Lehman College is a

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, United States. Founded in 1931 as

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campus of

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, it became an independent college in 1967. The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman, a former New York governor, United States senator, and philanthropist. It is a senior college of the

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(CUNY) and offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and specializations.

History

The Bronx Branch of Hunter College was first established in 1931. The campus was the main national training ground for women in the military during

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. For a decade before the entry of the

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, only women students attended, taking their first two years of study at the Bronx campus and then transferring to Hunter's Manhattan campus to complete their undergraduate work. During the war, Hunter leased the Bronx Campus buildings to the

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who used the facilities to train 95,000 women volunteers for military service as

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and

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. When the Navy vacated the campus, the site was occupied for six months in 1946 by the nascent

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, which held its first Security Council sessions at the Bronx campus. From March to August 1946, the first American meetings of the

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were held in the Gymnasium Building where intercollegiate basketball, archery, swimming, and other sports have been played. During festivities marking the 40th anniversary of the United Nations in 1986, the Southern New York State Division of the

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presented the college with a commemorative plaque, now displayed outside the Gymnasium Building. The college participated in the United Nations’ 50th anniversary activities in 1995–96. The process of separating Lehman College from its Hunter College-affiliated predecessor began in 1967, culminating in the establishment of an independent unit of the

on July 1, 1968. This new college, known as Herbert H. Lehman College or Lehman College, was established as a senior undergraduate college. The newly established school was named after Herbert H. Lehman, the former, four-term governor of New York. Lehman College's founding president was

Leonard Lief Leonard Lief (June 14, 1924 – July 30, 2007) was the founding president of Herbert H. Lehman College a Bronx institution that is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York. Lief was the college's president for more than two ...

. President Lief was succeeded by Ricardo R. Fernández in 1991. In 2016, José Luis Cruz was appointed as the third president of the college. In 2019, Cruz was appointed as the CUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and stepped down from the Lehman presidency. On February 21, 2021, the CUNY board of trustees appointed Fernando Delgado to succeed interim president Daniel Lemons as the fourth president of the college. The college switched to

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on March 11, 2020, in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Later, in April, the university released a study that concluded that the virus could be spread through a building's ventilation system. On October 5, 2020, 98% of classes were fully online due to the coronavirus pandemic. On May 26, 2022, after two years of conducting commencement ceremonies online due to the COVID-19 restrictions regarding mass gathering in NYC, Lehman held its first commencement ceremony post COVID-19 lockdowns.

Campus

Lehman has a 37-acre (15 hectare) campus with a combination of

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and

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, located near the

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at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West (250 West 200th Street). The school's architects were Kerr Rainsford, John A. Thompson, and Gerald A. Holmes; they had earlier designed the

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. Lehman College houses a multimedia center in Carman Hall, comprising an acoustically designed recording studio, audio and video production control rooms, editing suites, student newsroom, media conversion room, graphics room, and "technology-enhanced" classrooms. BronxNet public access channel is also headquartered in Carman Hall, where many programs are produced including Bronx Talk and Open. In 2012, Lehman dedicated its new $70 million Science Hall, a four-story building equipped with high-tech classrooms and laboratories, as well as a rooftop teaching and research greenhouse. In 2013, Science Hall was awarded a

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platinum rating from the

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, the first CUNY building to earn the top green building rating. The structural engineers for this project was Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA). Lehmanoldgymnjeh

The Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts is a professional theater which seats 2,310. The campus is also home to the Lehman College Art Gallery. The Apex, Lehman College's post-modern style athletic and fitness facility, opened in 1994. Designed by architect

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, the Apex stands in contrast to the original Gothic revival buildings that define the campus. In 2024, Lehman opened a new building dedicated to Nursing. The $95 million building, designed by Urbahn Architects, is four stories high. The

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is located near the campus and is named for the college.

Students

Students at Lehman College are from multiple ethnic and racial identities, multiple language backgrounds, various social classes, and diverse sexual orientations with many international students. Enrollment (Fall 2018) Lehman College: * Undergraduates: 12,639 * Graduate Students: 2,148 * Total: 14,787 students

Academics

Lehman College is organized into six schools, plus the Macaulay Honors College. Lehman College offers undergraduate and graduate programs in its Schools of Arts & Humanities, School of Education, School of Natural and Social Sciences, School of Business, School of Health Sciences, Human Services, and Nursing, and School of Continuing Education.

Macaulay Honors College at Lehman

The highly selective

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at Lehman provides a full tuition scholarship, Apple laptop computer, and opportunities fund of $7,500 that can be used for various activities such as study abroad, reimbursements for internships or research, and service learning. Students in the honors college are required to take 4 seminars relating to New York City, maintain a 3.5 grade point average, and graduate within four years. They also must take four Lehman Scholars Program Seminars, or "LSP"s.

Lehman Scholars Program

The Lehman Scholars Program is designed for capable and highly motivated students who have the desire and ability to pursue a somewhat more independent liberal arts course of study. The program includes special courses, seminars, and individual counseling. Students in the program are exempt from all of the normal degree requirements. They must, however, pass the CUNY Skills Assessment Tests to be admitted to the program and meet all course prerequisites and requirements for their major field.

College Now

The College Now program allows selected high school students to take college courses. The program is offered during the spring, summer and fall semesters and the courses are taught at the main Lehman campus.

Freshman Year Initiative

The Freshman Year Initiative is a program involving "blocks" of classes, similar to many high schools, which allows for new and first year students to get to know each other and become familiar with the college environment. All first-year students participate in the program, which promotes an interdisciplinary curriculum, faculty collaboration, and peer support. All students take mathematics and writing courses as well as a Freshman Seminar when they arrive to prepare them for the rest of their college courses.

Research

Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY

The Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY includes faculty, students, staff, and community organizations focused on research, advocacy, and services related to Mexico and Mexicans in the U.S. Its goals are to create courses and programs across CUNY campuses, support Mexican and Mexican-American student success, host annual conferences and events on Mexican topics, and serve as a resource and hub for community-based organizations. The institute also provides internships, research assistantships, and service-learning opportunities for students with institutions serving New York City's Mexican population.

Institute for Irish-American Studies

The CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies (IIAS): Located at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York, the IIAS is a research unit that supports scholars and students studying Irish and Irish American history, culture, and society. They offer public events, distance education courses, and publications.

CUNY Institute for Health Equity

The central aim of the City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Health Equity (CIHE) is to coordinate research, teaching, service, and community engagement to eliminate health inequalities, reduce health disparities, and promote health.

Athletics

Lehman College teams participate as a member of the

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. The Lightning Bugs are a member of the

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(CUNYAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, track & field, tennis and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and cheerleading. In 2012–13, the Lightning Bugs won CUNYAC Championships in men's swimming and diving and women's outdoor track and field. The school produced two All-Americans in women's outdoor track: Tobi Alli (100 m) and Jasmine Springer (Triple Jump).

Conference affiliations

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(ECAC)

Notable faculty

There are nearly 400 full-time faculty. Notable faculty include: Billy Collins 2007 by Marcelo Noah

* Allison Amend (born 1974), professor of English, novelist, and short story writer * Michael Bacon, associate professor of music, Lehman alumnus, and

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winning composer and songwriter; performs in the band the Bacon Brothers with his brother

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* Jason Behrstock, professor of mathematics and computer science,

Sloan Fellowship The Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955 to "provide support and recognition to early-career scientists and scholars". This program is one of the oldest of its kind in the United States. ...

winner * Laird W. Bergad, distinguished professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican studies *

Jerome Charyn Jerome Charyn (born May 13, 1937) is an American writer. With nearly 50 published works over a 50-year span, Charyn has a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life, writing in multiple ge ...

, former professor of English, novelist, and film critic * Eugene M. Chudnovsky, distinguished professor of physics *

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, lecturer in English *

Billy Collins William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Co ...

, professor emeritus of English,

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2001–2003 *

María Teresa Babín Cortés María Teresa Babín Cortés (May 30, 1910- December 19, 1989) was a Puerto Rican educator, literary critic, and essayist.

, professor emeritus of Latin American and Latino studies *

John Corigliano John Paul Corigliano (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. With over 100 compositions, he has won accolades including a Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and a ...

, distinguished professor emeritus of music,

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winner *

Joseph W. Dauben Joseph Warren Dauben (born December 29, 1944, Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica) is a Herbert H. Lehman Distinguished Professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He obtained his PhD f ...

, distinguished professor of history * J. Yellowlees Douglas, former assistant professor of English *

Martin Duberman Martin Bauml Duberman (born August 6, 1930) is an American historian, biographer, playwright, and gay rights activist. Duberman is Professor of History Emeritus at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York City. Early life Duberman was born into ...

, distinguished professor emeritus of history * May Mayko Ebihara, professor emerita of anthropology (in memoriam) * Melvin Fitting, professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science * J. E. Franklin, former lecturer in education * Alyshia Gálvez, professor of Latin American and Latino studies * Dmitry Garanin, Russian-American professor of physics * Nancy Griffeth, professor of mathematics and computer science * Michael Handel, professor of mathematics * Nicholas Hanges, professor emeritus of mathematics (in memoriam) * David Freeman Hawke, professor emeritus of history (in memoriam) * William M. Hoffman, associate professor of theatre (in memoriam) *

Ulysses Kay Ulysses Simpson Kay (January 7, 1917 in Tucson, Arizona – May 20, 1995 in Englewood, New Jersey) was an American composer. His music is mostly neoclassical in style. Life and career Kay, the nephew of the classic jazz musician King Oliver, stu ...

, distinguished professor of music (in memoriam) * Linda Keen, professor emerita of mathematics,

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Ádám Korányi Ádám Korányi (born July 13, 1932, in Szeged) is a Hungarian and American mathematician. He is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His resea ...

, Hungarian-American distinguished professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science * William Latimer, professor of health sciences * Thomas Kurtzman, professor of chemistry * Robert Lekachman, distinguished professor emeritus of economics (in memoriam) * John L. Locke, professor of language science * Ursula Meyer, professor emerita of sculpture (in memoriam) * Margot Mifflin (born 1960), Professor of English * Joan Miller, former professor of dance and founder of the dance program *

Melvyn B. Nathanson Melvyn Bernard Nathanson (born October 10, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American mathematician, specializing in number theory, and a Professor of Mathematics at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New ...

, professor of mathematics * Matt O'Dowd, associate professor of astrophysics *

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, distinguished professor of mathematics and computer science *

Sondra Perl Sondra Perl is a Professor Emerita of English at Lehman College and director of the Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the founder and former director of the New York City Writin ...

, professor emerita of English *

Shauneille Perry Shauneille Gantt Perry Ryder (July 26, 1929 – June 9, 2022) was an American stage director and playwright. She was one of the first African-American women to direct off-Broadway. Biography Shauneille Perry was born on July 26, 1929, in Chicag ...

, former associate professor and director of theatre * Lawrence Raphael, professor emeritus of speech science * Stanley Renshon, professor of political science *

Marjorie Rosen Marjorie Rosen is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and professor best known for her 1973 book '' Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies and the American Dream''. Rosen currently teaches Journalism at Lehman College in New York. Career Holdin ...

, professor of journalism, communication, and theatre * Rob Schneiderman, professor of mathematics *

Raymond Smullyan Raymond Merrill Smullyan (; May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, Smullyan's first career choice was in stage magic. He ...

, distinguished professor emeritus of mathematics and philosophy * Marilyn Sokol (born 1944), distinguished lecturer of theatre * Christina Sormani, professor of mathematics * Katherine St. John, professor of mathematics and computer science * Dannielle Tegeder, associate professor of art *

Patricia Thompson (writer) Patricia J. Thompson (June 15, 1926 – April 1, 2016), also known as Yelena Vladimirovna Mayakovskaya (), was an American philosopher and author of more than 20 books. She was one of the two known children of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, the ...

(born Yelena Vladimirovna Mayakovskaya), professor of philosophy and women's studies (in memoriam) * Joseph Tusiani, professor emeritus of languages and literature (in memoriam) * Annita Tuller, professor emerita of mathematics and computer science (in memoriam) * Concetta M. Tomaino, adjunct professor of music * Lloyd Ultan, former adjunct professor of history *

Ruth Westheimer Karola Ruth Westheimer (née Siegel; June 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host. Westheimer was born in Germany to a Jewish family. As the Nazis came to power, her paren ...

(born Karola Siegel, 1928; known as "Dr. Ruth"), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former

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sniper. *

Eric Wolf Eric Robert Wolf (February 1, 1923 – March 6, 1999) was an anthropologist, best known for his studies of peasants, Latin America, and his advocacy of Marxist perspectives within anthropology. Early life Life in Vienna Wolf was born in Vi ...

, former distinguished professor of anthropology * Eleanore Wurtzel, professor of biology, AAAS Fellow *

Naomi Zack Naomi Zack is a professor of philosophy at Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), having formerly been a professor at the University of Albany and the University of Oregon. She has written thirteen books and three textbooks, and s ...

, professor of philosophy

Notable alumni

André Aciman André Aciman (; born 2 January 1951) is an Italian-American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he teaches the history of lit ...

, writer, author of '' Call Me by Your Name'', and professor at CUNY Graduate Center * Debo Adegbile, Commissioner for the United States Civil Rights Commission * Andrea Apolo, medical oncologist and researcher at the

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* Gary Axelbank, journalist, disk jockey and TV personality based in The Bronx * Michael Bacon,

-winning composer and songwriter, and associate professor of music at Lehman College; performs in the band the Bacon Brothers with his brother

* Jacqueline Bishop, writer, visual artist and photographer from Jamaica and a professor at

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* Steven Contursi, businessman and numismatist *

Blondell Cummings Blondell Cummings (October 27, 1944 – August 30, 2015) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. She is known for her experimental choreography and was a fixture in the New York and Harlem dance scene for decades. Early life Blondel ...

, modern dancer and choreographer * Rubén Díaz Jr., Borough President of the Bronx in New York City from 2009 to 2021 *

Rubén Díaz Sr. Rubén Díaz Sr (born April 22, 1943) is a Puerto Rican citizenship, Puerto Rican politician from New York City and an ordained Pentecostalism, Pentecostal minister. He represented the New York City's 18th City Council district, 18th district ...

, member of the Democratic Party; represented the 32nd district in the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2017 * Jeffrey Dinowitz, politician who represents District 81 in the New York State Assembly * Brandon M. Easton, professional writer, screenwriter, and educator * Christopher Emdin, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at

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Eliot Engel Eliot Lance Engel (; born February 18, 1947) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a district covering portions of the north Bronx and ...

, U.S. representative for

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(1989–2021) * Oswald Feliz, Councilmember representing District 15 of New York City * Ailene Fields, sculptor and stone-carving teacher * Nabie Foday Fofanah, Guinean sprinter, also known as the Speed Doctor * Philip Foglia, prosecutor and

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civic rights activist * John Fox, former novelist and short-story writer * Joe Foy, Major League Baseball third baseman * Eve Franklin, Democratic, represented Great Falls in the

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from 1991 through 2002 and served in the

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from 2003 to 2007 *

Lewis Gordon Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of r ...

, philosopher, works in Africana philosophy, philosophy of human and life sciences, and phenomenology *

Micki Grant Micki Grant (born Minnie Louise Perkins, June 30, 1929 – August 22, 2021) was an American singer (soprano), actress, writer, and composer. She performed in '' Having Our Say'' (as Sadie Delaney), '' Tambourines to Glory'' and '' Jericho-Jim Cr ...

, singer (soprano), actress, writer, and composer *

Ramona Hernández Ramona Hernandez, community leader, sociologist and historian, is Professor of Sociology at City College of New York and the director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute. She is the author of various scholarly works about Dominican migratio ...

, community leader, sociologist and historian, Professor of Sociology at the

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, and director of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute *

Andre Harrell Andre O’Neal Harrell (September 26, 1960 – May 7, 2020) was an American record executive, media proprietor, and former rapper. He formed the short-lived East Coast hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde with Alonzo Brown in 1980; they sig ...

, founder of

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, president/CEO of

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, and the first half of the hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde *

Letitia James Letitia Ann "Tish" James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 67th Attorney General of New York, attorney general of New York (NYAG), having won the 2018 New York Attorney General election, 2018 ...

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since 2018 * Janet Kaplan, poet and professor * Matt Kilcullen, director of athletics at Mercy College *

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, theatre and film director and producer and founding director of the

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in New York City * Jeffrey R. Korman, politician who was a member of the

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(33rd District) from 1990 until 1992 * Graig Kreindler, painter and illustrator *

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, visual artist who has worked as a painter and sculptor in the Bronx * Kenney Mencher, painter and associate professor of art and art history at

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(2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), and Clay Morrow on the television series ''

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in Boston *

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