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In 2012, Dr. Nir Krakauer, an assistant professor of civil engineering in ����Ӱҵ’s Grove School of Engineering, and his father, Dr. Jesse Krakauer, MD, developed a new method to quantify the risk specifically associated with abdominal obesity . A follow-up study, published February 20 by the online journal PLoS ONE, supports their contention that the technique, known as A Body Shape Index (ABSI), is a more effective predictor of mortality than Body Mass Index (BMI), the most common measure used to define obesity. The team analyzed data for 7,011 adults, 18+, who participated in the first Health

����Ӱҵ marks the start of Women's History Month with its 2nd Annual Women's Leadership Summit, Saturday, March 1. Themed "Renaissance Woman," the conference, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the North Academic Center (NAC) Hoffman Student Lounge, facilitates growth and connection among women's groups and professionals and CUNY students. Free and open to all CUNY students, the event is sponsored by City College's Women's Summit Student Committee and the Ernesto Malave Leadership Academy at CUNY. Registration is required. Following is a list of other Women's History Month events at City

Public invited to ’Meet the Dean‘ reception, groundbreaking talks, tours and insider’s view during ’A Day with the Colin Powell School at City College’ The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership is hosting “A Day with the Colin Powell School at City College” event Thursday, February 27. The day will: Introduce the school’s first permanent dean, Vince Boudreau; Showcase the remarkable work of the school’s departments and programs, and Present new initiatives associated with the school’s founding. “Since the Colin Powell School’s inauguration in May 2013, we have been intensively

Eleven City College advertising and public relations students were selected as finalists for the 2014 Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP), run by the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As). The highly competitive program offers selected undergraduate and graduate students a 10-week paid summer internship at a 4A's member advertising agency. This year’s finalists from City College are: Tiffany Banks, Ashley Duchemin, Raj Gomes, Jerry Louis, Cheryl Minaya, Rohan Patrick, Frank Ponciano, Marcos Porrata, Sharmin Rashed, Andrea Lee Torres and Christopher Villanueva. Mr

����Ӱҵ will host the preliminary round of the New York City Science & Engineering Fair , 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, March 2, in the Great Hall, Shepard Hall. Sponsored by the New York City Department of Education and the City University of New York , the fair is the largest high school research competition in New York City. The fair is a two-tiered competition, with approximately 485 projects invited to compete in the preliminary round. Those scoring in the top 25 percent will be invited to participate in the final round, Tuesday, March 25, at the American Museum of Natural

Historian Eric D. Weitz , dean of ����Ӱҵ's Division of Humanities and the Arts, leads a four-member panel discussion March 3 at ����Ӱҵ on the groundbreaking 1812 Spanish Constitution of Cádiz. The conversation takes place 12 noon – 2 p.m. in the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) Archives and Library, Room 2/202, North Academic Center. The event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. The other panelists are: Dr. Jorge Chinea, director, Center for Latino/a & Latin American Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.; Dr. Raul Navarro

City College of New York advertising/public relations students will get first-hand insights Thursday, February 27, from the recent World Economic Forum held in Davos Switzerland. Barri Friedman Rafferty, senior partner and CEO, North America, Ketchum , will be the speaker that day for the “Lunch With Leaders” lecture series. Her topic will be “Lessons from Davos: Eight Global Trends Impacting Communications.” The event runs 12:30 – 2 p.m., Room 291, Shepard Hall, and a light lunch will be served. The media and communication arts department’s AD/PR program and ����Ӱҵ AAF (American Advertising

A new study led by City College of New York psychologist Margaret Rosario found that youths of same-sex orientation are more likely to engage in behaviors associated with cancer risk than heterosexuals. The peer-reviewed findings appear in the February 2014 issue of the " American Journal of Public Health ." Titled "Sexual Orientation Disparities in Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors of Tobacco, Alcohol, Sexual Behaviors, and Diet and Physical Activity: Pooled Youth Risk Behavior Surveys," the study pooled YRBS (Youth Risk Behavior Survey) data from 2005 and 2007. The YRBS is a national survey of

Six students in City College’s fall 2013 European Union class taught by history lecturer Barbara Syrrakos’ got an opportunity to put their classroom learning into practice by participating in the SUNY Model European Union simulation, held January 8 – 11 at Vesalius College in Brussels, Belgium. The students – junior Shantanu Roy, senior Lyndsey Zeichner, junior Paulina Leyva Hernandez, junior Cesar Kastro, junior Salome Gvinianidze, and senior Albana Gjongecaj – and Dr. Syrrakos made the trip with support from the Simon H. Rifkind Center for the Humanities and Arts and the Division of

City College of New York seniors Rene Cordero , Shanna Jean-Baptiste , Emmanuel Lachaud and Debra Williams traveled to South Africa to attend the University of Cape Town Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows (MMUF) January program. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded the trip. The program, which ran January 9 – 13, offers an interdisciplinary curriculum to introduce undergraduates to the history, culture and science of South Africa. The students participated in conferences and attended lectures on topics such as understanding communities, the role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and