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Imagine going to the pharmacy and getting an adhesive bandage that applies gentle energy to accelerate wound healing, reduce infection or enhance skin complexion. Or sticking a patch on your forehead to control a migraine, depression or other brain disorders. Or getting your next vaccine booster not through a needle, but from a sticker. These may soon be a reality, thanks to cutting-edge research at The City College of New York led by the Grove School of Engineering’s Marom Bikson, Mohamad Fallahrad, and Dean Alexander Couzis. Entitled “Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy,” the CCNY team’s work

AI-powered products that offer early wildfire smoke and air quality predictions, and track tenant and landlord leases were among the winners in the inaugural “BYTE Hacks,” a 24-hour hackathon at The City College of New York. More than 100 students from schools in the Metropolitan area, including New York University, Fordham, Rutgers Honors College, Stony Brook and Hunter College, participated in the event sponsored by Google Labs, Vercel, and Red Bull. Organized by BYTE (Build Your Technical Experience), a CCNY student club, the hackathon offered $5,000 in prizes. Project themes were

Dr. Yang Liu, assistant professor in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering and an expert in experimental fluid mechanics, is one of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Class of 2026 Associate Fellows. The honor is for his pioneering research and academic leadership. This includes his impactful contributions to experimental aerodynamics and multiphase flow, advancing aircraft icing mitigation, additive manufacturing, and plasma-droplet interactions. According to the AIAA, the grade of Associate Fellow recognizes individuals “who have accomplished

Wishing to provide opportunities for future generations of full-time Grove School of Engineering undergraduate students at The City College of New York, James Cunningham, BEE ’69 and his wife, Vicki Cunningham, have contributed $1,000,000 to establish the James and Vicki Cunningham Scholarship Fund. The new endowed fund will generate annual awards of $40,000 to support five full-time Grove School undergraduate students who maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher with scholarships of $8,000 each. The scholarships are to be used for tuition costs and research-related expenses, allowing

CUNY Distinguished Professor Rosario Gennaro and Assistant Professor Tushar Jois, two of The City College of New York’s leading cryptography experts, are participants in a $3.8 million National Science Foundation-funded project led by New York University to speed up cryptographic computing. Stanford University is the other institution involved in the four-year research helmed by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The challenge facing the team is that the most advanced cryptographic computing technologies today — which enable privacy-preserving computation — are confined in research labs by one

The City College of New York marks the launch of its pioneering bachelor of science in digital game development program with a symposium on Tuesday, Sept. 16. Participants, including leading academics, educators and industry experts, will explore how New York City can increase the economic impact of the video game industry on its economy and strengthen its technology ecosystem, foster entrepreneurship, and create new pathways for high-quality employment. Key to this is the need to develop a skilled and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of New York City’s communities. The

Krish Ramalingam and Alex Rosenthal of the Department of Civil Engineering in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering are co-principal investigators of a team awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a device to detect so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water. The three-year project, “NSF Convergence Accelerator Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications: Engineered Microbial Sensors for Monitoring Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water,” is a cooperative agreement between CCNY and Columbia University that commenced on July 1

Faculty from The City College of New York are publishing new works and receiving popular and critical praise. The department of English and MFA Creative Writing program has a spate of new publications from faculty. Author Irvin Weatherby, Jr., the Bernard Mendik Visiting Professor, has a new book “ In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space.” The book was featured on ABC News Live Prime and has received favorable reviews, including The Philadelphia Tribune and a starred review by BookPage. Weatherby, Jr. will teach creative nonfiction for the MFA for two semesters

Robert J. Messinger, associate professor of chemical engineering at The City College of New York whose research includes developing a new generation of rechargeable batteries, has been named to City & State’s 2025 Trailblazers in Clean Energy list. The list shines a spotlight on New York’s most remarkable renewable energy leaders, including innovative industry figures, groundbreaking policymakers and notable environmentalists and conservationists. “The transition to clean energy has entered a new phase in New York, as the state faces threats from new tariffs, economic headwinds and a pivot

The family of William F. Konig, Jr. (1934 – 2018), an outstanding scholar-athlete from The City College of New York’s Class of 1955 who went on to pursue a successful career as an engineer and inventor, announces an endowed scholarship in his memory in the Grove School of Engineering. The William F. Konig, Jr. Scholarship, will support a student in the Grove School’s Department of Electrical Engineering. A standout pitcher and the 1954 Frederic Kramer Baseball Award MVP at CCNY, Konig had been offered three contracts by minor-league clubs before earning his B.S. in EE from the Grove School. He