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Doctor of Fine Arts to actress Lillias White; Doctor of Humane Letters to retail executive Millard Drexler; Doctor of Science to Transportation Deputy Commissioner Henry Perahia The City College of New York today announced it will award honorary degrees at its 168th Commencement Exercises, May 30, to three distinguished New Yorkers in recognition of their professional accomplishments. The three recipients are: Lillias White, Award-winning actress and singer; Retail executive Millard "Mickey" Drexler, and New York City Deputy Commissioner of Transportation Henry D. Perahia. Ms. White and Mr

William Kentridge to discuss his work, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with Princeton University Professor D. Graham Burnett What happens when art enters into dialogue with the history of science? Find out when the eminent South African artist William Kentridge meets Princeton University science historian Dr. D. Graham Burnett 5 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Room 95, Shepard Hall. The event is part of City College’s year-long “Science and Society” lecture series . The pair will discuss Mr. Kentridge’s installation, “The Refusal of Time,” currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum

All-day event hosted by City College Council for Inclusive Excellence Friday, April 11, in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall The City College Council for Inclusive Excellence hosts a symposium on “Creating a Culture of Faculty Inclusive Excellence” 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall on the City College campus. Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier and Dr. Derald Wing Sue , professor of psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, are the keynote speakers. The event will also feature: A workshop on “Searching for Excellence and Diversity.” Panels

Aracelis Girmay and Elana Bell are featured guest poets Award-winning poets Aracelis Girmay and Elana Bell will be the featured guest poets for the 42nd annual City College Poetry Festival , presented by the City College Poetry Outreach Center . The all-day, all-verse event runs 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 9, in Theater B of Aaron Davis Hall, 135th Street and Convent Avenue on the CCNY campus. Dubbed “the Woodstock of the Spoken Word,” the festival has become New York’s longest-running poetry celebration. "The City College Poetry Festival is the democratic voice of poetry in New York City

UN investigator Juan E. Mendez, International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, headline panels March 27, April 2 The City College of New York Human Rights Forum will host two leaders in the global fight to stem crimes against humanity: Juan E. Mendez, March 27, and Luis Moreno Ocampo, April 2. Setting the stage for the talks will be a screening on March 27 of the documentary “Watchers of the Sky.” Mr. Mendez, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture and other inhuman punishment will appear with Amrit Singh, senior legal officer for the National Security and

Serves on Guam-based science team measuring chemicals transported by deep convective clouds near Equator that affect global climate changeDr. Z. Johnny Luo, associate professor in Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science and NOAA-CREST Institute at The City College of New York, served as a science team member for a recent National Center for Atmospheric Research / National Science Foundations airborne mission to study how the convective clouds the western Pacific Ocean shape climate and air chemistry worldwide. The mission was based on Guam. The western tropical Pacific has the warmest

Theaster Gates, an artist and innovator in the field of social practice, will present the 10th Annual Lewis Mumford Lecture at The City College of New York, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, in the Great Hall, Shepard Hall on the CCNY campus. Mr. Gates’ topic will be “Place Over Time: New Symbols for Durational Encounters with the City.” The event is free and open to the public. Mr. Gates is internationally known for his work on the South Side of Chicago, including Dorchester Projects, Black Cinema House and the upcoming Stony Island Arts Bank and Dorchester Artists Housing Collaborative. Whether in

Rebecca Panko identifies plant species that can survive on leachate, could reduce amount of runoff discharged into sewer system Composting converts organic household waste into a source of nutrients that can enrich garden soil. However, the runoff it produces can be detrimental to the quality of surrounding bodies of water. City College of New York biology major Rebecca Panko has been investigating whether this runoff, or leachate, could be used in a more sustainable way. For more than a year, she has been conducting research at the Lower East Side Ecology Center under the guidance of Director

$30,000 in prizes offered for viable solutions to social and environmental challenges The Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York invites CCNY students, faculty and staff to enter the Zahn Social Innovation Challenge, a competition awarding $30,000 in prizes to winning proposals in the social entrepreneurship arena. April 4 is the deadline to enter. The Zahn Center and the Zahn Social Innovation Challenge are both administered by the City College Fund. The competition is intended to encourage members of the City College community to propose their ideas for sustainable social

Honors to Elliot Jurist in 2014 and Paul Wachtel in 2013 mark first time professors from same institution win twice in a row For the second time in as many years, a City College of New York psychology professor has received the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 39 Scholarship and Research Award. This year's recipient is Professor Elliot L. Jurist . His colleague, Dr. Paul Wachtel, won in 2013. This is the first time that professors from the same institution have been given the award in consecutive years. The Scholarship and Research Award recognizes APA members who have made