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Victoria Lu and Fuhad Khan, both from the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, are The City College of New York’s 2026 Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship recipients. They are among 15 promising undergraduates from New York City colleges and universities selected for the highly competitive awards. Created in 1999 and supported by the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, the program provides fellows with three years of personal, professional and cultural immersions in the United States and abroad. Fellows are provided with annual funding of $7,500, $9,000 and $10,000, in addition to a $2,500

Viren S. Sehgal, a CUNY School of Medicine student who completed his undergraduate degree in biomedical science with a 4.0 GPA, is The City College of New York’s Class of 2024 Valedictorian. Hannah Khanshali, who’s graduating with a BS in biology and 4.0 GPA from the Macaulay Honors College in the Division of Science, is the Salutatorian. Both were members of The City College’s first COVID-19 pandemic-era freshman class. CCNY’s 171st Commencement is scheduled for May 31. About Viren Sehgal Born in Queens of Indian immigrant parents, Sehgal had been a CCNY student for two and half years before

The work of students at The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture comprises part of a traveling exhibition co-curated by Professor Lindsay Harkema entitled “ Spatializing Reproductive Justice” from May 2, 2024 - September 3, 2024. The traveling exhibition explores the spatial, legal, and social logistics of reproductive healthcare access in the U.S. after Roe v. Wade opens at the AIA New York Center for Architecture. Expanding the discourse across institutions, the exhibition will travel to safe and restrictive states, fostering dialogue between designers

Continuing to place at rates higher than the national average, students at The City College of New York-based CUNY School of Medicine have earned residency placements at medical institutions in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Ohio, South Carolina and Florida. On Match Day 2024, CUNY Medicine students had a 96.5% match, which this year was higher than the U.S. average of 93.5%. The 55 future physicians from CCNY will be training in 13 specialty areas. The specialty areas and number of student matches are: Internal Medicine (14); Pediatrics (11); Emergency Medicine (6)

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

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

In its debut appearance in the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE)-sponsored event, a City College of New York team of mostly Grove School of Engineering undergraduates is among 12 winners in Phase 2 of the 2024 Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC). The annual national competition aims to prepare college students for jobs in the wind energy workforce through real-world wind energy technology, project development, and outreach experience. CCNY’s Phase 2 co-winners include: • Johns Hopkins University; • Rice University; • The Pennsylvania State University; • University of Colorado Boulder; • University

The Harlem Gallery of Science (HGS), a partnership between Science and Arts Engagement New York (SAENY) and The City College of New York, launches a new pop-up exhibition: " Video Games: The Great Connector” from Feb. 3-March 30. The exhibition is free and open to the public at the Harlem School of the Arts on 645 Saint Nicholas Avenue. For hours and to reserve free-timed tickets, click here. “I am thrilled that the Harlem Gallery of Science is launching the exhibition Video Games: The Great Connector to inspire the youth and adults in our communities to explore academic and career

The City College of New York kicks off Black History Month with the 45th Annual Langston Hughes Festival presenting two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead with the Langston Hughes Metal at a ceremony on Feb. 1 from 6-8 p.m. in Aaron Davis Hall. The medal is awarded to highly distinguished writers from the African American diaspora. Past award winners include: James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison and more. The festival includes a symposium from 12:30-1:45 p.m. that will highlight “The Paper,” which was created in the late 60s by a group of African-American students at

The City College of New York’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership has announced its College Advancement Leaders Fellowship program with the naming of its inaugural cohort of Fellows. The program, established in partnership with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), aims to prepare Colin Powell School seniors for the CASE Advancement Internship Program , which was launched more than a decade ago to increase diverse perspectives in the higher education advancement profession, which includes the disciplines of alumni relations, communications, development