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  • NIH AWARDS $15.9 MILLION TO CCNY AND MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING TO CREATE PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS CANCER DISPARITIES

    NEW YORK, February 25, 2009 — The National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded The City College of New York (CCNY) and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) a $15.9 million grant to implement a unique partnership in cancer research, education, and outreach. The five-year, renewable award is funded by NCI’s U54 program, an initiative created to develop partnerships between minority-serving institutions and NCI-designated cancer centers.

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  • CCNY BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBIT TRACES ANCIENT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AFRICA AND INDIA

    NEW YORK, February 20, 2009 -- “The Colors of Monsoon Season,” a photographic exhibit highlighting the historical connections between Africa and India, is on display at The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Cohen Library Archives Gallery through March 6, 2009.  It opened on February 6 as part of CCNY’s Black History Month celebration.

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  • COLIN POWELL TO KEYNOTE CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRATION FEBRUARY 5 AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK

    NEW YORK, January 22, 2009 – Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.), former U.S. Secretary of State and distinguished CCNY alumnus, will deliver the keynote address at a half-day conference on immigrant integration Thursday, February 5, at The City College of New York (CCNY).  General Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants, will speak during the conference’s luncheon session, beginning at noon.  Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will present opening remarks at 9 a.m.

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  • CCNY Appoints Robert Rodriguez Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs

    NEW YORK, February 4, 2009 - Robert Rodriguez has been appointed Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs at The City College of New York, CCNY President Gregory H. Williams announced today.  He had been Director of Affirmative Action, Compliance and Diversity and Chairman of the Auxiliary Enterprise Corp. at The College.  He will report to Esther Perález, Vice President of Student Affairs. 

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  • QUEST SENIOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICIALLY JOINS THE CITY COLLEGE AND CENTER FOR WORKER EDUCATION FAMILY

    NEW YORK, January 26, 2009 – Quest, a non-profit senior educational program, has been officially named part of the Division of Worker Education (DWE) in The City College of New York’s (CCNY) College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, CCNY President Dr. Gregory H. Williams announced today.  Quest will continue to be housed at The Center for Worker Education in Lower Manhattan and will be renamed Quest: The CCNY-CWE Community for Lifelong Learning Inc.

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  • HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. TO SPEAK AT 35TH SOPHIE DAVIS PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT COMMENCEMENT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 AT CCNY

    NEW YORK, January 22, 2009 – Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the distinguished scholar and author, will be the keynote speaker for the 35th graduation ceremony of The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program at Harlem Hospital Center.  The event takes place 1 p.m. Friday, January 30, in The Great Hall, Shepard Hall, of The City College of New York (CCNY).

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  • CCNY EXHIBIT HONORS KENNETH CLARK, FORMER PROFESSOR WHOSE RESEARCH HELPED END SCHOOL SEGREGATION

    NEW YORK, January 21, 2009 – “Toward Humanity and Racial Justice: The Legacy of Dr. Kenneth B. Clark” in the Cohen Library Atrium,” an exhibit on the life and work of the former CCNY Professor of Psychology whose research influenced the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation, opened January 20, in CCNY’s Cohen Library. 

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  • CCNY DISTINGUISHED LECTURER MYRAH BROWN GREEN CREATES QUILT FOR OBAMA INAUGURATION EXHIBIT

    NEW YORK, January 8, 2009 – Dr. Myrah Brown Green, Distinguished Lecturer of Art at The City College of New York (CCNY), is one of 44 master quilters whose work is included in “Quilts for Obama: An Exhibit Celebrating the Inauguration of our 44th President.”  The exhibit, at The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., opens Sunday, January 11, and runs through January 31.

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