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Organovis, a student-led start-up from the Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York, has won the 2023 Women in Tech Incubator Competition. Sponsored by Standard Chartered Americas, the WiT competition is part of the Bank’s longstanding partnership with the Zahn Center to promote greater gender diversity in the technology sector. As winners of the competition, Organovis received the top prize of $25,000 to support the development of its business plans. The team’s innovative approach to drug testing aims to revolutionize the future of drug testing by making it more accurate

“ Harlem View,” a City College of New York student publication, is the winner of two 2022 Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) for the best collegiate journalism in the northeast region. Undergraduates Maricela Niola, Gary Hilborn, Craig Hunter, Susan Thorson and Jennifer Garcia from the Media and Communication Arts Department in CCNY’s Division of Humanities and the Arts earned SPJ recognition. Niola’s “ Tough time for Brooklyn Street vendors,” won in the News Videography category, as did Gary Hilborn’s “ LGBTQ elders” in the Feature Videography

Eight CCNY Branding + Integrated Communications (BIC) students from the Classes of 2024 and 2025 have won prestigious The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF) Scholarships. The students are Kamillah Collins, Roderic David, Stephana Eghan, Bianca Fernandez, Jade Holiday, and Jason Liu, Class of 2024, and Dana Dang and Britney Huston, incoming Class of 2025. The LAGRANT Foundation will recognize this year’s scholarship recipients during three ceremonies starting in New York on May 8, in Portland, Ore. on May 15, and ending in Minneapolis, on May 22. All recipients receive $3,500 scholarships. Throughout the

The City College of New York undergraduate researcher, Charanjot Singh, a senior majoring in physics, was named Top Presenter in his session at the American Physical Society Conference in Las Vegas in March. It was his first presentation at a professional conference. His presentation was titled “Strain engineering effects on the optical properties of bilayer MoS₂.” Singh studies the properties of atomically thin-layer materials such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a compound composed of molybdenum and sulfur, because of its unique reflective and luminescent properties. Specifically, he is

Catherine Hernandez, an anthropology major in the William E. Macaulay Honors College, is The City College of New York’s Class of 2023 Valedictorian. The daughter of a 1993 CCNY alumnus, Hernandez is graduating summa cum laude with a 3.98 GPA. She’ll receive a BA degree in anthropology with a minor in art history and Jewish studies. Kimberly Pereyra Monero from the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership is the Salutatorian. A political science major and community change studies minor, she’s graduating with a BA degree and 3.90 GPA. About Catherine Hernandez Hernandez proudly

Ayesha Khan, a member of The City College of New York’s Class of 2023, has been named a Harry S. Truman Scholar. She is one of 62 exceptional students from 60 U.S. colleges and universities selected as 2023 Scholars by the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. The highly competitive Truman Scholarship is the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the nation. Selection is based on a combination of career and graduate study interests, community service and academic achievement. “We have confidence that these 62 new Trumans will meet their

After three years of a virtual-only experience, Waffle Games 6.0 returns to New York City on April 15-16 at The City College of New York as a hybrid event. The gaming convention and conference celebrates the gaming industry as well as what it means to be involved in games, chase dreams and change the industry. The event is free and open to the public. The Saturday, April 15 event will take place in the North Academic Center (NAC) building located at West 138th Street and Convent Avenue. Sunday, April 16 will be completely online and broadcasted virtually through Eventee with portions also

A student team from The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering returned from the National Society of Black Engineers’ 49th annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri, as NSBE Small Chapter of the Year Award winners. Some 13,000 members from NSBE Chapters across six regions attended the five-day gathering at the Kansas City Convention Center. The CCNY chapter’s honor was based on its programs and community engagement during the 2022-2023 academic year. Highlights, according to Ashley Bailey, a senior majoring in environmental engineering, and chapter VP, include: Co-hosting and

The City College of New York and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles have teamed up to create CCNY license plates so that alumni, staff, students, faculty and anyone who wants to display their CCNY pride have a new way to celebrate their school spirit. The idea came about at the start of planning for the 170th anniversary. The college was looking for unique ways to expand the campus's public visibility, including the establishment of “ Gear Up Tuesdays,” which encourages the college community to wear their favorite CCNY clothing and/or accessory every Tuesday. Last May, CCNY kicked

Graduate student Ryan Walsh and senior Marieme Jiddou, both from The City College of New York’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, are recipients of highly competitive Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) from the United States Department of State. The CLS program provides overseas foreign language instruction and cultural immersion experiences for American undergraduate and graduate students in 14 critical need languages to promote rapid language gains and essential intercultural fluency in regions that are critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity. Walsh is