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  • CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library Hosts ‘The Artistry of Dominican Carnival: A Multimedia Exhibition,’

    NEW YORK, September 7, 2006 – An opening reception for the multimedia exhibit  “The Artistry of Dominican Carnival” will be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 14 in the City College Archives Gallery, Cohen Library, 5th Floor.  The exhibit is organized by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library, the Juan Pablo Duarte Foundation, the City College Library and the Presidential Council for Dominicans Abroad.

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  • CCNY CLEAN FUELS INSTITUTE SEES 98 PERCENT REDUCTION IN U.S. FOSSIL FUEL USE ACHIEVABLE THROUGH EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES

    NEW YORK, August 31, 2006 – In an article published to be published tomorrow in Science, Dr. Reuel Shinnar, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY) and Director of the Clean Fuels Institute, and Dr. Francesco Citro, a Research Associate with the Institute, present a roadmap for reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels by up to 98 percent.  The plan, “A Roadmap to U.S. Decarbonization,” would sharply curtail carbon dioxide and methane emissions and reduce global warming while simultaneously America’s dependence on imported oil and gas.

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  • STUDENTS BEGIN MOVING INTO NEWLY OPENED TOWERS RESIDENCE HALL AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK

    NEW YORK, August 25, 2006 –The first students today began moving into The Towers at The City College of New York (CCNY) residence hall.  The Towers, which was developed through a public-private partnership, is the first student housing ever built on a City University of New York (CUNY) campus.

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  • NASA/DoD Student Research Day at CCNY Showcases High School and Middle School Students

    NEW YORK, August 1, 2006 – Astronaut Mario Runco, Jr. and world-renowned physicist Michio Kaku will be the keynote speakers at a special NASA/DoD Student Research Day at City College that will showcase the research accomplishments of high school and middle school students. 

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  • JAPANESE DELEGATION VISITS CCNY JULY 24 TO HONOR
    FOUNDER TOWNSEND HARRIS

    NEW YORK, July 17, 2006 – The Chairman of the City Assembly of Shimoda, Japan, Harushige Mori, will lead a delegation on a pilgrimage to The City College of New York (CCNY) to honor CCNY’s Townsend Harris, who opened the first U.S. consulate in Japan, and to meet Dr. Richard H. Rush, Townsend Harris’ grand-nephew.  The six-member group of Shimoda civic officials and citizens will tour the CCNY campus at 138th Street and Convent Avenue in Manhattan Monday, July 24. 

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  • EIGHT SOPHIE DAVIS STUDENTS WIN MACK LIPKIN FELLOWSHIPS FOR SUMMER RESEARCH ABROAD

    NEW YORK, June 19, 2006 -- Galina Borodulina is headed for London, England, to participate in an immunological research project.  Jessica Braswell will be in the Czech Republic to study microbiology and food science, while Fahmida Keya plans to research depression in female sex-workers in Bangladesh.

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  • CWE PARTNERS WITH NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HOST “BACK-TO-COLLEGE” WORKSHOPS FOR PARKS EMPLOYEES

    NEW YORK, June 19, 2006 – The City College Center for Worker Education (CWE) has established a partnership with the NYC Parks Department to promote educational opportunity for Parks Department employees.  This type of collaboration is a first for CWE with a city agency, according to CWE Dean Daniel E. Lemons.

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  • TWO CWE ADJUNCTS AWARDED 2006 OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS

    NEW YORK, June 13, 2006 – The City College Center for Worker Education (CWE) announced today the winners of its first annual Outstanding Professor of the Year Award.

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  • CCNY NAMES DR. JOSEPH BARBA, B.E.E. ’75, M.E.E. ’77,
    DEAN OF THE GROVE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

    NEW YORK, June 19, 2006 – Dr. Gregory H. Williams, President of The City College of New York (CCNY), announced that Dr. Joseph Barba, an alumnus of the College and member of the Faculty for 24 years, has been named Dean of The Grove School of Engineering.

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  • CCNY HILLEL CHAPTER AWARDED $5,000 GRANT FROM PARENT ORGANIZATION TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH STUDENT LIFE ON CAMPUS

    NEW YORK, June 15, 2006 – The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Hillel Chapter has received a $5,000 strategic grant from its parent organization, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.  CCNY was one of eight campuses nationwide selected for Hillel’s Soref Advancement Initiative (SAI), an intensive program that helps Hillel chapters on campuses with small Jewish populations strengthen their existing programs and plan for future growth and development.

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  • 16 CCNY ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS TRAVEL TO GERMANY FOR EXCHANGE PROGRAM AT BERLIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

    NEW YORK, June 15, 2006 –Sixteen students from The City College of New York (CCNY) School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (SAUDLA) will travel to Germany next week to begin a four-week exchange program at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences. 

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