Macaulay Honors College
News and Events
City Nature Challenge Kickoff
Join us as we launch the 2024 City Nature Challenge weekend with a welcome from Macaulay Dean Dara Byrne, PhD and Kelly O'Donnell followed by a brief, guided nature walk in nearby Central Park.
Macaulay Honors College Opportunities Gala
Discover how opportunity transforms students’ lives at the Macaulay Honors College Opportunities Gala.
Class of 2024 Commencement
We're looking forward to your big day! Macaulay Honors College Class of 2024 Commencement will take place on Thursday, May 23 at United Palace.
College News
The 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards
The inaugural Macaulay Honors College Outstanding Undergraduate Research is a consortium-wide competition that recognizes excellence in undergraduate research, scholarship, or the arts by Macaulay Honors College seniors. These awards also recognize the invaluable role of faculty mentors and advisors to Macaulay students’ overall honors education.
College News
Macaulay Hosts City Nature Challenge 2024
Macaulay Honors College is pleased to be the official NYC host of the 2024 City Nature Challenge. Free events will take place in all five boroughs for nature lovers to enjoy, observe, and learn more about urban wildlife.
College News, Student and Alumni News
Six Students Win Prestigious Gilman Scholarships
Macaulay Honors College congratulates seniors Rabia Akram, Awestaa Zia, and Jeslyn Mei (all Hunter College), and junior Zara Aziz (City College) for winning the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the Fall 2023 semester.
College News
2023 Macaulay STEAM Festival
HAPPENING NOW! View projects submitted by our Arts in NYC and Science Forward Students!
College News, Student and Alumni News
Two Social Justice Pioneers are Recognized
Macaulay Honors College is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Macaulay Pioneer Alumni Award. Michelle Pelan and Noa Krawczyk, both graduates of the Macaulay at Hunter College class of 2012, accepted their awards at the 5th annual alumni Fall Fête celebration on October 16.
College News, Faculty News, Student and Alumni News
Macaulay Honors College Receives Discretionary Funding from New York City Council
The New York City Council has pledged discretionary funding to support the expansion of the college’s participation in the annual City Nature Challenge, taking place in April, 2024.
College News
Support for Student Research
Macaulay has recieved a grant from The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) to support research project centered around the college's Jewish student community.
College News
Team Behind the Scenes: BioBlitz 2023
Macaulay Honors College BioBlitz is one of the largest and most important events academic events of the year. We're grateful to the team of scientists and educators from throughout the region working alongside multiple college departments, staff, and student volunteers to make it happen.
College News
Being Seen: A Year of LGBTQIA+ Programming
Macaulay Honors College announces a year of inspiring programming on campus to celebrate and recognize our LGBTQIA+ community. Beginning in the fall 2023, events and activities will include workshops, panel discussions, and film screenings—and culminate with the LGBTQ+ Image Award presentation in May, 2024.
College News
A Grant to Improve Technology for Equity
Macaulay has received a grant from the city of New York to facilitate technological upgrades to better prepare students as they graduate and enter professional environments.
College News, Student and Alumni News
Macaulay Students Recognized with Prestigious Jonas E. Salk Award
Four Macaulay graduates of the Class of 2022 were received CUNY’s prestigious Jonas E. Salk Award at a recent ceremony. The four are among a group of eight outstanding scholarship recipients accepted into medical schools or graduate programs in the biomedical sciences.
Student and Alumni News
2023 Student Development Leadership Awards
Macaulay's Student Development Department reconized service, community building, and student representation in a recent ceremony.
College News, Student and Alumni News
2023 Student and Alumni Awards
Read about awards won by Macaulay students and graduates in 2023.
College News
Class of 2023 Commencement Highlights
Watch the Macaulay Honors College Class of 2023 Commencement, recorded on May 24, 2023 at United Palace Theater, 4140 Broadway, New York, NY 10033.
College News
Roblin Meeks Joins Macaulay Honors College as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Macaulay Honors College is excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Roblin Meeks as Macaulay’s new Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Dr. Meeks comes to Macaulay with a wealth of experience in academia and significant contributions to student success at his previous institutions.
College News, Faculty News
Joining a Historical Society
Macaulay Honors College is delighted to announce that Distinguished Lecturer Ted Widmer has been inducted into the Society of American Historians. This latest achievement highlights Widmer's status as an educator, historian, and writer.
Student and Alumni News
Seven Macaulay Honors College Students Win Jeannette K. Watson Fellowships
Seven Macaulay Honors College students have been selected to be Jeannette K. Watson Class of 2025 Fellows.
Student and Alumni News
Reviving New York's Lost Black Communities Through Research
The Macaulay Research Assistant Program was designed to spark a passion and give student participants an edge when entering the workforce. Professor Allen Hillery, worked with Syeda Tabassum '23 (Brooklyn) on a project focused on studying the Black communities that thrived in New York City from the early 1800s to the mid 1950s.
College News, Faculty News
Carmen Boullosa Wins a Poet's Prize
Macaulay Honors College congratulates Professor Carmen Boullosa on being awarded the 2023 José Emilio Pacheco Excellence in Literature Award. Boullosa is known for crafting brilliant journeys across all genres that uniquely embody the Mexican literary tradition. She is one of the nation's most treasured living writers and only the fourth woman ever to win the award.
Student and Alumni News
Marauders Celebrate 10 Years
Macaulay is thrilled to congratulate the students and alumni of the college's quadball club on a decade of community growth.
Student and Alumni News
Math Artist: Tabitha Ramirez
Whether in the lab, the classroom, or relaxing with a crochet project, Tabitha Ramirez '24 (City College) will let her spirit of inquiry and curiosity define her success!
College News, Student and Alumni News
A tradition of service
Zuobin Tang, '05 (Baruch), is the Macaulay Pioneer Alumni Award winner for 2022. Zuobin was chosen for his cutting edge contributions to computer science education and his innovation in reaching students through technology.
College News, Student and Alumni News
Macaulay Receives a $60,000 Gift From the Liu Shiming Art Foundation
Funds will support Macaulay Honors College scholars pursuing study of Chinese art, culture, language, and history.
College News
Combining Advocacy and Inquiry
The Kenan Scholars Program at Macaulay Honors College is a unique program designed to instill a deeper understanding of New York City's housing crisis through research, direct service, and advocacy work.
College News, Faculty News
Macaulay Honors College Wins 3 Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Grants
Two faculty members and the student development team have received awards from CUNY's Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI). The grants will allow the college to advance social and racial justice.
Student and Alumni News
2D to 3D: An Inspiring Internship
Angela Goh '23 is the first recipient of the Liu Shiming Scholars Fund Grant.
College News
New Plaza Cinema Finds New Home at Macaulay Honors College
New Plaza Cinema and Macaulay Honors College will work with students to help further their interests and careers in film and the arts with multiple areas of collaboration available.
College News
Macaulay Honors College Top Public University
For the fifth consecutive year, Macaulay Honors College has earned 5 mortarboards, the highest rating among public university honors colleges and programs.
