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Keila Solomon, a recent graduate of The City College of New York, has won the Frederator Award for Best Animation at the CUNY Film Festival. Solomon, who earned a BA in Art with a concentration in Digital Design while at City College, beat out 22 other animated films to win for her animated short film, "Couture". Fred Seibert, the head of Frederated Networks, presented her with the award. " Couture" tells the story of a girl who wishes for a beautiful prom dress who is surprised to find that getting what she wants is even more satisfying when she makes it happen – with the help of a new friend

Averaging an award every season since its premier, “ Nueva York,” CUNY TV’s Spanish-language cultural series created by City College film Professor Jerry Carlson, won two New York Emmy Awards at the 61st Annual Awards Ceremony at the Marriot Marquis. This brings to 14 the number of Emmys garnered by the show, now in its 14th season. The series’ senior producer, Carlson and his team, mostly graduates of CCNY’s MFA Film Program, received four nominations this year. The two winners were an Emmy in the environmental affairs category and for coverage of politics/government. The Emmys are presented

Nineteen-year-old Steven Galeano is the quintessential mix of brains and brawn that powers The City College of New York’s scholar-athlete tradition. The AD/PR sophomore in CCNY’s Division of Humanities and the Arts turned on the style at Madison Square Garden to win the inaugural MSG Ring Masters’ 141-pound open championship. He defeated Deyshawn Williams of Eastern Queens BC in a three-rounder. But that’s not all. Galeano, a Harlem resident, also received the USA Boxing Metro’s top honor, the Johnnie Woluewich Award for his athletic and academic achievements. He’s a journalism minor and has a

The Harlem Children’s Theatre Festival adapts three new plays from myths and fairytales on Saturday, May 5 at The City College of New York’s Aaron Davis Hall. The School of Education’s Graduate Program in Educational Theatre presents the annual festival, which takes place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. This annual festival is jam-packed with artsy activities, live performances and sing-alongs, and arts and crafts stations. The event is a fun and free for kids of all ages (3 and up) and brings the community and all members of the family together to share in the joy of live theatre and the arts. The

David Lohman, associate professor of biology at The City College of New York and a leading entomologist with two insects named after him, is once again a Fulbright Scholar. His selection as a 2018-2019 Fulbright ASEAN Research Scholar will take him back to Southeast Asia to continue his study of butterfly evolution and the role of islands in species formation. The six-month award will allow Lohman to travel to Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines to conduct collaborative research on insect evolution and biogeography. He’ll work with collaborators in each country to develop their capacity to

President Vince Boudreau, The City College Fund & The 21st Century Foundation invite you to The Edward I. Altman Lecture Series in Financial Economics on Monday, April 30 at 1:30p.m. in Shepard Hall, Room 350. Guest speaker Dr. Viral V. Acharya’s talk is entitled “Global Spillovers: Managing Capital Flows and Forex Reserves.” The Edward I. Altman Lecture Series in Financial Economics was established by Dr. Edward I. Altman, ‘63. Professor Altman is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business, New York University. Acharya is a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of

CCNY x CEO Action raise awareness of unconscious bias in workplace and on college campuses The City College of New York joins the growing coalition pledging to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and on college campuses. More than 400 CEOs and university presidents have come together for CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™, with City College being one of the first New York City colleges invited to be a signatory. President Vince Boudreau is committing himself to advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace and at the college raising awareness of unconscious bias among

Native American relations with the government, Jane Austen’s work from a queer theoretical approach and a study of philosopher Edmund Husserl are among the research topics by the sixth cohort of City College of New York summer interns to Stanford. Five students from the Division of Humanities and the Arts are the latest participants in the eight-week CCNY-Stanford Summer Research Program that runs from mid-June to mid-August at Stanford University. Established in 2013, it is designed for students considering graduate school, and specifically doctoral research, in the humanities and arts

Dorthe M. Eisele, assistant professor in The City College of New York’s Division of Science and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is the winner of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) Award. According to NSF, their Faculty Early Career Development Program is a foundation-wide activity that “offers NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.” NSF CAREER awards provide five

Of the handful of all-jazz radio stations still around, Newark-based WBGO88.3 FM is hailed in the industry as the pre-eminent home of the genre. And for the rest of the month, WBGO showcases The City College of New York Graduate Jazz Ensemble as part of its Jazz Appreciation Month. Under the direction of renowned saxophonist and band leader Steve Wilson, the ensemble was invited to make its debut on the famed station operated by Newark Public Radio. Antonio Ciacca (piano), Steve Lacey (guitar), Moto Kobayashi (bassist and the only undergraduate member), Fred Griggs (drums) and Jamile Staevie