Prof. Prithi Kanakamedala will present on their project examining the life of George DeGrasse and his family, who lived on land in New York City donated by Aaron Burr in the early nineteenth century.
CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies
March 30, 2026
2:00 PM — 3:00 PM
What would you study if you could design your own degree? Combining different areas of study to follow your passion? That is what you can do with CUNY BA. You can design a unique bachelor's degree in CUNY with CUNY BA. The program is over 50 years old.
Prof. Yuchen Chen will present on their project examining Chinese immigrants and real estate entrepreneurs in West Queens, exploring their placemaking practices in the emerging “new Chinatown.”
Dr. Samuel Gruber, President of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments, reveals how Holocaust memorials both reflect and shape Jewish and other collective memories over the past 80 years.
