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As part of its 20th anniversary gala, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (DSI) will Saturday, December 6, recognize City College Assistant Professor Angel L. Estévez and other standouts of Dominican heritage. Dr. Estévez and 21 high achievers will receive collector’s editions of the DSI’s “ Dominican Blue Book ” at the Dominican Intellectual Legacy Gala 6:30 p.m. in The Great Hall at CCNY. A member of the foreign languages and literatures and the former director of the master’s program in Spanish, Professor Estévez is profiled in the book. Eight City College alumni also appear in the

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (DSI) at The City College of New York has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to encourage more doctoral dissertations in Latino studies. The DSI is one of four institutions in the nation that will offer Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR) Mellon Fellowships to PhD candidates next spring. The University of California, Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Center; University of Texas at Austin and the Hunter College Center for Puerto Rican Studies are the other grant recipients. "This is a three-year grant and is dedicated

Eight City College of New York alumni are among 22 notable New Yorkers of Dominican heritage whose success stories are told in "The Dominican Blue Book" that will be launched December 6, at CCNY. The gala event at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall, marks the 20th anniversary of the City College-based CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (DSI). It will include an honors ceremony recognizing individuals and institutions that have helped advance the mission of the DSI. The eight CCNY alumni featured in the "Blue Book" project are: Rafael Alvarez '91, president/CEO, ATAX Franchise, Inc.; Marilu Maria D

"Grover," a car designed by chemical engineering students at The City College of New York, placed 11th in the 2014 AIChE Chem-e-Car finals in Atlanta Sunday, November 16. There were 35 vehicles in the competition at Georgia Tech from the United States, Canada, Poland, Qatar and Malaysia. Like its competitors, "Grover" uses environmentally friendly materials to drive and control it. It is powered by a zinc and magnesium battery developed at the CUNY Energy Institute at CCNY, while a bleach and food dye solution allows the car to start and stop. "The Chem-e-car competition is not about speed or

Dr. Terri N. Watson , assistant professor in the City College of New York School of Education , is the next speaker in the "Presidential Conversations: Activism, Scholarship, and Engagement," series Thursday, December 4. Her talk, "No Child Left Behind: A Harlem Tale," starts at 4 p.m. in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture's Sciame Auditorium, AR-107, at City College. Professor Watson will speak about her research on successful principals of urban schools. An article on her research, "Reframing Parent Involvement: What Should Urban School Leaders Do Differently?" will be

Social deduction board games have been a big hit with young adults ever since the first game, "Mafia," was developed in 1986. Now City College of New York Electronic Design and Multimedia Associate Professor Ethan Ham has designed a workshop class to create games that teach social skills to players on the Autistic spectrum. Professor Ham's concept has received a Research in the Classroom Idea Grant from the City University of New York. The workshop starts in spring 2015 and will be offered in the art department . "Social deduction games involve players being assigned secret roles," said

Scholarship adds to recent successes by MCA students Khaled Hassan, an advertising and public relations major at The City College of New York, will receive the $5,000 Dana Anderson Scholarship from the Advertising Club of New Yorkat its 2014 awards ceremony Thursday, November 13, in Manhattan. The award is presented to a young deserving student in the field with a GPA of more than 3.2 GPA. This is the latest honor for Mr. Hassan and continues the outstanding success by students in City College's media and communication arts (MCA) department. This spring, the senior won a LAGRANT Foundation

Four City College of New York scholar-athletes have been named 2014 CUNYAC/US Army cross country All-Stars. Sophomore Bianca Johnson (early childhood biology) and freshmen Samuel Gotts (history), Thomas Sullivan (mechanical engineering) and Joseph Benson (electrical engineering) earned the honors after the CUNYAC championships in Van Cortlandt Park. In addition, Mr. Benson, an electrical engineering major, was voted the Men’s Cross Country Sportsmanship Award recipient by CUNAC coaches. That is a rare feat for a freshman in the conference. Dr. Kevin H. Abdur-Rahman, City College’s director of

On his return to The City College of New York Friday, November 21, to receive the Langston Hughes Medal, author Walter Mosley , '91MA, will reunite with one of his enduring contributions to his alma mater: CCNY's Publishing Certificate Program (PCP). Mr. Mosley inspired the creation of the program in 1997 to help address the lack of diversity in the book publishing industry. Headed by award-winning author David Unger, it offers courses and seminars to both undergraduates and non-matriculated students to prepare them for careers in publishing. Nearly 300 students have graduated from the program

Researchers led by Dr. Debra Auguste, associate professor, biomedical engineering, in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, have identified a molecule that could lead to developing treatment for one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. Triple negative breast cancers (TNBCs) have a high mortality rate owing to aggressive proliferation and metastasis and a lack of effective therapeutic options. However, Professor Auguste's team, discovered the overexpression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in human TNBC cell lines and tissues, and demonstrated