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CCNY Historian Tells Yip Harburg Story Through His Own Words

City College of New York Professor of History Harriet H. Alonso has written the first biography in nearly two decades of E. Y. “Yip” Harburg (1896-1981), the CCNY alumnus who enriched the Great American Songbook with such tunes as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
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CUNY DSI Monograph Documents Dominican Heritage of First Settler

The first non-native to live in what is now New York City was a black or mixed race Dominican, a new monograph produced by researchers at the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) documents. Juan Rodríguez, who was born on the colony of La Española, now the Dominican Republic, came to the Big Apple in 1613 aboard a Dutch trading vessel en route from the Caribbean. He decided to stay and live among the natives when the ship returned to Holland.
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NATO Secretary General Speaks at CCNY September 27

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), will speak 3 p.m. Thursday, September 27 in The Great Hall of The City College of New York. His talk, “Why NATO Matters to You,” looks at how NATO deals with emerging security challenges and contributes to global security.
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City College of New York Celebrates Constitution Day

The City College of New York will join with 41 other U.S. colleges and universities in a nationwide series of programs celebrating Constitution Day. Dr. Pauline Maier, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will talk on “The Strange History of the United States’ Bill of Rights,” 12:30 – 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 12 in Room 250, Shepard Hall, on the CCNY campus.
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CCNY Psychologist Offers Guide to Utilizing Projective Tests

“If I hold up a coffee mug and ask you to tell me what it is, it is easy for you to give me the correct answer, but you haven’t revealed anything about yourself,” says City College of New York Professor of Psychology Steven Tuber. “But if I ask you to describe something that is ambiguous I am giving you a problem, and how you make sense of it tells me something about yourself.”
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CCNY Student Policy Paper Wins Roosevelt Institute Honors

A paper written by a team of City College of New York public policy students was picked Best Policy of the Year in a nationwide competition sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute. The paper, “Engaging in Grassroots Diplomacy through Globalized Education,” urges the U. S. Department of State to engage in grassroots diplomacy by supporting interactive international programs in institutions of higher learning.
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Internet Leads to More Dates, But Not More Relationships

Thanks to online dating, it is easier than ever for single people to avoid spending Saturday nights alone. However, the Internet hookups aren’t necessarily leading to more lasting relationships, according to City College of New York sociologist Reuben Thomas. Dr. Thomas and a colleague from Stanford University, Dr. Michael J. Rosenfeld, produced groundbreaking research that revealed that today one in five couples meet on line.
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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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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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Poorest Smokers Face Toughest Odds for Kicking the Habit

Quitting smoking is never easy. However, when you’re poor and uneducated, kicking the habit for good is doubly hard, according to a new study by a tobacco dependence researcher at The City College of New York (CCNY).
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