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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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CCNY Hosts Black History Month Art Exhibit

In celebration of Black History Month, The City College of New York is hosting an exhibit of eight renowned artists alongside pieces produced by City College freshmen. The exhibit, “Shots, Strokes, Threads and Clay,” presented by the CCNY Libraries and the Black Studies Program, runs through February 28. It is on display in the CCNY Libraries Archives, Room 5/301 in the North Academic Center Building.
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Historian Warns Policymakers to Avoid 1970s Mistakes

U.S. policymakers could repeat mistakes made 30 years ago if they opt to focus on reducing the federal budget deficit instead of job creation, a City College of New York historian warns. Back then, fighting inflation trumped reducing unemployment, and the strategies that were deployed wrecked America’s manufacturing sector, contends Professor Judith Stein.
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CCNY Alumna Wins ‘Project Runway’ Modeling Contest

City College of New York alumna Millana Williams, ’10, is a prime example of how hard work, perseverance and dedication can help anyone succeed. Just months after graduating from CCNY with a BA in advertising and public relations, she has won the model segment of Lifetime’s reality series “Project Runway.”
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U.S. Department of Education Awards $5.7 Million to CCNY

Two grants totaling $5.7 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education will help The City College of New York improve undergraduate retention and graduation rates and prepare graduate students for careers in the green economy. CCNY was the only mainland institution east of the Mississippi River to receive awards through the Department’s Title V programs for Hispanic-serving institutions at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
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CCNY Exhibit Shows What Not to Wear Over the Ages

That illusory, often tongue-in-cheek, concept of “fashion police” might be the modern creation of disapproving designers and critics, but it is as old as the ages. In fact, centuries ago the wrong outfit could get you in legal hot water.
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