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Two CCNY Graduate Science Students Earn Top Recognition

Swapnil Jadhav and Giovanni Milione, graduate students in The City College of New York’s Division of Science, have been lauded for their leadership potential by prominent organizations in their respective fields.
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CCNY Sustainability Program Receives Green Infrastructure Grant

A joint proposal from The City College of New York’s interdisciplinary Sustainability in the Urban Environment master’s program and two other organizations was one of 15 projects funded in the New York Department of Environmental Protection’s 2011 Green Infrastructure Grant Program. The team, which also includes New York Restoration Project, as lead partner, and Stantec Consulting, received $244,920.
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CCNY Students Tweeting Their Summers

Each summer, many City College of New York students leave the classroom behind to immerse themselves in exciting off-campus experiences. This year, a cadre of undergraduates invites you to follow their adventures on Twitter as they launch summer projects in academia, government, and the non-profit sector.
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CCNY Students Conquer Concrete Canoe Contest

A team of City College of New York engineering students paddled their way to victory in a “green” concrete canoe they designed and built for the 2011 Metropolitan Region Concrete Canoe Competition held last month in Denville, N.J.
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Two Teams Named Kaylie Entrepreneurship Prize Winners

Two student teams were chosen as winners of The City College of New York’s first annual Kaylie Prize for Entrepreneurship. CCNY alumnus and award benefactor Harvey Kaylie, EE ’60, announced the surprise decision, which was made by a five-member panel of judges, following final presentations by five teams on Tuesday, May 10.
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Three CCNY Students Named 2011 Salk Scholars

Deborah Ayeni, Maria Otazo and Joshua Usani, members of The City College of New York Class of 2011, have been selected to receive 2011 Jonas E. Salk Scholarships awarded by The City University of New York.
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CCNY History Majors Garner Top PhD Fellowships

The City College of New York history department launched a research colloquium in the spring 2010 semester that would give its top students a “writing sample they can use to apply to graduate school.” A year later, the effort has paid off handsomely as four graduating seniors have been admitted to top PhD programs on full, five-year fellowships.
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CCNY Undergrad Johnson Ho Named 2011 Goldwater Scholar

Johnson Shiuan-Jiun Ho, a junior biomedical engineering major in the Grove School of Engineering and Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York, has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for 2011. The national award recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate academic excellence and outstanding potential for future scientific research.
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CCNY and Young & Rubicam Celebrate Diversity Partnership

The City College of New York is proud to celebrate its long and productive partnership with Young & Rubicam (Y&R) by honoring the global marketing communications company at a reception. The event, Tuesday, April 12, at City College, recognizes Y&R’s outstanding commitment to CCNY’s talented communications studies students.
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Secret Lives of the Furred and Feathered

Call her the tabloid journalist of the animal world. Julie Feinstein, a PhD student at The City College of New York, has the dirt on all creatures great and small – specifically – the wild animals that live among us. She lays it bare in a new tell-all book, “Field Guide to Urban Wildlife: Common Animals of Cities and Suburbs, How They Adapt and Thrive” (Stackpole Books, 2011).
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CCNY Senior Receives $100,000 Math Fellowship

Jian Liu, a graduating senior at The City College of New York, has won a Math for America Fellowship (MfA). The highly selective five-year program, for talented students committed to teaching math in public schools, provides a $100,000 stipend. Math for America is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve mathematics education in U.S. public secondary schools by recruiting, training and retaining outstanding mathematics teachers.
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