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With the winter winds subsiding, CCNY Beavers are back on campus engaging in new and exciting courses at The City College of New York. As classes begin, the entire campus is rocking their school spirit on Tuesdays for Gear Up, CCNY! There are a variety of courses to choose from. Students can partake in courses that use motion graphics and animation in architecture to entrepreneurship courses focusing on renewable energy. A select list of spring courses follows: The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s advanced media seminar, Visualizing Central Park, is a collaboration with the

No one in the audience at Aaron Davis Hall knew who the surprise guest would be. They only knew they’d been invited by City College’s Center for the Arts to the taping of the first episode of David Letterman’s Netflix show “ My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”. They had no idea they were about to become part of yet another historic event at The City College of New York. Until President Barack Obama strode on stage. Nine hundred people leapt to their feet in thunderous applause to welcome Obama back home to the place where he first learned to hone his community organizing skills in a short

Today, it is standard practice to detect many diseases through MRIs, PETs, X-rays, or CAT scans. But all of these medical imaging methods include some risk of radiation and take hours – if not days – to get results. Most importantly, the level of information they provide is lacking because it is not at the molecular level. Raman spectroscopy, a tool previously used to provide molecular information in science, is now being used in medicine and biomedicine to provide an optical biopsy that offers more detailed, faster detection. This novel, less invasive way of detecting disease using light

“ The Future of Humanity,” is the title of renowned physicist Michio Kaku’s latest book, one of new and forthcoming releases by City College of New York faculty. It will be published on Feb. 1. “It's all about our exciting destiny in space, about colonizing Mars, the solar system, and eventually the stars,” said Kaku, Henry Semat Professor of Physics in City College’s Division of Science and an American Physical Society Fellow. Co-founder of the string field theory, Kaku’s previous books include the best-sellers “ Hyperspace,” “ Beyond Einstein,” “ Physics of the Impossible” and “ Physics of

City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, the only public school of engineering in the city, is the recipient of a $1 million anonymous gift. The largesse creates a permanent endowed fund to provide scholarships and other support for Grove School students. Named “The Endowed Scholarship Fund to Support the Pursuit of Engineering Careers,” it will be administered by The 21st Century Foundation. “The 21st Century Foundation and the City College of New York are honored to receive this gift, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of one of our engineering alumni,” said Dee Dee

According to the World Health Organization more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Unfortunately, the antidepressants commonly used to treat them only work for 50 percent of the population. A recent paper published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry explores how a protein named CK2 could be playing a key role. The lead author of the paper, Julia Castello, is a biochemistry student at the CUNY Graduate Center working in Eitan Friedman's CUNY School of Medicine neuroscience lab at The City College of New York. As the research points out, the most used antidepressants are

The City College of New York is one of the nation's best schools for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price according to The Princeton Review ®. The Review lists CCNY in its 2018 annual guide “ Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck,” (Penguin Random House / Princeton Review Books) published today. The education services company chose the schools based on data it collected in 2016-17 from its surveys of administrators at more than 650 colleges. It also factored in data from its surveys

András Kiséry’s proposal for a profound study of the dissemination and consumption of English literature between the 16th and 18th centuries is a winner with the National Endowment for the Humanities. It’s earned The City College of New York English associate professor a highly competitive $50,400 NEH award for research leading to publication of a book on the subject. “The NEH is pleased to offer you an Award for Faculty to undertake the promising project described,” Jon Parrish Peede said in a letter to Kiséry. “For more than fifty years, our federal agency has underwritten hundreds of our

A five-year research project on complex fluids with potential for transformative scientific discoveries in industries from petro-chemical to cosmetics is underway at The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering. Funded by a $5.2 million National Science Foundation grant, the initiative includes 11 partner institutions in France, Germany and Norway. Possible outcomes of the research include: Lubricants that enable more efficient undersea drilling of oil and gas; Improved processes for freezing and solidifying gas for the refrigeration industry; More efficient manufacturing

On Jan. 12-14, The City College of New York, Columbia University, and Barnard College will join together for a common purpose: advancing women in Physics. The three institutions will co-present the 2018 Conference for Undergrad Women in Physics (CUWiP) in the NYC region. For most student attendees, it will be their first opportunity to experience a professional conference, get information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to other women in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas. In addition to the NYC regional conference, 11 other