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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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  • Two-Day Conference At CCNY To Explore Cyber Security Policy And Technology, June 4 – 5

    NEW YORK, April 28, 2009 – The Center for Information Networking and Telecommunications (CINT) at The City College of New York (CCNY) and the U.S. Army War College present “Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Policy and Strategy,” a two-day policy and technical seminar, June 4 – 5 at CCNY.  The conference will help policymakers and researchers stay abreast of the latest research and foster greater contact between these groups.

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  • “Five Demands” Exhibit Commemorates 40th Anniversary Of CCNY Campus Takeover

    NEW YORK, April 24, 2009 – “The Five Demands: The Student Protest and Takeover of 1969,” an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of a student occupation of The City College of New York (CCNY) campus, will be on display May 4 through July 24 in the Cohen Library Atrium and July 27 through October 28 in the Cohen Library Archives Gallery.

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  • Urban Youth Face Dire Situation, Participants In CCNY Workshop Warn

    NEW YORK, April 21, 2009 – Urban youth face, particularly in Central Harlem, face a dire situation characterized by low high school graduation rates and high rates of unemployment, incarceration and homicide.  These challenges were the topic of a one-day workshop held recently at The City College of New York (CCNY) organized by Dr. Jean Krasno, Lecturer in Political Science, and sponsored by the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service.

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