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����Ӱҵ’s student chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers took first place in three categories in addition to scooping the best “Trailblazer Chapter Award” at the NSBE Region 1 conference in Hauppauge, N.Y. The winners at the event from City College’s Grove School of Engineering were: Chiziterem Uwaga (senior, mechanical engineering), Individual Challenge Question with his presentation on tackling harmful pathogens; Rajiv Wallace (senior, chemistry), in the Technical Research Exhibition; “Team Parchment Protectors” comprising Oren Previl (junior, civil

The “Presidential Conversations: Activism, Scholarship, and Engagement,” series at ����Ӱҵ continues in 2015. Dr. Ana Carnaval , assistant professor of biology at ����Ӱҵ whose research has helped develop a new biodiversity metric called “phylogeographic endemism,” is the third speaker in the series, Thursday, February 5, 4 – 5:30 p.m. in Shepard 250. Her topic will be “Integrating Biology and Environmental Sciences to Understand Biodiversity Patterns in the Tropics.” The other scheduled speakers in the spring are: Dr. Andrea Weiss, Media and Communication Arts, “Bones of

����Ӱҵ’s student-designed “Solar Roofpod” is making a comeback atop the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture building. Envisaged as a solution to New York City’s energy and emission problems, the innovative structure had been in storage since placing second in the “People’s Choice Award” at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon on the National Mall. The first phase of its installation is nearing completion, allowing for its use as a classroom, living lab and lecture event space, hopefully in the spring semester, said Christian Volkmann, associate

Research by City College of New York psychology Professor Irvin Schonfeld in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership suggests a strong connection between burnout and depression. In a study of more than 5,500 school teachers to estimate the prevalence of depressive disorders in workers with burnout, 90% of the subjects identified as burned out met diagnostic criteria for depression. The study also examined the overlap of burnout with the atypical subtype of depression. Features of atypical depression were observed in 63% of the burned-out participants with major depression. “The

Stephanie Petit-Homme, a City College of New York senior with dreams of making a difference globally as a human rights lawyer, has been awarded a 2014 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad. The political science and French double major will spend the spring semester at Université Paris VIII in France. Gilman Scholars are selected by the International Institute of Education from a competitive process in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. The program’s mission is to prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world

To test a revolutionary device that has been the buzz of the scientific world in recent weeks, the startup Thync turned to City College of New York biomedical engineering Professor Marom Bikson. At his world-class neuromodulation lab in the Grove School of Engineering, Professor Bikson led a study that validated if the revolutionary device could change moods in a single session of use and keep them elevated over six weeks of use. Approximately 100 City College students and staff participated in the trial this fall funded by a grant from Thync. Dr. Lucas Parra, professor of biomedical

Twenty years after the genocide there claimed more than 800,000 lives, Suprita Datta, a City College of New York undergraduate travels to Rwanda December 26 to study how post-conflict societies develop. A junior in the Macaulay Honors College at ����Ӱҵ majoring in international studies, Ms. Datta is one of five students and professionals from the United States selected by Global Youth Connect (GYC) for the two-week trip. “This gives me a chance to do what I want to do outside the classroom,” said Ms. Datta, whose concentration is conflict stabilization. “This is really relevant to what I want to

Dr. Maria Felice Ghilardi , associate medical professor in ����Ӱҵ's Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education , has received a $2.17 million National Institutes of Health grant to study “local sleep” in humans. Local sleep occurs when individual neurons in the brain of a waking person enter a state that closely resembles sleep. Entitled “Do single neurons need to sleep and why? Investigating the functional significance of local sleep in humans,” her five-year project is the third component of a larger $8 million study also involving the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Do you want to learn a new skill and become more competitive in the job market? Then visit ����Ӱҵ's Continued and Professional Studies (CPS) program for its outstanding training opportunities. From paralegal certification and a nationally recognized food service management certificate course to the popular construction management program, CPS' winter offerings are designed to give members of the community a shot at a new career. Following are some of the classes available in January 2015: Community Interpreter + Medical or Legal Interpreter Programs; Paralegal Studies

As part of its 20th anniversary gala, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (DSI) will Saturday, December 6, recognize City College Assistant Professor Angel L. Estévez and other standouts of Dominican heritage. Dr. Estévez and 21 high achievers will receive collector’s editions of the DSI’s “ Dominican Blue Book ” at the Dominican Intellectual Legacy Gala 6:30 p.m. in The Great Hall at ����Ӱҵ. A member of the foreign languages and literatures and the former director of the master’s program in Spanish, Professor Estévez is profiled in the book. Eight City College alumni also appear in the