Sharing stories on colorblind casting and choosing a profession where the vast majority is routinely unemployed and rarely very successful, Mellini Kantayya, kept a stiff upper lip and a smile as she read from her new book, Actor. Writer. Whatever. (essays on my rise to the top of the bottom of the entertainment industry) at St. Francis College on October 22.

It should be no surprise that a reinvigorated Brooklyn has now become a hotbed for entrepreneurs. Recognizing the importance of this moment in time, St. Francis College is proud to announce the formation of the Center for Entrepreneurship.

Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute and a leading advocate for ending global poverty, was the guest speaker for the second Dr. Francis J. Greene Honors Lecture on October 16 at St. Francis College.

It is with much sadness that St. Francis College announces the passing of Communication Arts Professor Richard Berleth.

As part of St. Clare and St. Francis Week, St. Francis College welcomes scholar Paul Moses the the College October 2 to talk about his book, The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace.

Founders Hall was bursting at the seams while dozens more people watched on closed circuit TV in Callahan Center as Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium delivered the 2013 Thomas J. Volpe Lecture on September 30, 2013.

David Vann's novel, Dirt, beat out more than 170 other books to capture the $50,000 St. Francis College Literary Prize, one of the richest prizes in the United State. Vann's selection was announced Saturday, September 21 at the opening night gala for the Brooklyn Book Festival which was held at St. Francis College.

Professor of Law at Brooklyn law School, Steven Dean, discussed "The Constitution and Marriage Equality" for the College's commemoration of Constitution Day on Thursday, September 19 at St. Francis College.

Gavin de Becker, a leading expert on predicting and managing violence and author of The Gift of Fear, spoke to a standing room only audience about the importance of intuition, the danger of denial, and how the battle between these two impulses lie at the root of our survival on Tuesday, September 17 at St. Francis College.

Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, Steven Dean discusses "The Constitution and Marriage Equality" for the College's commemoration of Constitution Day on Thursday, September 19, 2013.