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The City College of New York’s latest “Great Grads” list reflects CCNY’s remarkable diversity that has earned it a top ranking as one of the most ethnically diverse institutions in the nation. The thirteen standouts include CCNY’s stellar Yemeni-born Class of 2016 Salutatorian, a Fulbright Scholar from Sudan, an Italian artist pursuing an architectural career and an Afghani immigrant bound for medical school. Nominated by their professors, these remarkable young men and women represent all the schools and divisions of City College. Click here to read more about CCNY’s 2016 Great Grads. About

Before Ravi Shankar, whom George Harrison called the “godfather of world music,” became the internationally-recognized legend that he remains today, he was a City College of New York visiting professor. Shankar taught courses at CCNY in the fall of 1967, including Special Topics: Music in Indian Culture: Theory and Practice (graduate). Forty-eight class meetings were recorded and are currently housed in the CCNY Archives and Special Collections. On them, Shankar explains the origins of Indian classical music, describes and demonstrates the music theory behind it, and leads students in singing

Five members of The City College of New York’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter are back from Nicaragua after completing a week-long mission to address the water needs of a rural community there. Students Jian Cao, Andrea Iguina, Jillian Panagakos, Rodrigo Ulloa, and Isabel Zayas were accompanied to Tadazna by Dr. Kyle McDonald, Terry Elkes Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science, and the team’s travel mentor. This is the first project in the partnership between EWBUSA CCNY and the community of Tadazna. Approximately half the population of Tadazna does not have easy access to clean

Associate Professor of Psychology Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith will connect her past with her present when she hosts a symposium, “Women in Leadership: Empowering Girls through Education and Training: Discussions from a Global Perspective” on July 9, 4:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall. The symposium, which Akinsulure-Smith hopes will become an annual event, has two intended purposes: to stimulate discourse about the importance of education for girls and women in global leadership, and to support her alma mater, the Annie Walsh Memorial School for Girls in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Dr. Robert E. Paaswell, Distinguished Professor in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, is one of eight experts selected to pick a winning design for a new Port Authority Bus Terminal. The international panel of jurors, renowned for their expertise in fields such as transportation operations, urban planning, architecture and construction management, was announced by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It has launched a design contest to replace its aging midtown Manhattan bus terminal, the busiest such facility in the world by volume of traffic. A civil

The Division of Science at the City College of New York is pleased to announce a generous six-figure gift from the Chleck Family Foundation for the creation of the Chleck Family Scholarship & Graduate Research Fellowship in Science. The fund will support undergraduate and graduate students with demonstrated financial need who are majoring in one of the following disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Mathematics, and Physics. The scholarship fund was established in honor of City College alumnus David Chleck ‘48, a chemist and entrepreneur. “The scholarship was designed

Five distinguished supporters of The City College of New York are recipients of 2016 CCNY Presidential Awards. The honors were presented by Dr. Lisa S. Coico, president of City College, at her annual Presidential Awards Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan. Recognized for their support to CCNY were: Susan McGuirk and Matthew C. Blank, “for visionary philanthropic leadership to educate the media leaders of tomorrow"; George Lois, “America's Master Communicator and advertising legend for his donation of his archives to CCNY and continued support of our students"; Howard Morgan '65

Five City College of New York undergraduates -- Maria Chaname, Christian Kadima, Angel Morquecho, Valeria Serrano and Emily Zheng -- will participate in a five-week program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in June and July. The students will study medical interpreting and be mentored as they work on individual, specialized projects involving translational cancer health disparities throughout New York City. This summer learning lab is sponsored by the CCNY-MSKCC Partnership program, and is a result of a collaboration formed by Biology Professor Karen Hubbard, the MSKCC collaborative

Orubba Almansouri’s stirring salutatory speech at The City College of New York’s 170th Commencement Exercises wowed fellow graduates and guests including First Lady Michelle Obama. Now it’s earned her invitation to the White House for next week’s United State of Women Summit. Almansouri joins President Obama, Mrs. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Oprah Winfrey, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and a host of other speakers from all walks of life at the summit, June 14 – 15 in the nation’s capital. “After delivering her keynote speech, Mrs. Obama embraced me on her way out, telling me how

The box office hit “ El ruiseñor y la noche: Chavela Vargas canta a Lorca,” directed by Rubén Rojo, makes its New York premiere at The Americas Film Festival of New York (TAFFNY) on June 9. Screen time is 6:30 p.m. at Instituto Cervantes New York. The documentary, whose title in English means “The Nightingale and The Night: Chavela Vargas Sings Lorca,” features Mexican singer Chavela Vargas and the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. The story follows Vargas’ wish in the last year of her life to pay tribute to Garcia Lorca. A question and answer session with director Rojo follows the screening