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Janette Sadik-Khan to Deliver 8th Mumford Lecture April 5 at CCNY

New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will deliver the 8th Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at The City College of New York. Her topic will be “It’s Not Impossible To Change A City.” The lecture, held in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, located at 160 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, is free and open to the public.
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Noted Educators Arnetha Ball, Nancy Carlsson-Paige to Speak at CCNY

Two prominent educators, Dr. Arnetha F. Ball and Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige, will speak at The City College of New York March 5 and March 10, respectively, for an endowed lecture and to keynote a day-long conference.
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City College Speaker Offers Five Rules for Business Success in China

When initiating business dealings in China, “know the cultural nuances, or you will fail before you start,” warned Savio Chan, president and CEO of US China Partners Inc., in a lecture at The City College of New York earlier this month. His talk, “Five Rules Of Doing Business In China,” was the inaugural presentation of the Aziz Ahmad Leadership Lecture Series at the Grove School of Engineering.
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CCNY Inaugurates Women in Arts and Culture Awards

Seven outstanding New York women will be honored at The City College of New York’s 1st Annual Celebration of Women in Arts and Culture Awards ceremony 7 p.m., Friday, March 9 at CCNY’s Aaron Davis Hall.
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CCNY Announces Women’s History Month Events

Art exhibits, a symposium on “Women and Work in the Americas” and the “First Annual Celebration of Women in Arts and Culture Awards” are among the events taking place at The City College of New York to celebrate Women’s History Month, March 2012.
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2nd Annual National Urban Health Conference Focuses on Urban Ecology Feb 23 – 26

The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, along with the New York Academy of Medicine, Harlem Hospital, Emblem Health, Touro College and The City College of New York, is sponsoring the second annual National Urban Health Conference. The four-day event will take place from February 23rd to February 26th and will center on the theme of Urban Ecology.
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Broadway Legend Ben Vereen at CCNY February 27

The City College of New York Black Studies Program invites the public to a Black History Month presentation by Broadway legend Ben Vereen 5:30 p.m. Monday, February 27, in Aaron Davis Hall. The event is free and open to the public; however, because space is limited, attendees should RSVP to 212-650-8117 or 212-650-5352 to reserve seats.
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Nas, Jay-Z ‘Battle’ Examined at CCNY Hip Hop Conference

Technology and the deejay, the battle between rappers Nas and Jay-Z, B-girls in a male dominated hip-hop world and a retrospective on graffiti are among the issues to be addressed during the third annual “Is Hip Hop History?” conference. Presented by The City College of New York’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, the conference runs February 24-25 at the Center for Worker Education, seventh floor, 25 Broadway, New York.
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CCNY Black History Symposium Examines ‘Carceral’ State

The City College of New York Black Studies Program presents a symposium, “Confronting the Carceral State II: Activists, Scholars and the Exonerated Speak,” 1 – 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Ave., New York. The event, consisting of two panels of activists and scholars plus a book signing, is free and open to the public.
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Ben Vereen Headlines Black History Month at CCNY

The City College of New York will celebrate Black History Month 2012 with a rich array of cultural events throughout February that includes exhibits, film screenings, conferences, lectures, discussions and performances.
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CCNY Hosts Jazz Divas Melba Joyce & Carmen Bradford Dec. 16

“My Mother and Me,” starring mother and daughter jazz stars Melba Joyce and Carmen Bradford, will perform for the first time together in New York 7 p.m. Friday, December 16, in Aaron Davis Hall at The City College of New York.
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