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For three days in April of 2017 the jazz quartet The Manhattan Transfer recorded some of their vocal parts for their album, The Junction, at the Sonic Arts Center of The City College of New York with SAC director Paul Kozel engineering. Kozel also recorded percussionist Luisito Quintero for the album. Winy Taveras provided technical assistance for the recording sessions. The Junction was released almost a year later on March 30, 2018 and quickly rocketed to #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart by April 5, 2018! “Janis Siegel (a member of the Transfer) and I have been looking for opportunities to work

Amelia J. Smyth, a sophomore in The City College of New York’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, is a 2018 Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship winner. Created in 1999, the program provides outstanding undergraduates from 12 New York City colleges with three years of personal, professional and cultural immersions in the United States and abroad. It is supported by the Thomas J. Watson Foundation. “In this milestone year, our 50th Anniversary as a foundation, we are excited that our campus and global partnerships are stronger than ever”, said Chris Kasabach, executive director of

Representing Norway in an unprecedented 10 simulated UN committees, The City College of New York’s 12-member delegation earned an Honorable Mention at the 2018 National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference in Manhattan. More than 5,000 university students from some 215 schools around the world participated in the competition, discussing current global issues in a real world context. The accolade from the National Collegiate College Association continued the winning streak over the years by NMUN teams mentored by City College’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. Faculty

On April 11, more than 60 female high school students from the NYC metro area will attend Discover Engineering, an event hosted by the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York. Attendees will be immersed in the world of engineering and the exciting possibilities it offers as a career. During the event, which is offered in partnership with Young Women In Bio (YWIB), attendees will be engaged in lively discussions and activities demonstrating the many ways engineers are helping to meet the great challenges of our times. The young women will spend time with Grove School and

Books on decision making in transportation investment, mentalization in psychotherapy, “TrumpMania” and the art and craft of PR are some of the new publications by City College of New York faculty and staff. Joseph Berechman, professor of economics in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, is the author of “ The Infrastructure We Ride On: Decision Making in Transportation Investment.” The book explores the various economic and institutional factors that explain why huge investments are made in unworthy transportation mega-projects in the United States and other countries. It

Shawn L. Rickenbacker has been named director of the J. Max Bond Center for Urban Futures, The City College of New York’s research and design center focused on Cities. Rickenbacker’s appointment was announced by City College President Vince Boudreau and Gordon Gebert, Acting Dean, The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. The Bond Center honors the legacy of J. Max Bond, renowned African American architect and former architecture dean at CCNY, and his extraordinary accomplishments of integrating urban innovation with societal and cultural concerns. As Director of JMBC for Urban

Dignitaries set for Presidential Investiture ceremony, March 29 In a transformative moment for the nation’s first tuition free public college, scholar-activist Vincent Boudreau is to be sworn in as 13th President of The City College of New York in an investiture ceremony starting 5:30 p.m. on March 29 in CCNY’s Great Hall. He is the second faculty member there to rise to the position of CCNY president in the institution’s 171-year history. Fredrick Bertrand Robinson, CCNY’s 5th president (1927-1939), was the first. A professor of political science at CCNY who’s also on the faculty at the

For the fourth consecutive year, more than 100 hundred scholars and researchers from 50 universities around the world, meet at The City College of New York’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education to discuss the historical ties between North America and Spain, April 11-13. Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, delivers the keynote address 7 p.m., Thursday, April 12, at the Instituto Cervantes, located at 211 East 49th Street, Manhattan. It is entitled: “Spain and North America: New Perspectives on a

Six master’s programs at The City College of New York are listed among the top in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools 2019” rankings released today. Fine arts, offered by City College’s Division of Humanities and the Arts, ranks in the top 60 nationwide in the survey of more than 2,012 programs by the newspaper. The other CCNY programs – three of them in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership -- earning national recognition are: Engineering #133 [Tie], Grove School of Engineering; Clinical Psychology #113 [Tie], Colin Powell School; Psychology #148

Continuing her advocacy for undocumented youths, City College of New York education professor Tatyana Kleyn presents her latest co-production, "Still Living Undocumented: Five Years Later." It premieres March 20 at a special screening, 6 – 7:30 p.m. at City College’s Aaron Davis Hall, that includes a panel discussion. Liz Robbins, the New York Times Metro immigration reporter, will moderate the discussion on the documentary produced and directed by Kleyn and shot by independent filmmaker Ben Donnellon. In addition to Kleyn and Donnellon, panelists include: Farah, a member of The CCNY Dream