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Research led by electrical engineering professor Ahmed Mohamed at The City College of New York could lead to a more energy efficient rail transit system as his group explores how to capture regenerative braking energy. Mohamed is the recipient of a $200,000 year-long grant from ConEd for the project whose other outcomes could be: Financial savings on energy by the New York City Transit system; and A reduction in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in line with New York State requirements. His research group in City College’s Grove School of Engineering, comprising PhD, graduate and

In a talk rescheduled from February, Marco Castaldi, associate professor of chemical engineering at The City College of New York, presents Sustainable Waste Management: Impacts of Our Trash on Society. Castaldi’s presentation is part of the “ Conversations in Engaged Scholarship” series. The forum features City College faculty members sharing research and creative scholarship that impact public policy, reform, and the civic, social, political or environmental landscape. Castaldi’s presentation will discuss the consequences of the amount of waste or garbage that the United States generates per

Biology major Emmanuel Dwomoh’s Distinguished Award for first place in the material/computer science category highlighted The City College of New York’s continued dominance at the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program conference in upstate Bolton Landing. Mentored by Eduardo Nicolau and Jonathan Levitt, Dwomoh’s presentation was entitled: “Synthesis and characterization of Polycaprolactone (pcl) membranes as scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration." The senior was one of three City College student winners at the 25th annual CSTEP Conference at The Sagamore Resort on Lake George. They

Major Latin American Literature and Arts Journal Now a Publication of CCNY On April 19, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, the preeminent US publication of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean writing in English and English translation, will launch at the City College of New York, marking the journal’s publication by Routledge in association with CCNY through its Department of Classical and Modern Languages & Literatures. Edited by Daniel Shapiro, CCNY Distinguished Lecturer Classical and Modern Languages & Literatures, and guest edited by renowned scholar and translator

CCNY Junior Claire Lynch is Selected for Prestigious Public Service Scholarship At a surprise meeting outside his office, President Vincent Boudreau had the pleasure of telling City College junior Claire Lynch that she is the recipient of a 2017 Truman Scholarship for Public Service. “Congratulations, Claire, you are a Truman Scholar. This is a huge deal.” Boudreau told Lynch, who is a double major in political science and Jewish Studies, “This is life-changing. We’ve had Truman Scholars here at City College and we speak to them five, ten, fifteen years down the line, and they tell us it

The City College of New York’s School of Education and the CUNY School of Medicine at CCNY are recipients of a $50,000 grant from the West Harlem Development Corporation for The Growing Our Own Doctor’s Project. In its second year, the project aims to support and improve the educational and health outcomes of Harlem’s children. Terri N. Watson, assistant professor in the Department of Leadership and Special Education, and Erica Friedman, deputy dean and medical professor at the medical school, obtained the grant. The aim of The G.O.O.D. Project is two-fold. One objective is to increase the

Teenage freshman Ana Naumovska, a Jewish Studies major with no previous film experience, carries The City College of New York banner in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival with her short “ So Help Me God.” The nearly six-minute experimental piece was accepted by the Tribeca Film Institute in its “Our City, My Story” category. It premieres on April 29. Click here to RSVP for the free screening. “It has a lot of symbolism and emphasizes the importance of unity,” said Naumovska, adding that the film was inspired by true family events. Born in Macedonia, Naumovska arrived in the United States in

Natalia Rodriguez’ poetry is taking her places. The City College of New York graduating senior showcases her verse at a literary exhibition at the New Women Space in Brooklyn April 14, straight from her top two finish in the invitation-only Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest at Mount Holyoke College. An English major with a concentration in creative writing, Rodriguez joins several emerging writers and artists in the literary exhibition. The event is entitled, “A writing gallery: showcasing a variety of multi-genre experimental and interactive prose and poetry across mediums

Developing search algorithms for robotic swarms is the challenge for members of The City College of New York’s Robotics Club in the second annual NASA Swarmathon, April 18-20. The 14 students will compete remotely in the virtual competition against 19 other teams from minority serving universities and community colleges. The actual competition will be at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida. “Swarm robotics is a field where multiple robots are trying to solve one task; they work together to communicate with each other and try and solve that task in the most efficient way possible

Ellianna Schwab, a graduating senior in the Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York, is the recipient of a 2017 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF has also awarded the coveted fellowship to Joseph Derosa, a 2015 CCNY alumnus from the Macaulay Honors College. The fellowships recognize and support exceptional students who have proposed graduate-level research projects in their fields. Selection is through a national competition. Fellows receive an annual stipend of $34,000 and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance for graduate study that leads to a