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City College of New York poet and filmmaker, Michelle Yasmine Valladares is the Americas Poetry Festival of New York’s Poet of the Year. The award is for her “lifelong literary achievements and for her poetry that reflects the rich multicultural spirit of The Americas.” Valladares, who is director of City College’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, was among 60 poets from around the world that participated in the Americas Poetry Festival in New York. The multilingual event featured readings in five languages. Born in India and raised in Kuwait, Valladares is the author of “ Nortada, The North

Coffee is bad for you. No, it’s good for you. You need 30 minutes of daily activity – or is it 10? Come hear the latest on how to stay healthy on Wednesday Oct 18 at the first Mini-Medical School hosted by the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York. The latest health information will be shared and refreshments will be served at the event, which is free and open to the public from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at CCNY’s North Academic Center (Room 1/201). Click here to RSVP. The idea for the Mini-Medical School started with medical student Hazeezat Shittu. As part of an Independent Study

“ Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition, Second Edition,” a follow up to the comprehensive study of the city’s Latino population published in 1996, is one of the new books by City College of New York faculty. It is co-edited by Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership professors Sherrie Baver, Gabriel Haslip-Viera (Emeritus), and Angelo Falcón, co-founder of the National Institute for Latino Policy. This new edition captures the most significant continuities, discontinuities, and changes of the last two decades in the local Latino community as a whole and among the various

With a student population representing 89.6% of the world’s 193 sovereign states, The City College of New York continues to rank among the most diverse academic institutions in America. The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2018 College Rankings place City College at joint #8 for environment with three other schools. The rankings’ environment score encompasses several measures to gauge a school’s inclusiveness. They range from the percentage of first-time college graduates and Pell Grant recipients to the diversity of a school’s students and staff and the percentage of international

Introducing Themira lohmanus, a fly like no other, and the most recently discovered species in the popular Manhattan urban oasis of Central Park! The immature insects subsist on duck droppings, and have a strong CCNY connection: Themira lohmanus is named after City College of New York entomologist, and Professor of Biology, David Lohman. But wait! It’s not the only species that gets its moniker from the well-traveled entomologist, who’s often to be found in tropical forests of Southeast Asia studying the ecology and evolution of insects. There’s also Chimaeragathis lohmani, a wasp found in

“ The Long Wet Grass,” the film adaptation of City College of New York librarian Seamus Scanlon’s award-winning play of the same title, premieres Oct. 1 at Irish Screen America in Manhattan. It features an original music score by Academy Award winner Marketa Irglova. “I woke up one night and thought Marketa Irglova would be best person to write the music because she wrote “Falling Slowly” [Academy Award winner] from the film “Once,” said Scanlon, a native of Galway, Ireland. “As a librarian at the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education, I used my skills to

Two architecture students, from the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, are studying in Barcelona, Spain this fall. Renowned for its unique and historical architecture, these students are taking in all Barcelona has to offer on Castagna Architectural Scholarships. Since its inception in 2016, the scholarship has provided support to nine architecture students who have achieved academic excellence and demonstrated financial need. Architecture students, in both the bachelor and master’s programs, receive a full year’s tuition and a study abroad and

Melissa Olivar and Angel Herrera, both summer graduates from the High School for Media and Communications in Washington Heights with immigrant roots, are the latest President’s Community Scholars at The City College of New York. They are the eighth cohort of community scholars since the awards – formally dubbed The City College of New York President’s Community Scholarship program -- began in 2010. It was introduced by City College to strengthen the links between the institution and the surrounding community. Awards are based strictly on academic merit and Scholars are required to perform

The fourth annual Sternberg Family Lecture at The City College of New York on Monday, Oct. 2, presents a conversation between John D. Judge, president and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club and CCNY Interim President Vincent G. Boudreau. Hosted by the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, their discussion is entitled “Democratizing the Outdoors: A Program for Wise Policy and Student Leadership” and starts at 4:30 p.m. in Shepard Hall, room 350. The event is free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP. An experienced nonprofit and government leader, Judge has headed the AMC

Kacy Charles and Sean Feol-Baugh, graduate students in the Master’s Program in Branding + Integrated Communication at the City College of New York, are winners of the PR Council’s first annual Student Innovation Challenge for their campaign titled “ Not Just a Box.” They were awarded $1000 at the PR Council’s Annual Dinner & Diversity Distinction in PR Awards. Chairs of the PR Council’s Diversity Committee, Brad MacAffee, senior partner and CEO of Porter Novelli; BIC Advisory Board member Barri Rafferty, partner and president of Ketchum; and Tonya Veasey, president and CEO of OCG PR, judged