Recent Press Coverage
Recent News: November 9, 2021
- Westchester County Business Journal:
Purchase College to Celebrate Inauguration of President Peña - News 12:
SUNY’s First Latina President - Univision:
President Peña Discusses Scholarship Lottery for Vaccinated Students - Univision:
President Peña Discusses Importance of Vaccines for Fall Semester - Hollywood Reporter:
Purchase Named a Top Theatre School - Westchester Magazine:
President Peña Reflects on Post Covid Challenges - Outsports:
College Athlete from Purchase College is a Pioneer - Dance Magazine:
Alumna Rena Butler Featured in Cover Story - Downbeat:
Alumna Samara Joy’s new Album - Broadway World:
Playwright Lynn Nottage Offers Inspiring Remarks for the Class of 2021 - Yahoo News:
Student’s Senior Project Takes Inspiration From Grandmother’s Vaccine Campaign - News 12:
Purchase College Commencement - Westchester Magazine:
Local Colleges Find Safe Ways of Celebrating Commencement - Westchester Magazine:
President of Purchase College Named to List of Power Players in Westchester - Academic Minute:
Professor Elise Lemire’s New Book on Protest and the Vietnam War - Inside Higher Ed:
Professor Elise Lemire’s Research on Antiwar Protests - WBUR:
Professor Elise Lemire’s Research on Mass Arrests in Antiwar Protests - Patch:
Hudson Valley Colleges Welcome SUNY Vaccine Policy - Art and Object:
Professor and Alum Discuss Art Activism - Metro West Daily:
Faculty Member Elise Lemire Releases New Book - Queens Chronicle:
Recent Graduate Samara Joy Releases Album - Nola.com
Dance Graduate Caleb Dowden Receives Fulbright - Inside Edition:
Incoming Jazz Student Profiled - News 12:
- News 12:
Purchase College Helps Students Get Moderna Vaccine - CBS:
Senior Living Community Planned for Purchase College - Dance Teacher Magazine:
Alumna Tamisha Guy Reflects on Her Purchase teacher, Kevin Wynn - NY Post:
Incoming Student wins Nationwide Film Award - Inside Higher Ed:
College Presidents Issue Statements on Violence in the Capitol - Westchester Magazine:
Meet Purchase College’s New President - ABC:
Purchase Prepares for Thanksgiving - News 12:
Purchase Helps Keep Students Safe as They Head Home for the Holidays - PIX:
Students Face Challenges Heading Home for the Holidays - News 12:
Purchase Leads on Issues of Mental Health - News 12:
Purchase College to Test Students before Thanksgiving - Fox 5 NY:
Purchase College President Discusses COVID testing - New York Times:
Former Interim President of Purchase Takes Over at SUNY Oneonta - City & State:
Purchase College President Named to the Power 50 List for Higher Education - New Yorker:
Alum Michael Rakowitz Profile - Westchester Magazine:
New President of Purchase College - MSN:
Covid and NY Colleges - News 12:
Purchase College to Pool Test - Journal News:
Remote Learning 2.0 - Journal News:
Conservatory of Dance Students Return to Classes - Journal News:
New President Appointed at Purchase College - Journal News:
New Purchase College President Up for the Challenge - Times Union:
Dr. Milagros Pena named President of Purchase College - WAMC:
Purchase College Has a New President
Highlights of Past Coverage
- Westchester Magazine:
Future of Higher Education in Westchester - LA Times:
Arts Students Look Ahead to the Fall - News 12:
International Students Still Face Challenges - News 12:
Purchase Supports Study Abroad Students Amid Corona virus - Times Union:
Can Telework Help New York Reach Climate Goals? - American Theatre:
Student Awarded Prestigious Design Fellowship - Free Press Journal:
Costume professionals turn to making PPE - New York Times:
At Colleges, What’s Old is New: Retirees Living on Campus
- Wall Street Journal:
Seniors Want to Go Back to Class. Universities Want to Sell Them Real Estate - Rockland Times:
New City Resident Wins Shark Tank Competition - Forbes:
Seniors Move Back to College - Yahoo News:
Colleges Where Students Are Eager to Enroll - Fox 5:
Jazz Studies Student Samara McLendon Wins International Jazz Competition - Barrons:
More Retirees Are Returning to College to Live - News 12:
Students hold Town Hall for Congressional Candidates - Detroit News:
Professor Christopher Robbins on American Riad Project
- New York Times:
Sociology Professor Chrys Ingraham Interviewed about the Wedding Industry - Hollywood Reporter:
Alum Joins the Cast of the Walking Dead - New York Times:
Dance Instagram Accounts You Should Follow - Journal News:
Purchase Joins Renewable Energy Group - New Yorker:
On the Road With Mitski - Westchester Magazine:
A Fond Farewell to President Schwarz - Westchester Magazine:
Broadview Senior Living
- OUT Magazine:
Professor Megan Rossman’s Film About Lesbian Archives - Vogue:
- Alum Christy Rilling Launches Her Own Clothing Line
- Times Union and ABC:
Obituary of Visiting Lecturer Toni Morrison
Obituary for Toni Morrison
WNET PBS:
Dancer JoJo Boykins Featured as a Rising Star
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Westchester County Business Journal:
President Schwarz Looks Back at His Tenure - New Yorker:
Alumna Regina Spektor on Her Broadway Debut
- WBUR:
Conservatory of Dance Alum Samantha Figgins Inspires Students - WBGO:
Jazz Studies Students Perform American Songbook in the Studio - Good Morning America:
Danny DeVito Discusses His Shrine at Purchase - Westchester Magazine:
Spotlight on Lighting Professor Dave Grill - Hudson Valley News:
Purchase College Opens Center for Engagement - Education Live:
New Center for Engagement Opens at Purchase College - Senior Housing News:
Broadview Senior Living at Purchase College Moves Forward - Yahoo:
Alum Amanda Seales on Her HBO Special - Westchester County Business Journal:
Purchase Students Swim with Business Sharks - Examiner News:
Art and Design Project Brings Poetry to White Plains - WLIW:
Hamilton Cast Member and Alum Tanairi Sade Vazquez - American Theatre Magazine:
The Rise of Undergraduate Arts Admin Programs - WAG Magazine:
Purchase’s Invitation to the Dance - New York Times:
Alum Kyle Abraham’s New Work For City Ballet - The University Network:
Top College Music Scenes - Hudson Valley Magazine:
Best Colleges in Hudson Valley - Dance Spirit:
Dance Jobs That Require Degrees - NPR:
Mitski is the 21st Century’s Poet Laureate of Young Adulthood - MSN:
50 Most Liberal Colleges in America - Dame Magazine:
Working Mothers Are the Backbone of US Economy - Highlights of Coverage of Danny DeVito Shrine:
Esquire
IndieWire
Newsweek
Yahoo News
Buzzfeed News
Vice
Mashable
Inside Edition - Westchester County Business Journal:
Purchase College to Launch Academic Partnership with Upstate Medical University - Los Angeles Blade:
Documentary Filmmaker Captures LGBT History - San Diego Tribune:
Interview with Trumpet Great, Professor Jon Faddis - Backstage:
25 Amazing Acting Colleges You Should Know - Bloomberg:
Retirees Go Back to School - Newsweek:
Colleges in These States Are Pledging Support for Students’ #NeverAgain Movement for Gun Control - NBC New York:
Thousands of NY, NJ Students Walk Out of Class to Protest Gun Violence - Journal News:
Longtime Purchase College President Thomas Schwarz to Retire in 2019 - Westchester County Business Journal:
Purchase College President Thomas Schwarz to Retire in 2019 - FIOS:
SUNY Purchase President on the School’s Past, Present, and Future - Chronicle of Higher Ed:
Purchase President to Retire - Dance Magazine:
Everything You Need to Know About Studying Arts Admin in College - ESPN:
College Dunk Contest Participant Throws Dunk While Taking Selfie - Westchester Magazine:
How to Get into College - Westchester Magazine:
What Getting into College is Like for Westchester Students - Entertainment Weekly:
Interview with Edie Falco - Vulture:
Coffee with Edie Falco - Journal News:
Vietnam? Nope, that’s Purchase College in ‘The Post’ - PBS:
Professor Elise Lemire’s Work on Thoreau Featured on PBS
- Journal News:
White Plains AT&T Building Stars in Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ - FIOS 1 News:
Professor Lisa Jean Moore’s Students Speak Out About Sexual Harassment - Westchester County Business Journal:
Purchase College, White Plains BID Bring Art to Empty Storefronts - News 12:
History Professor Leandro Benmergui Discusses Ongoing Challenges in Puerto Rico - Journal News:
Ellen DeGeneres Awards Purchase College Student Full Ride - Journal News:
The Crucible: Written 64 Years Ago, On Stages Across the Lower Hudson Valley This Fall - CSPAN:
History Professor Laura Chmielewski Discusses Her Research on French Exploration of the Mississippi River - Backstage:
What 15 College Professors and Directors Want Actors to Know - WNYC:
Professor Lisa Keller Discusses NYC History on the Brian Lehrer Show - Washington Post:
- Female Composers Are Making Great Strides
- Journal News:
DACA Students Add to Our Nation’s Fabric, Economy: SUNY Purchase Professor - New York Times:
Amanda Seals of Insecure Revisits Her Harlem Haunts - Journal News:
Purchase College Throws Out SAT/ACT Requirement - Westchester County Business Journal:
Why Purchase College No Longer Requires the SAT/ACT Admissions Tests - Washington Post:
Professor Laura Kaminsky Listed as One of the Top Female Composers in Classical Music - Inside Higher Ed:
Three More Colleges Go Test Optional - WNYC:
Meet the Four Women Earning Bachelor’s Degrees from a NY Prison - Opera News:
Review of Purchase Opera’s Recording of The Crucible - New York Times:
Free Tuition in New York Adds Powerful Pull at Decision Deadline - Psychology Today:
Subconscious Fear Exposure Helps Reduce Phobias, Study Finds