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  • Professor Tedesco To Study Mysteries Of Supraglacial Lakes In Greenland

    Supraglacial lakes are pools of liquid water that collect on the surfaces of glaciers during summer months as a consequence of melting.  Because of the huge pressure created by the water over the ice, they can empty out in a matter of hours.  Dr. Marco Tedesco, City College Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS), wants to find out how much water these lakes store and where it goes.

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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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  • CCNY Grove School Engineers Use Remote Sensing Data To Combat Malaria Outbreaks In African Nation Of Namibia

    NEW YORK, June 9, 2009 – A team of engineers with CCNY’s NOAA-CREST Center is applying remote sensing data to model outbreaks of malaria and help the southwest African nation of Namibia protect against them.  Their efforts could help one of the world’s poorest nations more effectively allocate scarce resources to combat the deadly disease and save lives.

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