https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/ en https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/spitzer-students-design-mobile-learning-workstation-local-childrens-hospital-through-aias Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture students at The City College of New York under the advisement of Adjunct Professor Steve Preston designed a mobile learning workstation for a local children’s hospital. This work was completed as part of Freedom by Design (FBD), a community service program sponsored by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), that aims to solve everyday problems with modest design and construction solutions. The student team included Juan Giraldo (director), Gildalis Torres (historian), Mouhamadou Dieng (construction manager), Evelyn Krutoy (construction editor), and Miriam Perel (treasurer). The students were tasked with designing a cart for the hospital to facilitate hands-on education for parents. On a visit to the hospital, they recognized that the educators relied on tote bags to carry supplies between units and struggled to find family-friendly spaces for interactive teaching. In response, the students designed a mobile workstation to function as both a transport vessel and learning platform. The station features several large drawers for equipment storage and a flat top surface for simulation-based teaching. The colorful exterior complements the pediatric unit’s subway décor theme and adds a playful touch to learning sessions. Freedom by Design is the AIAS community service program in partnership with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and uses the talents of architecture students to impact the lives of people in their community through modest design and construction solutions. FBD encourages students to serve their communities by addressing issues with design solutions and provides real-world experience through working with clients, learning from local licensed architects and contractors, and experiencing the practical impacts of architecture and design. The program embraces efforts to provide both design-build and engagement solutions to address five barriers: physical, educational, environmental, socio-economic and cultural. The team has worked on the project since summer 2023. They have been designing and building the cart while periodically meeting with the hospital team, and this summer they finished construction and handed off the cart.⁠   Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:18:03 -0400 Ashley Arocho /news/spitzer-students-design-mobile-learning-workstation-local-childrens-hospital-through-aias https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/gift-spitzer-school-architecture-establishes-new-scholarship Valmira Gashi M Arch ’20 and Julien Legeard have donated $22,500 to the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture to establish the Valmira Gashi & Julien Legeard Scholarship in support of a student enrolled in the M Arch program. The donors have contributed $7,500 for the Spring 2024 semester, with the remainder of $15,000 to be disbursed throughout the 2024-25 academic year. In addition to the scholarship money, recipients of the award spend a summer interning at the Legeard Studio, under the close supervision of the principals. “We grow with them and they grow with us,” said Gashi. “We want this to be a mentorship.” “I had an amazing experience and I loved my professors,” said Gashi. “I had full scholarships for two of my three years. Spitzer helped me to be a designer and I want to have that level of impact and passion. I always wanted to give back, and a scholarship seemed to be the logical way to do that.” Gashi and Legeard have created space for the interns, who may have the opportunity to join the firm as employees when they graduate. “We want them to finish their education before they start, which is why this is a summer internship,” said Gashi. The Summer 2024 Legeard Scholar, Perparim Morina M Arch’24, recently accepted a job with the firm as a junior architect. “The opportunity to gain knowledge from visionary designers and gain first-hand exposure to crafting impactful designs aligned perfectly with my career aspirations,” said Morina. “This internship not only boosted my academic knowledge but also provided real-world exposure crucial to my growth as an architect.” The Summer 2025 Legeard Scholar is Tyler Hernton M Arch ’25. A property manager for a Brooklyn real estate company for the past decade, Hernton won the Spitzer School’s Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Scholarship for academic excellence last year. The firm’s reputation had much to do with his decision to apply for the scholarship. “Julien and Valmira [are known to] nurture emerging talent,” said Hernton. “Legeard Studio has local as well as global appeal, and they do good work that will help me grow as a designer -- not only on a technical level, but on a people-to-people level.” “It is so wonderful that Valmira is already in a position to give back to her alma mater in such a meaningful way,” said Spitzer School Dean Marta Gutman. About the Anne and Bernard Spitzer School of Architecture The Spitzer School of Architecture, the flagship public school of architecture in New York City, is committed to creating a just, sustainable, and imaginative future. Through innovative research and interdisciplinary collaboration, the distinguished faculty educate the diverse student body in degree programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, urban studies, and urban sustainability. Students are invited to design, to build, and to dream; they weigh in on (and intend to solve) the crises of our time; they learn the fundamentals of the craft of the professions of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. As designers, builders, developers, public servants, leaders, and innovators, graduates of the Spitzer School reflect and enrich the complex communities in which they live, practice, and work; they become skilled, committed, and engaged professionals who advocate for a better city, a better country, and a better world.   Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:38:52 -0400 Thea Klapwald /news/gift-spitzer-school-architecture-establishes-new-scholarship https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/grants-make-arch-60-symposium-spitzer-school-architectures-bond-center-possible Grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies and the West Harlem Development Corporation (WHDC), in the amount of $10,000 each, were awarded to support ARCH @ 60: “Bridging Past Visions and Present Realities,” a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Architects’ Renewal Committee (ARCH) in Harlem at CCNY’s J Max Bond Center for Urban Futures, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture on Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16 at CCNY’s Aaron Davis Hall. The event critically examines the current shifts and their relative causes in the physical and cultural transformations of Harlem and New York City.   ARCH, established in 1964 by C. Richard Hatch, is recognized as one of the first community design centers in the U.S. It emerged during a period marked by the civil rights movement, anti-Vietnam War protests, and the burgeoning environmental movement. ARCH was instrumental in opposing urban renewal projects that threatened to dismantle communities in Harlem. The organization’s interdisciplinary approach, involving architects, planners, advocates, organizers, and educators, was pivotal in addressing the diverse needs of Harlem residents and community-based organizations. The symposium will serve as a forum for critical information and knowledge exchange on community development, gentrification, housing financialization, and the impact of highly evolved market forces. Professionals, researchers, and citizen panelists will explore the relevance of the nonprofit community design center model in today’s context, the market forces that shape Harlem’s development, and the roles of policy and activism in supporting the production of affordable housing.   Events are free and open to the public but registration is required.   On Friday at 5.30 p.m., the keynote lecture, "Race, Gentrification and the Financialization of Housing", will be given by Dr. Seumalu Elora Lee Raymond, director, Ph.D. Program and assistant professor of City & Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology, with a response from Moses Gates, vice president for Housing and Neighborhood Planning at the Regional Plan Association, immediately after.   The keynote is co-sponsored by the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycoba|NOMA); AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee and is this year's AIANY J Max Bond, Jr. Lecture.   On Saturday, program introduction and welcoming remarks begin at 10 a.m.   The panels are: 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Panel 1: Community Design in Harlem, Then and Now Moderator: Venesa Alicea-Chuqui, Kean University; Brian Goldstein, Swarthmore College; Wayne Benjamin, Land Use, Community Board 12; Melvin Mitchell, Bryant Mitchell Architects; Roberta Washington, Roberta Washington Architects   1:30 PM - 2:50 PM Panel 2: Housing Harlem Moderator: Milton Curry, Cornell University Department of Architecture; Dominique Bernucca-Hood, Met Council on Housing; Gregory Baggett, APRSNA; Yvonne Stennett, Community League of the Heights; Kirk Goodrich, Monadnock Development   3:15 PM - 4:35 PM Panel 3: 125th Street & the Shift of the Private Sector Moderator: Shawn Rickenbacker, J. Max Bond Center, Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY; Curtis Archer, Harlem Community Development Corporation; Kenneth Knuckles, New York City Planning Commission; Marc Norman, New York University, Schack Institute of Real Estate; Maxine Griffith, Trinity Church Wall Street   Closing remarks are at 4:35 p.m.     Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:01:01 -0400 Thea Klapwald /news/grants-make-arch-60-symposium-spitzer-school-architectures-bond-center-possible https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-and-mit-join-forces-ai-entrepreneurship-certificate The Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York is working with the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship to deliver a new Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship Certificate targeted at undergraduate students. Experts at CCNY and MIT are creating videos, in-person workshops, and course content designed to help CCNY students solve business problems using AI applications.   “CCNY’s Zahn Innovation Center has, for more than a decade, helped students develop both an entrepreneurial mindset and concrete business ventures through a rigorous incubation and launchpad program,” said CCNY President Vincent Boudreau. “Our new collaboration with MIT mobilizes the Zahn Center experience into a larger effort to develop students’ AI skills in the service of entrepreneurship, using the combination of the two to solve pressing business and organizational problems. I’m thrilled to be able to open the combined resources of CCNY and MIT to our students, and with the prospect of building on this initial collaboration in the future.”   The MIT team from the Trust Center, a hub for entrepreneurship education and collaboration at MIT, performed market research with dozens of companies learning how they are using AI and what they expect new hires to know. Through their research, they learned that even companies that have developed great AI capabilities in-house have struggled to feel the benefits across different departments, but these companies expressed that they expect their new hires to have a comfort level with AI.   The certificate program will meet these needs by having CCNY students work with expert mentors using AI to answer real-world questions and solve business problems for the program’s partner organizations with the goal of setting up students to be more competitive in the job and internship market.   "MIT Sloan is very excited about the launch of the AI and Entrepreneurship Certificate in collaboration with the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and CCNY. We believe it will provide participants with great opportunities for growth – both academic and economic,” said Georgia Perakis, John C Head III Dean (Interim) at the MIT Sloan School of Management. “I am grateful to colleagues at both CCNY and MIT for their commitment to this very important collaboration and am excited that MIT’s thought leadership in entrepreneurship and AI will be made available to even more people."   Both CCNY and MIT are known for their economic mobility and a rich history of entrepreneurship including Andy Grove, CCNY alumnus ’60, and Robert Noyce, MIT alumnus ’53, who co-founded Intel. The entrepreneurship focus of the certificate program will help students identify problem and opportunity areas at the first companies they work at, and they’ll have a toolkit and mindset to make an impact quickly.      "This collaborative has been carefully crafted — using detailed market study — to accelerate innovation in AI and entrepreneurship,” said Anantha P. Chandrakasan, dean of MIT's School of Engineering and chief innovation and strategy officer at MIT. “The curriculum will provide students with the necessary tools to solve a variety of business challenges across AI disciplines and set them on a path towards leadership in careers related to AI and entrepreneurship." Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:51:02 -0400 Ashley Arocho /news/ccny-and-mit-join-forces-ai-entrepreneurship-certificate https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/semester-honoring-james-baldwin-centennial-celebration-ccny The City College of New York presents the James Baldwin Centennial Celebration, an homage to the enduring legacy of Harlem-bred writer and activist James Baldwin. Spanning fall 2024, the celebration will encompass film screenings, panels, performances, live music, a writing contest and a Harlem community walk centered on the legacy of James Baldwin, our hometown giant.   Born in 1924, James Baldwin's extensive body of work, which includes essays, speeches, plays, poetry, short stories, and novels, fearlessly tackles racial and social issues, offering profound insights into the Black American experience in the 20th century that continue to resonate today.   The celebration kicks off with “Our Hometown Giant Film Series.” Screenings are free but RSVP is required.    The film “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” will be shown on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. in Aaron Davis Hall. The 1980s documentary explores the civil rights movement through the lens of Baldwin’s activism. CCNY English Professor Janee Moses will introduce the film.   “I Am Not Your Negro” will be shown twice on Thursday, November 21, 2024, once at 12:15 p.m. in Shepard Hall, Room 291, with an introduction by Media and Communication Arts Chair and Professor Jerry Carlson, and again at 6 p.m. in Aaron Davis Hall, as part of a double feature with “Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris” with an introduction by the festival’s director, writer and Black Studies Professor Emily Raboteau. “I Am Not Your Negro” is an examination of racism in America through the lens of Baldwin’s unfinished book “Remember This House,” directed by Raoul Peck and written by Baldwin.   A full-day symposium will be held on Thursday, Dec. 5 in the NAC Ballroom from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The CCNY President’s Medal will be awarded by President Vincent Boudreau to Baldwin, posthumously, and be accepted on behalf of the Baldwin family by his nephew Trevor Baldwin, founder of the Baldwin United Fund. The symposium includes panels of writers and scholars influenced by Baldwin, a screening of Baldwin’s 1978 Langston Hughes Medal acceptance speech at CCNY, a keynote conversation with Baldwin’s biographer Herb Boyd, live music and soul food. Register here.   A Baldwin-focused Harlem community walk on Friday, Dec. 6 departs at 10 a.m. from the New York Public Library Harlem branch at 9 W. 124th Street led by CCNY librarian William Gibbons. Register here.   Two other vibrant Baldwin festivals are happening nearby via One Book, One Bronx and the New York Public Library. The celebration is a collaboration between The City College Center for the Arts, CCNY’s Division of Humanities and the Arts, the Black Studies Department, the MFA Program in Creative Writing, Harlem Renaissance High School, DeWitt Clinton High School, and Sisters Uptown Bookstore. It is also supported in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. The Henry Luce Foundation is the sponsor of the celebration. Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:14:04 -0400 Thea Klapwald /news/semester-honoring-james-baldwin-centennial-celebration-ccny https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/colin-powell-school-receives-25-million-dollar-gift-friedman-family A new $2,500,000 five-year gift by the Friedman family to The City College of New York has established a fund to support the Colin Powell Career Fellows program and the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership’s new Social Mobility Lab.  The Colin Powell Career Fellows program, established in 2022, provides students with stipends for unpaid and underpaid internships as well as with workshops, training, career coaching, and professional development in order to prepare them for internships. Each internship stipend provides support of up to $5,500 for a Colin Powell student. Internship stipends may cover all of the internship, or can also be used as a supplement for low-paying internships, depending upon an individual internship’s compensation offer and length. The Social Mobility Lab, launched in April 2024, aims to advance understanding of how higher education in the United States — and particularly public higher education — expands and accelerates opportunities for students, their families, and the communities from which they come. The fund will support the staff, research, student projects, programs, and public events associated with the new Social Mobility Lab. The Lab’s mission is to discover new ways to accelerate and expand opportunity for students and the communities they represent. The Lab recently announced its inaugural cohort of research grantees. “The Friedman family has a deep commitment to CUNY,” said a representative of the family. “Internships not only give students vital job skills and deeper networks, they also help build self-confidence, the sense that a student belongs. With this support, we are pleased to make it possible for more Colin Powell School students to have meaningful internships that lead to career-starting jobs. Alongside that, the work of the Social Mobility Lab informs all that the School does to support student success, career development, and progress toward equity and economic justice.” “The research is overwhelming about how important internships have become to the career prospects for young people; and funding for unpaid and underpaid internships has been a game changer for our students. We are so grateful to be able to support more to fulfill their ambitions,” said Richard J. Henley and Susan L. Davis Dean Andrew Rich of the Colin Powell School. “The support in this grant for our newly launched Social Mobility Lab will allow us to learn even more about the factors that enable student success and to implement programs to advance that success.” About the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership Established in 2013, the Colin Powell School is home to the social science departments at CCNY as well as the core leadership development and public service programs of the College. With 4,000 students, and graduating the most CCNY students annually, the Colin Powell School mission is to transform the nation’s most diverse student body into tomorrow’s global leaders. Half of our students are immigrants; more than seventy percent are first-generation college students. Eighty percent are people of color. Most come from lower income backgrounds. The Colin Powell School and City College remain among the most effective engines of economic and social mobility in the United States. The School is led by a faculty dedicated to the highest standards of research and to the university’s democratic and public obligations. Read more about the Colin Powell School. Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:20:23 -0400 /news/colin-powell-school-receives-25-million-dollar-gift-friedman-family https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-graduate-film-student-justis-fiduccia-chosen-nbcu-academys-original-voices-accelerator Justis Fiduccia, MFA Film student at The City College of New York, was accepted into NBCU Academy’s new Original Voices Accelerator Fellowship six-month program. Fiduccia, Class of 2025, is a documentary filmmaker with autism. The program is for U.S.-based student filmmakers and film critics interested in documentary film, journalism and inclusion   The Original Voices Accelerator is a pipeline to launch the generation of diverse creatives behind the camera and in the bylines with an annual convergence at the nation’s oldest journalism school and leading independent documentary film festival, introducing them to bold ideas, films, and leaders.   “I want to prove that no matter what limitations you have or how that limitation is perceived by others, anyone can reach their goals if they, not only seize any opportunity presented, but push through any hardship with determination and a ‘Yes, I can do it,’ attitude,” said Fiduccia.   The Accelerator program matches each Fellow with an Artist Mentor. Fellows attend an immersive day of workshops with leading artists and industry experts at the forefront of inclusion and innovation. They attend the Based on a True Story Conference (BOATS) hosted by the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the University of Missouri, an NBCU Academy Academic Partner, on the intersections of documentary film and journalism, followed by three days full of viewing and reviewing the best new creative nonfiction films at True/False Film Fest. A grant of $8,000 is awarded each Fellow to defray travel and production costs.   CCNY's MFA program is in the Division of Humanities and the Arts. The Original Voices Accelerator cohort is comprised of 10 students from a mix of public and private institutions, including Harvard University, New York University, Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, Brigham Young University, Spelman College, University of Central Florida, Mount Holyoke College, and University of Hawaii.   Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:42:28 -0400 Thea Klapwald /news/ccny-graduate-film-student-justis-fiduccia-chosen-nbcu-academys-original-voices-accelerator https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/spitzer-school-alumnus-aaron-rand-65-gifts-ccny-30k-memory-grandson Aaron Rand, an alumnus of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, gifted the college $30,000 to help students in Spitzer School’s Bachelor of Architecture Program. A total of $25,000 of the gift is used to establish The Elan Ganeles Endowed Scholarship Fund, and $5,000 will be used as an annual award for a student to receive The Elan Ganeles Annual Scholarship Award. Both the fund and award are in memory of Rand’s late grandson, Elan Ganeles. Ganeles was born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut and double majored in sustainable development and neuroscience and behavior at Columbia University graduating in 2022 on the dean’s list. He was 26 when he was tragically killed on February 27, 2023 on his way to a friend’s wedding in Jerusalem, and Rand wanted to honor and keep Ganeles’s legacy alive with the creation of the scholarships. The Elan Ganeles Endowed Scholarship Fund will be given to a first-generation junior or senior in the B. Arch degree program who shows financial need, and a student who receives The Elan Ganeles Annual Scholarship Award will be awarded $5000 for the 2024/2025 academic year. “When I was a student at CCNY, I was a resident of Rockland County and drove to school parking behind Shepard Hall. I had to pay tuition for undergraduate and graduate courses and had to work at least 15 to 20 hours a week to pay my expenses. I was not able to spend as much time on my coursework as I would have liked and had to prioritize my time on courses that were most meaningful to me,” said Rand. “I want this scholarship to allow the students who receive this award to be able to focus on his or her coursework without being burdened to seek employment and spend their time so that they can succeed in all their coursework.” The Spitzer School is a premier, public school of architecture in New York City, and the undergraduate architecture program gives students the opportunity to learn to design individual and complex groups of buildings, deepen their knowledge of architectural history, and explore the built environment all through the lens of the urban landscape—NYC. "We are grateful to Mr. Aaron Rand for empowering our students to pursue their dreams with the same genuine goodness and intellectual curiosity that characterized his late grandson, Elan,” said Annika Lüdke, director of corporate relations and foundation grants in the Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, and External Relations. “Mr. Rand's commitment to lift our students' financial burden will support future architects to make the world a better place." Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:38:43 -0400 Ashley Arocho /news/spitzer-school-alumnus-aaron-rand-65-gifts-ccny-30k-memory-grandson https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/african-cinema-expert-author-boukary-sawadogo-latest-ccny-stuart-katz-professor Boukary Sawadogo, Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Black Studies in the Division of Humanities and the Arts, is The City College of New York’s 2024-2025 Stuart Z. Katz Professor in the Humanities & the Arts. The endowed professorship is supported by a $1 million gift to CCNY by distinguished alumnus Stuart Z. Katz, Esq., a 1964 graduate.  A highlight of Sawadogo’s new appointment will be the Katz Lecture that he will deliver on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at CCNY’s Advanced Science Research Center Auditorium. Entitled “Of Here and Afar: The World in Me," his talk begins at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Click here to register. Sawadogo is a leading scholar of African cinema, an author and founder of the Harlem African Animation Festival. His multifaceted work seeks to give voice and presence to film/media productions that developed outside of the Hollywood cinema model. As a writer, Sawadogo interrogates the place and trajectory of Africa in the world through the diasporas. As Katz Professor, Sawadogo plans to conduct archival and field research toward his latest book on African animation. It will focus on the history, aesthetics, theory, and the emerging market for animation in Africa. “Animation studies as an academic field is relatively recent, having only been fully established in the 1990s,” he said. “Within this field, attention to African animation is glaringly absent. My book aims to fill this gap.” About Dr. Boukary Sawadogo In addition to his faculty position at CCNY the Ivorian-born Sawadogo, is also affiliated with the Graduate Center, CUNY. His latest research interests include the study of comedy and digital technologies in African cinema. Sawadogo has written extensively on African cinema, including film reviews, articles, book chapters, and books. Most of his books are required reading in several courses on African cinema that are taught in American universities. His books are:  African Film Studies: An Introduction;  West African Screen Media: Comedy, TV Series, and Transnationalization;   Les Cinémas Francophones Ouest Africains, 1990-2005; and Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story.   Sawadogo’s documentary, Salut Y'al: African Teachers on the Bayou, was selected for screening at the 2013 African World Documentary Film Festival. He launched the Harlem African Animation Festival in November 2020. It is exclusively devoted to animated films and series from Africa and is the first of its kind in the U.S. About Stuart Z. Katz Professorship The Stuart Z. Katz Professorship in the Humanities & the Arts was established in 2017 by a generous gift from Stuart Z. Katz, a 1964 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The City College. The endowment supports one outstanding professorial faculty member in the Division of Humanities & the Arts for an academic year, providing the professor up to two months of summer salary plus $10,000 to support research and creative activity. A retired attorney, Katz established the gift for the importance of the study of humanities and the arts for a thorough education and life.   Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:36:24 -0400 Jay Mwamba /news/african-cinema-expert-author-boukary-sawadogo-latest-ccny-stuart-katz-professor https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/renowned-astrophysicist-neil-degrasse-tyson-seven-distinguished-alumni-receive-ccny-honors Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the noted astrophysicist and bestselling author, is the 2024 John H. Finley Award recipient. The award is given out by the Alumni Association of The City College of New York for exemplary and dedicated service to the City of New York. Click here for details and registration information.  In addition, the association is honoring seven CCNY alumni for outstanding post-graduate achievement. They’ll receive the Townsend Harris Medal at the 144th Annual Alumni Gala, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall, at CCNY.  The Townsend Harris recipients are: Victor Almanzar ’12; a military veteran turned actor, his credits include shows such as Homeland, Empire, Blue Bloods, Chicago PD and High Maintenance.      Gary Calnek ’67; helped create the NYC career path for minorities in the Emergency Medical Service, EMT and paramedic ambulance workforce, and was pivotal in establishing the School Construction Authority.    Dr. John Gordon Harold ’77; Professor of Cardiology at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute; Past President of the American College of Cardiology; Emeritus Trustee American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and past consultant to the United Nations World Health Organization.  Jolyon Naegele ’76; a veteran journalist and author, he later became an international peacekeeper with the U.N. Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) in 2003, and was the mission’s first coordinator for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia.   Charles Powell ’71; previously a litigator in Civil Rights and constitutional law, he assisted in the development and establishment of South Africa’s first democratic constitution. He’s president and CEO of New Origins Development Corporation.    Art Stevens ’57; a distinguished leader in the public relations industry, he is managing partner of The Stevens Group, a mergers and acquisitions firm for public relations Agencies.    Gail Konstantin Purchia ’74;  a senior vice president of Wealth Management with UBS, she was named on the Forbes SHOOK list of Top Women Wealth Advisors in 2020.  Named after CCNY founder Townsend Harris, the medal was established in 1933 by the Class of 1906.  Each year, the Alumni Association honors up to seven alumni for outstanding postgraduate achievement in their respective fields at the organization’s annual gala. “It’s our privilege to host the 144th Annual Alumni Gala and bring together our incredible community once again,” said David Covington, Executive Director of the Alumni Association. “Each year, we are continually impressed by our community’s commitment to success, as we watch our alumni consistently reach new heights and conquer any obstacles in their careers. I look forward to welcoming everyone back to campus to gather and share a meal together while fundraising to support our programs including student scholarships, mentorship, and more.”  Click here for more information and to register for this year’s ceremony.   Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:54:31 -0400 Jay Mwamba /news/renowned-astrophysicist-neil-degrasse-tyson-seven-distinguished-alumni-receive-ccny-honors