Home / News /

News

RSS

Travel Grants Send Spitzer Students to Far Corners of Globe

How did the spice trade influence architecture on two continents? That question led Lori Beppu, a graduate architect student in The City College of New York’s Spitzer School of Architecture, to travel to Sri Lanka and the Netherlands last year to search for answers, supported by a $5,000 travel fellowship from the Spitzer School.
Read More »
Painting of Coach Nat Holman Unveiled Saturday at CCNY

New York, NY – February 1, 2013 – The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) are celebrating 75 years of March Madness by commissioning one-of-a-kind paintings celebrating each of the national championship coaches who led their teams into history.
Read More »
Oscar-Nominated Film Highlights CCNY Black History Month Events

A February 21 screening of “Beast of the Southern Wild,” which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, highlights The City College of New York’s celebration of Black History Month 2013. The rich array of cultural events includes nine other film screenings plus concerts, events, lectures, plays and talks.
Read More »
Former UN Chief Kofi Annan to Speak at CCNY February 8

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose leadership of the world body earned him the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver an address at The City College of New York 10 a.m. Friday, February 8. His talk will cover the challenges he faced as secretary-general and the future of the United Nations. It coincides with the launch of his published official papers, which are held at City College.
Read More »
Conference at CCNY to Explore ‘Waterproofing New York’

After experiencing two destructive tropical storms in as many years, New York City finds itself forced to adapt to the reality of catastrophic weather events resulting from climate change. However, it cannot rely on simple fixes. Rather, it needs to create new urban landscapes with the capacity to negotiate social, cultural, and environmental forces, argues Denise Hoffman-Brandt, associate professor of landscape architecture in City College’s Spitzer School of Architecture.
Read More »
Oscar Hijuelos Comes Home to CCNY for President’s Lecture December 6

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos, BA ’75, MA ’76, will deliver the Fall 2012 President’s Lecture at The City College of New York 5:30 p.m. Thursday, December 6, in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall. His talk is titled “Coming Home to City College” and is free and open to the public.
Read More »
POSTPONED: Nobel Prize Winning Physicist to Give Inaugural Cummins Lecture Nov. 1

Physics Nobel Laureate Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle will deliver the Inaugural Cummins Lecture at the City College of New York 4 p.m. Thursday, November 1, 2012. Dr. Ketterle – whose research explores the bizarre world of ultracold matter – will discuss "Superfluid gases near absolute zero temperature." The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place in room 95, the recital hall, Shepard Hall. A reception will precede the event at 3:30 p.m.
Read More »
Philanthropist Bert Brodsky Receives CCNY Alumni Finley Award

Philanthropist and healthcare entrepreneur Bert Brodsky,’64, will receive the 65th John H. Finley Award from The Alumni Association of The City College of New York. Named for CCNY’s third president, the award honors deserving New Yorkers for exemplary service to the city. He and seven recipients of the Townsend Harris Medal will be feted at the Association’s 132nd Annual Dinner, Thursday, November 8, at The New York Hilton.
Read More »
CCNY Hosts Conference on Education Success of Children

“Ensuring All Students Succeed,” a two-day conference that brings together parents/caregivers, educators, community organizations, family advocates, and elected officials to discuss educational policies, effective collaboration between home and school, and “best practice” strategies for facilitating the educational success of children, will take place October 12 – 13 in The Great Hall, Shepard Hall, of The City College of New York.
Read More »
Molecular Biologist Susan Gottesman to Present Cosloy-Blank Lecture

Molecular biologist Dr. Susan Gottesman will deliver the 7th Annual Sharon Cosloy-Edward Blank Lecture at The City College of New York 4 p.m. Thursday, October 18. The topic of her talk will be “Bacterial Circuits with Small RNA Regulators.” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Room 95, Shepard Hall, and will be followed by a reception in Room 150.
Read More »
NATO Secretary General Speaks at CCNY September 27

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), will speak 3 p.m. Thursday, September 27 in The Great Hall of The City College of New York. His talk, “Why NATO Matters to You,” looks at how NATO deals with emerging security challenges and contributes to global security.
Read More »