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����Ӱҵ’s casts of the Parthenon frieze, sometimes called the Elgin Marbles, are on display at the Graduate Center, CUNY. The casts were recently installed in the Graduate Center lobby and Mina Rees Library where they are visible to the public. The casts consist of 20 plus rectangular relief panels that were part of the Parthenon frieze; four metopes (square panels that were on the exterior of the Parthenon); a reclining figure of Dionysus; and a horse’s head from a pediment (the triangular roof). “The Elgin Marbles casts came to the U.S. during the nineteenth century

Genes for many may be widely associated with determining certain traits and characteristics. Now a study co-led by John H. Martin of The CUNY School of Medicine at ����Ӱҵ is demonstrating that they could also influence neural motor skills. This could lead to new insights in the treatment of motor skills impairments such as Cerebral Palsy. Martin and his collaborators from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Yutaka Yoshida and Zirong Gu, found that the lost function of two genes prevent infant laboratory mice from developing motor skills as they mature into

����Ӱҵ is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2018 edition of its college guide, "The Best 382 Colleges" (Penguin Random House/Princeton Review, $24.99, August 1, 2017). Only about 15% of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges and two colleges outside the U.S. are profiled in the book, which is one of The Princeton Review's most popular guides. Published annually since 1992, it has detailed profiles of the colleges with rating scores in eight

A new generation of manganese dioxide-zinc batteries with unprecedented cycle life and energy density is the latest innovation at ����Ӱҵ-based CUNY Energy Institute. The discovery has made the common household battery suitable for large grid storage applications. City College Senior Research Associate Gautam G. Yadav and his team applied a new twist to the old chemistry behind batteries. The result is a battery that takes advantage of intercalation and complexation chemistry to make the cathodes rechargeable to a larger extent, greatly extending its life. “A new layered

While the charge and spin properties of electrons are widely utilized in modern day technologies such as transistors and memories, another aspect of the subatomic particle has long remained uncharted. This is the “valley” property which has potential for realizing a new class of technology termed “valleytronics” – similar to electronics (charge) and spintronics (spin). This property arises from the fact that the electrons in the crystal occupy different positions that are quantum mechanically distinct. Now City College of New York physicists led by Vinod Menon have demonstrated how to

The 91st ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium will take place on July 9-12 at ����Ӱҵ. The conference is co-sponsored by the Grove School of Engineering and the Division of Science as well as 22 exhibitors and sponsors. The annual meeting of the American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry will bring together students, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs seeking the latest developments and applications in colloids and surface science. The conference features 13 topical sessions from Colloidal Forces to Interactions to Rheology with over 500

Naajidah Correll, Bryan Guichardo and Nana Minder, from the Black Studies Program at ����Ӱҵ, are 2017 Mellon Mays Fellows. The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program is the centerpiece of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s initiatives to increase diversity in the faculty ranks of institutions of higher learning. Fellows have demonstrated academic ability and an aspiration to pursue a doctoral degree in selected humanities, social sciences and physical sciences. The fellowship provides fellows with structured programming; faculty mentoring; support for research

Yusuke Fukui, Mayor of Shimoda City, joins the long list of Japanese pilgrims that have traveled to ����Ӱҵ to pay homage to its founder Townsend Harris when he visits the institution on July 12. Since 1986, top civic officials from Shimoda have made annual pilgrimages to City College to honor Harris. This year marks ����Ӱҵ’s 170th anniversary. After establishing what was then known as The Free Academy in 1847, Harris, a prominent New York merchant, went on to forge U.S.-Japan relations. He arrived in Shimoda on August 21, 1856 to open the first American consulate in Japan.

����Ӱҵ’s Leslie Paik has been named lead editor for the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Rose book series. “I am especially proud to be part of this series,” said Paik, a sociology professor in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, “because it features innovative sociological research with significant policy relevance on a wide range of topics such as economic inequality, the environment, race and ethnic relations, and justice reform.” The ASA Rose Series in Sociology chose the City University of New York to be its new editorial home, starting

As the HIV/AIDS epidemic approaches its fourth decade, each year brings promising news of pioneering research to alleviate the scourge. Add City College of New York scientists to the list with a rapid method to access new molecules that could inhibit the virus that causes AIDS. The ����Ӱҵ research led by Mahesh K. Lakshman, vice chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Ph.D. student Hari Akula, focuses on the modification of nucleosides. These are genetic building materials in all living organisms and because of this they possess great potential as antiviral agents. The ability