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The City College of New York’s Immigrant Student Center for Resources and Research kicks off Latinx/a/o Heritage Month with the Mentors of Tomorrow’s Leaders on Thurs., Sept. 24. The workshop will feature visiting artist Jorge Flores Manjarrez who is a renowned visual artist, illustrator, caricaturist, painter, and muralist whose work celebrates Mexican culture, music, cinema, and history. RSVP here. CCNY is participating in the Giants’ annual Latino Heritage Month celebration and pre-game experience at MetLife Stadium on Sun., Sept. 27 before they take on the Tennessee Titans. Anyone

The 13th edition of The Americas Film Festival New York opens with director Juan Mandelbaum’s documentary, “Paquito D’Rivera: From Carne y Frijol to Carnegie Hall,” on Sept. 30 at Instituto Cervantes New York. TAFFNY closes on Oct. 9 with acclaimed Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s film, “Wrong Husband on Closing Night,” at the National Museum of the American Indian. A cultural initiative of The City College of New York’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education, TAFFNY brings stories of historical memory, migration, identity, childhood, and music from across

Physicists at The City College of New York have demonstrated a new way to transfer microwave signals onto light using magnetic waves inside a layered semiconductor. The work establishes a materials platform for building interfaces that could one day link quantum computers through optical networks. The research, entitled “Microwave-to-optical transduction using magnon–exciton coupling,” was led by the Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics ( LaNMP) at CCNY, headed by physics professor Vinod M. Menon. It appears in the journal Nature Materials. Many of today’s leading quantum processors operate

In its latest study of The City College of New York’s impact on the regional economy, labor analytics firm Lightcast pegs the figure at an astounding $3.7 billion in fiscal year 2023-24. This is half a billion dollars more than the last study covering fiscal year 2021-22, and $1.8 billion more than when Lightcast [then EMSI] released its first CCNY economic impact report on fiscal year 2017-18. Founded in 1847, The City College serves a region defined by Lightcast as the ‘CCNY Service Region.’ It comprises 10 counties: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk

The Advertising and Public Relations (Ad/PR) Program at The City College of New York presents Ad/PR Week from September 14-18. Organized in partnership with CCNY’s student chapters of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the inaugural event connects undergraduate students with top agency leaders, guest scholars, authors, and offers exclusive industry access across New York City. The week opens on Monday, Sept. 14 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. with a virtual guest lecture by Lea-Ann Germinder, creator of the AELHA™ model (AI Literacy +

Mitchell B. Schaffler, CUNY Distinguished Professor and the Wallace H. Coulter Professor of Biomedical Engineering in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2026 Lawrence G. Raisz Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). The award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in preclinical and translational research, will be presented at the ASBMR annual meeting, Oct. 9-12, in Boston, Massachusetts. ASBMR is the world’s leading professional society advancing discovery, education, and clinical progress in bone and mineral

It’s a busier than usual fall for The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Exhibitions, colloquia, symposiums and a myriad of public events set the stage for the industrious beginning to the academic year, including " Design Matters: In Favor of Public Urban Space," an exhibition and event series celebrating 25 years of the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona’s (CCCB) European Prize for Urban Public Space, a biennial competition that recognizes public space projects. The U.S. premiere of the exhibition opens Thursday, Sept. 10. Reimagining the

City Film, The City College of New York’s MFA in Film program has been recognized by The Hollywood Reporter for its affordability, syllabus and access to filmmakers. Called an “ Under-the-Radar Program,” the industry magazine tapped it along with seven other schools based in Los Angeles and New York City that are solid resources for aspiring filmmakers. The two-year MFA program at CCNY has award-winning faculty and represents an international community. It was praised for its focus on both fiction and nonfiction filmmaking. “The Harlem-based school’s affordable MFA program (tuition is $305 per

Spencer A. Hill, the City College of New York climate scientist whose groundbreaking research includes challenging generations-old beliefs about how El Niño events influence rainfall during the Indian summer monsoon, is the winner of a coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. Recipients of this prestigious award are considered the best and brightest talents in the United States. Many of the winners later became world-famous scientists and Nobel laureates. The NSF has committed $1,050,883 over five years for his research entitled: “CAREER: Advancing Understanding of Hadley Cell

Kaveh Madani, Research Professor in The City College of New York’s CUNY-CREST Institute, and Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health ( UNU-INWEH), received the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during World Water Week last night. The Stockholm Water Prize is the ultimate global recognition for extraordinary achievements in water-related activities. Often described as the “Nobel Prize of Water,” it is the most prestigious water award given annually to an individual or organization for outstanding