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The City College of New York will host an all-day conference Wednesday, March 23, to explore groundbreaking discoveries made through the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The event features presentations by seven distinguished scientists on how they applied NMR spectroscopy to study the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in complex bio-molecules and the motions and interactions that are important to their functioning. “In living organisms, the spatial and temporal interactions of proteins and DNA underlie communication within and among cells, and with the external

Post-Civil War Pleas for Relief Sound More Like ‘Subjects of the Crown’ than Self-Reliant Citizens, Says New Book by Dr. Greg Downs Americans like to envision themselves as self-reliant. We cherish our freedom, and calls to limit government’s role in our lives resonate with a large segment of the electorate. However, perceptions and reality often divulge; many people’s perceptions of – and relationships with – their leaders reflect how well government is doing by them. Recognizing this can shed insight into their political behavior. A new book by City College of New York historian Dr. Greg

Five teams comprised of 23 students were announced today as finalists to compete for the first annual Kaylie Prize for Entrepreneurship at The City College of New York. Over the next four months, the teams will refine their business ideas as they compete for the first prize: financial support and housing to work over the summer in a Silicon Valley garage-like environment to further develop their projects. “The Kaylie Prize has generated tremendous excitement among our students,” said Dr. Dan Steingart, assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Grove School of Engineering, who serves

“Architecture: Myth, Symbol and Representation” is the theme for the Spring Sciame Lecture Series at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York (CCNY). The nine-week series, which is free and open to the public, presents prominent architects, historians, critics and authors. The series is sponsored by F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held in Sciame Auditorium in the Spitzer School of Architecture building, 141 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, located at West 135th Street and Convent Avenue. Lectures are also simulcast

February Celebrations Include Screenings, Lectures and Jazz A hip hop conference featuring stars from the genre, a screening by an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a jazz concert and a lecture on Afro-Uruguayan history and culture. These are just part of The City College of New York’s rich 2011 Black History Month offerings. Hip hop stars Kool G Mims and Vinnie Brown, the latter from the Grammy Award-winning group “Naughty by Nature,” are among the participants in a conference titled “Is Hip Hop History?” February 25 - 26 at CCNY’s Center for Worker Education (CWE), 25 Broadway, Manhattan

Works by Top African-American Artists on Display Alongside Freshman Projects In celebration of Black History Month, The City College of New York is hosting an exhibit of eight renowned artists alongside pieces produced by City College freshmen. The exhibit, “Shots, Strokes, Threads and Clay,” presented by the CCNY Libraries and the Black Studies Program, runs through February 28. It is on display in the CCNY Libraries Archives, Room 5/301 in the North Academic Center Building. The artists whose work is being shown are: Kwame Brathwaite, Robert Daniels, Gilbert Fletcher, Laura James, Dindga

Spitzer School Professor Sees Incremental Steps and Adaptive Reuse as Key to Making Cities Better for Children New York is experiencing a new baby boom. Between 2000 and 2007, the number of children under age five just in Manhattan grew by 32 percent, according to The New York Times. In this densely populated city, with its costly real estate, finding space for kids to be kids can prove daunting. Rather than only build brand-new facilities, however, children’s advocates should consider repurposing and adding small-scale projects to New York City neighborhoods that can attract additional

Masters Student Adina Boyce Receives Neville Parker Award Dr. Robert ‘Buz’ Paaswell, distinguished professor of civil engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, and director emeritus of the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) – Region 2, has been awarded the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Distinguished Contribution to University Transportation Education and Research Award. In addition, CCNY graduate student Adina Boyce received the Neville Parker Award for Outstanding Non-thesis Masters Degree Paper in Science and

Focus on Deficit Has Parallels to Inflation-Fighting Strategy That Wrecked Manufacturing Sector, Says Professor Judith Stein U.S. policymakers could repeat mistakes made 30 years ago if they opt to focus on reducing the federal budget deficit instead of job creation, a City College of New York historian warns. Back then, fighting inflation trumped reducing unemployment, and the strategies that were deployed wrecked America’s manufacturing sector, contends Professor Judith Stein. Calls to reduce the federal deficit have been coming from several sources, of late. Most recently, the Republican

CCNY's Marco Tedesco Says 'Exceptional' Season Stretched up to 50 Days Longer Than Average New research shows that 2010 set new records for the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea level rises in coming decades. "This past melt season was exceptional, with melting in some areas stretching up to 50 days longer than average,” said Dr. Marco Tedesco, director of the Cryospheric Processes Laboratory at The City College of New York (CCNY – CUNY), who is leading a project studying variables that affect ice sheet melting. “Melting in 2010 started