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The City College of New York has jumped 52 places from last year in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings published today. Top performances in several categories including social mobility (#17) and undergraduate teaching (#61) have earned City College a joint #176 spot overall among an elite pool of 389 institutions that made the final cut in the 2021 rankings. The following is how CCNY fares in the annual evaluation of America’s top degree-granting schools: #17 in Social Mobility - National Universities (tie); #61 in Undergraduate Teaching - National Universities (tie);

The Department of Student Life and Leadership Development at The City College of New York kicks off Latinx/a/o Heritage Month with a virtual celebration, including a discussion about each of the Latinx/a/o Heritage Month honorees. The kickoff takes place on Tues., September 15 from 12:30-2 p.m.; to RSVP, please click here. The honorees will be featured on a virtual and on-site honoree wall, and three individuals from each of the 21 Latin American countries were chosen to be featured. There is also a separate subpage for each country, which will display the honorees. The subpage will showcase

The City College of New York’s long tradition of quality, affordability and outstanding student outcomes continues to gain national recognition. In its 2020 Best Colleges for Your Money rankings, Money Magazine lists CCNY in the top 15%. And it’s only one of two schools in New York State on the University Headquarters rankings of most affordable four-year colleges and universities by State. CCNY ranked #113 out of 739 four-year schools that met Money’s benchmark for successfully combining quality and affordability. MIT, Stanford University and Princeton ranked first, second and third, in that

“ A Field Guide to a Happy Life - 53 Brief Lessons for Living,” by renowned City College of New York philosopher Massimo Pigliucci, rolls off the presses on Sept. 15, reimagining Stoicism for the modern age, according to publisher, Basic Books. “Pigliucci offers a renewed Stoicism that reflects modern science and sensibilities,” notes Basic Books. Publishers Weekly hails the 160-page guide by City College’s K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy in the Division of Humanities and the Arts as “a shrewd take on Stoic philosophy that's one-part inspiration and one-part manual for cultivating

The City University of New York is investing $400,000 in a new transportation and infrastructure training program at The City College of New York. The investment follows ongoing efforts to improve equity, representation and access to jobs in the transportation, infrastructure and construction sectors for residents of Harlem, Inwood, Upper Manhattan and the Northwest Bronx. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat and his predecessor as Representative for New York’s 13th congressional district, Charles B. Rangel, applauded the CUNY move. “For generations, the communities of Northern Manhattan and the Bronx

Michelle Caines and Sheila Castillo bring to three the number of City College of New York undergraduates at its Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE) awarded $10,000 Women’s Forum Education Fund fellowships in 2020. The awards are given to high-potential women, age 35 and over, whose education and lives have been disrupted by extreme adversity. They recognize extraordinary and often heroic efforts in overcoming adversity in restructuring lives for success. Sandra Serrano, a senior pursuing a BA degree with a concentration in urban studies and public

Can the codes of an old, traditional craft coexist with, and influence, the new code of digital devices, interfaces, storytelling, image and sound making? Hajoe Moderegger, visual artist and associate professor at The City College of New York, seeks to find that out as a Fulbright Scholar to Hong Kong. He’s the recipient of a 2020-2021 award whose start date is deferred to January 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Through cultural and theoretical research, and the production of a cyborg opera in collaboration with a traditional puppet master, I want to understand and communicate how

A top producer of physics graduates nationally, The City College of New York is among 23 elite partner institutions in a five-year $115 million Quantum Information Science (QIS) project led by the Long Island-based Brookhaven National Laboratory. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded project is one of five such QIS research centers being set up in the United States. “Supporting the National Quantum Initiative Act, these interdisciplinary, multi-institutional centers will facilitate the advancement of QIS technology. Realizing the full potential of quantum-based applications in computing

City College and the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture announced the establishment of the Hollander Design Fellowship. This three-year fellowship was established by Hollander Design Landscape Architects to encourage and support New York City students from demographics and communities that are historically underrepresented in landscape architecture to pursue the field. “Landscape architecture is a profession that is felt at the community level, and all communities should have a voice in helping to shape the fabric of our lives outdoors,” said Edmund Hollander, FASLA, president of

Michael Eric Dyson, the award-winning author, renowned Georgetown University sociologist and noted political analyst, receives the Langston Hughes Medal from The City College of New York on Nov. 12. The medal is awarded to highly distinguished writers from throughout the African American diaspora at CCNY's annual Langston Hughes Festival, which is celebrating its 42nd anniversary this year. It recognizes honorees for their impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that help to celebrate the memory and tradition of Langston Hughes. Past award winners include