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CCNY Art Lecturer Runs Marathon in Less Than Three Hours

When she ran in the New York City Marathon three years ago, Megan Foster suffered stress fractures in her shins, forcing her to miss the next two years. This year, she adopted a new training regimen, and she completed the 26.2-mile course in just under three hours, a personal best.
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CCNY Unveils Community Art Gallery November 14

Artists in Harlem and other Upper Manhattan neighborhoods are getting a new space to display their work. The City College of New York will open its new community art gallery 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 14. In addition, the first in a monthly series of “art on the wall” projection exhibits will debut that day, as well.
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Duqu Virus Precursor of More Attacks, Cyber Security Expert Warns

Although so far the Duqu seems to have affected only a small number of cyber systems, it likely is a precursor to imminent more harmful attacks, warns cyber security expert Dr. Tarek Saadawi, professor of electrical engineering at The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering.
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CCNY Studio Designs for Midwest City’s Rebirth

Flint, Mich., the General Motors factory town that was the subject of “Roger and Me,” a controversial 1989 documentary by native son Michael Moore about factory closings there, is considered by many a “poster child” for aging Rust Belt cities. It’s an unfair assessment, asserts Denise Hoffman Brandt, professor of landscape architecture in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York.
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CCNY Sophomore Named U.S. Interior Dept. Student Ambassador

For ten weeks last summer, Ivan Estevez, a sophomore majoring in civil engineering at The City College of New York, interned at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) near San Francisco. His assignment was to study 3D scans of the geological damage done by the devastating Japan earthquake in the spring and to help create figures for the USGS’ report on the calamity.
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Frank Sciame, Vy Higginsen Receive CCNY Alumni Finley Award

Frank J. Sciame, ’74 Arch., one of the nation’s preeminent builders, and Vy Higginsen, an African-American broadcasting pioneer, will receive the 64th John H. Finley Award from The Alumni Association of The City College of New York. Named for CCNY’s third president, the award honors deserving New Yorkers for exemplary service to the city. They will be feted at the Association’s 131st Annual Dinner, Wednesday, November 9, at The New York Hilton.
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Two Argentine Artists Unite for Joint Exhibit at CCNY Center

Argentine artists Florencia Fraschina and Andrea Cukier will have the first joint exhibit of their works in 15 years at The City College of New York’s Center for Worker Education. Titled “Inner Environments: New Paintings from Florencia Fraschina and Andrea Cukier,” it features 25 paintings and runs November 10 through January 25.
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Microbiologist Richard Losick to Present Cosloy-Blank Lecture November 9

Microbiologist Dr. Richard M. Losick will deliver the 6th Annual Sharon Cosloy-Edward Blank Lecture at The City College of New York 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 9. The topic of his talk will be “Life and Death of a Microbial Community.” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Room 250, Shepard Hall, and will be followed by a reception in Room 150, Shepard Hall.
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CCNY Film Professor Pens Two Books While on Sabbatical

Andrzej Krakowski, City College professor of film and video, apparently spent little of his 2010-2011 sabbatical playing golf or lying on the beach. The Hollywood screenwriter, producer and director has two books coming out next month, including one written in his native Polish that is being made into a movie and stage play.
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Lillias White Opens Aaron Davis Hall Season November 4

Award-winning actors, singers, writers and dancers will highlight a star-studded 2011-2012 season of performances, exhibits and special presentations at The City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall.
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Extreme Melting on Greenland Ice Sheet, Reports CCNY Team

The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don’t hit record highs, according to a new analysis by Dr. Marco Tedesco, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at The City College of New York. His findings suggest that glaciers could undergo a self-amplifying cycle of melting and warming that would be difficult to halt.
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