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Transportation Infrastructure Expert Says Major Projects Lack Economic Scrutiny
Politicians and policymakers often tout the economic and social benefits of large-scale transportation infrastructure investments, but often the projects they promote are approved without the benefit of thorough economic analysis. So says Dr. Joseph Berechman, Professor and Chair of Economics at The City College of New York.
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Skadden, Arps Honors Program Enrolls First Cohort
At a time when minority enrollment in law school is declining, the new Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Honors Program at The City College of New York (CCNY) is working to reverse that trend. This fall, the first cohort of 26 Skadden, Arps Scholars enrolled in the intensive two-year program.
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CCNY Joins Nations’s First Offical Heritage Rose District
The City College of New York’s scenic campus, with its landmark neo-gothic buildings, is about to get greener. The 162 year-old institution is now part of the nation’s first official “Heritage Rose District.”
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CCNY Alumni Honor F. Murray Abraham And Theater For The New City With John H. Finley Award
The Alumni Association of The City College of New York will present its 62nd John H. Finley Award jointly to actor F. Murray Abraham and the Theater for the New City (TNC). The presentation will be made at the Association’s 129th Annual Dinner, Wednesday, November 4, at The New York Hilton.
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Center For Worker Education Becoming Lower Manhattan Cultural Destination
With visiting and permanent exhibits and public lectures throughout the school year, The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Center for Worker Education (CWE) is rapidly becoming an artistic and cultural destination in Lower Manhattan. The Center, located at 25 Broadway, is home to the College’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, which sponsors the exhibits and lectures, which are free and open to the public.
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U.S. Debut Set for Professor Krakowski’s “Looking for Palladin”
Professor Andrzej Krakowski’s feature film, “Looking for Palladin,” will make its U.S. theatrical debut October 30, when it begins a two-week exclusive East Coast engagement at New York’s Cinema Village, located at 22 E. 12th Street in Manhattan. One week later, it will open at Leammle’s Music Hall Cinema in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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New Book On Edwin Blashfield Features CCNY Mural
“The Graduate,” the Edwin Howland Blashfield mural that adorns the stage of City College’s Great Hall, is featured in a new book about the painter to be released September 28. In addition to a write-up about the mural, which was painted on The Great Hall’s curved front wall, a color photo of the painting appears both inside and on the book’s rear jacket.
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CCNY To Dedicate Spitzer School Of Architecture's New Home September 16
The City College of New York (CCNY) will hold a ceremony and reception to dedicate the new home of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, in the building’s atrium gallery. The facility, the first new academic building on the CCNY campus since 1982, opened for classes at the start of the fall 2009 semester.
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Acclaimed Writers Julia Alvarez, Rhina Espaillat Donate Books To CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library At CCNY
NEW YORK, August 25, 2009 – The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNYDSI) at The City College of New York (CCNY) recently received collections of books from well-known Dominican writers Julia Alvarez and Rhina Espaillat. The donations include complete collections of the authors’ published writings as well as several books from their personal libraries on topics related to the history, society and culture of the Dominican Republic.
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President Williams Kicks Off Lecture Series At CCNY Center For Worker Education
NEW YORK, August 21, 2009 – CCNY President Gregory H. Williams inaugurates the Center for Worker Education’s Book Talk lecture series, which runs August 31 through December 14. All lectures are free and open to the public and begin at 6 p.m. They will be held in the CWE auditorium, located on the seventh floor at 25 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.
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Crest Center At CCNY Hosts Gathering Of NOAA Cooperative Institutes
The NOAA-CREST Center, based at The City College of New York (CCNY), is hosting the sixth annual Cooperative Research Symposium for NESDIS Cooperative Institutes, Tuesday, August 18, and Wednesday, August 19. The two-day event brings together representatives from Cooperative Institutes and individual schools supported by NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service (NESDIS) to share recent research and highlight the work of graduate students and post-docs.
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CCNY Appoints NYPD Veteran Steven Harris Director Of Security And Public Safety
NEW YORK, August 13, 2009 – Steven L. Harris, a 25-year veteran of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), has been appointed Director of Security and Public Safety for The City College of New York (CCNY). In addition, Douglas M. White, a member of the CCNY Office of Public Safety since 1992, has been promoted to Deputy Director from Lieutenant. The appointments, effective August 10, were announced by CCNY President Gregory H. Williams.
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CCNY Security Officers Rescue Tenants In Convent Avenue Inferno
Scores of residents at 260 Convent Avenue, the apartment building across from Baskerville Hall and Steinman Hall on the City College campus can thank the quick response of a team of CCNY public safety officers for helping avert a major tragedy during a fire on July 3.
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Japanese Delegation Visits CCNY To Honor Townsend Harris
Hon. Kiyoshi Masuda, Chairman of the Shimoda, Japan, City Assembly, will lead an eight-member delegation on a pilgrimage to The City College of New York (CCNY) Wednesday, July 15, to honor CCNY’s founder Townsend Harris, who opened the first U.S. consulate in Japan.
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Children With Autism Need To Be Taught In Smaller Groups, Pilot Study Confirms
NEW YORK, July 1, 2009 – Since the 1970s, there has been much debate surrounding the fact that individuals with autism have difficulty in understanding speech in situations where there is background speech or noise.
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CCNY Hosts Northern Manhattan Photo Exhibit
City College’s Compton-Goethals Art Gallery will host “Economy,” an exhibition of 58 photographs by members of the Northern Manhattan Photography Group (NOMA Photo), Wednesday, July 8, through Wednesday, July 22. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Thursdays. The Compton-Goethals Art Gallery is located on Amsterdam Avenue between 139th and 140th Streets.
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CCNY Faculty, Alumni Join World Science Festival
The City College of New York will be well represented at the World Science Festival, which runs June 10 – 14, with some of CCNY’s prominent scientists and alumni participating in the program. The Festival aims to cultivate public interest, awareness and support for science by taking it out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums, and public halls of New York City. Participating presenters include entertainers, writers and artists, as well as scientists.
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Conference at CCNY Explores Cyber Threats, Prevention Strategies
More than 100 experts on network and telecommunications security from academia, government and industry attended a two-day conference on Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Policy and Strategy, June 4 – 5. The event, sponsored by The Grove School of Engineering’s Center for Information Networking and Telecommunications and the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute, offered presentations on the newest threats to cyber infrastructure as well as novel strategies for thwarting them.
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CCNY’s 163rd Commencement Set For May 28; President Gregory Williams To Address Graduates
NEW YORK, May 13, 2009 – The City College of New York (CCNY) will confer honorary degrees on Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of Harlem Childen’s Zone, and Thelma Golden, director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, at its 163rd Commencement Exercises, Thursday, May 28. Philanthropist and real estate developer Bernard Spitzer, ’43, will receive The City College President’s Medal for Distinguished Service. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. outside Shepard Hall, at 160 Convent Avenue, Manhattan.
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CCNY Adult & Continuing Education Helps Brigde Digital Divide Through Computer Training In Public Housing
NEW YORK, April 28, 2009 – Helping to bridge the digital divide for some of New York’s poorer and older citizens, The City College of New York (CCNY) Adult & Continuing Education program is providing computer training and GED classes at 15 New York City public housing complexes under a three-year, $600,000 contract with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
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