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New Research Colloquium Gives Top Students ‘Writing Sample They Can Use to Apply to Graduate School’ The City College of New York history department launched a research colloquium in the spring 2010 semester that would give its top students a “writing sample they can use to apply to graduate school.” A year later, the effort has paid off handsomely as four graduating seniors have been admitted to top PhD programs on full, five-year fellowships. The four students and the schools that have admitted them are: Diana Sierra, University of Michigan; Fidel Tavarez, Princeton University; Michael

The City College of New York Libraries celebrate Japanese culture by hosting a Cherry Blossom Film Festival April 28 – May 5 in the Cohen Library Archives Reading Room on the fifth floor of the North Academic Center. During the festival, four noted Japanese films with socio-cultural themes from CCNY’s collection will be screened in their entirety or partially. Four East Asia scholars from CCNY, Baruch College and Yale University will host and/or discuss the films, as well. The festival will also help promote a tsunami and earthquake relief fundraising campaign being conducted by CCNY libraries

Johnson Shiuan-Jiun Ho, a junior biomedical engineering major in the Grove School of Engineering and Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York, has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for 2011. The national award recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate academic excellence and outstanding potential for future scientific research. “I wholeheartedly congratulate Johnson on his achievement,” said CCNY President Lisa Staiano-Coico. “He is a brilliant, hard-working student who, like so many others at CCNY, has taken advantage of the mentoring and research opportunities we

Since its inception 64 years ago, Pakistan’s quest for democracy has been tenuous. In “Pakistan: From the Rhetoric of Democracy to the Rise of Militancy,” edited by Dr. Ravi Kalia, professor of history at The City College of New York, readers get an idea of why. Published by Routledge (2011), the book comprises essays by scholars and diplomats from three continents. They reflect on the political, social, military and urban history of Pakistan with focus on its search for democracy as well as its pivotal role in the global war on terror. It is the only non-NATO country aligned with the United

City College of New York students Jose Esteban Rodriguez Alverio, Elizabeth Kelman and Nicholas Macaluso have received Jeannette K. Watson Fellowships for 2011. They are among 15 undergraduate recipients from 12 New York City colleges and universities. The fellowship, a program of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, is a three-year program centered around three summer internships that provide fellows with professional development opportunities and mentoring. The internships include a stipend of $5,000 for the first two summers and $6,000 for the final summer. Watson fellows intern with nonprofit

Dr. Jane Lubchenco, under secretary of commerce and administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will visit The City College of New York Friday, April 15, to participate in the ninth annual NOAA-CREST Day. While here, she will also meet with CCNY President Lisa Staiano-Coico, CUNY Vice Chancellor for Research Gillian Small and NOAA-CREST Director Reza Khanbilvardi. Hundreds of students from New York City high schools and community colleges participate in NOAA-CREST Day each year. They come to learn about education and career opportunities associated with environmental

Global Marketing Communications Firm Honored for ‘Model’ Commitment to Industry/University Cooperation The City College of New York is proud to celebrate its long and productive partnership with Young & Rubicam (Y&R) by honoring the global marketing communications company at a reception. The event, Tuesday, April 12, at City College, recognizes Y&R’s outstanding commitment to CCNY’s talented communications studies students. Young & Rubicam began working with CCNY six years ago to help advertising/public relations majors gain internships year-round. It has since evolved into a “model” for

City College Grad Student Writes Tell-All Field Guide to Urban Animals Call her the tabloid journalist of the animal world. Julie Feinstein, a PhD student at The City College of New York, has the dirt on all creatures great and small – specifically – the wild animals that live among us. She lays it bare in a new tell-all book, “Field Guide to Urban Wildlife: Common Animals of Cities and Suburbs, How They Adapt and Thrive” (Stackpole Books, 2011). Ms. Feinstein’s book taps the untold stories of the birds, mammals and invertebrates she encounters daily in the New York metropolitan area. Her

The City College of New York will host “Einsteins in the City 2011,” an international conference of top student researchers, April 13 through 15, in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Ave., New York. The theme for the event, “Transcending Boundaries; Communicating Across Disciplines,” promotes interdisciplinary cooperation in research and the cross-cultural exchange of ideas. "What we are hoping to do with this conference is promote the culture of true cross-disciplinary and global communication among scholars,” commented Dr. Maria Tamargo, chair of the conference organizing committee

Two symposia presented by The City College of New York Department of Sociology, April 8 and April 15, will examine sociological and scientific perspectives on race. The first symposium, 2 p.m. Friday, April 8, titled, “Race and Science: New Findings and Challenges,” focuses on questions of race and science and how increasingly scientific views of race challenge the sociological notions of race as “non scientific.” The second meeting, “Race and Categorization: Changing Terrains,” 2 p.m. Friday, April 15, concentrates on the 2010 Census and the many questions it has raised about race. Both