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The City College of New York and the United Nations System Staff College have agreed to partner on the Nelson Mandela Project for Social Change, a pioneering initiative aimed at bridging social and political divides by developing new generations of leaders across the globe. The agreement is a key component of a memorandum of understanding signed by President Vince Boudreau, Richard J. Henley and Susan L. Davis Dean Andrew Rich of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, and UNSSC Director Jafar Javan. The MOU envisions collaboration between the two institutions on joint

Waymo, the world’s leading autonomous driving technology company, is partnering with the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) at The City College of New York to develop and enhance an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) training curriculum at Bronx Community College's Automotive Technology Program. This initiative aims to prepare the next generation of automotive technicians for the rapidly evolving field of autonomous vehicles. This partnership will fund the development of an enhanced autonomous vehicle (AV) training curriculum, equipping students with the skills and knowledge needed to

Valmira Gashi M Arch ’20 and Julien Legeard have donated $22,500 to the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture to establish the Valmira Gashi & Julien Legeard Scholarship in support of a student enrolled in the M Arch program. The donors have contributed $7,500 for the Spring 2024 semester, with the remainder of $15,000 to be disbursed throughout the 2024-25 academic year. In addition to the scholarship money, recipients of the award spend a summer interning at the Legeard Studio, under the close supervision of the principals. “We grow with them and they grow with us,” said Gashi. “We

Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture students at The City College of New York under the advisement of Adjunct Professor Steve Preston designed a mobile learning workstation for a local children’s hospital. This work was completed as part of Freedom by Design (FBD), a community service program sponsored by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), that aims to solve everyday problems with modest design and construction solutions. The student team included Juan Giraldo (director), Gildalis Torres (historian), Mouhamadou Dieng (construction manager), Evelyn Krutoy

Grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies and the West Harlem Development Corporation (WHDC), in the amount of $10,000 each, were awarded to support ARCH @ 60: “Bridging Past Visions and Present Realities,” a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Architects’ Renewal Committee (ARCH) in Harlem at CCNY’s J Max Bond Center for Urban Futures, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture on Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16 at CCNY’s Aaron Davis Hall. The event critically examines the current shifts and their relative causes in the physical and cultural transformations of Harlem

The Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York is working with the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship to deliver a new Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship Certificate targeted at undergraduate students. Experts at CCNY and MIT are creating videos, in-person workshops, and course content designed to help CCNY students solve business problems using AI applications. “CCNY’s Zahn Innovation Center has, for more than a decade, helped students develop both an entrepreneurial mindset and concrete business ventures through a

The City College of New York presents the James Baldwin Centennial Celebration, an homage to the enduring legacy of Harlem-bred writer and activist James Baldwin. Spanning fall 2024, the celebration will encompass film screenings, panels, performances, live music, a writing contest and a Harlem community walk centered on the legacy of James Baldwin, our hometown giant. Born in 1924, James Baldwin's extensive body of work, which includes essays, speeches, plays, poetry, short stories, and novels, fearlessly tackles racial and social issues, offering profound insights into the Black American

Justis Fiduccia, MFA Film student at The City College of New York, was accepted into NBCU Academy’s new Original Voices Accelerator Fellowship six-month program. Fiduccia, Class of 2025, is a documentary filmmaker with autism. The program is for U.S.-based student filmmakers and film critics interested in documentary film, journalism and inclusion The Original Voices Accelerator is a pipeline to launch the generation of diverse creatives behind the camera and in the bylines with an annual convergence at the nation’s oldest journalism school and leading independent documentary film festival

A new $2,500,000 five-year gift by the Friedman family to The City College of New York has established a fund to support the Colin Powell Career Fellows program and the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership’s new Social Mobility Lab. The Colin Powell Career Fellows program, established in 2022, provides students with stipends for unpaid and underpaid internships as well as with workshops, training, career coaching, and professional development in order to prepare them for internships. Each internship stipend provides support of up to $5,500 for a Colin Powell student. Internship

Aaron Rand, an alumnus of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, gifted the college $30,000 to help students in Spitzer School’s Bachelor of Architecture Program. A total of $25,000 of the gift is used to establish The Elan Ganeles Endowed Scholarship Fund, and $5,000 will be used as an annual award for a student to receive The Elan Ganeles Annual Scholarship Award. Both the fund and award are in memory of Rand’s late grandson, Elan Ganeles. Ganeles was born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut and double majored in sustainable development and