Kevin Bacon recently shot part of his new television show, The Following, on campus.

In 2013, both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams posted their best season record since the program was reinstated in 2010.

Distinguished Lecturer of Art Vito Acconci was named 2012 Designer of the Year at Miami's renowned Art Basel celebration.

The work of actress Paula Jon DeRose ’10 M.F.A. and director Andy Goldberg ’13 M.F.A. can currently be seen on Broadway.

Every spring, tulips in the college colors sprout up all over campus.

Associate Professor of History Michael Rawson’s book, Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

The current Brooklyn College student population is 61 percent female and 39 percent male.

The Coordinated Engineering Honors Program offers rigorous training on par with the best engineering program in the country.

Alumnus Justiin Davis '12 appears in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

Brooklyn College has been the site of filming for The Good Wife, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and Gossip Girl.

In 2010, the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Critically acclaimed novelist Joshua Henkin is a member of the faculty.

Yiddish has been taught at Brooklyn College, via the Department of Judaic Studies, for nearly 50 years.

Cory Provost '11 M.A., who studied urban policy and administration, was recently elected district leader of the 58th Assembly District in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn College has provided more than $1.1 million in scholarships, awards and prizes to students in the 2012–13 academic year thus far.

Maria Contel, assistant professor of chemistry, secured a $471,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study gold compounds as a potential treatment in cancer therapy.

Eli Friedman, inventor of the first portable dialysis machine, graduated from Brooklyn College in 1953.

Award-winning poet and writer Ben Lerner is a member of the Brooklyn College faculty.

Brooklyn College has study abroad opportunities on six continents.

Brooklyn College’s current top majors are: business, management and finance; accounting — public accountancy; psychology; and childhood education: grades 1–6.