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“Hate Crimes in the Heartland” aims to foster dialogue on race relations in the United States “Hate Crimes in the Heartland,” a new documentary that explores the 250,000 hate crimes committed in the United States each year, will have its New York premiere 6 p.m. Thursday, February 6, in Aaron Davis Hall on The City College of New York campus. Presented by the City College Center for the Arts, a reception and a talk with national and local civil rights leaders will follow the screening. The film, directed by Rachel Lyon, looks at hate crimes through the lens of two incidents that occurred in

Approximately 40 City College of New York students will gather Monday, January 20, to give back to the community for CityServ's Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service. This year, CityServ has collaborated with FoodBank NYC to create a "Winter Wonderland." CityServ is a campus based service-learning opportunity made available to City College students through the Office of Student Life. The goal of CityServ is to link students to the Harlem and Washington Heights community through community service and volunteerism. CityServ's annual Martin Luther King Day of Service is one of its most

Levich Institute simulation of discontinuous shear thickening could lead to improved processing of materials in suspension A new model by a team of researchers with The City College of New York’s Benjamin Levich Institute may shed new understanding on the phenomenon known as discontinuous shear thickening (DST), in which the resistance to stirring takes a sudden jump. Easily observed in a ‘kitchen experiment’ by mixing together equal amounts of cornstarch and water, DST occurs because concentrated suspensions of hard particles in a liquid respond differently than normal fluids to shear forces

Letter drafted by Robert R. Livingston was part of ‘last-ditch effort’ by Continental Congress to reconcile with Great Britain When City College of New York graduate history student Emilie Gruchow came upon an old, hand-written manuscript in a box at the Morris-Jumel Mansion , where she works as an archivist, she knew what it was because she had read the printed version in class. What she – and the rest of the world – did not know for certain was the author’s identity. The mystery was solved by one of Ms. Gruchow’s former classmates, Michael Hattem, now a PhD student and teaching fellow at

Postdoc Zeynep Dereli-Korkut and senior Tanjin Panna selected for ELabNYC bio and health technology mentoring program Two standouts in The City College Grove School of Engineering's biomedical engineering department have been accepted into the Bio & Health Tech Entrepreneurship Lab NYC (ELabNYC), a competitive six-month training and mentoring program run by the New York City Economic Development Corp. Zeynep Dereli-Korkut, a postdoctoral researcher, and Tanjin Panna, a graduating senior, are among 21 participants in the current ELabNYC cohort. Participants receive two months of weekly coaching

Biomedical engineering professor is one of 102 researchers to receive United States’ highest award for early-stage science and engineering professionals Dr. Debra Auguste , associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, was one of 102 researchers chosen as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their research careers. “The impressive achievements of these early-stage

Wins for best chapter in region, finishes in second for retention at national conference; three members receive individual honors The City College of New York's student chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) celebrated its 30th anniversary on a high note; it was named best chapter at the NSBE Region 1 conference, held November 23 in Hauppauge, N.Y. The recognition follows taking second place for retention programs at the NSBE national convention, held last March in Indianapolis. In addition to the group awards, three chapter members received awards at the regional level

More than 350 experts from academia and private industry from nine countries will participate in the third Real World Cryptography Workshop , January 13 – 15 at The City College of New York. The event, to take place in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, is hosted by CCNY's Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software (CAISS) and the Grove School of Engineering. "This event brings together cryptography researchers with developers implementing cryptography in real-world systems," said Dr. Rosario Gennaro , director of CAISS and local chair of the organizing committee. "The main goal of

C-SPAN3 will carry a lecture by City College of New York Associate Professor of History Gregory Downs 8 p.m. Saturday, December 28, as part of its American History TV weekend programming. In New York City, C-SPAN3 is carried on Time Warner Cable channels 149, 1902 and 777 (high definition). The lecture will also be streamed live and added to C-SPAN's archives December 30 for future online viewing. A C-SPAN video crew taped one of Professor Downs' classes in October for its "Lectures in History" series. His lecture examines the Reconstruction Era that followed the American Civil War, and

Mannitol and sorbitol dioctanoates could provide alternatives to trans fats linked to obesity, coronary artery disease and diabetes Researchers at The City College of New York have reported the successful transformation of vegetable oils to a semisolid form using low-calorie sugars as a structuring agent. The findings portend the development of alternatives to structured oil products produced using saturated/trans fatty acids, which have been linked to coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes. The team, led by City College Professor of Chemistry George John, tested two sugar alcohol-based