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  • Colin Powell to Speak at Korean Issues Conference, April 23

    General Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.), former U.S. Secretary of State and distinguished CCNY alumnus, will convene a half-day conference on dynamic shifts affecting relations between North and South Korea and the implications of those relations for policymakers.  The conference will take place Friday, April 23, at the Harmonie Club in Manhattan.

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  • Civil Rights Attorney to Discuss Controversial Affirmative Action Case

    John Payton, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has been the lead counsel in some of the most significant civil rights cases in recent times. The list includes the affirmative action cases Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger.

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  • Transportation Infrastructure Expert Says Major Projects Lack Economic Scrutiny

    Politicians and policymakers often tout the economic and social benefits of large-scale transportation infrastructure investments, but often the projects they promote are approved without the benefit of thorough economic analysis.  So says Dr. Joseph Berechman, Professor and Chair of Economics at The City College of New York.

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  • Skadden, Arps Honors Program Enrolls First Cohort

    At a time when minority enrollment in law school is declining, the new Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Honors Program at The City College of New York (CCNY) is working to reverse that trend.  This fall, the first cohort of 26 Skadden, Arps Scholars enrolled in the intensive two-year program.

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  • CCNY Alum Stefanie Joshua’s “Bushwick Homecomings” Debuts on Cable TV

    Two years ago, while working on her M.A. thesis about delinquency in Bushwick, Stefanie Joshua, a City College student with no filmmaking experience, decided that the socio-economic plight of her old neighborhood could make a good documentary.  The sociology student, who completed her degree in 2005, took a filmmaking class and wrote, produced and directed “Bushwick Homecomings,” a 38-minute film about the Brooklyn neighborhood’s social and economic changes between 1970 and 2000.

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  • CCNY Appoints Marilyn Hoskin Dean Of Social Sciences

    NEW YORK, July 20, 2009 - Dr. Marilyn Hoskin, a political scientist with 24 years of experience in academic leadership, will become Dean of Social Sciences at The City College of New York (CCNY), the College announced today.  She will join the College September 1.

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  • Urban Youth Face Dire Situation, Participants In CCNY Workshop Warn

    NEW YORK, April 21, 2009 – Urban youth face, particularly in Central Harlem, face a dire situation characterized by low high school graduation rates and high rates of unemployment, incarceration and homicide.  These challenges were the topic of a one-day workshop held recently at The City College of New York (CCNY) organized by Dr. Jean Krasno, Lecturer in Political Science, and sponsored by the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service.

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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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  • Renowed Scholar K. Anthony Appiah To Deliver Second Annual President's Lecture At CCNY, Tuesday, March 10

    NEW YORK, March 3, 2009 – World-renowned philosopher, scholar and author Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the second annual City College of New York President’s Lecture at CCNY 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10.  He will address “Race and The New Genomics.”

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