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CCNY Grad Student Receives 2 Green Chemistry Awards

Swapnil Jadhav, a graduate chemistry student at The City College of New York, has received two scholastic merit awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS). Both honor graduate-level research he has conducted on green chemistry using renewable resources.
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Two CCNY Honor Students Named 2011 Truman Scholars

Ayodele Oti and Gareth Rhodes, honor students, Colin Powell Fellows and New York Life Scholars at The City College of New York enrolled in the CUNY Baccalaureate program, have been named 2011 Harry S. Truman Scholars. Ms. Oti, a junior in the Macaulay Honors College, and Mr. Rhodes, a third-year student who will graduate this May, are the fourth and fifth CCNY students and sixth and seventh CUNY students to receive Truman Scholarships in the last six years.
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New York Life Symposium Explores Internet Age Civic Engagement

The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at The City College of New York presents the 2011 New York Life Symposium, “Civic Engagement in the Era of New Media,” 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., in Harlem. Organized by Powell Center student fellows, the event will explore how individuals and organizations can harness social and digital media to foster collective action and positive change.
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CCNY Graduate Student Receives 2011 ASCAP Award

Dan Pugach, a graduate student majoring in jazz performance at The City College of New York, has received a 2011 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his original composition, “Discourse This.” He is one of 31 talented young jazz composers nationwide whose compositions were picked by a jury of professional musicians.
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Sophie Davis Students Thank Those Who Serve and Protect

Students of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York joined with dozens of medical schools around the United States and Canada Monday, February 14, to observe the first National Day of Solidarity for Compassionate Patient Care. The event was created by the Gold Humanism Honor Society of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to honor the spirit of caring exhibited by Dr. Randall Friese, who was the first trauma surgeon to treat Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot.
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Kaylie Entrepreneurship Prize Finalists Announced

Five teams comprised of 23 students were announced today as finalists to compete for the first annual Kaylie Prize for Entrepreneurship at The City College of New York. Over the next four months, the teams will refine their business ideas as they compete for the first prize: financial support and housing to work over the summer in a Silicon Valley garage-like environment to further develop their projects.
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‘Buz’ Paaswell Receives Transportation Education Award

Dr. Robert ‘Buz’ Paaswell, distinguished professor of civil engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, and director emeritus of the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) – Region 2, has been awarded the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Distinguished Contribution to University Transportation Education and Research Award.
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Five CCNY Undergrads Named Gilman Scholars

Ayodele Oti, Gareth Rhodes, Jesse King, Tabassum Rahman and Catherine Mandler, undergraduates at The City College of New York, have won 2011 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad during the spring semester. They were among 2,300 students chosen nationwide by the International Institute of Education, which administers the program, and they will travel to China, Costa Rica, France, the United Kingdom and Egypt for periods ranging from four weeks to five months.
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Service-Learning Science Course Targets Harlem Health Issues

A new service-learning course offered by The City College of New York’s Division of Science gives CCNY undergraduates the opportunity to apply their scientific knowledge to community projects that address critical health issues in the Harlem community.
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CCNY Alumnus Harvey Kaylie, ’60, Endows Entrepreneurship Contest

Helping students to bridge the academic and real worlds, the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York is launching an entrepreneurship contest supported by a new $3 million gift from CCNY alumnus Harvey Kaylie, ’60.
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CCNY Alumna Wins ‘Project Runway’ Modeling Contest

City College of New York alumna Millana Williams, ’10, is a prime example of how hard work, perseverance and dedication can help anyone succeed. Just months after graduating from CCNY with a BA in advertising and public relations, she has won the model segment of Lifetime’s reality series “Project Runway.”
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CCNY Sweeps Police Foundation Student Ad Competition

In a collaborative effort, The City College of New York’s advertising/public relations program (AD/PR) in the media and communication arts department and the art department’s electronic design and multimedia program (EDM) swept the New York City Police Foundation’s 2010 advertising competition. They took the top three prizes in the print category, besting teams from Pratt Institute and Parsons The New School for Design.
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Spitzer School Team Wins in ‘Build a Better Burb’ Competition

Replacing the asphalt pavement in parking lots with permeable grass-pavers that can withstand car traffic and sustain biomass would not only improve their aesthetics but help fight global warming. That idea was one of the elements of a winning proposal submitted by a team of landscape architects from the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York in the Long Island Index’ “Build a Better Burb” competition.
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CCNY President Awards Scholarships to Five Harlem Students

Five high-achieving students from Harlem are getting a free education at The City College of New York thanks to a scholarship program launched by CCNY’s new president, Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico, who began her tenure August 2.
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Two CCNY Students Honored in Name of Clinton Climate Initiative

Two fourth-year students in the Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) will receive scholarships in the name of the Clinton Climate Initiative for their team leadership efforts in CCNY’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011. Farah Ahmad and Samuel Mikhail, natives of Staten Island now living in Manhattan, will be recognized October 7 at the Heritage Ball, a benefit held by the American Institute of Architects’ New York (AIA NY) chapter and the Center for Architecture Foundation.
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CCNY Announces 2010 City College, Mellon Mays Fellows

The City College of New York (CCNY) has announced the 2010 City College and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows. The 13 students selected for the two programs – eight City College Fellows and five Mellon Mays Fellows – receive financial and academic support to prepare them for graduate school and future careers in research and college-level teaching. Among the 13 are five students born outside the United States.
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New CCNY Program Helps Students Navigate Workplace

Ten City College of New York (CCNY) students participated this summer in a new program that combined work experience with workshops to develop the skills employers value in entry-level employees. “The Development of Young Professionals Summer Program (DYPP) aims to ensure CCNY students are armed with the tools needed to successfully navigate any work environment,” said Ian Matthews, a human resources generalist and program co-founder.
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CCNY Alumnus Stephen Cook Receives Fulbright Scholarship

Stephen Cook, an ’09 MS graduate of The City College of New York (CCNY), has received a 2010-2011 Fulbright U.S. program scholarship to travel to Vietnam. There he will teach English to university students at Hai Duong Teacher Training College.
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CCNY Student Project Inspires New Open Space in Harlem

A City College of New York (CCNY) graduate student’s capstone project has led to the creation of new community space for residents of two buildings in central Harlem. Two adjacent empty lots on W. 140th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Malcolm X Boulevards are being transformed into a garden and play area thanks to the initiative of Dawn Mikkelson, who earned her Master of Public Administration degree in May, and her mentor, Dr. Jean Krasno.
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Grove School Students Win Intelligent Ground Vehicle Design Competition

A five-member team of students in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY) took first place in the design category in the 18th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC). The event, in which 58 teams from six countries qualified to compete, was held June 4 – 7 at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Mich.
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