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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

The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering students Isamar Garrido Rodriguez and Patrick Tuttle are 2017 Society of Chemical Industry Scholars. The SCI Program provides each chemical engineering major with industry experience through a 10-week summer internship and a work stipend. “Being introduced to the SCI Program provided me with the opportunity to apply to companies I would not have direct access to. Like most degrees, internships are a mandatory requirement for most jobs nowadays; gaining industry experience, especially at a Fortune 500 company, is invaluable for future

For generations, Washington, D.C., has attracted an endless stream of civic-minded citizens keen on public service careers. Eight City College of New York undergraduates are the latest to feel the lure of D.C. where they are gaining new insights, networking and connecting with CCNY alumni there. Thanks to a semester-long program in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership supported by the MCJ Amelior Foundation, students like Corrin Chow are in the nation’s capital learning how the legislative branch works. The political science and international studies double major is

For the second year running, The City College of New York is the recipient of four of the eight Jonas E. Salk Scholarships awarded by The City University of New York this year. The scholarships recognize exceptional students who plan careers in medicine and the biological sciences. As Salk Scholars, Marisol Cortés, Anika Nabila, Christopher Reid and Violeta Contreras Ramirez will each receive a stipend of $8,000 to be appropriated over three or four years of medical studies. Cortés, who is Mexican-born, is graduating with a BS in biochemistry. The Mount Vernon resident will attend the Johns

A green project by an interdisciplinary team of City College of New York students is the winner of The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s fifth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge. Tasked with designing an innovative green infrastructure project that effectively manages stormwater runoff while benefitting the campus community and environment, the five-member City College team devised the “Castor Project.” The project got its name from the scientific term for the beaver (Castor canadesis), CCNY’s mascot. Taking a cue from the beaver’s role as a natural water manager, the team

The Graduate Program in Educational Theatre at The City College of New York presents the seventh annual Harlem Children’s Festival, Saturday, May 6 at Aaron Davis Hall. Activities include dramatic performances and a raffle. The festival is free and open to the public. “Our goal is for our candidates to present their artistic work to an audience of captivated and inquisitive young people and their families. There is no better community to share their work with than the Harlem community,” said Jennifer Katona, program director, Educational Theatre Program. Following is the schedule of events: 10