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• Hostos Holds 2025 Earth Week, Celebrating Our Commitment to the Planet
  
  From April 21 to 25, we gathered to reflect on our commitment to the planet during the Natural Sciences Department’s 2025 Earth Week Celebration, informed by this year’s Earth Day (April 22) theme: “Our Power, Our Planet.”

• Hostos Community College Hosts Timely Conversation on Immigration and Resilience, Panelists Offer Useful Advice
  
  At Hostos Community College, immigration is not an abstract policy issue. At the institution, it is the heartbeat of its people. That was powerfully evident at “Beyond Borders: Future of Immigration in America,” the last Spring 2025 event of Black at Hostos, a town hall series born out of international calls for racial justice after the assassination of George Floyd in 2020.

• Hostos Commemorates Anniversary with Special Presentation on College’s Namesake by Professor Emeritus Orlando Hernández
  
  On Tuesday, April 22, Hostos Community College celebrated its 57th anniversary with a special presentation by Professor Emeritus Orlando Hernández, a distinguished scholar in Puerto Rican and Caribbean history who is recognized as a leading authority on Eugenio María de Hostos, the college’s namesake. He discussed his new book, “Documentos de la Liga de Patriotas Puertorriqueños Fundada por Hostos,” which reveals previously unpublished works by Hostos and emphasizes his dedication to fostering intellectual connections and promoting solidarity in support of Puerto Rico’s independence.