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2013 Grads Michele Boisrond, Paul Merisier, Richard D. Sam, Professor Roger Dorsinville to speak at Chapter’s inaugural conference, April 14 – 16 The catastrophic 2010 earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 300,000 Haitians and displaced 1.3 million more impacted persons of Haitian descent throughout the diaspora, and The City College of New York was no exception. Michele Boisrond, Paul Merisier and Richard D. Sam, 2013 graduates of City College's Grove School of Engineering , are applying their knowledge to help students in their homeland prepare for and respond to future disasters

Nearly 100 architects, landscape architects and community development professionals from several states attended a two-day Public Interest Design Institute held March 24 – 25 at City College’s Spitzer School of Architecture. The J. Max Bond Center on Design for the Just City, Design Corps and the SEED Network (Social, Economic, Environmental Design) organized the event, one of the largest of its kind to date. “This was an opportunity for practitioners and students to learn how to proactively engage communities and hear about innovative design and funding practices that can support their work

Visiting volunteers working at a hospital in rural Peru will soon have an environmentally friendly residence to stay at thanks, in part to the efforts of two graduate students in City College’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture . The Yantaló Volunteer House , which is affiliated with the Yantaló Peru Foundation, is expected to open later this year. Third-year graduate architecture students Michele Flournoy and Tiffany Kimmel, designed the roofing system for the structure as an independent study project during the fall 2013 semester with Professor Christian Volkmann serving as

One undergraduate, two graduate students from CCNY Media & Communication Arts Department are recipients Three students from The City College of New York Media And Communication Arts (MCA) Department – an undergraduate advertising/public relations major and two students in the new Masters in Branding + Integrated Communications program – are LAGRANT Foundation 2014 scholarship recipients. The scholarships support students from ethnically diverse backgrounds pursuing careers in advertising, marketing and public relations. The LAGRANT scholarship award recipients from City College are: Khaled

Leading American anthropologists Faye Ginsburg, a MacArthur fellow, and Rayna Rapp to examine forces reshaping the culture of disability Today, new conceptions of disability are sweeping the public imagination. Casting off imagery of recuperation, tragedy, and weakness, people with disabled bodies are moving beyond “inclusion” to claim their worth on every stage. On Monday, April 7, in an open breakfast forum at the University Club in midtown Manhattan, the Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership will focus on the cultural, social and technological forces reframing “disability.” The

City College of New York senior chemical engineering major Alla Zamarayeva, a 2013 Goldwater Scholar, and six recent CCNY graduates have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Ms. Zamarayeva, a native of Ukraine who will graduate in May, has been admitted to PhD programs at University of California – Berkeley, Stanford University, Princeton University and the University of Texas to study materials science and electrical engineering. Her NSF research proposal focuses on energy storage materials for automotive applications. At City College, she has done research

" Nueva York ," CUNY TV's Spanish-language cultural series created and produced by City College film Professor Jerry Carlson , won two New York Emmy Awards at the 57th Annual Awards Ceremony at the Marriot Marquis March 30. The members of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognized the show for the fifth time as the Best Magazine Program. Now in its 10th season, "Nueva York" was also honored for Craft Specialty: Musical Composition / Arrangement. The winning piece was Tyrik Washington's composition for the "Pamela Gonzales" episode, which aired in

City College of New York freshman Fariha Hussain and sophomore Kachael Stocks have received Jeannette K. Watson Fellowships for 2014. Now in its 15th year, the Watson Fellowship program provides summer internships, professional development opportunities and mentoring for outstanding undergraduate students from 12 select New York City colleges and universities. Watson Fellows receive a $5,000 stipend for their first summer internships, and $6,000 for the second and third summers. The Thomas J. Watson Foundation, which supports the program, awarded 2014 fellowships to 15 undergraduates from

Award-winning producers Richard Martin and Alia Jones-Harvey and voiceover guru Evan Malter are among noted professionals teaching media and theatrical courses this spring in The City College of New York's Continuing and Professional Studies (CPS) program. Mr. Martin, a television journalist who has worked for NBC, CBS and CNN, will teach an eight-session visual storytelling class, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, May 14 through June 18. It covers creating, designing, editing, scoring and producing stories using digital media. Ms. Jones-Harvey, an internationally renowned Broadway producer and

The City College of New York Department of Physics presents two public lectures April 9 and 10: The Mark Zemansky Lecture, 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Room 95, Shepard Hall, by Dr. Steven E. Koonin, director, Center for Urban Science and Progress, New York University. The Herman Z. Cummins Lecture, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in Room 418N, Marshak Science Center, by Dr. Albert Libchaber, Detlev W. Bronk Professor, Laboratory of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Rockefeller University. About the Mark Zemansky Lecture Dr. Koonin will speak on “The Promise of Urban Science.” With 70 percent