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Two CCNY Early-Career Historians Receive NEH Awards

Dr. Gregory Downs, associate professor of history, and Dr. Emily Greble, assistant professor of history at The City College of New York are recipients of faculty research awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grants, announced by NEH December 9, will support book projects currently in development.
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Sophie Davis Students Teach Patients to Ask Questions of Their Doctors

For some patients, knowing how to ask questions in a doctor’s office could make a huge difference in their outcomes. A pilot program at The City College of New York’s Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is teaching future physicians to help patients take charge of their health by querying their medical providers.
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CCNY Art Historian Co-Authors MoMA Book on Diego Rivera

Eighty years after Mexican muralist Diego Rivera’s record-breaking exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the portable murals he created for that show are once again on display at the midtown Manhattan museum. City College of New York art historian Anna Indych-López co-authored with exhibit organizer Leah Dickerman, curator in MoMA’s department of painting and sculpture, the accompanying book commissioned by the museum.
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Crowdfunding Science: Student Raises Cash Online to Follow a Flying Fox

The flying fox is an adorable doe-eyed bat with a dark side – it is the perfect vector for emerging infectious diseases from Asia. Susan Tsang, a PhD student in ecology and evolutionary biology at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center, turned to a revolutionary way to help fund her research into how this species spreads disease.
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CCNY Professor Wins Award for Book on Burning Man

Each summer, tens of thousands of people camp in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create the countercultural phenomenon famously known as Burning Man, an arts festival named after its spectacular bonfire of a forty-foot tall wooden and neon sculpture of the “Man.” More than 50,000 faithful attendees establish “Black Rock City,” a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, “radical self-expression,” and a gift economy. Campers depart seven days later, having left no trace whatsoever.
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CCNY Hosts Jazz Divas Melba Joyce & Carmen Bradford Dec. 16

“My Mother and Me,” starring mother and daughter jazz stars Melba Joyce and Carmen Bradford, will perform for the first time together in New York 7 p.m. Friday, December 16, in Aaron Davis Hall at The City College of New York.
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Hillary Brown Appointed to National Academies’ Infrastructure Panel

The United States’ lifeline infrastructure – its energy, water, transportation and telecommunications systems – has long been an issue of national concern. In addition to upgrading its aging systems, America today faces the challenges of peak oil, national security and disaster resiliency.
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CCNY Students Receive $86.4 Million in Financial Aid

The City College of New York provided $86.4 million in financial aid to its students for fiscal year 2011, the College announced today. As a result, 42 percent of all students, including 59 percent of the freshman class, paid no tuition. Approximately three-fourths of the student body received either full or partial financial aid. This support, from government sources and private philanthropy (scholarships), is critical to enabling CCNY students to study without economic hardship.
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CCNY Psychologist Pushes Boundaries on Treating Dual Disorders

As many as three out of five substance abusers may also be affected by post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to researchers. Mental health professionals refer to such conditions as dual disorders.
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CCNY, Hostos and LaGuardia Receive $4 Million for STEM

The City College of New York and two CUNY community colleges are partnering on a multifaceted initiative to attract more students to the STEM disciplines – especially Hispanics and low-income students – and help them earn their degrees. Producing more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) graduates is critical to strengthening U.S. competitiveness in the global economy.
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