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Natalie L. Mason-Kinsey has been appointed Director of Affirmative Action, Compliance and Diversity at The City College of New York (CCNY). She started at CCNY June 15. Ms. Mason-Kinsey, a native of Seattle who now lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son, joins from Hostos Community College where she served as Director of Affirmative Action for more than four years. In announcing her appointment, President Williams called her “an invaluable addition to the CCNY community as we continue striving for excellence in all facets of the institution.” A graduate of the University of Washington and

For the second consecutive year and the third time since 2001, graduating seniors in the CCNY Division of Science CCAPP (City College Academy of Professional Preparation) program have selected Dr. Sally Hoskins , Professor of Biology, to receive the CCAPP “Teacher of the Year” Award. No other faculty member has won as often, according to Dr. Millicent Roth, the program director. Professor Hoskins attributes her popularity with students to the appeal of her Biology 355 class, “Analysis of Scientific Literature with C.R.E.A.T.E,” an upper-level elective for biology and other science majors.

Award is Second for CCNY in Three Years NEW YORK, June 18, 2009 – Jeremy Joffee, a 2008 graduate of the M.F.A. program in Media Arts Production at The City College of New York (CCNY), received the Silver Medal in the 36th Annual Student Academy Awards for his thesis film “The Bronx Balletomane.” The award was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences at a ceremony Saturday, June 13, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Mr. Joffee’s film, which he wrote and directed, was selected in the Narrative category. The 30-minute movie is a father and daughter tale about two tough souls from the

Joyce Conoly-Simmons, Academic Support and Supplemental Instruction Coordinator for CCNY’s SEEK Program received the 2009 Faculty Service Award from the CCNY Alumni Association at the Association’s 157th Annual Meeting, Thursday, June 11. In addition, the Association presented its new Administrative Service Award to Joan Newman, Deputy to the Dean of the School of Education. Professor Conoly-Simmons, who joined CCNY as a research assistant in 1968, was honored for her more than 40 years of contributions to the academic and social welfare of the College’s students. She has worked with SEEK

NEW YORK, June 11, 2009 – Amita Gupta and Catherine Franklin, members of faculty of the City College of New York (CCNY) School of Education, have received 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholar grants for research and teaching abroad. Dr. Gupta, an Associate Professor whose expertise includes early childhood education and teacher education in international contexts, will travel to South Asia this fall to conduct research in India, Sri Lanka and Maldives. She will examine current directions in early education and urban teacher preparation policies in response to the effects of globalization in Asia. Dr

The City College of New York will be well represented at the World Science Festival, which runs June 10 – 14, with some of CCNY’s prominent scientists and alumni participating in the program. The Festival aims to cultivate public interest, awareness and support for science by taking it out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums, and public halls of New York City. Participating presenters include entertainers, writers and artists, as well as scientists. Nobel Laureate and CCNY Alumnus Leon Lederman, ’43, will participate in “Matter: Stories of Atoms and Eves,” a panel

More than 100 experts on network and telecommunications security from academia, government and industry attended a two-day conference on Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Policy and Strategy, June 4 – 5. The event, sponsored by The Grove School of Engineering’s Center for Information Networking and Telecommunicationsand the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute, offered presentations on the newest threats to cyber infrastructure as well as novel strategies for thwarting them. Attendees heard experts from the National Defense University describe a scenario whereby a powerful

NEW YORK, June 9, 2009 – A team of engineers with CCNY’s NOAA-CREST Center is applying remote sensing data to model outbreaks of malaria and help the southwest African nation of Namibia protect against them. Their efforts could help one of the world’s poorest nations more effectively allocate scarce resources to combat the deadly disease and save lives. Namibia has experienced unprecedented flooding, mainly in its northern areas, over the past several years, probably caused by global warming, notes Dr. Leonid Roytman, Professor of Electrical Engineering in The Grove School of Engineering at

Plans to Use $19,000 Stipend to Document AIDS Crisis in Swaziland NEW YORK, June 1, 2009 -- Kyle Meyer, a recent graduate of The City College of New York's (CCNY) Art Program, is a 2009 winner of the Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship. He plans to use the Fellowship, which carries a $19,000 stipend, to travel to Swaziland this fall to document communities affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic there. Mr. Meyer graduated from City College on May 28 with a B.A. in Studio Art, with a concentration in photography.He is the eighth CCNY student to be named a Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Fellow since

NEW YORK, May 18, 2009 – Ilan McKenna and Sara Roffino, graduate students in The City College of New York's (CCNY) School of Education, have received 2009-2010 Fulbright Program English Teaching Assistantships (ETA). ETAs are grants whose recipients are placed in schools or universities out of the host country's capital city. Grant recipients are assigned various activities designed to improve their students' language abilities and knowledge of the United States. Ms. McKenna, who is pursuing a Master's in Special Education (M.S.E.D.) is headed for New Delhi, India, in July to teach English in