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Spitzer School of Architecture

CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture establishes new BA in urban studies and the built environment

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York has established a new undergraduate degree: the Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and the Built Environment. This four-year, 36-credit major will address unmet educational needs of enrolled undergraduate students and attract additional students to The City College interested in the central role that the built environment of cities plays in civic life. The program’s basis within the Spitzer School distinguishes this course of study from other urban studies majors on other CUNY campuses, drawing on the faculty
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Hollander Design Award Goes to Spitzer Students

New Hollander Design awards go to Spitzer School first-year students

Dana Ladd and Musa Matawane are winners of the 2023 Hollander Design Fellowship awards presented to students in the Master of Landscape Architecture Program in The City College of New York's Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Ladd was awarded the Fellowship, which includes $4,000 for each of the three years of the program, and Matawane was awarded a one-time scholarship of $4,000. The students are in their first years, as per the eligibility requirements, as the fellowship is meant to support incoming students. Hollander Design Landscape Architects was cofounded by Edmund
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2024 Mumford lecture to be given by David Gissen

Renowned architect David Gissen gives Mumford Lecture at CCNY’s Spitzer School

David Gissen, the renowned architect, historian, and theorist, will deliver this year's Lewis Mumford Lecture at The City College of New York on Thurs., March 28, 2024. His talk begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture's Sciame Auditorium and is entitled "The Architecture and Urbanism of Disability.” Gissen is an author and designer based in New York City. For the lecture he draws upon his book " The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities and Landscapes Beyond Access” (2023), which explains the conceptual underpinnings of accessible design and its
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Science Learning and Public Engagement Career Panel

Science educators offer advice and wisdom at CCNY career panel

Professionals from a variety of scientific and educational organizations shared their insights and experiences on a Science Learning and Public Engagement Career Panel, coordinated by the new Science Education and Public Engagement major in the School of Education at The City College of New York. Co-sponsored with the City College Initiative to Promote Academic Success in STEM ( CiPASS ), and CCNY’s Division of Science and Grove School of Engineering , the event brought together five panelists, each of whom gave her unique perspective on career opportunities for those interested in science
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List of Women's History Month Events from the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development.

CCNY celebrates Women’s History Month 2024 with herstory events and more

The City College of New York’s Office of Student Life and Leadership Development is celebrating Women’s History Month with Women's Herstory Month Events including an art exhibition, movie screening, honorary wall and more. CCNY students can register by signing into their Student Life account here. Tamiko White, author of “Careers in the Fashion Industry,” will be in the NAC Ballroom on March 5 from 5-7 p.m. promoting her book, and the first 25 guests will receive a free copy. On March 7, the CCNY Women Make Art Exhibition, co-sponsored by CCNY Libraries and the Alumni Association, will
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molecular biologist Eric N. Olson 2024 Levine-de Beer speaker

Pioneering molecular biologist Eric Olson is Levine-de Beer speaker at CCNY, April 9

Dr. Eric N. Olson, who led the discovery of the key transcription factors and mechanisms that control development and disease of cardiac and skeletal muscles, delivers the 2024 Louis Levine-Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at The City College of New York on Tuesday, April 9. His talk, “Correction of Muscle and Heart Disease by Gene Editing,” 5 – 8 p.m. in The Great Hall, located in CCNY’s Shepard Hall, is free and open to the public. Click here to register. Olson is the founding Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He holds
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CCNY's Shepard Hall

CCNY hosts eco-literacy environmental conference for 300 NYC students, March 5

"How Things Work," an eco-literacy conference on how environmental systems function in the face of climate change, takes place at The City College of New York on Tuesday, March 5. Up to 300 New York City students from middle school-level to college undergraduates will attend. Other participants include educators, stakeholders and climate change advocates. The day-long conference, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in The Great Hall located in CCNY’s Shepard Hall, is co-hosted by the CCNY-based City University of New York Remote Sensing Earth System Institute ( CUNY CREST), the Environmental Education
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Tavis Smiley, talk show host and author

Nationally syndicated “Tavis Smiley” talk show debuts on CCNY’s “Voice of Harlem” station

Talk show host and author Tavis Smiley’s eponymous daily program is coming to WHCR 90.3 FM, the City College of New York owned and operated radio station dubbed “The Voice of Harlem.” WHCR will be the only station in New York City carrying the weekend edition of the Tavis Smiley Show. It will broadcast 6 – 8 p.m. on Sundays. “The Tavis Smiley show will offer WHCR listeners news and information on a national level, which fits perfectly in with WHCR’s mission to keep its listeners informed,” said Angela Harden, the station’s general manager. “Listeners across the country can tune in to the Tavis
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Xi Chen

NSF awards $650K grant to CCNY researchers to explore novel approach to clean energy

Researchers from The City College of New York and other institutions, including CUNY’s Advanced Science Research Center, are the beneficiaries of a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop evaporation-driven generators that can produce clean, renewable energy. The one-year grant, “Track M: Water-responsive Materials for Evaporation Energy Harvesting,” is part of the NSF’s Convergence Accelerator. Launched in 2019, these Convergence Accelerator grants build upon basic research and discovery to accelerate solutions toward societal impact. The program funds teams to
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CPS Students in classroom

CCNY’s Office for Experiential Learning and Colin Powell School receive $7.3M federal education grant to enhance first-year student experience

The City College of New York has been awarded a four-year, $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support new student onboarding initiatives in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership . The grant was secured by CCNY’s Office for Experiential Learning . The grant program, WELCOME: Welcoming Experiences and Learning Communities to Maximize Early Success , is modeled on the Opening Doors Learning Program at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College. It is led by Senior Associate Provost Doris Cintrón and also includes Andrew Rich, the Richard J. Henley and Susan
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