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Growing up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and Harlem, John Johnson wanted to be the first person in his family to attend college. He was accepted by many universities but chose ����Ӱҵ because of its excellence and free tuition for those who qualified academically. “I received a first class education that allowed me to compete at all levels,” recalled the retired Emmy Award-winning television news anchor, artist and author. “City College gave me the wherewithal to sit down and interview Nelson Mandela. It gave me the wherewithal to sit down and interview Bill Clinton and

Dr. Marom Bikson , professor of biomedical engineering in ����Ӱҵ's Grove School of Engineering , will be inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's (AIMBE) College of Fellows Monday, March 16, in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will be held during AIMBE's 2015 annual meeting at the National Academy of Sciences Great Hall. Bikson was nominated, reviewed and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows "for outstanding contributions in the area of neuromodulation and the specific field of transcranial direct current stimulation of

Doctor of Science to Nobel Laureate John O’Keefe ’63 and engineer Michael Pope ’44BEE; Doctor of Humane Letters to Xerox Chair Ursula Burns Nobel Laureate John O’Keefe , ’63, pioneering engineer Michael Pope, ’44BEE and trailblazing Xerox Corporation chair and CEO Ursula Burns will be awarded honorary degrees at ����Ӱҵ’s 169th Commencement Exercises, May 29. The awards are in recognition of their professional accomplishments. Following are brief bios of the honorees: Dr. John O’Keefe, ’63 O'Keefe is one of the most influential neuroscientists today. The Harlem-born son of

Five master’s programs at ����Ӱҵ have been listed among the top in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools 2016” rankings released today. Two of the programs, public service management, the MPA program in City College’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership , and fine arts, which is offered by the Division of Humanities and the Arts , are both ranked in the top one hundred nationally. The Colin Powell School’s psychology and clinical psychology programs also earned national recognition, along with the Grove School of Engineering’s

More than 160 scholars from around the world will attend a four- day interdisciplinary conference on Spanish linguistics March 26 – 29 at ����Ӱҵ. Themed "Spanish Contact, Expansion, and Transformation,” the 25th Conference on Spanish in the United States and 10th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages will be hosted by City College for the first time . It brings together researchers from various disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, anthropology, education, and legal studies, investigating a wide range of topics related to the Spanish language and

African literary greats Chris Abani and Ngugi wa Thiong'o conclude ����Ӱҵ's Chinua Achebe Legacy Series with talks March 12 and April 23, respectively, at ����Ӱҵ's upper Manhattan campus. Abani will discuss his writing that's garnered him numerous honors, including the PEN Hemingway Book Prize and a Guggenheim Award, in a conversation with Emily Raboteau , 12:30 –2 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in City College's North Academic Center ballroom. Raboteau is associate professor of English at ����Ӱҵ and a noted author. Abani's most recent book is " The Secret History of Las Vegas: A

For her next project, City College of New York Professor Andrea Weiss ramps up the activism that’s been her hallmark as an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. In “Bones of Contention,” whose research is funded by her 2014 Fulbright Scholars award, Dr. Weiss focuses on the erasure and denial of LGBT history in post-Franco Spain. The documentary is the subject of her talk in the next edition of City College’s “Presidential Conversations: Activism, Scholarship, and Engagement” series Thursday, March 19, 4 – 5: 30 p.m. “Bones of Contention,” the talk, will be held in ����Ӱҵ’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer

Valeria Munt, a graduate student majoring in international relations at ����Ӱҵ, has been named a 2015 Diplomacy and Diversity Fellow by Humanity in Action . She is one of 24 Fellows from the United States and Europe selected for their academic excellence and leadership potential. There were 421 graduate applicants from nearly 200 universities worldwide. Between May 29 and June 28, Ms. Munt and her colleagues will travel to Washington, D.C., Berlin (Germany), Paris (France) and The Hague (the Netherlands) exploring the changing international dynamics of diplomacy and

����Ӱҵ begins its 2015 Women’s History Month (WHM) observance Tuesday, March 3, with a program of speakers and networking session 12 – 2 p.m. in the North Academic Center (NAC) Ballroom. The kickoff and other City College WHM events are free and open to the public. Following are highlights of the observance at ����Ӱҵ: Saturday, March 7, Third Annual Women’s Leadership Summit. This year’s theme is creating alliances while working together to empower women. 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. NAC Hoffman Lounge. Open to all CUNY students but must registered by Monday, March 2. Tuesday, March

"Smart Bridge Sockets," a home energy management system that enables residential consumers to efficiently and autonomously manage home appliances, earned three City College of New York electrical engineering students first place in an international competition at the United Nations. The portable device was developed by Erzhena Badmatsyrenova (junior), Gayashan Fernando (senior) and Anna McGilloway (sophomore) in City College's Zahn Innovation Center . It topped entries from 15 other teams in the Resolution Project's Social Venture Challenge , including participants from Malaysia, Indonesia