In 2013, 28 of out student athletes were named CUNYAC All-Stars.

Our campus is home to one hawk, one falcon, two colonies of Monk parakeets, 16 turtles and one massive school of goldfish.

Our students served 3,000 meals to Coney Island residents after Hurricane Sandy.

Brooklyn College was referred to as the best college in the borough in Colm Tóibín’s award-winning 1950s-era novel, Brooklyn.

More than 200 veterans of the U.S. armed forces are enrolled at Brooklyn College.

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.

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.