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3 CCNY Students Receive Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship

City College of New York students Jose Esteban Rodriguez Alverio, Elizabeth Kelman and Nicholas Macaluso have received Jeannette K. Watson Fellowships for 2011. They are among 15 undergraduate recipients from 12 New York City colleges and universities.
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CCNY and Young & Rubicam Celebrate Diversity Partnership

The City College of New York is proud to celebrate its long and productive partnership with Young & Rubicam (Y&R) by honoring the global marketing communications company at a reception. The event, Tuesday, April 12, at City College, recognizes Y&R’s outstanding commitment to CCNY’s talented communications studies students.
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CCNY Historian Documents Life in Wartime Sarajevo

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was subjected to a brutal four-year siege in the 1990s as Serbia tried to annex the newly formed state. It wasn’t the first time the city felt the brunt of war. A new book by Dr. Emily Greble, assistant professor of history at The City College of New York, explores how 50 years earlier its multiethnic communities tried to cope with occupation during World War II.
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Guggenheim Salutes David Del Tredici, March 27-28

David Del Tredici, one of America’s most honored living composers and a distinguished professor of music at The City College of New York, will be saluted by the Guggenheim Museum with two nights of performances of his compositions, March 27 and 28. “Celebrating David Del Tredici – With New Choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett” begins at 7:30 p.m. both nights in the Guggenheim’s Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Ave., New York.
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Music Professor’s Album Honors Jazz Trumpet Legend

Suzanne Pittson, assistant professor of jazz vocal studies at The City College of New York, is a longtime fan of Freddie Hubbard, the late jazz trumpeter. She considers him a mentor, even though she did not meet him until a few months before his death in 2008.
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39th Annual CCNY Poetry Festival to Take Place May 17

The 39th annual City College Poetry Festival, an all-day, all-verse event that has become New York’s longest-running, most established and democratic poetry celebration, will take place 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, in Theater B of Aaron Davis Hall on The City College of New York campus at 135th St. and Convent Avenue.
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CCNY Graduate Student Receives 2011 ASCAP Award

Dan Pugach, a graduate student majoring in jazz performance at The City College of New York, has received a 2011 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his original composition, “Discourse This.” He is one of 31 talented young jazz composers nationwide whose compositions were picked by a jury of professional musicians.
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New CCNY Lecture Series Explores Ethnicity and Religion

Ethnicity and religion are the foci of a new lecture series presented by The City College of New York history department. The three-part series, which kicks off Thursday, March 3, presents diverse perspectives on contemporary issues in which these topics play an important role. It is made possible by a grant from the office of CCNY President Lisa Staiano-Coico.
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CCNY Inaugurates Community Art Lecture Series

The City College of New York Art Department’s inaugural Community of Scholars Spring Lecture Series commences at 12:30 p.m. today, Thursday, February 17, in Room 252, Compton-Goethals Hall. Abelardo Morell, a Cuban-born photographer, scholar and Guggenheim fellow, will be the first speaker.
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CCNY Historian Explores Dependency Among Americans

Americans like to envision themselves as self-reliant. We cherish our freedom, and calls to limit government’s role in our lives resonate with a large segment of the electorate. However, perceptions and reality often divulge; many people’s perceptions of – and relationships with – their leaders reflect how well government is doing by them. Recognizing this can shed insight into their political behavior.
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Hip Hop Stars Highlight Black History Month at CCNY

A hip hop conference featuring stars from the genre, a screening by an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a jazz concert and a lecture on Afro-Uruguayan history and culture. These are just part of The City College of New York’s rich 2011 Black History Month offerings.
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