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Sponsor Network Turns Solar Roof Pod Dream Into Reality

When The City College of New York was selected from more than 100 entrants as one of 20 finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon, it faced a huge challenge: Could this urban, public college assemble the resources needed to design and build the students’ prototype solar house and compete against well-heeled, private and public institutions large and small?
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CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Wins NEH Grant

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) at City College is developing an online resource to study four centuries of Spanish writing styles. The project is supported by a $50,000 start-up grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities. A prototype of the Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching and Learning Tool is scheduled to go live in spring 2013.
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Book Talk Lectures Focus on African-Derived Religions’ Aesthetics

The aesthetics that emerge from the spiritual practices of “African-derived” religions will be the focal point of The City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Studies Fall 2011 Book Talk Lecture Series. Presenters include Guggenheim Fellows Donald Cosentino and Colin Dayan.
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New Depiction Of Light Could Boost Telecommunications Channels

Physicists with the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York have presented a new way to map spiraling light that could help harness untapped data channels in optical fibers. Increased bandwidth would ease the burden on fiber-optic telecommunications networks taxed by an ever-growing demand for audio, video and digital media. The new model, developed by graduate student Giovanni Milione, Professor Robert Alfano and colleagues, could even spur enhancements in quantum computing and other applications.
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CCNY Biologist Finalist for Blavatnik Young Scientist Awards

The New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists acknowledge and celebrate the excellence of the most noteworthy young scientists and engineers in the tri-state New York metropolitan region. This year, a member of The City College of New York faculty, Associate Professor of Biology Robert P. Anderson, was chosen as a finalist in the competition.
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Exhibit at CCNY Showcases Dominican Republic From the Sky

Now you can see the Dominican Republic from the sky without boarding an airplane. Just visit “New Perspectives: Dominican Republic,” a new exhibit of 56 aerial photographs, August 30 through October 31 at the Amsterdam Plaza on the City College of New York campus.
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CCNY Continuing Ed. Introduces Nursing Assistant Course

In response to community demand for short-term job training opportunities, The City College of New York’s Continuing and Professional Studies (CPS) will introduce a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program in October. The nine-month program, which leads to New York State certification, is one of several new continued education offerings this fall.
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CCNY Interns Help Unearth 19th Century African-American Village

For City College of New York biology major Ashton Dorminvil the lure of helping uncover the hidden history of a predominantly African-American 19th century settlement in what is now Central Park, was simply irresistible.
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Jay-Sheree Allen, ’11, Named Pearson Prize National Fellow

Jay-Sheree Allen, a member of The City College of New York Class of 2011, has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Pearson Prize for Higher Education. The award, which carries a $10,000 stipend, is given by the Pearson Foundation to recognize exemplary students who have distinguished themselves through commitment to community service while completing their undergraduate studies. Ms. Allen was one of 20 National Fellows chosen in the competition.
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CCNY Mambo Legend Wins Top Latin Music Award

Mambo legend Ray Santos, the long-time leader of The City College of New York’s Latin Band, is a co-recipient of The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Trustees Award. He’ll be honored November 9 with fellow luminaries Manuel Alejandro and Jesus “Chucho” Ferrer at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas during the Latin GRAMMY® Awards celebration.
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Solar Roof Pod Volunteers Learn Skills Not Taught in Class

Yinery Baez, a fourth-year architecture student in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, never gave much thought to screws. However, as project manager for the interior of the Solar Roof Pod, CCNY’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, specifying cabinet hardware is one of her many responsibilities.
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