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" No Home Movie," a motion picture directed by City College of New York Distinguished Lecturer and renowned filmmaker Chantal Akerman, has been selected for the 53rd New York Film Festival. It makes its U.S. premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Oct. 7-8. The Film Society is located in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in mid-Manhattan.Akerman’s 115-minute feature is an intimate portrayal of her Holocaust survivor mother’s last years. Critics call it one of the rare works of art that is both intensely personal and universal.For a schedule and tickets to NYFF screenings, click

Mehedi Mondal’s early years were challenging. Born in Brooklyn four weeks after his Bangladeshi immigrant parents arrived in New York, his father drove a cab while his mother worked as a cashier.Thanks to a City College of New York President’s Community Scholarship, Mondal, now a Bronx resident, is the first in his family to attend college. The 18-year-old is one of nine high-achieving students from upper Manhattan high schools awarded scholarships to study free at City College. “It’s given me a fighting chance to just study and not worry about tuition. Every penny counts when your parents are

For the third straight year, The City College of New York is partnering with Harlem Hospital Center in maintaining the community’s preparedness for any large-scale disaster. On Tuesday, September 22, from 12 noon to 4 p.m., the two institutions will co-host Harlem Emergency Preparedness Day in the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building Plaza, located at 163 West 125th Street in Manhattan.Members of the community are invited to attend and receive information on evacuation procedures, emergency procedures for the disabled, flood zones in Harlem, first aid care and survival go-bags

Today, City College of New York faculty staff and students joined millions of Americans and people around the world in somber remembrance of the 9/11 attacks.On campus, members of the City College community gathered in the Quad to honor those killed on that tragic day 14 years ago. The solemn event was presented by the ROTC program at CCNY and the City College Veterans Association.In lower Manhattan, near the site of the first attack at the World Trade Center, almost one hundred CCNY students joined their colleagues from seven other CUNY schools at a ceremony at the Borough of Manhattan

The City College of New York has maintained its standing as one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse institutions. City College is second among regional universities in the north for ethnic and economic diversity, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2016 rankings.Excluding international students, U.S. News factored in the proportion of minority students based on the 2014-2015 academic year student body to establish the diversity index. With 1.0 as the highest mark, the diversity index for City College is 0.73. This makes CCNY’s one of the top schools where students “are most likely to

Culture events, discussions on issues facing Latino communities and a poetry festival highlight The City College of New York’s Latino Heritage Month activities, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, this year. The celebration begins with a kickoff breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the North Academic Center’s Hoffman Atrium. The event, free and open to City College students, faculty and staff, will include food and music from different Latin nations.The other heritage events include:Tipico Night 5: A showcase of different genres of Latino music, featuring a live band and DJ. From 8

Manuel Francisco Cifuentes entered his senior year at The Calhoun High School in September. He recently completed the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Architecture Summer Career Lab ( http://ssa1.ccny.cuny.edu/programs/career-lab.html). A joint program of the Spitzer School and the City College Continuing and Professional Studies Program, the Lab admits a select number of high school juniors and seniors 16 years or older at the start of the program, providing them with the practical experience required making an informed and meaningful career choice. Cifuentes applied to the

The Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the City College of New York continues to grow, providing access and leadership training to 150 students from 17 City University of New York campuses. The program's director, Professor Rishi S. Raj, has set an ambitious goal of doubling the current enrollment to 300 by 2016. "We will be adding the community colleges this year, and that should really help to boost our numbers," he said. Raj added that an additional attraction for potential recruits is the financial aid available to them. So far, $1.352 million in scholarships and allowances have

Four undergraduates in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering have been awarded 2015 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The awards total $30,000, which is the largest amount awarded to City College students in a single year by the program.The program’s mission is to attract qualified students to the field of transportation and research, and to advance transportation workforce development.The CCNY recipients, all seniors majoring in civil engineering, their awards and research projects are: Sallem Ahmed, a $10,000

Dr. George John, professor of chemistry at The City College of New York, has received a 2015-2016 Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship. He will spend four months in India teaching and conducting research on a project titled “Introducing Materials Science to Managers through Biomimicry” at the LM Thapar School of Management, in Dera Bassi.John is developing a course on biomimetic materials for business managers and leaders. It is aimed at helping them develop the tools to understand and appreciate the technical complexities in sustainable materials development