Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #1 2024 (published on Mar 19, 2024)
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LaGuardia Community College History Trivia

LaGuardia Professors Fern Luskin and Joseph McPhee have crafted the ultimate trivia quiz about LaGuardia Community College's unique history and transformations since its inception in 1970. Test your knowledge on the college's origins, memorable milestones, and quirky facts. This fun, engaging quiz not only challenges LaGuardians but also celebrates the college's rich legacy and evolution.

Cover Image: Original M Building 1970's | Photographs provided by the LaGuardia Community College Institutional Archives.

Ad Astra Newsletter: Issue #1 2023 (published on May 22, 2023)
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“Families on the Frontier: Incarceration, Reproductive Labor, and Peripheral Development in the Early Twentieth Century Philippines”

Historian Dr. Karen Miller, assisted by LaGuardia scholar Stephen Pierre Paul, unravels the complex narrative of the Iwahig Penal Colony's early 20th-century history. Utilizing a rich collection of Southeast Asian newspaper articles, their study shines a new light on the societal dynamics of this unique Filipino enclave during the U.S. colonial period, delivering a groundbreaking insight into incarceration and peripheral development.

Cover Image: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.