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Issues Raised by ����Ӱҵ’s Tarek Saadawi Addressed in Conference June 8-9 and New Book Available Through Strategic Studies Institute A cyber attack earlier this year on an Iranian nuclear facility may have set back Iran’s alleged plan to build an atom bomb. However, the target of that incident, the plant’s control and monitoring systems, has implications for a wide range of strategic infrastructure, according to cyber security expert Dr. Tarek Saadawi, director, Center for Information Networking, and professor of electrical engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New

New Haarlem Arts Theatre to Offer Two Productions for Premiere Season, Support Theatre MFA at ����Ӱҵ Harlem is getting a new entertainment option this summer. The New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), a new professional theatre company launched by ����Ӱҵ Department of Theatre and Speech, will offer two productions in its premiere season. “Blues for Mister Charlie,” written by James Baldwin and directed by Eugene Nesmith, will run June 23 – July 17. “It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues,” a musical revue written by Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, and Dan

����Ӱҵ Prof Tony Ro reports new insights on synesthesia at Acoustical Society of America Conference The high whine of a hovering mosquito makes the skin tingle and crawl. Some sounds, such as fingernails screeching down a blackboard or the throbbing bass of a cranked-up car stereo, are felt as much as heard. These feelings result from cross-wiring of senses in the brain, according to City College of New York Professor of Psychology Tony Ro. He explained this phenomenon and its relation to a disorder of sensory mixing called synesthesia in an invited paper he presented Wednesday, May 25, at the

Roberto Clemente, a senior majoring in advertising and public relations at ����Ӱҵ, was named a Merit winner in the One Show College Competition for creativity in advertising. Simeon Coker, a CUNY Baccalaureate student, who was mentored and taught by ����Ӱҵ advertising faculty, also received a Merit award. The winners were announced at a reception May 11 in New York. “The One Show is the Academy Awards of our industry,” said Nancy R. Tag, associate professor of advertising and deputy chair of ����Ӱҵ’s Media & Communication Arts Department. “It’s probably the most prestigious

A team of City College of New York engineering students paddled their way to victory in a “green” concrete canoe they designed and built for the 2011 Metropolitan Region Concrete Canoe Competition held last month in Denville, N.J. “This is a wonderful project in which we train students to know not just the formulas, but to understand design and construction in the real world,” says Dr. Weihua Jin, City College substitute associate professor of civil engineering and team advisor. The competition, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and held in conjunction with its

Two student teams were chosen as winners of ����Ӱҵ’s first annual Kaylie Prize for Entrepreneurship. ����Ӱҵ alumnus and award benefactor Harvey Kaylie, EE ’60, announced the surprise decision, which was made by a five-member panel of judges, following final presentations by five teams on Tuesday, May 10. “Stoke Innovation” took top honors. Composed of four graduate physics students and an undergraduate electrical engineering major, it is developing an affordable, non-invasive device for instant cancer detection through light analysis. Team members are James Scholtz, Denis

Award to Support Study of Music in Extremist Propaganda Dr. Jonathan Pieslak, associate professor of music at ����Ӱҵ, is one of 180 scholars, artists, and scientists from the United States and Canada awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for 2011. His project, a study of the music of indoctrination and propaganda in extremist cultures, was chosen from among nearly 3,000 applicants. Professor Pieslak’s proposal grew out of his widely acclaimed 2009 book “Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War” (Indiana University Press), in which he devoted a chapter to the

College to Confer Honorary Degrees on Bernard Spitzer, ’43, Ed Koch, ’81, Anthony M. Johnson and Bert Brodsky, ’64 Geoffrey Canada, the founder and chief executive officer of Harlem Children’s Zone and a nationally recognized education reform advocate, will be the guest speaker at ����Ӱҵ’s 165th Commencement Exercises, 10 a.m., Friday, June 3 on the ����Ӱҵ campus. In addition, ����Ӱҵ will confer honorary degrees on: real estate developer and philanthropist Bernard Spitzer, ’43; former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, ’81; physicist Anthony M. Johnson, and entrepreneur and

Deborah Ayeni, Maria Otazo and Joshua Usani, members of ����Ӱҵ Class of 2011, have been selected to receive 2011 Jonas E. Salk Scholarships awarded by The City University of New York. The awards recognize the high ability and scholarship of students who plan careers in medicine and the biological sciences and who are judged likely to make significant contributions to medicine and research. They are selected on the basis of original research papers undertaken with prominent scientist/mentors. “I commend this year’s Salk Scholars on their commitment to academic quality and

Saxophonist Chris Potter will be Featured Guest Artist The 11th annual CUNY Jazz Festival, a gathering of bands and ensemble from across the CUNY system, takes place May 12-13 in Aaron Davis Hall, Theater B, at ����Ӱҵ. Chris Potter, hailed by “Down Beat” magazine as one of most studied saxophonists on the planet, will be the festival’s guest artist. The festival opens 12 noon Thursday, May 12, with a performance by the ����Ӱҵ Jazz faculty ensemble comprising professors John Patitucci, Dan Carillo, Scott Reeves and Mike Holober. This year’s festival features ensembles from