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Thousands tuned in for the 7th annual The Americas Film Festival New York as it took the stories of the Americas online in its first ever virtual festival. In addition to digital screenings of major feature films and documentaries, TAFFNY’s Virtual Cinema presented 28 short films, selected from over 200 submissions from independent filmmakers and top film schools on the continent to compete in its Americas Film Festival Short Films Competition. Following, with citations, are the winning entries in the 2020 edition of TAFFNY, a cultural initiative of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at

In a historic Virtual Salute, the first in its 173-year legacy, City College of New York’s Class of 2020 was charged by the institution’s oldest known living alumnus, centenarian Benjamin B. Ferencz, former U.S. vice president Joe Biden and other speakers to help shape a post-COVID-19 world. A distinguished 1940 alumnus and the last surviving prosecutor from the post-WWII Nuremberg trials, Mr. Ferencz passed the baton, after a life-long activism for human rights and the rule of law, to City College’s newest graduates following in his footsteps 80 years later. “How do you get people to accept

Sandra Serrano is the latest undergraduate from ����Ӱҵ’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE) awarded a $10,000 Women’s Forum Education Fund fellowship. The awards are given to high-potential women, age 35 and over, whose education and lives have been disrupted by extreme adversity. They recognize extraordinary and often heroic efforts in overcoming adversity in restructuring lives for success. A senior pursuing a BA degree with a concentration in urban studies and public administration, Serrano is the third CWE student in a row

����Ӱҵ Division of Humanities and the Arts (H&A) has received a $300,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) CARES Act Grant. This grant supports a cohort of 25 adjunct faculty whose jobs might otherwise have been jeopardized by anticipated state funding cuts; creates an instructional technologist job for one recent Ph.D. in humanities; and improves the teaching of humanities courses. The instructional technologist will provide the adjuncts with training and support in the pedagogical use of Digital Humanities tools and platforms that will engage students more

Centenarian Benjamin B. Ferencz, a distinguished 1940 alumnus and the last surviving prosecutor from the post-WWII Nuremberg trials, is the keynote speaker at ����Ӱҵ’s first ever “Virtual Salute” on June 30, in celebration of its Class of 2020. Mr. Ferencz, who turned 100 on March 11, will receive the honorary degree Doctor of Laws from his alma mater. He’s believed to be the oldest honorary degree recipient from City College. The institution was founded in 1847. Other speakers during ����Ӱҵ’s 50-minute virtual salute, include: Joe Biden, former U.S. vice president and

Undaunted by the COVID-19 pandemic, ����Ӱҵ’s seventh annual production of The Americas Film Festival of New York (TAFFNY) presents its entire program online and free of charge to audiences in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. TAFFNY’s Virtual Cinema opens on June 25 with the New York premiere of the award-winning “ A Thief’s Daughter,” the debut film of Belén Funes. It is the story of feisty, single mother Sara who, at 22-years-old, just wants to lead a normal life with her younger brother. Virtual Cinema closes on Sunday, June 28 with “ Sisters Rising,” James Brad

����Ӱҵ has named Barbara Evans as the associate executive director of the Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications. As a member of the OIAC's senior management team, Evans will play a key role in the development and management of the College’s fundraising strategy, which is vital to its long-term financial sustainability. Reporting to Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Communications Dee Dee Mozeleski, who is also the executive director of The Foundation for City College Inc., Evans is responsible for a portfolio that includes alumni relations

Interested in learning South African and Mexican printmaking in the comfort of your home this summer? Or studying how plagues have influenced humankind through the ages? Then sign up for ����Ӱҵ’s first distance-learning based “Summer at City” program designed to preserve the summer school tradition at ����Ӱҵ in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program features three sessions, the first of which is underway. Highlights of Session 2 -- from July 6 to July 30 – include the art class “South Africa and Mexican Printmaking,” and science offerings such as “Methods of

����Ӱҵ ranks in the top 1.8% out of 20,000 universities worldwide according to the Center for World University Rankings’ new list for 2020-21. “This is an outstanding achievement to be celebrated,” said Dr. Nadim Mahassen, president of the CWUR, which publishes the largest academic rankings of global universities. ����Ӱҵ is #343 among the 20,000 degree-granting institutions of higher education analyzed by CWUR and #108 in the United States. The rankings are unique in that: Objective indicators are used for all four key pillars underlying the methodology of the ranking

A new mobile app developed by City College of New York physicist Hernan Makse and his colleagues will track and trace those infected with the novel coronavirus as a means of limiting and containing the spread of the virus, which causes COVID-19. The K-core Tracing app uses Global Positioning System data to track millions of data points from mobile phone calls, GPS-based app and social media use, Bluetooth signals and public transportation to develop an algorithm that uses location data to find all of a person’s contacts. This algorithm uses these data to notify the individual user that he or