http://www.ccny.cuny.eduNews RSSSat, 25 May 2013 05:37:57 +0000CommonSpot Content ServerThe First Annual Poetry Outreach Conference, sponsored by The City College of New York School of Education and CCNY’s Poetry Outreach Center, will be held 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Saturday, June 8, in the City College Faculty Dining Room, third floor, North Academic Center, on the CCNY campus. Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson will be the keynote speaker.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/poetry-outreach-conference.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/poetry-outreach-conference.cfmTwo summers ago, Philomina Kane, 16, and the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, was one of seven participants in The City College of New York’s annual IUSL Photonics Training Program.  The program offers high school students an opportunity for applied research in photonic science and technology. This fall, Ms. Kane enters Princeton University grateful to her CCNY experience for setting her on a path that she hopes will lead to a career in biomedical engineering.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/summer-hs-programs-at-ccny.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/summer-hs-programs-at-ccny.cfmIn a world increasingly dependent upon interconnected computer systems, cybersecurity cannot be ignored. Dr. Ernest McDuffie directs the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), a federal program with a portfolio that ranges from teaching people how to protect themselves on the Internet to preparing people for careers as cybersecurity professionals. Last month, he was keynote speaker for the 12th annual NOAA-CREST Day at The City College of New York.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/mcduffie-noaa-crest-day.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/mcduffie-noaa-crest-day.cfmMichael Sorkin, distinguished professor of architecture and director of the graduate urban design program at The City College of New York’s Spitzer School of Architecture, has won a 2013 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. Professor Sorkin was selected in the Design Mind category, which recognizes “a visionary, such as an educator, author, critic, curator, or designer, who has had a profound impact on design theory, practice, or public awareness.”http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/sorkin-design-award.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/sorkin-design-award.cfmCity College of New York Assistant Professor of Physics Cory Dean, who recently arrived from Columbia University, where he was a post-doctoral researcher, and research teams from Columbia and three other institutions have definitively proven the existence of an effect known as Hofstadter’s Butterfly.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/70s-era-physics-prediction-finally-confirmed.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/70s-era-physics-prediction-finally-confirmed.cfmAlana Lewis, Susanna Nguy, Ivan Santiago and Emma Schatoff, members of The City College of New York Class of 2013, have been selected to receive the 2013 Jonas E. Salk Scholarship awarded by The City University of New York. All four students plan to apply the Scholarship’s $8,000 stipend toward medical school or PhD study.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/2013-salk-scholars.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/2013-salk-scholars.cfm“Juan Rodriguez and the Beginnings of New York City,” a monograph revealing information on the Latino identity of the first immigrant to settle in New York City, will be released to the public Wednesday, May 15, by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI). Rodriguez, who was also known Jan Rodrigues, arrived in what was known as Hudson’s Harbor in 1613 and stayed until 1614.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/juan-rodriguez-monograph.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/juan-rodriguez-monograph.cfmDeadbeat Drums, a team of three Grove School of Engineering seniors, has won the first annual Zahn Prize for excellence in entrepreneurship. The team bested three other finalists with their design of an electronic system to teach drumming, connected to an online progress-tracking and analysis tool.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/smart-drum-designers-win-ccny-first-zahn-prize.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/smart-drum-designers-win-ccny-first-zahn-prize.cfmDredging shipping channels to keep up with the changing needs of the container ship industry poses environmental risks. Contaminated material brought up from the bottom of waterways could threaten coastal habitats if not properly handled.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/chiara-di-palma-award.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/chiara-di-palma-award.cfmThe City College of New York has substantially expanded its summer study-abroad programs, offering courses in 11 countries on five continents, up from five programs a year ago. Among the new options is the College’s first program for STEM majors, run in collaboration with Universidad de La Habana, Cuba. The programs are available to CCNY undergraduates as well as students from other institutions, and many still have space available.http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/summer-study-abroad-programs.cfmhttp://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/summer-study-abroad-programs.cfm