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Civil Rights Attorney to Discuss Controversial Affirmative Action Case

John Payton, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has been the lead counsel in some of the most significant civil rights cases in recent times. The list includes the affirmative action cases Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger. Next Tuesday, April 6, he will visit The City College of New York (CCNY) to lead a panel discussion on the Grutter case, which resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on law school admissions, and deliver The Skadden, Arps Lecture in Legal Studies. His lecture topic will be “Democracy & Diversity.” Both events are in The
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Graduate Student Advocates for CCNY Student Parents

Sarah Adams Co-Hosts Conference April 22 on Student Parent Issues Getting a college degree is hard enough, but when academic obligations are juggled with the responsibility of raising a child, the challenge can be daunting. As a graduate student and parent attending The City College of New York (CCNY), Sarah Adams lived that challenge. While fortunate to have had a strong family support network, she saw many of her fellow student parents struggling to keep up. Last fall, the New York Life Graduate Fellow established the CCNY Student Parent Group to provide a support base for all students who
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CWE Lecturer Wins Cartagena Film Festival Award

A short film by Carlos Aguasaco, a Spanish lecturer in The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, has won for best video in the art category at the Cartagena (Colombia) International Film Festival. Mr. Aguasaco, who is also an alumnus of CCNY, wrote, produced and directed “Medialengua” (“Half Tongue”), a short story about a word in Spanish being confused with an English word. “I have known Carlos since his time as a student of our MA program in Spanish, when I was chair of the Department,” said Dr. Juan Carlos Mercado, dean of the Division of Interdisciplinary
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CCNY Named to President's Community Service Honor Roll

The City College of New York (CCNY) has been named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This is the highest recognition an institution of higher education can receive from the Federal Government for its commitment to volunteering, community service and civic engagement. CCNY was chosen for its service-learning academic programs as well as for student-led community service projects. “As a public institution serving a diverse community, community service and civic engagement are integral to our mission,” said CCNY Interim President Robert E. Paaswell. “We’re
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CCNY to Confer Honorary Doctorate on Sy Sternberg, ’65 EE

Sy Sternberg, ’65 EE, former chairman and chief executive officer of New York Life Insurance Co., will receive the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from his alma mater, The City College of New York (CCNY), April 23. CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, ’63, and CCNY Interim President Robert E. Paaswell will confer the degree on him in a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. during the “ Frontiers in Physics” symposium presented by the CCNY Physics Department at The Harmonie Club in New York. The honorary doctorate recognizes Mr. Sternberg’s “distinguished service to college, city and country,” said CCNY
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CCNY Professor’s Musical Journey Down the Hudson

Mike Holober to Lead Westchester Jazz Orchestra in Premiere Performance In addition to teaching in the Music Department at The City College of New York (CCNY), noted jazz composer and pianist Mike Holober serves as artistic director and conductor of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO). On Saturday, April 10, he will lead the ensemble in the premiere of his composition “Flow: In Celebration of the Hudson River.” The concert, at the Town Hall Theatre in Irvington, New York,” begins at 8 p.m. Professor Holober will give an informal talk before the concert at 7:15 p.m. “Flow” is a three-movement
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CCNY Symposium April 23 to Explore Future of Physics

Honorary Degree to be Conferred Upon Sy Sternberg, ’65 EE Five prominent physicists from leading U.S. and European universities will explore the future of their discipline at “Frontiers in Physics,” a daylong symposium presented by the Physics Department at The City College of New York (CCNY). The event, Friday, April 23, at The Harmonie Club in New York, will serve as the occasion for the conferral of an honorary doctorate on Sy Sternberg, ’65 EE, former chairman and chief executive officer of New York Life Insurance Co. The principal speakers, representing high-energy physics, condensed
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CCNY Hosts Amp Up Citywide Student Environmental Network Meeting

Responding to Environmental Crisis, Students Take Future Into Their Hands In the lead-up to the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, students from campuses around New York City are coming together to form the Amp Up Network. The first Amp Up Student Summit will be held at The City College of New York (CCNY) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27 in the North Academic Center Ballroom. The grassroots Amp Up Network will serve to connect environmental student activists on college campuses throughout the five boroughs. More than 100 students from CUNY and private colleges in New York City plan to attend
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Former Gov. Mario Cuomo to Speak at CCNY April 8

The Hon. Mario M. Cuomo, former governor of New York, will deliver the Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Mario Cuomo was the longest serving Democratic governor in the modern history of New York State, serving from 1983 to 1995. “The New York Times” called his tenure “one of the most celebrated governorships in history.” In his 12 years at the helm of the Empire State, Governor Cuomo steered New York through two recessions
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IUSL Holds CUNY Laser Intellectual Property Event April 21

Event Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Laser, 40th Anniversary of Supercontinuum The year 2010 marks the 50th birthday of the laser and 40th year since the discovery of the supercontinuum, a light having both high spatial coherence and broad spectral bandwidth. These anniversaries will be observed at CUNY Laser Intellectual Property Day, an open house event for laser companies and scientists, to be held Wednesday, April 21, by the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York (CCNY). “In the 40 years since the discovery of the supercontinuum, IUSL has
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