowans was named second-team All-NEC in
2023 and has earned NEC Prime Performer twice this season.

Jessica Dean ’23 was selected to receive a Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s program (CGSM) award by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The highly competitive scholarship is awarded high performing graduate students based on the following criteria: academic excellence, research potential, personal characteristics and interpersonal skills.

The New York Academy of Medicine awarded Doctorate of Social Work candidate Millicent Harry for her presentation of her doctoral research, titled: “The Experiences of Asylum Seekers in Host Cities and the Implications for Social Workers in Leadership.”