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  • Team Led By CCNY Neuroscientist Tony Ro Demonstrates Link Between Brainwave Activity And Visual Perception

    NEW YORK, April 2, 2009 – Can we always see what is in front of us?  According to Dr. Tony Ro, a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at The City College of New York (CCNY), the answer is “no.”  New research published in “The Journal of Neuroscience” by Professor Ro and colleagues from the University of Illinois demonstrates that the brain cannot detect images when brainwave activity is in a trough.

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  • “Mexico Through Oriental Eyes” Exhibit At CCNY Center For Worker Education Connects Japan With Latino Culture

    NEW YORK, March 31, 2009 – Japanese artist Hiro Kagami brings his Mexican-themed artwork to The City College of New York (CCNY) Center for Worker Education (CWE) with his installation of “Mexico Through Oriental Eyes,” which will run through April 27.

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  • CCNY Junior Don Gomez, Iraq War Vet, Named 2009 Truman Scholar

    NEW YORK, March 27, 2009 – Don Gomez, a junior at The City College of New York (CCNY) and a veteran of the U.S. Army who had two tours of duty in Iraq, has been named a 2009 Truman Scholar. 

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  • Bernard Spitzer, ’43, Gives $25 Million To CCNY School Of Architecture

    NEW YORK, March 25, 2009 – Bernard Spitzer, a 1943 engineering graduate of The City College of New York (CCNY) and prominent real estate developer, is giving $25 million to City College for the benefit of the College’s School of Architecture.  The gift will be provided through the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust.

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  • Quest Senior Education Program To Host Reception Celebrating Union With CCNY Center For Worker Education

    NEW YORK, March 24, 2009 – Quest, a non-profit senior educational program that is now part of The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Division of Worker Education (DWE), will host a luncheon to celebrate its official union with the College.  The event runs from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, at CCNY’s Center for Worker Education (CWE) located at 25 Broadway in Lower Manhattan. 

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  • Teobaldo Power String Quartet Receives Warm, Enthusiastic Welcome At CCNY Concert

    New York, March 20, 2009.—The Teobaldo Power String Quartet received a vibrant, warm, and enthusiastic response from the audience in its first New York concert, which was held in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall at The City College of New York (CCNY).  The quartet, which is based in the Canary Islands and was formed more than a decade ago, consists of Javier Morales López and Irina Sánchez, violinists, Patrick Doumeng, viola, and Johanna Kegel Zamora, cellist.  The New York concert was the first stop on a global tour that would also take the group to Beijing and Tokyo.

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  • Dan Rather To Deliver 2009 Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture At CCNY, Thursday, April 2

    NEW YORK, March 19, 2009 – Television journalism icon Dan Rather will deliver the Spring 2009 Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2.  Mr. Rather, who was anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from1981 to 2005, will speak in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall on the CCNY campus, located at Convent Avenue and W. 138th Street in Manhattan. 

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  • Dr. John M. Butler To Discuss Forensic DNA “BEYOND ‘CSI’” In March 24 Louis Levine – Gabriella de Beer Lecture At CCNY

    NEW YORK, March 19, 2009 – Forensic DNA expert Dr. John M. Butler will deliver the annual Louis Levine – Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at The City College of New York (CCNY) 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 24.  His topic will be “Beyond ‘CSI:’ Exciting Applications of Forensic DNA.”

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  • Novelist, Screenwriter Paul Auster To Deliver 6th Annual Lewis Mumford Lecture On Urbanism At CCNY March 12

    NEW YORK, March 5, 2009 – Novelist, screenwriter and man of letters Paul Auster will deliver the Sixth Annual Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism at The City College of New York (CCNY) 6 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall.  His topic is “City of Words.” 

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  • Renowed Scholar K. Anthony Appiah To Deliver Second Annual President's Lecture At CCNY, Tuesday, March 10

    NEW YORK, March 3, 2009 – World-renowned philosopher, scholar and author Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the second annual City College of New York President’s Lecture at CCNY 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10.  He will address “Race and The New Genomics.”

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  • THREE CCNY CHEMISTRY PROFESSORS AWARDED FEDERAL RESEARCH GRANTS TOTALING $4.76 MILLION

    NEW YORK, February 26, 2009 – Three chemistry professors at The City College of New York (CCNY), all investigators affiliated with the CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies (MMA), have been awarded four separate multiyear research grants from the federal government totaling $4.76 million.

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