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In a further boost to two-dimensional materials research at ����Ӱҵ, noted Spanish physicist Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal is spending the spring semester at ����Ӱҵ as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. A professor at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Garcia Vidal is one of the world’s foremost researchers and influential authors in physics. His Fulbright project is entitled: “Polaritonics with 2D Materials.” “It demonstrates the high caliber of our scientists and their collaborative natures that preeminent physicists like Dr. Garcia-Vidal chose City College to do his cutting edge

A study led by Susan Tsang, a former Fulbright Research Fellow from ����Ӱҵ, reveals dwindling populations and widespread hunting throughout Indonesia and the Philippines of the world’s largest bats, known as flying foxes. Unfortunately, hunting not only depletes the flying foxes, which are already rare, but also potentially exposes humans to animal-borne pathogens (a process known as zoonosis). “For instance, the current case of Wuhan Coronavirus is thought to have been spread from wild bats to humans through an intermediate host at a wildlife market,” said ����Ӱҵ biologist

����Ӱҵ’s President Vince Boudreau and The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Dean Lesley Lokko engage in a conversation for the 2020 SCIAME lecture series: “Climate Justice: Time to Think, Talk, and Make Change,” which coincides with ����Ӱҵ’s Year of Sustainability and Climate Justice. On March 26, the pair will discuss a wide range of topics including President Boudreau’s almost 30-year career at ����Ӱҵ; his research as a political scientist; the importance and role of architecture in climate, environmental and social justice; educational entrepreneurship; and

Safe and environmentally-friendly hydrogen gas on demand could be on the horizon following a new "hydrogenation" chemical process in development at ����Ӱҵ. Led by Mahesh K. Lakshman, the research uniquely bypasses the need for an external source of hydrogen gas to accomplish a wide range of hydrogenations. It appears as an inside cover feature in the 2020 issue #1 of journal “Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis.” Lakshman explained hydrogenation as the addition of hydrogen atoms. For instance, a very common application is for the production of fats from vegetable oils. In

An emerging scientific consensus is that gases—in particular carbon gases--released by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago contributed to some of Earth’s greatest mass extinctions. But new research at ����Ӱҵ suggests that that’s not the entire story. “The key finding of our research is that carbon from massive, ancient volcanic eruptions does not line up well with the geochemical clues that tell us about how some of Earth’s most profound mass extinctions occurred,” said Benjamin Black, assistant professor in ����Ӱҵ’s Division of Science, whose expertise includes

Harriet F. Senie, director of the MA art history program at ����Ӱҵ, is the College Art Association’s (CAA) 2020 Distinguished Professor of Art History Award winner. She’ll receive the honor at the CAA annual conference in Chicago on Feb. 12. The 109-year-old CAA comprises more than 12,000 individual members, ranging from artists, art historians and scholars to curators, critics, educators and other professionals in the visual arts. Another 2,000 departments of art and art history in academic institutions, museums, libraries, and professional and commercial organizations

����Ӱҵ (����Ӱҵ), the founding college of the largest urban university system in the United States, added $1.9 billion in income to 10 counties in the New York region in fiscal year 2017-18. This is according to an economic impact study released by the labor analytics firm Emsi. The study measures the economic impact of City College on the business community and the benefits ����Ӱҵ generates in return for the investments made by its key stakeholder groups -- students, taxpayers, and society. The report focuses on what Emsi terms the “����Ӱҵ Service Region,” 10 counties

Yaari Felber-Seligman and Seiji Shirane, historians at ����Ӱҵ, are the institution’s latest National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship recipients. This is the fifth-year running that faculty in ����Ӱҵ’s Division of Humanities and the Arts have won competitive NEH grants for innovative projects. The awards are part of $30.9 million in grants announced by the NEH to support 188 humanities projects in 45 states and the District of Columbia in 2020. NEH chairman Jon Parrish Peede said they’d funded just 11% percent of the fellowships proposals that it received “in

A celebration of black inventors, arts and crafts lessons, and an awards ceremony recognizing exceptional black faculty are some of the events during ����Ӱҵ’s 2020 Black History Month observance. The schedule begins Tuesday, Feb. 4 with the traditional Black History Month kickoff, 6:30 - 9 p.m., in City College’s NAC Ballroom. It is co-presented by the Division of Student Affairs’ Department of Student Life & Leadership Development, and the Black Studies Program. On Friday, 12 – 2 p.m., Feb. 7, ����Ӱҵ’s National Society of Black Engineers student chapter hosts “Blacks in

This spring 2020 brings interesting and new programs and courses from different divisions, schools and continuing and professional studies to students at ����Ӱҵ. As students return from winter break, they have an array of courses and programs to choose from. Following is a list of new courses and programs: The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Urban Food Systems course taught by Andrea Johnson investigates urban food systems and their often contradictory objectives of nourishment, productivity, sustainability, and equity. Using NYC as a springboard, the