鈥淎 quarter century later, we continue to remember those we lost and the many lives forever changed by September 11,鈥� said 可乐视频 President Michelle J. Anderson. 鈥淲e also remember how our 可乐视频 community came together with compassion, strength, and resilience, and we carry that spirit forward.鈥�

Read a special message from President Anderson .

Pausing to Remember

Twenty-five years later, 可乐视频 continues its annual remembrance through the ringing of the听library tower bell.

Since 2002, the bell has tolled six times at 8:46, 9:03, 9:37, 9:59, 10:03, and 10:28 a.m., marking the pivotal moments of that morning and inviting the community to pause in memory of those whose lives were lost.

Honoring Alumni Lost That Day

Below is a list of the 可乐视频 alumni who were tragically lost on September 11, 2001.

Ernest Alikakos ’89
Auditor,听New听York听State听Department of Taxation and Finance

Ezra Aviles ’86
Senior听manager,听strategic听planning and听development,听Port Authority

Eustace Bacchus ’83
Independent听trader,听American Stock Exchange, attending听a听meeting at Windows听on听the World

Steven Berger ’79
Supervisor of corporate tax auditors,听New York State Department of Taxation and Finance

Andre Cox ’01
Cafeteria worker, 101st floor of World Trade Center

James R. Coyle (attended 可乐视频 in听the 1990s)
FDNY firefighter, Ladder 3

Peter Freund ’84
FDNY听lieutenant, Engine Co. 55

John Giordano ’80
FDNY firefighter鈥� Hazardous Materials 1

Michael Gogliormella ’80
Technology Division eSpeed, Inc., a division of Cantor Fitzgerald

Joseph Grillo ’77
Risk finance analyst,听Port Authority

Jeffrey Hersch ’81
Accountant,听Cantor Fitzgerald

Lorraine Lisi ’80
Vice President, Fiduciary Trust International

Paul Lisson ’80
Records听clerk,听Aon Corp.

Robert Mayo (attended 可乐视频 1973鈥�76)
Deputy听fire听inspector,听World Trade Center

Robert Miller ’76
Conferee,听New York State Department of Taxation and Finance

Gregory Saucedo ’92
FDNY Firefighter, Ladder 5; Firefighter Gregory T. Saucedo Triangle on Avenue T is named in his honor

Ian Schneider ’78
Senior managing director,听Cantor Fitzgerald

Craig Silverstein ’88
Equity trader,听Sandler O’Neill and Partners

Arthur Simon ’69
Equities trader,听Fred Alger Management; died along with son Ken, Cantor Fitzgerald

Robert Twomey ’78
Trader,听Harvey Young Yurman; attending a breakfast meeting at Windows on the World

Abraham J.听Zelmanowitz (attended 可乐视频 1965鈥�1969)
Computer programmer,听Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Prokopios “Paul” Zois ’78
Consultant,听Marsh & McLennan;听travel specialist,听American Express; taught at Kingsborough听Community College Department of听Tourism and Hospitality

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Co-authored with Luz Yadira Herrera of California State University, Dominguez Hills, the book is Espa帽a鈥檚 first publication in Spanish for K鈥�6 educators. Drawing on her experience as a former New York City public school bilingual teacher, Espa帽a said the book is in gratitude to the storytellers, educators, and students who inspired this work.

The book鈥檚 foreword is written by Meg Medina, the 2023鈥�2024 National Ambassador for Young People鈥檚 Literature and Newbery Medal鈥搘inning author. Learn more about the book .

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A member of the Macaulay Honors College and 可乐视频鈥檚 Coordinated B.A.鈥揗.D. program, Chinnadurai is pursuing a double major in psychology and philosophy, with a concentration in medical ethics. The aspiring physician has already built an impressive record of research, leadership, service, and academic achievement.

Chinnadurai鈥檚 selection places her among a distinguished group of 可乐视频 students who have benefited from the vision and generosity of Bernard Garil 鈥�62 and his wife, Ethel. The couple established a pair of internships in memory of their children, Michael and Stacey, both of whom passed away from cancer. Transforming their loss into an enduring opportunity for future generations, the Garils created summer research experiences that give students hands-on exposure to cancer research at world-class institutions.

Over the years, the Garils鈥� commitment to 可乐视频 has enabled dozens of aspiring doctors and scientists to spend summers at prestigious centers such as Dana-Farber and Johns Hopkins, gaining invaluable mentorship and research experience while helping advance the fight against cancer.

For Chinnadurai鈥攚hose own interest in oncology is shaped in part by family members鈥� experiences鈥攖he opportunity represents both a professional milestone and a chance to contribute to work that has the potential to change lives.

We spoke with Chinnadurai about her research journey, her passion for medicine, and what she hopes to learn during her summer at Dana-Farber.

Tell us a little about your background and how you got to 可乐视频.
I grew up in Nassau County and came to 可乐视频 through the Macaulay Honors College and the B.A.-M.D. program. I鈥檝e always been interested in medicine, and my high school adviser encouraged me to apply for the program. It felt like a good fit.

听When did you first know you wanted to pursue a career in medicine?
It鈥檚 kind of always been on my radar. In middle school and high school, I started exploring that interest by volunteering in hospitals. I volunteered at Nassau University Medical Center and at the Ronald McDonald House, where I worked closely with families of sick children. That experience really showed me a different side of health care, not just the clinical aspect, but the emotional and community side, too.

You鈥檝e already built a strong research background. How did that begin?
In high school, I took research classes and worked on a project about synesthesia, which is how people associate sounds with colors. It was my first exposure to the scientific method, and it made me realize how much I enjoyed research. When I got to 可乐视频, I knew I wanted to continue that, so I joined a psychology lab in my freshman year.

听What kinds of research have you worked on at 可乐视频?
I鈥檝e been in Dr. [Laura] Reigada鈥檚 lab for three years now, and I鈥檓 currently working on my honors thesis there. I鈥檝e worked on both qualitative and quantitative projects. One of my major projects focused on HPV-associated cancers, where I helped analyze open-ended survey responses about people鈥檚 perceptions of risk and attitudes toward vaccination.

That experience connected me to the 可乐视频 Cancer Center (可乐视频CC-CURE), which is how I learned about the internship at Dana-Farber. It also made me realize I wanted to go deeper in cancer research and ideally interact more directly with patients or do lab-based work.

What drew you specifically to oncology?
It鈥檚 something I鈥檓 still exploring, but it鈥檚 definitely one of the specialties I鈥檓 most interested in. I鈥檝e had family members affected by cancer. One didn鈥檛 make it, and one did. Seeing both the impact of the disease and the long-term effects of treatment is something that has stayed with me. It made the field feel personal, and it鈥檚 part of why I want to explore it more deeply through research.

听What are you hoping to gain from your summer at Dana-Farber?
I鈥檓 really hoping to gain a more hands-on perspective on cancer research, whether that鈥檚 working in a lab or interacting more directly with patients in clinical research. Most of my experience so far has been survey-based, so I鈥檓 excited to expand into new methods and deepen my understanding of oncology as a field.

听The Garil internship has a powerful story behind it. What does it mean to you to be selected?
It means a lot. Knowing that this opportunity exists because of a family who turned personal loss into something that helps students is really inspiring. It motivates me to make the most of the experience and to contribute meaningfully to the work I鈥檒l be doing.

Outside the lab, you鈥檝e also been deeply involved in campus life, especially dance. Tell us about that.
Dance has been a huge part of my life since I was three or four. At 可乐视频, I joined Macaulay鈥檚 competitive dance team, and it鈥檚 been one of my favorite experiences. We practice a lot, and it鈥檚 taught me time management and given me a creative outlet outside of STEM.

I鈥檝e also been involved in tutoring, peer mentoring, and clubs like SPARK, where we worked with elementary school students on leadership and anti-bullying activities. Those experiences are really meaningful to me because they connect back to community and education.

听Looking ahead, what are your long-term goals?
I鈥檒l be continuing on to medical school through the B.A-/M.D. program, and I鈥檓 definitely interested in oncology, though I鈥檓 keeping an open mind. I鈥檓 also really interested in philosophy and ethics. I鈥檓 even thinking about possibly pursuing a master鈥檚 in that area one day. I think ethics plays such an important role in medicine, and I鈥檇 love to integrate that into my career.

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Published in April and released in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and in the United Kingdom by Granta Books, Transcription delivers a haunting and intellectually provocative narrative that blends personal vulnerability with broader cultural critique. The novel follows a narrator navigating illness, memory, and the pervasive influence of digital technologies as he confronts the ways language, transcription, and mediation shape our understanding of reality. At once intimate and expansive, the book probes how we construct meaning鈥攁nd mislead ourselves鈥攖hrough the stories we tell about hunger, love, connection, and the body.

Fiammetta Rocco, chair of judges for the Political Fiction prize, praised the work, saying, 鈥淔or a book so slim, Transcription does so much. A forensic study of our insatiable appetite for new technology, it explores the unreliable stories we tell ourselves about hunger, love and connection.鈥�

Lerner is a celebrated novelist, poet, and essayist as well as a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, often known as the 鈥淕enius Grant.鈥� His genre-defying body of work has earned widespread acclaim for its originality and philosophical depth. Among his many honors, Lerner has also received a National Book Award nomination, been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, further cementing his reputation as one of the most innovative literary voices of his generation.

Throughout his career, Lerner has challenged the boundaries between literary forms, seamlessly blending fiction, poetry, and criticism while examining the pressures and paradoxes of contemporary life. His work consistently invites readers to question the nature of art, authorship, and authenticity in a rapidly changing world.

Lerner was interviewed by The Telegraph about the award, which you can read .

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D鈥橭razio鈥檚 new memoir, A Shot in the Dark (Blackstone Publishing, 2025), traces his journey from growing up in Brooklyn to working at the top of his profession in the fashion field. Here, D鈥橭razio reflects on his early influences, his evolution as a photographer, and the experiences that have shaped his perspective and his art.

Photographer Sante D’Orazio’s memoir of life in high fashion and Hollywood.

You grew up in Brooklyn.

I was raised in Flatbush and went to Erasmus Hall High School. The area is now called Kensington, but back then it was just Flatbush to me. I still have family there, though most have moved away.

In your memoir, you say you got into photography early because of a man who lived around the corner.

I didn鈥檛 know much about him except his name鈥擬r. [Lou] Bernstein鈥攁nd that he lived around the corner from me when I was about 10. He became my mentor in photography and life. He鈥檇 been part of the old New York Photo League, with photographers like Robert Frank, Walker Evans, Weegee, and Berenice Abbott. He never worked commercially; he shot on weekends and worked at Willoughby Peerless, the equivalent today of B&H Photo.

Six-year-old Sante D’Orazio playing stickball in his Brooklyn neighborhood.

You started at a junior college and then transferred to 可乐视频.

After my father passed away, I went into survival mode. I studied commercial art at a New York Community College, thinking I might become an art director. I hated it. I was already painting nudes at the Brooklyn Museum and the Art Students League, so I transferred after researching the 可乐视频 faculty. was teaching there, he was a leading Realist painter concentrating on the nude. I also discovered how strong the faculty was in the fine arts and the humanities. I鈥檓 grateful I wasn鈥檛 at a full-time art school; the humanities helped round out my aesthetic education through literature, philosophy, history, and widened my scope of knowledge of the Arts. And I loved the campus.

Your cousin, who was a hairdresser, suggested you get into fashion photography.

I went into the city with my portfolio鈥攏o appointments, no experience. I tracked down Avedon, Penn, Scavullo. I didn鈥檛 get past the front desk at Avedon鈥檚. Penn didn鈥檛 open the door. Scavullo told me to get out. I eventually got a job as a second assistant, doing gofer work and building a portfolio.

Model Helena Christensen in Leningrad for British Vogue, 1990

You eventually made your way to Milan.

Italian Vogue was down the street from my hotel. I brought my portfolio expecting rejection. Instead, they gave me a two page-spread assignment of 鈥淏eauty鈥� nudes, which translates to skincare, makeup, and fragrance. I was 25.

What was it like photographing the supermodels and rock stars of the 1980s and 1990s?

There was a whole new zeitgeist in the 80s. I had my first assignment with Italian Vogue, soon after my first Vogue cover with German Vogue. In Rome, while shooting the collections, I met a 15-year-old Christy Turlington with her mom in the hallway of our hotel. I became friends with Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, and Stephanie Seymour before they became the new generation of superstars, they were the first to be termed supermodels. Our careers rose in parallel.

By the 1990s, Hollywood glamor had waned and needed revitalizing. Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and I brought glamour back to the movie industry through the magazine world. Once we put actresses like Michelle Pfeiffer and Kim Basinger on a Vogue cover, sales shot up, and fashion magazines shifted to celebrities.

Model Tatiana Patitiz on British Vogue

And famous people like Prince.

I took this assignment because it was Prince. I was early to the studio; Prince arrived early too, with fedora, makeup, and no entourage. Though the client hadn鈥檛 arrived, he asked if we could shoot. We finished in about 20 minutes. He left before the client showed up. They weren鈥檛 happy, but I was thrilled, we got some great shots.

You have an unnerving story about taking a photo of Mike Tyson with his tiger.

I went to shoot Mike at his home in Las Vegas for Esquire magazine. I was looking for a place to shoot; he directed me out to the backyard. What he didn鈥檛 tell me was that he had pet tigers!

Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, 1996

When I walked out, I thought a dog was running at me from behind鈥攊t was a tiger. It jumped on me. Mike came out laughing and said, 鈥淪he鈥檚 just a puppy.鈥� So I took it in stride and acted like it was nothing, though it wasn鈥檛 the case! I asked him to take off his shirt, and he started wrestling with the 200 lb. puppy. That鈥檚 the shot.

So you鈥檙e also a painter. How do your photography and painting practices relate?

I paint images on film that become small abstractions, scan and print them large, collage them, and paint over them. The mixed media feeds itself.

What do you think about art and artificial intelligence?

AI can only remix what it鈥檚 fed. It can鈥檛 produce the true idiosyncrasies that only the human mind can create. Perfection is machine-made and meaningless, soulless. That energy from hand to paper鈥擜I can鈥檛 replicate that.

There鈥檚 a growing interest among young people in film and analog processes. Have you seen that?

My son used to make fun of me for not understanding digital manuals. Now he asks me about film. I like that people are going back to handwriting and notebooks. I wrote my memoir by hand. I believe in that process, it extends your sensory perception.

What advice do you have for today鈥檚 young photographers and artists?

Know your history, or you鈥檒l copy people without realizing it. Have chutzpah鈥攌nock on doors. Show up, even if you鈥檙e mopping floors. That鈥檚 how artists always learned and grew, from the past, and the bottom up! Most of all take criticism, if you can鈥檛, you鈥檙e not ready.

Anything else you want students to know?

If you spend your time trying to satisfy the right and the left, you鈥檙e stuck in the middle鈥攖hat鈥檚 the definition of mediocre. Reach inside yourself, fail and get up again. Don鈥檛 be afraid of who you are, as long as it鈥檚 real to you. And study, always study. 可乐视频 is exceptional when it comes to the quality of education, it鈥檚 the best kept secret in the N.Y.C. school system. But then I鈥檓 biased鈥擨 have a real soft spot for my alma mater

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Warren received the award for his acclaimed book听听(University of Chicago Press, 2024). The George Rosen听Prize听recognizes outstanding scholarship in the history of public health and social medicine, and Warren鈥檚 book was honored for its significant contribution to understanding the historical, medical, and social dimensions of vitamin D deficiency.听

Warren is widely recognized for his听expertise听in the history of medicine, public health, and the environment.听His research examines how medical knowledge develops and how scientific ideas influence public policy and everyday life.听

Established in honor of physician, public health leader, and historian George Rosen, the听prize听is presented by the AAHM, the leading professional organization dedicated to the听worldwide听study of the history of medicine. Warren鈥檚 book was selected from a highly competitive field and recognized for illuminating how scientific knowledge, public health policy, and social conditions have shaped the understanding and treatment of one of humanity鈥檚 most persistent nutritional diseases.听

Warren received the award at the AAHM conference this year in Buffalo, New听York, which听ran from听June 4听to听7.听

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The novel follows May, a woman who听loses her听job听to artificial intelligence in a world where humans live alongside听humanoid robots听known as 鈥渉ums.鈥� As she struggles to support her family in a society increasingly dominated by technology, she undergoes an experimental procedure that allows her to evade surveillance and听seeks听refuge in one of the last remaining green spaces in her city.听

Judges praised听Hum听for its听timely听exploration of climate anxiety, technological disruption, and the commercialization of nature. According to the Climate Fiction Prize, the novel is 鈥渁 book that deals with love, community and family in the face of ecological and technological collapse.鈥澨齌he听award is presented annually to a novel that offers 鈥渋maginative and compelling responses to the climate crisis.鈥� Now in its second year, the prize has quickly become one of the most prominent international honors for climate-focused literature.听

Phillips, who teaches creative writing in听the听Department of English, is the author of several celebrated books, including听The Beautiful Bureaucrat,听The Need, and听Some Possible Solutions. Her work has been widely recognized for its inventive blend of speculative fiction, literary storytelling, and sharp social observation. Phillips earned her M.F.A.听from 可乐视频 and now serves as a听full听professor, mentoring emerging writers while continuing an internationally acclaimed literary career.听

The Climate Fiction Prize judges selected听Hum听from a shortlist of six novels that examined the climate crisis through a range of literary approaches. In awarding the prize, the judges highlighted the novel鈥檚 ability to connect environmental concerns with questions of technology, privilege, family, and human resilience.听

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Routledge has published , the first comprehensive academic study devoted to Lerner鈥檚 work. Co-edited by scholars Yannicke Chupin and Karim Daanoune, the volume brings together 14 essays by international critics and researchers examining Lerner鈥檚 contributions to contemporary literature, poetry, fiction, criticism, and artistic collaboration. The collection also includes an unpublished piece by Lerner, titled Erring Together.

A celebrated novelist, poet, essayist, and professor in the Department of English, Lerner has built a career exploring and challenging the boundaries between literary forms. The new volume argues that his work consistently crosses and redefines the lines between poetry and prose, narrative and criticism, and literature and other artistic media. According to the publisher, the book is the first study to situate Lerner鈥檚 writing within the broader field of contemporary intermedial and cross-genre literature.

The publication marks a notable milestone in Lerner鈥檚 career. Authors are accustomed to filling pages with words; few reach the point where hundreds of pages are devoted to understanding, analyzing, and debating those words. In a fitting twist for a writer whose work often reflects on authorship itself, Lerner now finds himself on the other side of the sentence.

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鈥淭ake your time,鈥� one her peers yelled from the audience.

If the pause betrayed any nervousness around giving the student address in front of the boisterous crowd in the Claire Tow Theater, it quickly gave way to a fiery speech that struck a chord with the assembled.

Adversity? 鈥淪een it. Lived it. Felt it,鈥� she said defiantly, after invoking Langston Hughes and recounting a childhood that taught her that life won鈥檛 always look like what you expected.

鈥淥ur accomplishments,鈥� she told her fellow graduates, 鈥渓ive in every sacrifice, every setback, every reason we could have stopped, but didn鈥檛.鈥�

Chin-Phillips says she certainly had her share of challenges growing up between Brooklyn and Barbados. Born in the United States, her mother was deported when she was 6 years old, so she was raised mostly by aunts and other family members in New York while her mother stayed in Barbados.

As she prepares to apply for doctoral programs in occupational therapy, the transfer student talks about growing up apart from her nuclear family, learning that support would always show up when she needed it, and her gratitude for the community and mentors at 可乐视频 that reminded her of her worth.

What was your childhood like?

My family is from Barbados and Guyana, and I spent a lot of time going back and forth between the two places. Every summer, I was in Barbados almost immediately after school ended, and I鈥檇 come back right before the school year started again.

We kept in touch however we could鈥攍ots of Skype calls, emails, all of that before FaceTime and texting were really a thing. It wasn鈥檛 easy, but it definitely taught me resilience and adaptability very early on.

What brought you to 可乐视频?

可乐视频 actually wasn鈥檛 my first stop. I originally attended LIU Brooklyn as a health science major. Eventually, I realized I wanted to pursue a path connected to speech pathology, so I decided to transfer. A family friend encouraged me to apply to 可乐视频.

You鈥檙e now majoring in linguistics with a minor in communicative sciences and disorders.

Linguistics overlaps a lot with CSD, especially when it comes to language development and communication. I believe courses like these should be required for people studying education, literacy, sociology, and child development because language impacts everything.

What opportunities have stood out to you during your time at 可乐视频?

One of the biggest was participating in the Mellon Undergraduate Transfer Student Research Program with [Assistant] Professor Anne Fredrickson. My group researched how accredited colleges in New York prepare future speech-language pathologists to work with bilingual populations.

I really loved that experience because it combined research, language, and questions of equity and representation. It also gave me confidence in my own voice and perspective as someone who grew up between cultures.

I also received the Zicklin Scholars Degree Completion Grant, which was incredibly helpful during my academic journey.

Outside the classroom, what communities or organizations have been important to you?

A lot of my extracurricular involvement has centered around Black Faculty and Staff initiatives on campus. This past year, I became treasurer of the Black Solidarity Day Committee, which has been a really meaningful experience.

When I first transferred to 可乐视频, I didn鈥檛 know much about Black Solidarity Day or some of the history behind it. Through mentors, faculty, and staff members, I became more involved and started to understand how important community-building and cultural advocacy are on campus. That work really helped me feel connected here.

Looking ahead, what would your dream career look like?

I always struggle to answer that because I don鈥檛 think there鈥檚 one perfect path for me yet. But I know that whatever I do, I want it to connect back to culture, community, and the Caribbean.

Anything involving the West Indies or Caribbean culture immediately interests me. I already do work with the West Indian American Day Carnival Association here in Brooklyn, and I love being part of spaces that celebrate where I come from.

At the end of the day, I think I just want a career where I can help people while still staying connected to my roots and my community.

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During his fellowship year, Robin will advance his new book project,听King Capital, which reinterprets major economists as political theorists. The project argues that influential accounts of capitalism are, at their core, disguised visions of politics. Robin contends that modern economic theories often translate ancient ideals of aristocratic, dynastic, and imperial rule into contemporary economic language.听His research examines the work of canonical thinkers, including Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Alfred Marshall, Joseph Schumpeter, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman, alongside lesser-known Marxist, socialist, feminist, and Global South economists.

As a Berlin Prize Fellow, Robin will join an international cohort of scholars and artists in residence at the American Academy in Berlin. Fellows receive dedicated time and resources to pursue major scholarly and creative projects while engaging with German academic and cultural institutions. Through lectures, readings, and public programs, fellows contribute to vibrant transatlantic dialogue and intellectual exchange.

Awarded annually, the Berlin Prize recognizes U.S.-based scholars, writers, composers, and artists who demonstrate exceptional achievement in their fields. Recipients represent disciplines spanning the humanities and social sciences, journalism, public policy, fiction, visual arts, and music composition.

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