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  • Exhibit at CCNY Highlights Diversity of U.S. Latino Communities

    The United States’ Latino population, 35 million strong according to the 2000 U.S. Census, is a diverse mixture of people bonded by a common language, but with roots in different parts of the Western Hemisphere.

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  • Spring Architecture Lectures Explore Green Design, Breaking Boundaries

    The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) will present the Sciame Spring Lecture Series – 2010, titled “Crossing Boundaries: Explorations and Expressions.”  The series, which presents talks by prominent, award-winning architects, runs eight consecutive Thursdays, February 11 through April 8.  Lectures begin at 6 p.m. and are held in the Spitzer School’s Sciame Auditorium.

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  • CCNY’S Center For Worker Education Hosts Two Day Conference On Hip-Hop

    “Is Hip-Hop History?,” a two-day conference to examine the current state of the music genre and subculture and its future outlook, will be held February 19 – 20 at The City College of New York (CCNY) Center for Worker Education (CWE).  Approximately 200 persons, including hip-hop scholars, performers, entrepreneurs, journalists and activists, are expected to participate in the event, which will address such issues as the over-commercialization of hip-hop, hip-hop media going digital and hip-hop activism.

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  • CCNY Biologists Identify New Spiny Pocket Mouse Species

    Dr. Robert P. Anderson, Associate Professor of Biology at The City College of New York, and Ph.D. student Eliécer E. Gutiérrez have reported the existence of a new species of spiny pocket mouse, from Venezuela, Heteromys catopterius. 

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  • Powell Center Conference Examines Issues of Inclusion in the Green Economy

    While real job openings in the United States have plummeted 50 percent in two years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the sustainability sector offers one of the few bright spots in the job market.  Nationally, employment in the sector grew by 9.1 percent in the decade ending in 2007, compared with 3.7 percent overall, according to The Pew Charitable Trust.

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  • Book Talk Lecture Series Returns to CCNY Center for Worker Education

    The City College of New York (CCNY) Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, in collaboration with W.W. Norton & Company, will present the second installment of its successful “Book Talk” Lecture Series, February  1 through May 10.  The lectures, which present prestigious CUNY and Norton authors, and cover such vital topics as health, American law, transportation, globalization and nature, take place at CCNY’s Center for Worker Education, 7th Floor, 25 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.

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  • CCNY Students Host ‘First’ Lego League Qualifier January 24

    The Latin American Engineering Student Association Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (LAESA-SHPE) at The City College of New York (CCNY) will host the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) Manhattan Qualifier, 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 24, in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall on the CCNY campus in Harlem.

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  • Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch Establishes Engineering Scholarship at CCNY

    The City College of New York (CCNY) today announced that a scholarship in honor of James L. Lammie, former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (PB), has been endowed by Richard Ravitch, the Lieutenant Governor of New York.

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  • CCNY Center for Worker Education and Powerhouse Projects Launch ‘The Halls at Bowling Green’ Exhibition Program

    PowerHouse Projects and The City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE) have announced that they will pioneer new exhibition space in the Center’s Lower Manhattan campus at 25 Broadway.  Dubbed “The Halls at Bowling Green,” the new space will show the work of emerging contemporary artists in service to CWE students and the downtown community. 

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