Izania Gonzalez has joined The Riverdale Press editorial staff as a reporter covering education and transportation. She was most recently a freelance reporter for The Record Review and Scarsdale Inquirer, where she wrote about the local communities.
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By GARY LARKIN
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1/5/24
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The Manhattan College women’s basketball team has been a tough out in recent years in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play. They showed it again with a 73-39 win over Rider last Saturday. But unfortunately, they found an even tougher challenger in the Fairfield Stags, who hung an 82-58 loss for Manhattan on Monday night.
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By PETE JANNY
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12/22/23
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Tenured professors at Manhattan College who have been offered buyout packages by the administration received a boost from some alumni and students who rallied in support of the professors Tuesday night on the college’s campus.
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By IZANIA GONZALEZ
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12/15/23
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Over two months since Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israel, the scars are very much present for two Manhattan College basketball players who are experiencing the secondhand effects of war while living away from their homeland. Playing back certain parts of Oct. 7, such as the horror stories relayed back to them from family and friends who lived it, is hard enough. Even now, the stories that are spread through social media and text messages are seemingly impossible to escape.
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By PETE JANNY
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12/15/23
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Manhattan College on Tuesday dedicated the building that houses Smith Auditorium and the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers to Stephen J. Squeri, the American Express chair and chief executive. The building will don the name Squeri Hall.
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By IZANIA GONZALEZ
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12/15/23
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Manhattan College’s Rokas Jocys rose up over Joshua Reaves of Mount St. Mary’s with his hopes clinging to every stage in the progression of his release. The rest of his thoughts may have gone blank as he watched the ball go through the net and then the rush of his teammates to celebrate him.
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By PETE JANNY
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12/8/23
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The College of Mount Saint Vincent’s women’s basketball team was active during Thanksgiving break by picking up a tournament victory in Brooklyn.
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STAFF REPORT
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12/8/23
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Fordham University student Paula Wasserman of greater Riverdale was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society.
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By GARY LARKIN
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12/8/23
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The future of Manhattan College’s former Overlook Manor may be as an asylum seeker migrant housing facility based on a letter provided to The Riverdale Press and a building permit posted on the city buildings department website.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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12/1/23
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CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez met with school and elected officials at Lehman College on Monday to announce the launch of CUNY Cares, a three-year pilot program designed to make it easier for students to access resources and essential services.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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12/1/23
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