CUNY Institute for Health Equity (CIHE) Inaugural Speaker’s Series on:
Health Equity and Health Disparities

Dr. Dionne Toombs is the Director for the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS). In this role, she provides leadership on a wide range of issues affecting science programs and science policy in agricultural research, education, and economics. Dr. Toombs joined OCS after serving as the Director of the Division of Nutrition at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) where she led a collaboration of nutrition science leaders across the USDA. Under her leadership, the Division provided direction in science policy and program development to ensure the safety of America’s food supply and the availability of healthy food to its citizens.
Prior to that role, Dr. Toombs served as the National Program Leader for NIFA’s Agriculture Food and Research Initiative (AFRI), leading large competitive grant programs to fund research into nutrition, food science and technology, and food safety.
Dr. Toombs received her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University. She earned her Master of Science degree from Alabama A & M University and her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Bethune-Cookman University.

Join us for our 8^th Annual Conference Arte y Cultura: Revitalizing the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples in NYC

 As part of celebrations for the International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2019, the Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY in collaboration with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the Institute for National Indigenous Languages of México (INALI), and the Research Library Juan de Córdova, would like to cordially invite you to our annual conference entitled Arte y Cultura: Revitalizing the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples in NYC.

The goal of this year’s annual conference is to promote a conversation between those in NYC and Mexico engaged in efforts to revitalize indigenous languages. It will further provide an opportunity to update researchers on the progress of language revitalization and serve as a venue to discuss the serious issues that indigenous immigrant communities are facing in New York City.

Join us for this two-day event that will contribute to the visibility, promotion, teaching, and learning of national indigenous languages of México.

Join us for our 8^th Annual Conference Arte y Cultura: Revitalizing the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples in NYC

 As part of celebrations for the International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2019, the Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY in collaboration with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University, the Institute for National Indigenous Languages of México (INALI), and the Research Library Juan de Córdova, would like to cordially invite you to our annual conference entitled Arte y Cultura: Revitalizing the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples in NYC.

The goal of this year’s annual conference is to promote a conversation between those in NYC and Mexico engaged in efforts to revitalize indigenous languages. It will further provide an opportunity to update researchers on the progress of language revitalization and serve as a venue to discuss the serious issues that indigenous immigrant communities are facing in New York City.

Join us for this two-day event that will contribute to the visibility, promotion, teaching, and learning of national indigenous languages of México.

Two presentations: Prof. Stephen Redenti of the Department of Biology on “Vision Repair: Photoreceptor Replacement to Restore Vision,” and Prof. Andrea Boyer of the Department of Health Sciences on “The Best Way to Eat to Prevent Cancer.”


This event is open to Lehman College students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
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Contact Info: RSVP by calling the Department of Biology at (718) 960-8235.

Graduate Information Session for English M.A.

The Honors Convocation ceremony recognizes graduating undergraduate students with College Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Cum Laude.

Location: Performing Arts Center

Lehman College will host the inaugural Boogie Down Dance Day, from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 27. Participants will be able to participate in free dance classes in multiple styles ranging from hip-hop to house, and ballet to theater jazz. The day culminates with a freestyle dance battle and mixer. 

The National Dance Day event, which for the last 10 years has been celebrated on the last Saturday in July, is being organized by the Black Iris Project, a New York City-based ballet collaborative that champions Black-centric choreographic works, and presented in conjunction with Lehman College and The City University of New York Dance Initiative. 

Participants in Boogie Down Dance Day require no formal dance training, just a desire to learn and spend time with some of New York City’s most accomplished dancers, including one of Radio City’s Rockettes, Danelle Morgan. Classes will be held in both the Music Building and APEX athletic facility on Lehman’s campus. Prizes and scholarships to dance instruction courses will be given out throughout each class.

Boogie Down Dance Day Schedule

Studio A in the Music Building

12–1:30 p.m. | House (taught by Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie)

2:30–3:30 p.m. | Black Iris Project open studio rehearsal with Jeremy McQueen

3:30–5 p.m. | Hip-Hop (to be announced)

5–6 p.m. | Freestyle Dance Battle & Mixer

 Studio B in the APEX

12–1:30 p.m. | Ballet (taught by Amanda Smith of Dance Theatre of Harlem)

1:30–3 p.m. | Theater Jazz (taught by Danelle Morgan of the Radio City Rockettes)

Participants must RSVP at www.boogiedowndanceday.splashthat.com and register for the programs they would like to attend, either as dancers or audience members.