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In the latest advance to boost the speed of the Internet, a research team including, the City College of New York, University of Southern California, University of Glasgow, and Corning Incorporated, demonstrates a way to increase the data speeds of optical fibers – considered the Internet’s backbone. "Optical fibers can be sped up by ‘twisting’ data; multiple data streams are transmitted and received as different twists of light," says Giovanni Milione, a City College doctoral student at the time. “Thought impossible using standard optical fibers which untwist the data, corrupting it, we

Scientists working at The City College of New York and the new CUNY Advanced Science Research Center are being hailed for developing measurements in two-dimensional materials that hold great promise for nanotechnology applications. This research is considered “an important technological and scientific advancement,” according to the journal, “Nature Materials.” “Researchers seek to understand two-dimensional (2D) materials because of their potential applications in photonics, nanoelectronics, nanomechanics, and thermoelectrics” says study leader Dr. Elisa Riedo, professor of physics at the City

The City College of New York Physician Assistant Program, one of the oldest in the country committed to recruiting from and serving underrepresented populations for more than four decades, introduces a new master of science degree program commencing in 2016. The new program replaces the existing undergraduate degree program sponsored by the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education since 1978. “We proudly continue our commitment to the Harlem community and our 37-year association with Harlem Hospital Center,” said Theresa Horvath, assistant dean and program director of the CCNY Sophie Davis

Maurizio Trevisan, M.D., M.S., dean of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education since 2011 and provost of The City College of New York since 2012, oversees the transition of the Sophie Davis School into the CUNY School of Medicine. “Serving the underserved with a special focus on primary care is a major source of pride and satisfaction,” Trevisan says. “This medical school carries on its longstanding tradition of providing opportunities to pursue medical careers for talented young men and women from diverse backgrounds.” Housed on the campus of City College, the fully-accredited medical

To honor the many Dominicans that served in the U.S. military during World War II, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute hosts a series of discussions, screenings and an exhibit, Nov. 11, 2015 through Mar. 31, 2016, at The City College of New York. The events are in collaboration with and supported by a grant from the national initiative, “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History.” The program begins on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 6:30 p.m. with the exhibit, “Fighting for Democracy: Dominican Veterans from World War II.” The exhibit will be on view in the CUNY DSI’s Archives and Library

Associate Professor of Psychology Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership presents the keynote lecture, "Caring for Forced Migrants: Toward an Integrated Response," at IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference in New York on Oct. 8. "The overwhelming chaos generated by armed conflict and human rights abuses has led to the forced migration of individuals, families and communities,” Akinsulure-Smith writes in her abstract. “As the numbers of refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers around the world continues to escalate, mental health professionals

Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Punit Arora of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership receives a $23,500 faculty grant from VentureWell to promote student entrepreneurship relating to Renewable Energy Systems Design and Control. “It’s a multidisciplinary effort that brings together Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Business to prepare students to develop, test, and commercialize innovative ideas related to renewable energy, including plug-in electric vehicle-based microgrid power systems,” he says. “Specifically, the

One of Dr. Nancy Sohler’s research interests in the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York is examining barriers to accessing appropriate health care for underserved populations. She talks about her work in her Presidential Conversations lecture, “Empowering Future Healthcare Providers in Haiti: Medicine, Education, and Research,” Thursday, Oct. 15. The talk, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Sciame Auditorium, is free and open to the public. An Associate Medical Professor, Sohler spent the last academic year

The City College of New York’s Cátedra Vargas Llosa, the first such resource in the United States, welcomes Spanish-language literary giants Mario Vargas Llosa and Alonso Cueto to a discussion on literature on Friday, Oct. 16. Entitled “A Conversation with Mario Vargas Llosa and Alonso Cueto," the chat starts at 6:30 p.m. in City College’s Faculty Club and Dining Room. It is free and open to the public. The talk between Cueto, an award-winning Peruvian writer, and Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian-born 2010 Nobel laureate in literature, will be in Spanish. A question and answer session in both

City College of New York historian and author Emily Greble is headed to Serbia on a 2015-2016 Fulbright Scholar Award to research and write a book about Muslims in post-Ottoman Europe. She will spend spring 2016 working on the project entitled “Muslims on the Edge of Europe: the Making of a “European” Islam in the Balkans, 1878–1946.” The book analyzes Muslim life, politics, law, and culture in the post-Ottoman Balkans. An associate professor and deputy chair of City College’s history department, Greble specializes in the history of modern Eastern Europe and the Balkans, particularly the