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Veterans Day, Nov. 11, has always been a solemn day. It took on greater significance on Wednesday morning, when the City College of New York’s Office of Veterans Affairs held its first Veterans Day ceremony in the quad. A color guard, consisting of four Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students from across CUNY, placed a flag at the base of the flagpole before two CCNY students, Collin Edouard and Charlotte Bennett, sang the Star-Spangled Banner a capella. The national anthem was then followed by short speeches from CCNY Director of Veterans Affairs Christopher Gorman, a U.S. Marine Corps

For City University of New York students interested in pursuing majors in STEM fields, The City College of New York is the place to be on Friday, Nov. 20 for the GlobalCUNY 2015 Conference. The one-day event is hosted by the NYC Louis Stokes Alliance at City College. It is expected to attract up to 120 participants from CCNY and CUNY-wide. The program in CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering’s Steinman Hall includes: • A panel discussion on student experiences from 10:20 to 11:20 a.m.; • Global CUNY workshops from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and • A poster session and program exhibits by Grove

The neuroscience community is saluting the creation of a “Golden Window” for deep brain imaging by researchers at The City College of New York led by biomedical engineer Lingyan Shi. This is a first for brain imaging, said Shi, a research associate in City College’s Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, and the biology department. The breakthrough holds promise for the noninvasive study of the brain and breasts in greater detail than possible today. Working with Distinguished Professor of Physics Robert R. Alfano and Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras, an assistant professor of biology, Shi

The City College of New York ranks fifth in the 2015 Social Mobility Index, which measures contributions toward narrowing the economic gap in the U.S. The SMI, a service of software development company CollegeNet, ranks colleges and universities on three variables: the number of low income students admitted and graduated; low tuition cost; and high employment outcomes after graduation. More than 900 colleges and universities are ranked on how well they improve economic mobility and provide affordable education to disadvantaged families. Detailed information on the SMI ranking and its

The City College of New York men’s soccer team’s reward for clinching its first City University of New York Athletic Conference title in 10 years is an NCAA first round knockout game with host SUNY Oneonta at upstate’s Red Dragon Field on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. CCNY (11-7-0) qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament with a 2-1 extra time win over the College of Staten Island in the CUNYAC championship match on Nov. 7. Coach Roberto Ignaccolo said his scholar-athletes relish the challenge against Oneonta, a powerhouse in the SUNY conference. “They are a very strong team but we are

Forty students from Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation put their knowledge of Newtonian physics to the test on Friday, using nothing more than household materials and an egg. Under the watchful eye of City College of New York Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor David Jeruzalmi, 10 teams of four or five students each dropped an egg, encased in a homemade container, from the second floor landing of the City College Center for Discovery and Innovation lobby. The experiment, dubbed “Project Egg Drop,” teaches the students what materials and design concepts can prevent an egg from

The City College of New York’s annual alumni dinner at the New York Hilton is not only about honoring the institution’s alumni for postgraduate achievements. Every year, City College students, ranging from freshmen to graduates, receive scholarships for academic excellence at the glittering event. This year, 54 students were honored at the Hilton on a night that six distinguished alumni received Townsend Harris medals. Actress Phylicia Rashad, a Howard University alumna, was presented with the John H. Finley Award. The scholarships are from individual CCNY alumni, alumni chapters and other

City College of New York creative writing professor and author Emily Raboteau is the winner of the fourth International Flash Fiction competition. Her 100-word short story, “Oysters,” is adjudged the best from more than 35,000 submissions from 149 countries this year. The American Book Award-winning author of Searching for Zion (Grove Press, 2013), Raboteau will receive a $20,000 first prize in Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 23. The prize money makes it the best paid writing contest in the world, at $200 per word. “I was very surprised to learn that I had won, because I barely remembered entering the

The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine is one of 20 medical schools selected to be a member of the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium for its project, “Growing Our Own: Partnering with Health Care Centers to Educate Practitioners for the 21st Century.” In this three-year project, starting on Jan. 1, 2016, the school partners with Urban Health Plan, Inc., a South Bronx community health center, to develop and implement a curriculum that prepares medical students for modern-day practice in clinical sites that deliver

Jacqueline Woodson, an award-winning author of more than 30 books for children and young adults, is this year’s recipient of The City College of New York’s Langston Hughes Medal. She receives the award on Nov. 20 at City College’s 36th Langston Hughes Festival. The award ceremony, in the Marian Anderson Theatre at Aaron Davis Hall on the college campus, starts at 6 p.m. “Like Langston Hughes, Woodson is a prolific writer in many genres including fiction, poetry, plays and opera,” said Retha Powers, director of the Langston Hughes Festival. “She also shares with Hughes a wide readership among