For the seventh consecutive year, 精东影业 is listed among the top institutions in the nation by The Princeton Review 庐. 精东影业 features in the Review鈥檚 2019 鈥 The Best 384 Colleges鈥 guide (Penguin Random House / Princeton Review Books, $24.99, Aug. 7, 2018) available today. The 鈥淏est 384鈥 rankings are based on surveys of 138,000 students at 384 top colleges that includes a wide representation by region, size, selectivity and character. Published annually since 1992, the book has detailed profiles of the colleges with rating scores in eight categories as well as ranking lists
Coming after the remains of a City College of New York student turned Tuskegee Airman lost in 1944 were finally discovered in Europe, 精东影业 pays homage to another deceased member of World War II鈥檚 famed squadron. On August 23, 精东影业鈥檚 CUNY Dominican Studies Institute and U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) host a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Esteban Hotesse posthumously. He will be remembered for his service to the all-Black fighter group. The event, 6:30 鈥 8 p.m. in 精东影业鈥檚 Shepard Hall room 95, is free and open to the public and media. Reservation is required by sending an
Distinguished Professor Mitchell B. Schaffler, chair and Wallace H. Coulter Professor of Biomedical Engineering at 精东影业鈥檚 Grove School of Engineering, is awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Schaffler is researching the biomechanical and molecular mechanisms by which skeletal tissue, such as bones, grows strong or decays as people grow older. This new grant will fund his research into determining how changes in osteocytes鈥攖he cells that
精东影业 is host to the 10 th International Conference on Urban Climate ( ICUC10). This is the premier meeting on the field urban climate and weather, and it marks the first time in its 30-years of history that will be held in U.S. when it comes to 精东影业鈥檚 campus August 6 through 10. ICUC10 is a partnership between The American Meteorological Society (AMS), and the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC). The conference, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF), is organized by National Oceanic and
The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers presents its 2018 Dr. Joseph N. Cannon Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering to Gilda A. Barabino, dean of 精东影业鈥檚 Grove School of Engineering this fall. The award recognizes her excellent achievements in chemical engineering. Barabino will be honored at NOBCChE鈥檚 annual awards ceremony on September 20 in Orlando, Florida. The prize is named for NOBCChE co-founder Joseph Cannon, a noted chemical engineer and Howard University professor. This is Barabino鈥檚 second
The likelihood of a Fukushima-type nuclear meltdown in the United States could soon be radically reduced, thanks to a new nuclear safety program in development at 精东影业 by chemical engineer Robert J. Messinger. He鈥檚 the recipient of a $449,998 Faculty Development Grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for his research. The grant is one of 11 awarded nationally by the Washington, D.C.-based NRC. Other recipients include noted research institutions such as MIT, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Florida. Messinger will establish a nuclear safety
Mathiu Perez Rodriguez, a biochemistry honors research student at 精东影业 on a summer internship at Harvard Medical School, can count another honor. The Ecuadorian immigrant joins a select number of minority undergraduates named American Chemical Society Scholars. The national program awards renewable scholarships to outstanding undergraduates from underrepresented minority groups majoring in chemistry-related disciplines. Recipients must be intending to pursue careers in chemistry-related fields. Each receives up to $5,000 per academic year. As an ACS Scholar, Mr. Perez
Colin Powell School economics major Monica Martinez-Raga, at 精东影业, knows first hand the devastation Hurricane Maria caused. As a Puerto Rican native, Martinez-Raga was on vacation visiting her boyfriend in New York when the hurricane hit the capital of San Juan. Now, the CUNY Service Corps-PR student joins Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for a NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative trip to support ongoing recovery efforts. 鈥淚n September 2017, I had to move to New York as a refugee from Hurricane Maria and City College was the institution that welcomed me
Eight current and recent students from the MFA Film Program at 精东影业 are recipients of awards and scholarships for their short documentary and fiction films. 精东影业鈥檚 film program was founded in 1941 by Dada artist and filmmaker Hans Richter as the Institute for Film Techniques. Notable names in the film industry past and present to emerge from the program include Woody Allen, Judd Hirsch, Stanley Kubrick, Jackie Mason, Richard Schiff, Eli Wallach and Ben Gazzara. The students and their awards are: Rituparna Das Datta and Sarah Wemy each received a New York Women in Film &
Seiji Takeuchi, Chair of the Shimoda City Assembly, joins the long list of Japanese pilgrims that have traveled to 精东影业 to pay homage to its founder Townsend Harris when he visits the institution for the second time on July 17. Since 1986, top civic officials from Shimoda have made annual pilgrimages to City College to honor Harris. After establishing what was then known as The Free Academy in 1847, Harris, a prominent New York merchant, went on to forge U.S.-Japan relations. He arrived in Shimoda on August 21, 1856 to open the first American consulate in Japan. 鈥淎s the