|
|
-
-
Academics
-
Admissions
- Financial Information and Services
News
RSS-
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.
Read More » -
CCNY Joins Nations’s First Offical Heritage Rose District
The City College of New York’s scenic campus, with its landmark neo-gothic buildings, is about to get greener. The 162 year-old institution is now part of the nation’s first official “Heritage Rose District.”
Read More » -
CCNY Alumni Honor F. Murray Abraham And Theater For The New City With John H. Finley Award
The Alumni Association of The City College of New York will present its 62nd John H. Finley Award jointly to actor F. Murray Abraham and the Theater for the New City (TNC). The presentation will be made at the Association’s 129th Annual Dinner, Wednesday, November 4, at The New York Hilton.
Read More » -
CCNY To Offer Masters Program In Sustainability In The Urban Environment
The City College of New York (CCNY) will offer a new, interdisciplinary graduate program, “Sustainability in the Urban Environment,” that incorporates emerging approaches from the disciplines of architecture, engineering and science. The program will enroll its first students for the Spring 2010 semester. It will award a Master of Science degree in Sustainability to its graduates.
Read More » -
Engineering Society Honors Sheldon Weinbaum as Diversity Pioneer
Dr. Sheldon Weinbaum, CUNY Distinguished Research Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering in The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY), has received the National Biomedical Engineering Society’s Inaugural Diversity Award. The award honors exceptional contributions to improving gender and racial diversity within biomedical engineering.
Read More » -
$3 Million NSF Grant Teams CCNY, U. of Chicago to Define New Field
It is not often that a group of scientists get to define a field of study. But, that is what Dr. Jeffrey Morris, Professor of Chemical Engineering in The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY), and colleagues at CCNY and the University of Chicago are attempting to do.
Read More » -
CCNY Researchers Study Scientific Collaboration in Age of Internet
Collaboration has long been recognized as essential to the advancement of scientific knowledge. While the nature of co-production of knowledge in collaborative settings has been studied for some time, little is known about how the process works in collaborations established and maintained through virtual organizations.
Read More » -
Lois Pope Presents Life Unsung Hero Scholarships To Four Sophie Davis Freshmen
Freshmen Daniel Asemota, Mohammad Sadat, Maha Salama and Chantal Strachan, all aspiring physicians in the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York (CCNY), were chosen as 2009 recipients of the prestigious Lois Pope Annual LIFE Unsung Hero Scholarship Awards at CCNY.
Read More » -
NSF Funding Surge Accelerates Research Growth At CCNY
The City College of New York (CCNY) is experiencing a surge in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Since August 1 members of the College’s faculty have received 22 grants totaling $8.9 million.
Read More » -
Center For Worker Education Becoming Lower Manhattan Cultural Destination
With visiting and permanent exhibits and public lectures throughout the school year, The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Center for Worker Education (CWE) is rapidly becoming an artistic and cultural destination in Lower Manhattan. The Center, located at 25 Broadway, is home to the College’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, which sponsors the exhibits and lectures, which are free and open to the public.
Read More » -
U.S. Debut Set for Professor Krakowski’s “Looking for Palladin”
Professor Andrzej Krakowski’s feature film, “Looking for Palladin,” will make its U.S. theatrical debut October 30, when it begins a two-week exclusive East Coast engagement at New York’s Cinema Village, located at 22 E. 12th Street in Manhattan. One week later, it will open at Leammle’s Music Hall Cinema in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Read More » -
Semiconductor Research At CCNY
Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) is a technique for producing thin films of ultra-pure semiconductors by depositing single crystals of an element on a substrate material. Because it offers the highest degree of control and flexibility among semiconductor production techniques, MBE is essential to research and development applications.
Read More »
At The City College of New York (CCNY), two professors conduct research using MBE. -
CCNY Volleyball Star Taisiya Zuyeva A Coach AT 22
In her three years at City College, Taisiya Zuyeva was a volleyball ace. She helped lead CCNY to the 2008-2009 CUNY Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) title and earned Scholar-Athlete and conference All-Star honors.
Read More » -
New Book On Edwin Blashfield Features CCNY Mural
“The Graduate,” the Edwin Howland Blashfield mural that adorns the stage of City College’s Great Hall, is featured in a new book about the painter to be released September 28. In addition to a write-up about the mural, which was painted on The Great Hall’s curved front wall, a color photo of the painting appears both inside and on the book’s rear jacket.
Read More » -
CCNY To Dedicate Spitzer School Of Architecture's New Home September 16
The City College of New York (CCNY) will hold a ceremony and reception to dedicate the new home of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 16, in the building’s atrium gallery. The facility, the first new academic building on the CCNY campus since 1982, opened for classes at the start of the fall 2009 semester.
Read More » -
CCNY President DR. Gregory H. Williams Resigns To Become President Of University Of Cincinnati
NEW YORK, September 9, 2009 – Dr. Gregory H. Williams, President of The City College of New York (CCNY), announced today that he is resigning to become President of the University of Cincinnati. Buck Niehoff, Chairman of The University of Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees, announced the appointment, which is effective November 1, 2009.
Read More » -
Greater Harlem Chamber Of Commerce Honors President Williams
CCNY President Gregory H. Williams was honored by the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) for his stellar service to the community and long-standing commitment to Harlem at the annual Harlem Week “Joints Are Jumpin’” event, Wednesday, August 26.
Read More » -
Research Funding at CCNY Climbs 21.5 Percent
Spurred by new programs related to cancer and nanoscience, funded research at The City College of New York (CCNY) rose 21.5 percent during the 2008-09 fiscal year, according to Office of Research Administration figures. Total support from government, corporations and foundations reached $55.2 million, compared with $45.4 million the prior year. Figures represent monies allocated during the year.
Read More » -
Senate Historian, CCNY Alum Donald Ritchie, Helps Report Ted Kennedy’s Story
The Historian of the U.S. Senate functions as its institutional memory. Last month, newly appointed Senate Historian Dr. Donald A. Ritchie, a member of CCNY’s Class of 1967, played a role in helping journalists report on the 47-year career of the “Lion of the Senate,” Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, who passed away August 25.
Read More » -
Acclaimed Writers Julia Alvarez, Rhina Espaillat Donate Books To CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library At CCNY
NEW YORK, August 25, 2009 – The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNYDSI) at The City College of New York (CCNY) recently received collections of books from well-known Dominican writers Julia Alvarez and Rhina Espaillat. The donations include complete collections of the authors’ published writings as well as several books from their personal libraries on topics related to the history, society and culture of the Dominican Republic.
Read More »