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$3 Million NSF Grant Teams CCNY, U. of Chicago to Define New Field
It is not often that a group of scientists get to define a field of study. But, that is what Dr. Jeffrey Morris, Professor of Chemical Engineering in The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY), and colleagues at CCNY and the University of Chicago are attempting to do.
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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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CCNY, Cold Spring Harbor Biologists Find Birdsong Of Isolates Reverts To Norm Over Several Generations
NEW YORK, May 3, 2009 – In an experiment that points to a role for genetics in the development of culture, biologists at The City College of New York (CCNY) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that zebra finches raised in isolation will, over several generations, produce a song similar to that sung by the species in the wild.
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Two-Day Conference At CCNY To Explore Cyber Security Policy And Technology, June 4 – 5
NEW YORK, April 28, 2009 – The Center for Information Networking and Telecommunications (CINT) at The City College of New York (CCNY) and the U.S. Army War College present “Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Policy and Strategy,” a two-day policy and technical seminar, June 4 – 5 at CCNY. The conference will help policymakers and researchers stay abreast of the latest research and foster greater contact between these groups.
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NIH Awards CCNY Neuroscientists $2.8 Million To Study Multisensory Integration Deficits In Autism Patients
NEW YORK, April 13, 2009 – Drs. Sophie Molholm and John Foxe, neuroscientists at The City College of New York (CCNY), have been awarded $2.8 million over five years from the National Institute of Mental Heath of the National Institutes of Health to study whether and how multisensory integration – the nervous system’s integration of different sensory stimuli – is impaired in persons with autism.
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Team Led By CCNY Neuroscientist Tony Ro Demonstrates Link Between Brainwave Activity And Visual Perception
NEW YORK, April 2, 2009 – Can we always see what is in front of us? According to Dr. Tony Ro, a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at The City College of New York (CCNY), the answer is “no.” New research published in “The Journal of Neuroscience” by Professor Ro and colleagues from the University of Illinois demonstrates that the brain cannot detect images when brainwave activity is in a trough.
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Dr. John M. Butler To Discuss Forensic DNA “BEYOND ‘CSI’” In March 24 Louis Levine – Gabriella de Beer Lecture At CCNY
NEW YORK, March 19, 2009 – Forensic DNA expert Dr. John M. Butler will deliver the annual Louis Levine – Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at The City College of New York (CCNY) 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. His topic will be “Beyond ‘CSI:’ Exciting Applications of Forensic DNA.”
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