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Control of light-matter interaction is central to fundamental phenomena and technologies such as photosynthesis, lasers, LEDs and solar cells. City College of New York researchers have now demonstrated a new class of artificial media called photonic hypercrystals that can control light-matter interaction in unprecedented ways. This could lead to such benefits as ultrafast LEDs for Li-Fi (a wireless technology that transmits high-speed data using visible light communication), enhanced absorption in solar cells and the development of single photon emitters for quantum information processing

Student startups pitching innovations from a device that gauges the movement of people with neurological diseases to a “computer garden” are among the grand prize winners in the Zahn Innovation Center’s 2017 venture competition at The City College of New York. The budding inventor/entrepreneurs earned $150K in prizes to use towards their businesses. The startups competed in four categories. Some startups designed hardware devices, others created software, some focused on social impact, and others were women-led ventures that leveraged technology for NYC. The startups at the Zahn Center have

Sophomores David Dam and Junior Duplessis are 2017 Jeannette K. Watson Fellows at The City College of New York. The Watson Fellowship program provides summer internships, professional development opportunities and mentoring for outstanding undergraduate students from select New York City colleges and universities. The Watson Fellowship is a three-year program that provides Duplessis and Dam with annual funding of $5,500, $6,500 and $7,000 along with a $2,000 Discovery Fund. “I’ll get the opportunity to bond with 14 other amazing and ambitious individuals in my cohort, and I'll also become part

The City College of New York’s Black Studies Program presents Celebrating the Ancestors: EGUNGUN in the Afro-Atlantic World on May 11, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Aaron Davis Hall. The festival celebrates Yoruba people from Nigeria and across the African Diaspora. According to Dr. Cheryl Sterling, director of the Black Studies Program in the Division of Humanities and the Arts, Egungun masking occurs as performances that celebrate the ancestral spirits. Originating with the Yoruba in West Africa, the tradition came with enslaved peoples across the African Diaspora and is celebrated across the English

Scholarship celebrates 10 years of support for outstanding public relations students Oriol Brull, a student in the Advertising/Public Relations Program at The City College of New York, has been named the 2017 Art Stevens PRSA-NY/ CCNY Scholar for Excellence in Public Relations. He will receive a $5,000 scholarship for his continued study at CCNY during his senior year. This year marks the 10th year that Art Stevens has funded this scholarship to support rising talent. Stevens, managing partner of The Stevens Group and a CCNY alumnus, created the scholarship in 2008 to support talented students

City College of New York English Professor Pamela Laskin presents “Politics and Social Issues in Young Adult Literature,” as part of the Conversations in Engaged Scholarship series. The presentation is Thursday, May 4, 4 - 5:30 p.m. in CCNY’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Sciame Auditorium. The forum features City College faculty sharing their research and creative scholarship that impact public policy, reform, and the civic, social, political or environmental landscape. Director of the college’s Poetry Outreach Center, Laskin is a poet and children's book author with

Ellianna Schwab, the first of her siblings to attend college and a recent NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, is The City College of New York’s Class of 2017 Valedictorian. Elaine Johnson, born and raised in Harlem of Jamaican immigrant parents, will be the Salutatorian at CCNY’s 171st Commencement Exercises on June 2. The ceremony starts at 9 a.m. on CCNY’s South Campus Great Lawn. The Class of 2017 comprises approximately 3,766 students. Following are brief bios of the Valedictorian and Salutatorian: Ellianna Schwab The upper Manhattan resident is graduating from the Macaulay Honors

Hammond organ guru Dr. Lonnie Smith plays two concerts at the CUNY Jazz Festival May 4 -5 at The City College Center for the Arts. The two-day festival includes free master classes with saxophonist Jon Gordon and vocalist René Marie, and performances by student ensembles from CUNY schools. Smith will share the stage at City College’s Aaron Davis Hall with the CCNY Jazz Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 4. The festival culminates with a gala concert featuring the CCNY Student Jazz All-Stars opening for Smith and his Trio, 7:30 p.m. on May 5. CCNY music professor Mike Holober will direct

Stephana Eghan, a junior in The City College of New York's media and communication arts department, is the winner of a New York Women in Communications Scholarship for 2017. The advertising and public relations major is one of 19 recipients of the highly competitive award. The award is open to residents of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Winners are selected on the basis of academic excellence, need and a demonstrated commitment to the field of communications. Eghan is City College’s fourth NYWICI Scholar after Joanne Ventour (2015), Kar Ye Au (2014) and Stephanie Guzman

Renowned restoration architect Carl Stein FAIA’s work includes the protection and preservation of The City College of New York campus and its historic architecture. For this, he will receive the President’s Leadership Award at the Presidential Awards Gala on May 2 in The Great Hall. The gala celebrates City College’s 170 th anniversary. Stein, who studied architecture at The Cooper Union and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, taught at City College’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture for five years. He completed a two-decade restoration of the upper part of the Shepard