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Chemist Ruth Stark Receives Sloan Public Service Award

CCNY Distinguished Professor, Acting Dean One of Six New York City Employees Honored as Extraordinary Civil Servants Dr. Ruth Stark, distinguished professor of chemistry and acting dean of science at The City College of New York, is one of six extraordinary city employees to receive the 2012 Sloan Public Service Award. She was recognized Wednesday, March 14, at two ceremonies- on the CCNY campus and at Cooper Union- and was presented with the $10,000 prize that accompanies the award. Dean Stark was honored for her contributions in bringing together talented scientists from complementary fields
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CCNY Student Policy Paper Wins Roosevelt Institute Honors

Grassroots Diplomacy Proposal Urges Globalized Education A paper written by a team of City College of New York public policy students was picked Best Policy of the Year in a nationwide competition sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute. The paper, “Engaging in Grassroots Diplomacy through Globalized Education,” urges the U. S. Department of State to engage in grassroots diplomacy by supporting interactive international programs in institutions of higher learning. The students will present their paper at the Roosevelt Summer Policy Expo in Washington, D.C., this June. “This will put The City
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Nicholas D. Kristof to Present Rudin Lecture at CCNY March 29

NY Times Columnist to Speak on Empowering Women Nicholas D. Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for “The New York Times,” will present the 2012 Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture at The City College of New York 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29. His topic will be “Half the Sky: Changing the World by Empowering Women.” The lecture, held in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, located at 160 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, is free and open to the public and is part of CCNY’s observance of Women’s History Month. 
 Mr. Kristof is often called the “reporter’s reporter” for his human
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The Y Chromosome: Junk or Jewel?

MIT Geneticist David C. Page to Urge New Respect for Maligned Gene Carrier in March 28 Lecture at CCNY Dr. David C. Page, Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 2012 Louis Levine – Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at The City College of New York 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012. He will speak in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York. The lecture, titled “Rethinking the Rotting Y Chromosome,” is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Professor Page will discuss the research history and latest thought on the
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Documentary on Wartime Sexual Violence to Play March 20 at CCNY

“Resolution,” a documentary highlighting the global issue of sexual violence in times of conflict, will be screened 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, at The City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall as part of the College’s Women’s History Month observance. Following the screening, filmmaker Marika Griehsel and social activist Margot Wallström will participate in a question and answer session. Released in 2011, Ms. Griehsel’s 58-minute documentary follows Ms. Wallström as she fights to bring rape as a weapon of war to the attention of the UN Security Council as a top international peace and security
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Janette Sadik-Khan to Deliver 8th Mumford Lecture April 5 at CCNY

Transportation Commissioner Acclaimed for Innovations to Improve Safety, Reliability and Sustainability of New York Highways and Bridges New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will deliver the 8th Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at The City College of New York. Her topic will be “It’s Not Impossible To Change A City.” The lecture, held in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, located at 160 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, is free and open to the public. Ms. Sadik-Khan, who has served as transportation commissioner since 2007, is internationally
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Could a NOSH-Aspirin-a-Day Keep Cancer Away?

New Hybrid Aspirin Shrinks Tumors, Curbs Cancer Cell Growth The humble aspirin may soon have a new role. Scientists from The City College of New York have developed a new aspirin compound that has great promise to be not only an extremely potent cancer-fighter, but even safer than the classic medicine cabinet staple.The new designer aspirin curbed the growth of 11 different types of human cancer cells in culture without harming normal cells, reported a team from the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education of The City College of New York in a paper published this month in the journal ACS
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Internet Leads to More Dates, But Not More Relationships

Online Dating Lets People ‘Take Control’ of Romantic Lives, Says CCNY Sociologist Reuben Thomas Thanks to online dating, it is easier than ever for single people to avoid spending Saturday nights alone. However, the Internet hookups aren’t necessarily leading to more lasting relationships, according to City College of New York sociologist Reuben Thomas. Dr. Thomas and a colleague from Stanford University, Dr. Michael J. Rosenfeld, produced groundbreaking research that revealed that today one in five couples meet on line. “The advantage of online dating is that it makes more efficient use of
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Noted Educators Arnetha Ball, Nancy Carlsson-Paige to Speak at CCNY

Two prominent educators, Dr. Arnetha F. Ball and Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige, will speak at The City College of New York March 5 and March 10, respectively, for an endowed lecture and to keynote a day-long conference. Dr. Ball, president of the American Educational Research Association and a professor of education at Stanford University, is the guest speaker at the third annual Doyle and Alba Bortner Distinguished Speaker Series in Urban Education. Her talk, 5 p.m. Monday, March 5, in the Faculty Dining Room, is titled “Reform of Urban Teacher Education Programs: Expanding Upon a Model of
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City College Speaker Offers Five Rules for Business Success in China

Savio Chan, CEO of US China Partners, Inaugurates Grove School of Engineering’s Aziz Ahmad Leadership Lecture Series When initiating business dealings in China, “know the cultural nuances, or you will fail before you start,” warned Savio Chan, president and CEO of US China Partners Inc., in a lecture at The City College of New York earlier this month. Mr. Chan’s firm helps United States businesses expand into Chinese markets. His talk, “Five Rules Of Doing Business In China,” was the inaugural presentation of the Aziz Ahmad Leadership Lecture Series at the Grove School of Engineering, endowed
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