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After two years of being a virtual event, the 5th Annual Halloween CCNY Scarefest is back in-person for some spooky fun. The event is open to the public on a first come, first served basis and takes place on Monday, Oct. 31 from 4-10 p.m. Adults and kids are welcome. Groups of 10 will embark on a spooky 10-minute guided tour through the secret tunnels of City College’s creepy gothic buildings, and be in for a scary good time as our haunted tunnels come to life. Tours begin at the North Academic Center (NAC) building lobby where the entrance is located at West 138th Street and Convent Avenue

Internationally renowned City College of New York historian, Andreas Killen, has been selected as 2022-2023 Stuart Z. Katz Professor in the Humanities & the Arts. The endowed professorship is supported by a $1 million gift to City College by distinguished alumnus Stuart Z. Katz, Esq., a 1964 graduate. The appointment is for one year. Killen has been a faculty member at CCNY since 2005. His research and teaching traverse the history of the modern era, focusing on the convergences between science, politics, and culture. Killen’s first book, “ 1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the

New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) Commissioner Jess Dannhauser, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, The City University of New York (CUNY) and The City College of New York announced “College Choice,” a program that will provide college students in foster care with greater support systems, including financial support, so they can attend the college of their dreams without having to worry about the hefty price tag. As part of the program, ACS will help pay remaining costs of college tuition— up to $15,000 each year — in addition to any room and board not covered by a student

Architecture is a complex discipline which transcends building design and construction. Context and use are everything: the surrounding landscape, the people who will occupy the building, and large-scale environmental issues such as climate change and sustainability. With this multifaceted model in mind, renowned architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle has created a scholarship at The Foundation for City College for The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture to support students who demonstrate both exceptional ability and financial need. BBB Partner and 1992

Raquel Chang-Rodríguez, Distinguished Professor of Hispanic literature and culture at The City College of New York, is the latest leading academic elected a member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), which is an affiliate of the Spanish Royal Academy. She’s been recognized by ANLE for her contributions to Spanish American literary and cultural studies and her many publications including those on the Spanish presence in early La Florida. ANLE serves 60 million Spanish speakers in the U.S. It’s also one of 23 academies on four continents serving 600 million Spanish

The City College of New York’s Office of Student Life and Leadership Development celebrates Latinx/a/o Heritage Month with an Instagram tribute. Submissions are featured on their Instagram stories @ccnystudentlife. The CCNY community can participate here by sharing what being Latinx/a/o means to them. There is also an opportunity to participate by suggesting an LHM honoree and a favorite song for their LHM playlist. Below is a list of LHM events: The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s 2022 Fall Sciame Lecture Series titled Border Crossings: Architecture and Migration in the

The City College of New York’s annual “Community Read” project continues this fall for the third year with award-winning poet Ross Gay’s New York Times best-seller “ The Book of Delights” the selection committee’s choice. And as part of the project, Gay will be the keynote speaker at CCNY’s 2022 Freshman Convocation, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22, in The Great Hall, located in Shepard Hall. In addition to his virtual address, Gay will discuss essays in his book, which was a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, with the campus community

Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, a new CUNY Institute, is proud to announce it has chosen its first Co-Executive Directors: Jennifer Disla and Chris Torres. The pair was selected after a months-long search to lead this national initiative, which will train and support a large cadre of strong, diverse, connected leaders who are capable of thinking across boundaries, developing imaginative new approaches to old problems, and managing and executing large-scale change. “At a time of unprecedented threats to democracy and intense backlash to social progress, we can think of no more

Kevin H. Gardner, Einstein Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry in The City College of New York’s Division of Science, is the recipient of the Biophysical Society’s 2023 BPS Award for the Biophysics of Health and Disease. Gardner, who also heads the Structural Biology Initiative at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center located on the CCNY campus, will be honored at the Society’s 67th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, February 18-22, 2023. BPS’ Biophysics of Health and Disease Award honors significant contribution to understanding the fundamental cause or pathogenesis of disease, or

Ice Hockey in Harlem’s (IHIH) all important Annual Equipment Day will be hosted by The City College of New York on Tuesday, Sept. 20, it was jointly announced by Nick Tagarelli, CCNY Class of 1975 and Hockey Alumni president, and Malik Garvin, IHIH program director. The event will be held in CCNY’s Nat Holman Gym from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Members of the youth teams will be able to pick-up their necessary equipment in preparation for the upcoming season as several IHIH teams will begin skating in October. “We set out stations of equipment and our volunteer coaches help get everyone what they need