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A team led by City College physics professor Vinod Menon demonstrates the use of metamaterials to enhance the light emission from atomically thin semiconductors. The work appears in the latest issue of Nano Letters. The new class of atomically thin semiconductors has recently found much interest in both electronics and photonics and is touted to be the platform for next generation optoelectronics. However, these materials have very poor light emission efficiency and hence various approaches have been pursued to enhance this property to make them conducive to practical devices such as LEDs. But

On a clear day, listeners as far as Teaneck, NJ, can pick up WHCR-90.3FM, the only community radio station broadcasting from a public higher education institution in upper Manhattan. It’s been like that since The City College of New York-owned station first hit the airwaves in 1986 with a lot of jazz - literally. As it celebrates its 30th anniversary, WHCR is a lot more than jazz now. Established to provide a voice for the Harlem community and beyond, while enhancing the learning experience of students, it broadcasts 24 hours a day to a potential 2.2 million listeners. That audience stretches

Using genomic data from three lizard species, City College of New York-led researchers gleaned insights not available before on the impact of climate change on the distribution of animal populations in South American forests. The findings improve ways of modeling the distribution of biodiversity in the past and future. “We saw that as the forest has changed, lizard populations have also changed. Yet, different lizards species showed either expansions or contractions, suggesting that responses to climate change are not the same for every organism,” said Ivan Prates, a PhD student in the

Innovative technology co-inspired by physicist Elisa Riedo of The City College of New York for developing new magnetic microchips is raising hopes for the manufacture of nanosized sensors, memories and microprocessors. The revolutionary technique entails magnetic microchips exploiting the electron spin in addition to its charge. This control of magnetism at the nanoscale is crucial for the development of new paradigms in optics, electronics and spintronics. This is the work of Riedo, professor of physics at City College and at the CUNY-ASRC, and researchers at the Nanomagnetism group of

For the five City College of New York undergraduates, summer doesn’t get better than this: 10 weeks spent archiving the George Lois collection gifted to City College by the legendary art director, designer and ad man, while receiving a $3,000 stipend each. Ad/PR majors Stephana Eghan, Carmen Kuang and Catherine Okoye; and their electronic design and multimedia peers Anna Pinger and Maria Tsampas, are doing this as the first cohort of ORCA Fellows at CCNY. ORCA (Opportunities in Research and Creative Arts) is a new CCNY program funded by a grant from CUNY. Initiated by Professors Christine Li

A new study led by Assistant Medical Professor Philip Smith of The City College of New York’s Sophie Davis Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine, and conducted in collaboration with researchers at Yale University and Yeshiva University, found important differences between women and men in their ability to quit smoking when taking medications commonly prescribed to help smokers quit. The study, Sex Differences in Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Comparative Efficacy: A Network Meta-analysis, which reviewed and analyzed evidence from over 14,000 cigarette smokers participating in 28

The City College of New York remains one of the nation’s leading education institutions, according to Forbes magazine’s 2016 America’s Top Colleges rankings. For the third consecutive year, CCNY is ranked in the top 100 in the Northeast and is #62 among public colleges across the country. In New York City, CCNY is ranked among the top 10 schools at #6. Overall, the college is #228 nationally. “What sets our calculation of the best 660 U.S. colleges and universities apart is our firm belief in ROI (Return on Investment),” said Forbes. “We look at factors that directly concern students (and

Nearly 170 years after he founded The City College of New York and went on to forge U.S.-Japan relations, the lure of Townsend Harris continues in the Far East. Since 1986, top civic officials from the Japanese city of Shimoda have been paying homage to Townsend with annual visits to City College. “This year marks 160 years since Harris arrived in Shimoda on August 21, 1856 to open the first American consulate,” said City College archivist Sydney Van Nort. “As first consul general there, he negotiated the treaty that is credited for opening the Japanese Empire to foreign trade and culture

A civic initiative to increase the proportion of minorities among New York City’s teaching ranks is taking shape – and the City College of New York’s School of Education is in the forefront of it. NYC Men Teach takes square aim at the public schools’ lack of diversity. Male students of color comprise 43 percent of the student demographic but only 8.3 percent of the teachers’, according to the enterprise’s website. CCNY’s program is headed by Walter Greigg. He was recruited by SOE Dean Mary Driscoll in January to serve as the academic project director, charged with fulfilling City College’s

Research team returns from an 18-day sea voyage – but it was no pleasure cruise. Maria Tzortziou, associate professor of earth and atmospheric science at The City College of New York, was one of the lead scientists on the launch of Korea-United States Ocean Color (KORUS-OC) expedition, an 18-day oceanographic field campaign designed to tackle air-quality problems and capture coastal ocean dynamics in the East Sea and Yellow Sea. Comprised of scientists from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric