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An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Charles Vörösmarty, professor of civil engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, was awarded $3 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a regional earth system model of the Northeast. The effort involves partner institutions from around the region, including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. The proposed model will depict the coupled atmosphere-land-water system of a 10-state region stretching from Maine to Pennsylvania and Delaware

Two-Day Meeting Looks at Past, Present and Future of Mathematics in the City Shortly after she joined the faculty of The City College of New York School of Education, Dr. Catherine Fosnot established the Mathematics in the City (MitC) center at CCNY in collaboration with the Freudenthal Institute at University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Under her leadership, MitC became a national center for professional development in K-8 math education, with support from the National Science Foundation, ExxonMobil Foundation and the New York City Department of Education. A two-day conference at CCNY

Issues Raised by CCNY’s Tarek Saadawi Addressed in Conference June 8-9 and New Book Available Through Strategic Studies Institute A cyber attack earlier this year on an Iranian nuclear facility may have set back Iran’s alleged plan to build an atom bomb. However, the target of that incident, the plant’s control and monitoring systems, has implications for a wide range of strategic infrastructure, according to cyber security expert Dr. Tarek Saadawi, director, Center for Information Networking, and professor of electrical engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New

New Haarlem Arts Theatre to Offer Two Productions for Premiere Season, Support Theatre MFA at CCNY Harlem is getting a new entertainment option this summer. The New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), a new professional theatre company launched by The City College of New York Department of Theatre and Speech, will offer two productions in its premiere season. “Blues for Mister Charlie,” written by James Baldwin and directed by Eugene Nesmith, will run June 23 – July 17. “It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues,” a musical revue written by Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, and Dan

CCNY Prof Tony Ro reports new insights on synesthesia at Acoustical Society of America Conference The high whine of a hovering mosquito makes the skin tingle and crawl. Some sounds, such as fingernails screeching down a blackboard or the throbbing bass of a cranked-up car stereo, are felt as much as heard. These feelings result from cross-wiring of senses in the brain, according to City College of New York Professor of Psychology Tony Ro. He explained this phenomenon and its relation to a disorder of sensory mixing called synesthesia in an invited paper he presented Wednesday, May 25, at the

Roberto Clemente, a senior majoring in advertising and public relations at The City College of New York, was named a Merit winner in the One Show College Competition for creativity in advertising. Simeon Coker, a CUNY Baccalaureate student, who was mentored and taught by CCNY advertising faculty, also received a Merit award. The winners were announced at a reception May 11 in New York. “The One Show is the Academy Awards of our industry,” said Nancy R. Tag, associate professor of advertising and deputy chair of CCNY’s Media & Communication Arts Department. “It’s probably the most prestigious

Two student teams were chosen as winners of The City College of New York’s first annual Kaylie Prize for Entrepreneurship. CCNY alumnus and award benefactor Harvey Kaylie, EE ’60, announced the surprise decision, which was made by a five-member panel of judges, following final presentations by five teams on Tuesday, May 10. “Stoke Innovation” took top honors. Composed of four graduate physics students and an undergraduate electrical engineering major, it is developing an affordable, non-invasive device for instant cancer detection through light analysis. Team members are James Scholtz, Denis

A team of City College of New York engineering students paddled their way to victory in a “green” concrete canoe they designed and built for the 2011 Metropolitan Region Concrete Canoe Competition held last month in Denville, N.J. “This is a wonderful project in which we train students to know not just the formulas, but to understand design and construction in the real world,” says Dr. Weihua Jin, City College substitute associate professor of civil engineering and team advisor. The competition, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and held in conjunction with its

Award to Support Study of Music in Extremist Propaganda Dr. Jonathan Pieslak, associate professor of music at The City College of New York, is one of 180 scholars, artists, and scientists from the United States and Canada awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for 2011. His project, a study of the music of indoctrination and propaganda in extremist cultures, was chosen from among nearly 3,000 applicants. Professor Pieslak’s proposal grew out of his widely acclaimed 2009 book “Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War” (Indiana University Press), in which he devoted a chapter to the

Deborah Ayeni, Maria Otazo and Joshua Usani, members of The City College of New York Class of 2011, have been selected to receive 2011 Jonas E. Salk Scholarships awarded by The City University of New York. The awards recognize the high ability and scholarship of students who plan careers in medicine and the biological sciences and who are judged likely to make significant contributions to medicine and research. They are selected on the basis of original research papers undertaken with prominent scientist/mentors. “I commend this year’s Salk Scholars on their commitment to academic quality and