Nikki Tomlinson Franke '72 was the national fencing champion in 1975 and 1980, and was a member of the U.S. Olympic fencing team in 1976.

Business students have the opportunity to intern at the most prestigious firms in the United States.

John Most '47 was an announcer for the Boston Celtics from 1953 to 1990.

The School of Education is one of the most comprehensive teacher preparation programs in New York City.

Stephanie Vega ’82 won the 400m hurdles at the 1980 and 1981 Colgate Games.

The college offers more than 2,000 internships at Fortune 500 companies and cultural and governmental organizations.

Paul Mazursky '51 was a five-time Academy Award–nominated director, screenwriter, actor and producer.

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences encompasses 12 academic departments that study human life through its literature, culture, history, and philosophy.

Carol Frick Smith '54 was a member of the 1952 U.S. Olympic swimming and diving team.

Our M.D. Sass Investment Academy teaches students how to manage and invest actual securities.

The cholesterol-fighting drug simvastatin was discovered by Alfred Alberts '53.

Hundreds of engraved bricks on campus are our alumni's way to honor loved ones and enshrine their thoughts for current students.

David F. Mintz '76 founded Tofutti.

Ocean Vuong '12 has won both the Pushcart Prize and the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize for Younger Poets.

Students and faculty have access to 110 smart classrooms on campus.

Yolanda Gibson-Day '83 won the high jump event at the Colgate Games in both 1980 and 1982.

Brooklyn College students can select from more than 100 international education programs on six continents.

Donald Aronow '50 was a two-time world and three-time U.S. powerboat champion.

Brooklyn College has honor societies for students in computing sciences, education, French and Spanish language and literature, psychology, sociology, and television and radio, among others.

The Art Department's certificate program in museum education is one of only seven worldwide that offers such a program, and the only one that combines it with art history.