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  • CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON FIRST RESIDENCE HALL BUILT ON CAMPUS IN CCNY’S 158-YEAR HISTORY

    NEW YORK, May 6, 2005 – Construction has begun on the first residence hall to be built on the campus of The City College of New York (CCNY) in its 158-year history. This milestone was celebrated today with a groundbreaking ceremony at the project site.

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  • CCNY MATH CENTER HOSTS AXIOM CONFERENCE

    NEW YORK, April 20, 2005 – The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software (CAISS) will host a conference for scientists Friday, April 22, to demonstrate the power and scope of the mathematics software Axiom. The conference runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 95, Shepard Hall.

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  • 10 CCNY JEWISH STUDIES MAJORS REPRESENTING NINE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES JOIN IN ‘MARCH OF THE LIVING’

    NEW YORK, April 18, 2005 – Ten City College of New York (CCNY) Jewish studies majors will travel to Poland and Israel next month for the 2005 March of the Living, an international, educational program that brings students to places where the horrors of the Holocaust and the miracle of the creation of modern Israel occurred.

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  • EDUCATION CHANCELLOR JOEL KLEIN TO DISCUSS SCHOOL REFORM IN RUDIN LECTURE AT CCNY

    NEW YORK, April 13, 2005 – Joel I. Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will deliver the Spring 2005 Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) Tuesday, April 19.  His topic will be “School Reform in New York City.”

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  • CCNY TOPS MODEL UN FOR SECOND YEAR IN ROW

    New York, April 13, 2005 - Fielding a team of students with backgrounds as diverse as the world body itself, The City College of New York (CCNY) took top honors for the second consecutive year in the 2005 National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference.

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  • CCNY JUNIOR PHILIPA NJAU NAMED GOLDWATER SCHOLAR

    NEW YORK, April 11, 2005 – Philipa A. Njau, an honors student majoring in biochemistry at The City College of New York (CCNY), was named a 2005 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

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  • FOUR OF SIX SURVIVING CCNY NOBEL LAUREATES RETURN FOR ‘EINSTEINS IN THE CITY’ CONFERENCE, APRIL 11-12

    NEW YORK, April 5 – The year was 1921 and Albert Einstein, a giant in the scientific world after the validation of his general theory of relativity, had landed at Ellis Island on his maiden visit to the United States.

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  • CCNY Junior Claudio Simpkins Wins Truman Scholarship

    NEW YORK, March 29, 2005 – Claudio Simpkins, a junior at The City College of New York (CCNY) majoring in political science and philosophy, today was named a 2005 Truman Scholar by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.  The award carries a $30,000 scholarship to be applied toward graduate or professional studies. 

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  • CCNY ART ALUMNI GROUP HOSTS “DIVERSITY AND TRADITION” EXHIBIT, MARCH 31 – JUNE 20

    NEW YORK, March 30, 2005 – Noted artists and City College alumni William Behnken ’68 and Chakaia Booker ’93MFA will curate and judge “Diversity and Tradition,” CCNY’s second biennial exhibition of work by art alumni and current students.  The exhibition, in Aaron Davis Hall on The City College campus, opens Thursday, March 31, and runs through June 20. An opening day reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.   Public viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. 

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  • New Poets with New Verses to Convene
    At CCNY’s 33rd Annual Spring Poetry Festival

    Poet Laureate Marilyn Nelson will share the microphone with several hundred New York City public school students, as well as college students, CCNY faculty, alumni and guest artists of every poetic stripe at City College’s 33rd Annual Spring Poetry Festival Tuesday, May 10, 2005.

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  • CCNY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SPONSORS NEW JOURNAL ON TEACHER EDUCATION

    NEW YORK, March 25, 2005 – Furthering its mission of preparing people to teach in diverse communities, The City College of New York’s (CCNY) School of Education has launched The New Educator, a new journal focused on the challenges of developing and supporting talented and motivated new educators.  Dr. Beverly Falk, CCNY Professor of Education, serves as editor.  Taylor & Francis Group, an international publisher of academic journals and book, is the publisher.  The journal, which will be issued quarterly, debuted in January. 

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