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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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CCNY Administrator, Lecturer Tracks Hip-Hop/Fashion Ties

Hip-hop, a culture and music genre with roots in New York City’s black and Latino communities, has influenced everything from language to politics to dance to fashion. Not surprisingly, a hip-hop pedagogy is emerging in academia, as evidenced by a hip-hop think tank at New York University and the establishment of hip-hop archives at Harvard and Cornell.
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CCNY Observes World AIDS Day with Memorial Quilt Display

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, an iconic symbol of the epidemic that has killed more than half a million Americans, will go on display at The City College of New York December 1 in observance of World AIDS Day.
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Interdisciplinary Climate Change Seminar Series Begins November 28

A new City College of New York seminar series takes an interdisciplinary look at climate change. The first event, 12:30 p.m. Monday, November 28, pairs Dr. Marco Tedesco, CCNY assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, and Andrea Polli, associate professor in fine arts and engineering at University of New Mexico. They will present their talk, “Digital Culture and Climate Change at the Poles,” in Room MR1 in the Marshak Science Center.
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CCNY to Honor Haitian Author Edwidge Danticat

Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat, hailed as the literary voice of Haiti, will receive the 2011 Langston Hughes Medal at The City College of New York’s Langston Hughes Festival, Friday, November 18. CCNY President Lisa S. Coico will bestow the award upon Ms. Danticat at 6:30 p.m. in the Marian Anderson Theatre, located in Aaron Davis Hall on the CCNY campus.
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CCNY Unveils Community Art Gallery November 14

Artists in Harlem and other Upper Manhattan neighborhoods are getting a new space to display their work. The City College of New York will open its new community art gallery 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 14. In addition, the first in a monthly series of “art on the wall” projection exhibits will debut that day, as well.
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