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  • CCNY’s 38th Annual Spring Poetry Festival to Take Place May 14

    The 38th Annual City College Poetry Festival will take place 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 14, in Theater B of Aaron Davis Hall at W. 135th Street and Convent Avenue on The City College campus.  Dubbed “the Woodstock of the Spoken Word,” the festival is an all-day, all-verse event that has become New York’s longest-running, most established and democratic poetry celebration.

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  • Professor Ina Saltz’ ‘Body Type’ Sequel Released

    “My life is type,” says Ina Saltz, Associate Professor and Director of CCNY’s Electronic Design and Multimedia program.  That’s not surprising, given that she has been an art director for some of America’s best-known magazines, including “Time” and “Golf.”  Of late, her fascination with type has expanded beyond type on paper or the computer screen to type on skin.

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  • CCNY-Led Team Wins One Club Creative Boot Camp Competition

    A creative group of students from The City College of New York (CCNY) and Brooklyn College teamed to win The One Club’s “Creative Boot Camp” competition in January.  The team, Nadine Charles, Sherifa Gayle, and Ricardo Paredes from CCNY, and Chanie Kaminker from Brooklyn College, worked on an advertising campaign for a new laptop developed by Hewlett Packard.  They will attend The One Show in May in New York City in honor of their win.

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  • Exhibit at CCNY Highlights Diversity of U.S. Latino Communities

    The United States’ Latino population, 35 million strong according to the 2000 U.S. Census, is a diverse mixture of people bonded by a common language, but with roots in different parts of the Western Hemisphere.

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  • CCNY’S Center For Worker Education Hosts Two Day Conference On Hip-Hop

    “Is Hip-Hop History?,” a two-day conference to examine the current state of the music genre and subculture and its future outlook, will be held February 19 – 20 at The City College of New York (CCNY) Center for Worker Education (CWE).  Approximately 200 persons, including hip-hop scholars, performers, entrepreneurs, journalists and activists, are expected to participate in the event, which will address such issues as the over-commercialization of hip-hop, hip-hop media going digital and hip-hop activism.

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  • CCNY Jazz Maestro John Patitucci Nominated For 4th Grammy

    CCNY Professor of Music John Patitucci, a three-time Grammy winner, received a 2009 nomination in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category for his 13th album, “Remembrance.”  The winners will be announced at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, January 31, 2010, in Los Angeles.

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  • Teens' Mural Brings Pride Beauty to Harlem Neighborhood

    Over a seven-week period last summer, a small group of local teens transformed a nondescript Chinese food takeout shop in Central Harlem into a source of pride and beauty for their community.  The effort, which resulted in an 8’ x 15’ mural with Chinese motifs painted on the storefront, was a pilot project for the Harlem Youth Project, a City College of New York (CCNY) initiative supported by UNICEF to create a child and youth-friendly neighborhood.

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  • CCNY Philosopher Sees 'Great Awakening' in Middle East

    Western media often portray Middle Eastern societies as rigid and resistant to change.  However, Dr. Lou Marinoff, CCNY Professor and Chair of Philosophy sees a “great awakening” taking place in that part of the world.

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  • CCNY Plans Public Art Exhibit in St. Nicholas Park 

    As a predecessor to the creation of a public art exhibit in St. Nicholas Park next spring, The City College of New York (CCNY) hosts a reception and panel discussion on public art and its impact on New York City 4 – 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 1.

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