News

• Hostos Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian Jorge Matos Valldejuli Serves As Guest Panelist For the Eunice Kennedy Shriver 100: A Legacy for Inclusion Celebration

  Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian Jorge Matos is working at the forefront of Disability Advocacy and Research. His contribution to the history of disability advocacy is praise-worthy, as is his representation at Eunice Kennedy Shriver 100: A Legacy for Inclusion celebration on Saturday, July 10, hosted by the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site and Friends of the JFK Birthplace are partnering with Special Olympics Massachusetts, and The Eunice Shriver Center at UMass Medical School, and the Brookline Interactive Group.

• Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis Appointed As President of Hostos Community College

  On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York appointed Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis as President of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College. Dr. Cocco De Filippis returned to Hostos on August 1, 2020, as Interim President after a hugely successful twelve-year tenure as President of Naugatuck Valley Community College in Connecticut.

• Hostos Screens Lecturer Joelle González–Laguer’s Short Doc ‘CHAKALMEX’ In Honor of Pride Month

  In honor of Pride Month, Hostos Community College screened award-winning filmmaker Joelle González–Laguer’s short documentary “CHAKALMEX” Tuesday, June 22, 2021, as part of the College’s Veladas Hostosiana/ Hostos Culture Talks series.