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The City College of New York’s 2018 Women’s History Month events include a kickoff with discussion and activities about female empowerment and activism, a leadership summit and a display of artwork. The schedule of events is as follows: Thursday, March 1, the Department of Student Life and Leadership Development, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Compliance, Gender Resources and Women and Gender Studies, presents Women's Herstory Month Kickoff, taking place in the NAC Ballroom from 12-2 p.m. The NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault will also engage in a dialogue on empowerment

City College of New York’s Shepard Hall, a gothic revival masterpiece designed by the legendary George Browne Post more than a century ago, is the winner of a Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. This is the second Moses Award for restoration work on the 111-year-old Harlem edifice, a national landmark. In 1997, The Great Hall, located on the second floor of Shepard Hall, received the honor. The latest accolade is in recognition of the exterior preservation of Shepard. Renowned architect Carl Stein led the almost three decade-long project that was completed

For junior faculty in academia, professional advancement and earning tenure are primary career goals. At The City College of New York, the CUNY Mellon Faculty Diversity Career Enhancement Initiative provides new faculty a greater shot at attaining both. Six junior faculty members – more than at any other City University of New York institution -- make up the second cohort of CFDI fellows at City College. As participants in the program funded by the Mellon Foundation and run by CUNY’s Office of Recruitment and Diversity, they will receive support and opportunities for research, writing seminars

Robert B. Darnell, MD, PhD, considered one of the world’s leaders in translational medical science, will be the speaker at The City College of New York’s annual Louis Levine-Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics on March 21. Darnell, who is the Heilbrunn Professor and a Senior Attending Physician at The Rockefeller University, is also an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as Founding Director and CEO Emeritus of the New York Genome Center. CCNY President Vince Boudreau and The City College Fund will host the talk, entitled “Emerging Excitement in Clinical Genomics,”

A century after Samuel Rudin left The City College of New York to become an iconic real estate builder, owner and philanthropist, his grandson returns to CCNY March 15 to honor his towering legacy. “ My Family, Our City, Celebrating the Legacy of Samuel Rudin,” is the title of William (Bill) Rudin’s Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture 5:30 p.m. in Shepard Hall, room 350. The lecture includes a tribute to Samuel’s son Jack Rudin, who also attended City College and was an unwavering supporter of the institution. It is free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP. A nephew of

The Public Relations industry has a diversity problem that can sometimes result in very public missteps by well-known brands. Think Pepsi’s Kendall Jenner video. How can PR agencies provide strategic counsel to clients and help create appropriate branding campaigns? By making sure their talent represents the very people being marketed to. That’s the focus of research by Angela Chitkara, Assistant Professor and PR Track Director of the Branding + Integrated Communications (BIC) Master’s program at The City College of New York. Her study, titled #PR Diversity: The Struggle Is Real, which was

With the rapid development of wind energy technology in the past 15 years comes a new conundrum: how to dispose of the non-biodegradable blades in current wind turbines in a sustainable way. The City College of New York and its international partners are on it. The estimated lifespan of non-biodegradable blades is 20 years, meaning that they’ll need to be disposed of in the near future. Under a project dubbed “RE-WIND,” an interdisciplinary research team comprising experts from City College, Georgia Institute of Technology, University College Cork in the Republic of Ireland and Queen's

The City College of New York’s Division of Science announces a new $5.3 million gift for the Program for Graduate Studies in the Sciences and Undergraduate Scholarships in Science and Mathematics. The gift comes from an alumnus of the Division of Science. The generosity of this gift will have a lasting impact, providing students from diverse backgrounds with access to world-class researchers, and in turn, inspiring scientific leaders of tomorrow. “This is a gift that recognizes, and generously supports, the connections between graduate and undergraduate education in the sciences at City

S tations of the Cross, a unique public art project, takes visitors on a creative contemplative and spiritual journey through Manhattan. The Lenten season exhibition weaves through 14 religious and secular art spaces, from The Cloisters museum in Inwood to The City College of New York in Harlem to the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan. Each installation, or station, along the trail breaks open the final journey of Jesus as a man, inviting people of all faiths to consider injustice across the human experience with a focus on migration and the plight of immigrants and refugees

This year’s City College of New York Black History Month celebration includes a short film showing, African drumming sessions, live performances, panel discussions as well as an art exhibition. The events are presented by the Department of Student Life and Leadership Development and the Black Studies Program in the Division of Humanities and the Arts. Black History Month Diversity Talks the Black History Month Kickoff begins on Thursday, February 1 in the NAC Ballroom from 12-2 p.m. and will feature a short film showing, a discussion of “Breathless “ and an African drumming session. Black