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Guggenheim Salutes David Del Tredici, March 27-28

David Del Tredici, one of America’s most honored living composers and a distinguished professor of music at The City College of New York, will be saluted by the Guggenheim Museum with two nights of performances of his compositions, March 27 and 28. “Celebrating David Del Tredici – With New Choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett” begins at 7:30 p.m. both nights in the Guggenheim’s Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Ave., New York.
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James Evans to Deliver Levine – de Beer Genetics Lecture April 5

Dr. James Evans, Bryson Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine at the University of North Carolina, will deliver the Louis Levine–Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at The City College of New York 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 5.
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Richard Sennett to Deliver 7th Mumford Lecture April 11

Dr. Richard Sennett, author and professor of sociology at the London School of Economics and New York University, will deliver the seventh Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism 6 p.m. Monday, April 11, at The City College of New York. His topic will be “The Edge: Borders and Boundaries in the City.” The lecture, held in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, located at 160 Convent Ave., New York, is free and open to the public.
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New York Life Symposium Explores Internet Age Civic Engagement

The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at The City College of New York presents the 2011 New York Life Symposium, “Civic Engagement in the Era of New Media,” 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., in Harlem. Organized by Powell Center student fellows, the event will explore how individuals and organizations can harness social and digital media to foster collective action and positive change.
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39th Annual CCNY Poetry Festival to Take Place May 17

The 39th annual City College Poetry Festival, an all-day, all-verse event that has become New York’s longest-running, most established and democratic poetry celebration, will take place 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, in Theater B of Aaron Davis Hall on The City College of New York campus at 135th St. and Convent Avenue.
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500 Expected at CCNY Immigration & Education Conference

More than 500 participants are expected to attend a daylong conference at The City College of New York that will explore the myriad diverse issues related to immigration and education in New York City and the United States Saturday, March 19.
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March 2011 Science Events at CCNY

The City College of New York Division of Science announces 18 events for March featuring prominent scientists from across the United States speaking on their research. All are free and open to the public, and are held in the Marshak Science Building, unless otherwise noted. Listings of event times, speakers, topics and room numbers follow:
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New CCNY Lecture Series Explores Ethnicity and Religion

Ethnicity and religion are the foci of a new lecture series presented by The City College of New York history department. The three-part series, which kicks off Thursday, March 3, presents diverse perspectives on contemporary issues in which these topics play an important role. It is made possible by a grant from the office of CCNY President Lisa Staiano-Coico.
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Harry Belafonte to Deliver CCNY Black History Month Keynote Address

Harry Belafonte, the veteran entertainer, actor and social activist, will deliver The City College of New York’s Black History Month keynote address, 4:30 p.m., February 24, in Aaron Davis Hall’s Marian Anderson Theater. His talk will be entitled “Freedom and the 21st Century.”
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Conference to Explore NMR Spectroscopy Discoveries

The City College of New York will host an all-day conference Wednesday, March 23, to explore groundbreaking discoveries made through the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The event features presentations by seven distinguished scientists on how they applied NMR spectroscopy to study the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in complex bio-molecules and the motions and interactions that are important to their functioning.
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Spitzer School of Architecture Presents Sciame Spring Lecture Series

“Architecture: Myth, Symbol and Representation” is the theme for the Spring Sciame Lecture Series at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York (CCNY). The nine-week series, which is free and open to the public, presents prominent architects, historians, critics and authors.
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