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Preclinical results of research by City College of New York scientists and TechnoVax, Inc. in animal models demonstrate favorable outcomes in developing a vaccine against the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The results were announced by Tarrytown, New York-based TechnoVax, a biotechnology developer of novel vaccines whose proprietary virus-like particle (VLP) is the center of the research. CUNY School of Medicine at City College faculty, Paul Gottlieb and Linda Spatz, and Al Katz of the CCNY Physics Department, are collaborating with TechnoVax. The VLP vaccine formulations tested in animals not

The Lost World of CCNY: Architectural Gems of our Past “Adspice” – look to the Past. “Respice” – look to the Present. “Prospice” – look to the Future. The motto of the great seal of The City College of New York comes to life in a stroll down the Lincoln corridor in Shepard Hall, where the City College Archives presents a never-before assembled visual history of CCNY, from our origins on 23 rd Street to the magnificent new advanced research buildings that opened on our campus in 2015. The exhibition of material from the City College Archives runs through June 2, 2017. The images presented here

Robert E. Kahn, ’60, a “father of the Internet,” award-winning TV reporter David Diaz, ’65, and noted education reformer Deborah Meier will receive honorary degrees at The City College of New York’s 171st Commencement Exercises, June 2. The awards are in recognition of their professional accomplishments. Following are brief bios of the honorees: Dr. Robert E. Kahn The City College alumnus initiated the U.S. government’s Internet program and is co-creator with Vinton Cerf of the TCP/IP protocols, the fundamental technology underpinning the Internet. In his recent work, Kahn has been developing

Student startups pitching innovations from a device that gauges the movement of people with neurological diseases to a “computer garden” are among the grand prize winners in the Zahn Innovation Center’s 2017 venture competition at The City College of New York. The budding inventor/entrepreneurs earned $150K in prizes to use towards their businesses. The startups competed in four categories. Some startups designed hardware devices, others created software, some focused on social impact, and others were women-led ventures that leveraged technology for NYC. The startups at the Zahn Center have

Sophomores David Dam and Junior Duplessis are 2017 Jeannette K. Watson Fellows at The City College of New York. The Watson Fellowship program provides summer internships, professional development opportunities and mentoring for outstanding undergraduate students from select New York City colleges and universities. The Watson Fellowship is a three-year program that provides Duplessis and Dam with annual funding of $5,500, $6,500 and $7,000 along with a $2,000 Discovery Fund. “I’ll get the opportunity to bond with 14 other amazing and ambitious individuals in my cohort, and I'll also become part

The City College of New York’s Black Studies Program presents Celebrating the Ancestors: EGUNGUN in the Afro-Atlantic World on May 11, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Aaron Davis Hall. The festival celebrates Yoruba people from Nigeria and across the African Diaspora. According to Dr. Cheryl Sterling, director of the Black Studies Program in the Division of Humanities and the Arts, Egungun masking occurs as performances that celebrate the ancestral spirits. Originating with the Yoruba in West Africa, the tradition came with enslaved peoples across the African Diaspora and is celebrated across the English

Control of light-matter interaction is central to fundamental phenomena and technologies such as photosynthesis, lasers, LEDs and solar cells. City College of New York researchers have now demonstrated a new class of artificial media called photonic hypercrystals that can control light-matter interaction in unprecedented ways. This could lead to such benefits as ultrafast LEDs for Li-Fi (a wireless technology that transmits high-speed data using visible light communication), enhanced absorption in solar cells and the development of single photon emitters for quantum information processing

Scholarship celebrates 10 years of support for outstanding public relations students Oriol Brull, a student in the Advertising/Public Relations Program at The City College of New York, has been named the 2017 Art Stevens PRSA-NY/ CCNY Scholar for Excellence in Public Relations. He will receive a $5,000 scholarship for his continued study at CCNY during his senior year. This year marks the 10th year that Art Stevens has funded this scholarship to support rising talent. Stevens, managing partner of The Stevens Group and a CCNY alumnus, created the scholarship in 2008 to support talented students

City College of New York English Professor Pamela Laskin presents “Politics and Social Issues in Young Adult Literature,” as part of the Conversations in Engaged Scholarship series. The presentation is Thursday, May 4, 4 - 5:30 p.m. in CCNY’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Sciame Auditorium. The forum features City College faculty sharing their research and creative scholarship that impact public policy, reform, and the civic, social, political or environmental landscape. Director of the college’s Poetry Outreach Center, Laskin is a poet and children's book author with

Ellianna Schwab, the first of her siblings to attend college and a recent NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, is The City College of New York’s Class of 2017 Valedictorian. Elaine Johnson, born and raised in Harlem of Jamaican immigrant parents, will be the Salutatorian at CCNY’s 171st Commencement Exercises on June 2. The ceremony starts at 9 a.m. on CCNY’s South Campus Great Lawn. The Class of 2017 comprises approximately 3,766 students. Following are brief bios of the Valedictorian and Salutatorian: Ellianna Schwab The upper Manhattan resident is graduating from the Macaulay Honors