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City College of New York historian Lale Can, whose expertise includes Ottoman and Middle East history, has won a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend to finish a book on trans-imperial pilgrimage across Asia at the turn of the 20th century. The award is part of $22.8 million in grants for 232 humanities projects announced by the NEH in Washington, D.C. According to Can, “Spiritual Citizens: Central Asians and the Politics of Pilgrimage in the Ottoman Empire, 1869-1914,” promises to be a unique contribution to the literature on the late Ottoman Empire and Central Asia, as

Joanna Ventour, a junior in The City College of New York's media and communication arts (MCA) department, has won a New York Women in Communications (NYWICI) Scholarship for 2015. The advertising and public relations major with a 3.90 GPA is one of 19 recipients of the highly competitive award. The award is open to residents of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Winners are selected on the basis of academic excellence, need and a demonstrated commitment to the field of communications. As a NYWICI Scholar, Ventour will receive a $5,000 scholarship for tuition and a paid summer

Unschooled as a child, Sabina Pringle has been teaching English in Spain since graduating from The City College of New York last fall with an honors degree in English. She is now the recipient of a 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Colombia. Pringle will travel to the South American nation this August on a year-long English Teaching Assistantship at a Colombian university. She will also represent the United States as a cultural ambassador. “It will be a wonderful experience and I look forward to learning so much,” the Harlem resident said from Valencia where she is teaching English to

Rebecca Solnit, the distinguished writer, historian, activist and urbanist, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism at The City College of New York, Thursday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m. Her talk, in CCNY’s Great Hall in Shepard Hall, will be entitled “Atlases against Empire: A Woman Measures the City." The author of 15 books on topics ranging from the environment and landscape to art, politics and hope, Solnit will expand on her long project to combine nuanced personal observation and rigorous historical analysis of the ecology of space. “Her work has recast the

Basel Abbas , a graduate student in The City College of New York’s digital and interdisciplinary art practice MFA program , is a co-winner of the 2015 Sharjah Biennial Prize. The international award is given out by the United Arab Emirates-based Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF). Abbas, a Harlem resident, and his collaborator, Ruanne Abou-Rahme, won for their work “The Incidental Insurgents (2012–15),” a three-part mixed-media installation that the SAF jury said “spatialises a contemporary search for a new political language and imaginary.” It will be presented as a solo exhibition at the Office

Basel Abbas , a graduate student in The City College of New York’s digital and interdisciplinary art practice MFA program , is a co-winner of the 2015 Sharjah Biennial Prize. The international award is given out by the United Arab Emirates-based Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF). Abbas, a Harlem resident, and his collaborator, Ruanne Abou-Rahme, won for their work “The Incidental Insurgents (2012–15),” a three-part mixed-media installation that the SAF jury said “spatialises a contemporary search for a new political language and imaginary.” It will be presented as a solo exhibition at the Office

Dr. Gilda Barabino , dean of the City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, was elected president of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. March 16. She will serve a two-year term beginning in 2016. Barabino is currently chair of AIMBE’s committee for underrepresented minorities. Her election as president came on the day Dr. Marom Bikson , professor of biomedical engineering in the Grove School, was inducted into AIMBE’s College of Fellows for his outstanding research . Barabino has served as dean of the

Growing up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and Harlem, John Johnson wanted to be the first person in his family to attend college. He was accepted by many universities but chose The City College of New York because of its excellence and free tuition for those who qualified academically. “I received a first class education that allowed me to compete at all levels,” recalled the retired Emmy Award-winning television news anchor, artist and author. “City College gave me the wherewithal to sit down and interview Nelson Mandela. It gave me the wherewithal to sit down and interview Bill Clinton and

Dr. Marom Bikson , professor of biomedical engineering in The City College of New York's Grove School of Engineering , will be inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's (AIMBE) College of Fellows Monday, March 16, in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will be held during AIMBE's 2015 annual meeting at the National Academy of Sciences Great Hall. Bikson was nominated, reviewed and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows "for outstanding contributions in the area of neuromodulation and the specific field of transcranial direct current stimulation of

Doctor of Science to Nobel Laureate John O’Keefe ’63 and engineer Michael Pope ’44BEE; Doctor of Humane Letters to Xerox Chair Ursula Burns Nobel Laureate John O’Keefe , ’63, pioneering engineer Michael Pope, ’44BEE and trailblazing Xerox Corporation chair and CEO Ursula Burns will be awarded honorary degrees at The City College of New York’s 169th Commencement Exercises, May 29. The awards are in recognition of their professional accomplishments. Following are brief bios of the honorees: Dr. John O’Keefe, ’63 O'Keefe is one of the most influential neuroscientists today. The Harlem-born son of