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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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CCNY Sweeps Police Foundation Student Ad Competition

In a collaborative effort, The City College of New York’s advertising/public relations program (AD/PR) in the media and communication arts department and the art department’s electronic design and multimedia program (EDM) swept the New York City Police Foundation’s 2010 advertising competition. They took the top three prizes in the print category, besting teams from Pratt Institute and Parsons The New School for Design.
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CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Inaugurates Art Gallery

The CUNY DSI Gallery, the only exhibit space in New York City devoted to works of art by and about people of Dominican descent, will open Friday, October 15, with a group show titled “Manifestaciones” as its debut program. The gallery is located in the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Archives and Library on the second floor of the North Academic Center on the campus of The City College of New York, 138th Street and Convent Avenue in Harlem.
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Two CCNY Graduates Named Brandeis Fellows

Ana C. Egas and Linda Jandejskova, both recent graduates of The City College of New York (CCNY), are headed to South America and Asia this fall to document social change there as 2010 Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellows. They are the ninth and tenth CCNY students, respectively, to receive the prestigious awards since 1994.
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Summer Programs Send CCNY Students Near and Far

For many undergraduates, summer break is all about fun and games. However, many bright and talented students at The City College of New York (CCNY) took advantage of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for internships and research experience in exotic locales and prestigious organizations.
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Langston Hughes Exhibit Celebrates African-American Writers

Since 1978, The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Langston Hughes Festival has honored eminent African-American writers including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker with the Langston Hughes Medal.
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High School Alma Mater Honors CCNY Historian

When the University School of Nashville (USN) needed an alumnus on an “upward trajectory” to inspire its senior class this year, Dr. Gregory Downs, Assistant Professor of History at The City College of New York (CCNY) and award-winning author, got the nod.
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