MMC Celebrates 38th Annual Honors Day Colloquium

Select students presented faculty sponsored work in a day-long, college-wide colloquium, complimented by induction ceremonies for our institution’s many honors societies. Honors Day represents the wide-reaching excellence that MMC’s liberal arts curriculum has in our academic environment as students present expansive work such as artistic performances, creative writing samples, research papers, and scientific studies. 

Honors Day 2015

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In addition to recognizing the overall excellence of Marymount Manhattan College, Honors Day also features the annual Barry Commoner Lecture for the Environment. MMC was proud to host Carl Safina, Ph.D., acclaimed scientist and author and President of the Safina Center. Dr. Safina delivered his lecture, Caught in the Same Net: The Ocean and Us, to a packed house. Prior to the lecture, Dr. Safina spoke informally with a select group of students in the Department of Natural Sciences.

Commoner Lecture 2015

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Also in attendance were Richard S. Berry and Lucy A. Commoner, the benefactors of the Barry Commoner Lecture for the Environment. Ms. Commoner’s father, Barry Commoner, was a prominent environmental scientist, widely known as a writer and lecturer on the relationship between environmental and energy problems and public policy. Through the generosity of Mr. Berry and Ms. Commoner, MMC seeks to continue Barry Commoner’s legacy of communicating environmental issues and seeking solutions.

Special thanks is extended to the Academic Honors Committee (Dr. Mark Bresnan, Dr. Vinod Changarath, Prof. Dan Hunt, Dr. Margaret Kamowski-Shakibai and Prof. Sydney Maresca) for organizing and sponsoring this wonderful day.

Published: March 27, 2015