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Emily Badger, the New York Times urban policy writer, will deliver this year's Lewis Mumford Lecture at The City College of New York on Thursday, April 27. Her talk, 6 - 7:30 p.m. in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture's Sciame Auditorium, is entitled, "Pressing Change in the Increasing Inflexible City." It will focus on how cities must change as the nation emerges from the pandemic. To watch virtually, a Zoom link is available. Badger writes about cities and urban policy for The Upshot from the Times' Washington bureau where she covers the interconnections between housing

The City College of New York’s Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing culminates its symposium “Archives as Muse: A Harlem Storytelling Project” with a panel, a viewing of “Whitman on Walls!” by theater troupe Compagnia de' Colombari, and a poetry reading on Tuesday, April 25 from 6-8 p.m. The multimedia event will take place on the first floor of the North Academic Center (NAC) located at West 138th Street and Convent Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP. The panel will be moderated by Michelle Valladares, director of the MFA program, and includes Compagnia

City College of New York Computer engineer and scientist Samah M. Saeed is the co-recipient of a $4.6 million U.S. Department of Energy [DoE] grant to advance quantum computing. The funding is for her project, “Toward Efficient Quantum Algorithm Execution on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Hardware.” An assistant professor of electrical engineering in CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering, Saeed will focus on resolving the issues currently affecting the development of quantum computing. The ultimate goal is to develop research and training programs to enable efficient and reliable executions of

One of the world’s leading experts in the field, Jeffrey Morris of The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2023 Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology (SOR). The Medal is the 93-year-old SOR’s highest award and is given annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of rheology. The Society cited Morris: “for his transformative research on the flow of suspensions, particularly of the mechanics of discontinuous shear thickening, and his application of rheology to practical problems in suspension flow, including his

Pamela L. Laskin, director of The City College of New York’s Poetry Outreach Center, is celebrating her second consecutive Freedom Through Literacy Board Option Award from the Pennsylvania-based Judith’s Reading Room. The international honor is for her latest work, a series of picture books that capture the world of those who are differently-abled, particularly those without speech. “Through her work, this diverse population will no longer be marginalized as she brings her books into public school classrooms with the goal to educate a mainstream audience,” Laskin is cited by Judith’s Reading

A student team from The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering returned from the National Society of Black Engineers’ 49th annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri, as NSBE Small Chapter of the Year Award winners. Some 13,000 members from NSBE Chapters across six regions attended the five-day gathering at the Kansas City Convention Center. The CCNY chapter’s honor was based on its programs and community engagement during the 2022-2023 academic year. Highlights, according to Ashley Bailey, a senior majoring in environmental engineering, and chapter VP, include: Co-hosting and

After three years of a virtual-only experience, Waffle Games 6.0 returns to New York City on April 15-16 at The City College of New York as a hybrid event. The gaming convention and conference celebrates the gaming industry as well as what it means to be involved in games, chase dreams and change the industry. The event is free and open to the public. The Saturday, April 15 event will take place in the North Academic Center (NAC) building located at West 138th Street and Convent Avenue. Sunday, April 16 will be completely online and broadcasted virtually through Eventee with portions also

The City College of New York and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles have teamed up to create CCNY license plates so that alumni, staff, students, faculty and anyone who wants to display their CCNY pride have a new way to celebrate their school spirit. The idea came about at the start of planning for the 170th anniversary. The college was looking for unique ways to expand the campus's public visibility, including the establishment of “ Gear Up Tuesdays,” which encourages the college community to wear their favorite CCNY clothing and/or accessory every Tuesday. Last May, CCNY kicked

Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, is the inaugural recipient of the Colin L. Powell Distinguished Leadership Award, bestowed by the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York. The award recognizes individuals who have reached the highest level in their fields, and who embody the leadership values that General Powell, a 1958 graduate of The City College, demonstrated throughout his career: integrity, humility, humor, pragmatism, and common sense. These values were articulated most famously in Powell’s Thirteen Rules of Leadership, which

Vanessa K. Valdés, associate provost for community engagement at The City College of New York, is co-curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition: Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter. The exhibit runs from April 3-July 16 and is co-curated by David Pullins, associate curator in The Met’s Department of European Painting. Valdés was the former interim dean at the Macaulay Honors College and director of the Black Studies Program at CCNY. She is the author of “ Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Schomburg” and wrote the essay “Arturo Schomburg, Juan de Pareja, and Afro