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A new study led by Assistant Medical Professor Philip Smith of ����Ӱҵ’s Sophie Davis Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine, and conducted in collaboration with researchers at Yale University and Yeshiva University, found important differences between women and men in their ability to quit smoking when taking medications commonly prescribed to help smokers quit. The study, Sex Differences in Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Comparative Efficacy: A Network Meta-analysis, which reviewed and analyzed evidence from over 14,000 cigarette smokers participating in 28

Research team returns from an 18-day sea voyage – but it was no pleasure cruise. Maria Tzortziou, associate professor of earth and atmospheric science at ����Ӱҵ, was one of the lead scientists on the launch of Korea-United States Ocean Color (KORUS-OC) expedition, an 18-day oceanographic field campaign designed to tackle air-quality problems and capture coastal ocean dynamics in the East Sea and Yellow Sea. Comprised of scientists from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

A civic initiative to increase the proportion of minorities among New York City’s teaching ranks is taking shape – and the City College of New York’s School of Education is in the forefront of it. NYC Men Teach takes square aim at the public schools’ lack of diversity. Male students of color comprise 43 percent of the student demographic but only 8.3 percent of the teachers’, according to the enterprise’s website. ����Ӱҵ’s program is headed by Walter Greigg. He was recruited by SOE Dean Mary Driscoll in January to serve as the academic project director, charged with fulfilling City College’s

At the invitation of First Lady Michelle Obama, Class of 2016 Salutatorian Orubba Almansouri, took her oratorical skills to Washington, D.C. where she was a speaker at the United State of Women Summit. She addressed the panel, ‘Let Girls Learn,’ at the two-day conference whose other speakers included President Obama, Mrs. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Oprah Winfrey and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. The Yemeni-born Brooklyn resident received an award from the Yemeni ambassador in Washington, Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, in recognition of her academic success. Almansouri spoke passionately

����Ӱҵ’s latest “Great Grads” list reflects ����Ӱҵ’s remarkable diversity that has earned it a top ranking as one of the most ethnically diverse institutions in the nation. The thirteen standouts include ����Ӱҵ’s stellar Yemeni-born Class of 2016 Salutatorian, a Fulbright Scholar from Sudan, an Italian artist pursuing an architectural career and an Afghani immigrant bound for medical school. Nominated by their professors, these remarkable young men and women represent all the schools and divisions of City College. Click here to read more about ����Ӱҵ’s 2016 Great Grads. About

Before Ravi Shankar, whom George Harrison called the “godfather of world music,” became the internationally-recognized legend that he remains today, he was a City College of New York visiting professor. Shankar taught courses at ����Ӱҵ in the fall of 1967, including Special Topics: Music in Indian Culture: Theory and Practice (graduate). Forty-eight class meetings were recorded and are currently housed in the ����Ӱҵ Archives and Special Collections. On them, Shankar explains the origins of Indian classical music, describes and demonstrates the music theory behind it, and leads students in singing

Five members of ����Ӱҵ’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter are back from Nicaragua after completing a week-long mission to address the water needs of a rural community there. Students Jian Cao, Andrea Iguina, Jillian Panagakos, Rodrigo Ulloa, and Isabel Zayas were accompanied to Tadazna by Dr. Kyle McDonald, Terry Elkes Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science, and the team’s travel mentor. This is the first project in the partnership between EWBUSA ����Ӱҵ and the community of Tadazna. Approximately half the population of Tadazna does not have easy access to clean

Associate Professor of Psychology Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith will connect her past with her present when she hosts a symposium, “Women in Leadership: Empowering Girls through Education and Training: Discussions from a Global Perspective” on July 9, 4:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall. The symposium, which Akinsulure-Smith hopes will become an annual event, has two intended purposes: to stimulate discourse about the importance of education for girls and women in global leadership, and to support her alma mater, the Annie Walsh Memorial School for Girls in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Dr. Robert E. Paaswell, Distinguished Professor in ����Ӱҵ’s Grove School of Engineering, is one of eight experts selected to pick a winning design for a new Port Authority Bus Terminal. The international panel of jurors, renowned for their expertise in fields such as transportation operations, urban planning, architecture and construction management, was announced by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It has launched a design contest to replace its aging midtown Manhattan bus terminal, the busiest such facility in the world by volume of traffic. A civil

The Division of Science at the City College of New York is pleased to announce a generous six-figure gift from the Chleck Family Foundation for the creation of the Chleck Family Scholarship & Graduate Research Fellowship in Science. The fund will support undergraduate and graduate students with demonstrated financial need who are majoring in one of the following disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Mathematics, and Physics. The scholarship fund was established in honor of City College alumnus David Chleck ‘48, a chemist and entrepreneur. “The scholarship was designed