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<a href="/live/news/4273-visiting-artist-yvonne-shortt-elevates-student">Visiting Artist Yvonne Shortt Elevates Student Voices through Public Art</a>
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<div> When artist <a href="https://www.nycsocialpractice.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yvonne Shortt</a> thinks of public art, her mind doesn’t go to statues and monuments. Rather, she considers community-based art, pieces that elevate local voices and local creators. </div>
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<a href="/live/news/4259-mmc-receives-300k-booth-ferris-grant-to-expand">MMC Receives $300K Booth Ferris Grant to Expand CityEdge</a>
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<p> Marymount Manhattan College has received a $300,000 grant from the Booth Ferris Foundation to support <a href="https://www.mmm.edu/academics/your-cityedge/"><em>CityEdge</em></a>, the College’s multi-pronged college-to-career initiative that combines a rigorous place-based liberal arts curriculum with focused professional opportunities and services to position MMC students to compete and excel in a constantly evolving professional world.</p>
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