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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is the keynote speaker at The City College of New York’s 172nd Commencement on May 30. He will address the Class of 2025, comprising more than 3,000 graduates, on CCNY’s South Campus Great Lawn in historic Harlem. The commencement exercises begin at 10 a.m. Other speakers include: City College President Vincent Boudreau; Class of 2025 Valedictorian Eilyn Zuniga Marquez, a Salvadoran immigrant who graduated summa cum laude in January with dual BA and MA degrees in psychology from the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership; and Salutatorian

The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership’s Social Mobility Lab at The City College of New York has announced the 2025 recipients of its Social Mobility Lab research grants. These grants support interdisciplinary scholarship aimed at advancing understanding of, and strategies for promoting, social mobility in the United States. Launched last year, the Social Mobility Lab’s mission is to discover new ways to accelerate and expand opportunity for students and the communities they represent. Its approach is to learn more about what is driving social mobility, translate that

With limited funds and an overwhelming desire to pursue a college education, Allen Taylor had few options outside The City College of New York with its free but highly competitive admission policy. Decades later, the Class of 1967 alumnus and Professor Emeritus of Nutrition, Ophthalmology, and Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology at Tufts University, is giving back to his alma mater in a big way. He’s funding CCNY’s new Allen Taylor Academic Promise Awards for Undergraduates and Ph.D.-student-Mentors of undergraduates in Chemistry & Biochemistry in the Division of Science. The Allen

AccountAbility Chief Executive Officer Sunil A. (Sunny) Misser is the newest member of the Board of Visitors of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York, joining 24 other distinguished Board members. Prior to joining AccountAbility, a global consulting and standards firm, Misser served as the global managing partner for the Sustainability Advisory Business at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led the firm's sustainability and corporate governance efforts worldwide. Earlier, he held the role of global strategy leader for PwC’s Assurance and Business

Innovative pitches by student startups from The City College of New York and other CUNY and SUNY schools won big in CCNY’s 2025 Zahn Innovation Center Incubator Venture Competition. Eighty-two thousand dollars in prizes went to the budding inventor/entrepreneurs to develop their ideas. The startups competed for grand prizes of $15,000 each in four categories, with each second-place finisher receiving $5,000. In addition, one team in each category received a $500 demo day audience choice award. Following are the categories and final pitch results (all CCNY unless indicated): Zahn Software Grand

The Bachelor of Science in Digital Game Development, at The City College of New York’s Division of Science, will admit its first cohort of students this fall. The new degree program, originally called Gaming Pathways, is a collaboration between the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Urban Arts, and CCNY and Science Arts Engagement New York’s Harlem Gallery of Science. "Three years after an announcement was made declaring a $2 million investment by the City of NY towards the creation of a Digital Games Bachelor degree at CCNY, we are thrilled to say along side our partners at Urban Arts

Two current City College of New York students and two recent graduates are recipients of Jonas E. Salk Scholarships awarded by The City University of New York. The scholarships recognize exceptional students who plan careers in medicine and the biological sciences. CCNY’s 2025 Salk Scholars are: Janice Rateshwar, graduating senior, biomedical science; Abiola D. Laguda, graduating senior, biomedical science; Beliz Kayis, Class of 2024, BS biomedical engineering, Macaulay Honors College; and Sameah Algharazi, Class of 2023, BS biology. As Salk Scholars, the four will each receive a stipend of $8

Teacher preparation programs should provide all teacher education students with appropriate training in recognizing and supporting mental health concerns so that they are able to recognize needs for mental health services referral. This is the argument that The City College of New York Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology Nicole Lorenzetti presented to the American Education Research Association’s 2025 annual meeting. Lorenzetti, who also directs the CCNY School of Education’s Program in Special Education, presented “It’s Just Who He Is: Mindsets of Teacher Education Students and

Victor Almanzar, the star of award-winning theatrical, television and film productions, returns to his alma mater to deliver the David Dortort Lecture in the Dramatic Arts at The City College of New York on Wednesday, May 7. Free and open to the public, his talk, 6 – 8 p.m. in Theatre B of Aaron Davis Hall, is entitled “An Actor's Journey.” From the Class of 2012, Almanzar, who majored in theatre, will share how his CCNY degree led to success on the stage and screen, appearing on Broadway and in productions such as Steppenwolf, Homeland and Empire. Aaron Davis Hall is located at 140 Convent

Robert J. Messinger, associate professor of chemical engineering at The City College of New York whose research includes developing a new generation of rechargeable batteries, has been named to City & State’s 2025 Trailblazers in Clean Energy list. The list shines a spotlight on New York’s most remarkable renewable energy leaders, including innovative industry figures, groundbreaking policymakers and notable environmentalists and conservationists. “The transition to clean energy has entered a new phase in New York, as the state faces threats from new tariffs, economic headwinds and a pivot