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The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering students head to the AlChE national finals competition in San Francisco to present the "Iodonator-C8,” a chemical powered vehicle that for the first time in CCNY history won first place in the Mid-Atlantic regional competition. There will be 41 teams competing at the nationals, and engineering students from top colleges and universities in the U.S., Korea, China, Canada and Turkey compete for the top prize. “We’ve been in nationals consistently over the past three years, but no one has placed first in the regionals and nationals. We

Carlos Franz is one of the foremost Spanish-language writers in the world. He is the 2016 winner of the Biennial Mario Vargas Llosa Award for his latest book, “ Si te vieras con mis ojos,” which is deemed the best novel published in 2014-2016. The Chilean national brings his formidable literary knowledge to The City College of New York as this year’s instructor in the Cátedra Vargas Llosa, the only such resource in the United States. Launched in 2014, the Cátedra is an international academic project honoring Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. The English translation of this year’s

MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz tours CCNY biofuels project WHAT: Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration, is visiting The City College of New York’s ARPA-E project on biofuels. Housed in the CUNY Energy Institute at CCNY, the project has developed a highly efficient zinc- manganese rechargeable battery. It is funded by the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E). WHERE: City College’s Steinman Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, Manhattan. WHEN: 4:30 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2016 CONTACT: Jay Mwamba, CCNY Public Relations, 212

Co-founders of Veripad, a startup launched at the Zahn Innovation Center by three City College of New York graduates, relocated to Nairobi, Kenya as part of the prestigious Merck KGaA Accelerator Program. The three-month program in Africa offers extensive funding, mentorship and technical support for budding entrepreneurs in healthcare. “Winning the Zahn Social Impact Prize gave us a sense of validation that our product was viable and that our dream of reducing mortalities from counterfeit medication was within reach,” said Y-Lan Nguyen, co-founder and CAO of Veripad. Bishoy Ghobryal (CEO) and

Dear Members of the City College Community, On Friday, I accepted the resignation of Dr. Lisa Coico as President of the City College of New York, effective immediately. I named Interim Provost Mary Erina Driscoll as Administrator in Charge, pending the appointment of an Interim President at the October 26 meeting of the City University of New York Board of Trustees. We will also soon launch a national search for a new President. The City College of New York is a remarkable institution with a rich history and a very promising future. I can assure you that the Board of Trustees and I are focused

Ten high-achieving students from the Bronx and Washington Heights are recipients of City College of New York President’s Community scholarships, which provide free tuition for undergraduate study. The seventh cohort is part of a vibrant bunch of students that since 2010 are chosen on academic merit. Most of the freshmen come from immigrant backgrounds and are graduates of high schools in the Harlem area. First generation college student Shirlyn Perez’s parents hail from the Dominican Republic. Growing up, Perez saw her parents’ financial hardships and wanted more than a degree from the High

STEM education at The City College of New York is set for a quantum leap with the receipt of a $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year award to the only senior STEM campus in the CUNY system is for a project dubbed the CCNY Initiative to Promote Academic Success in STEM or “CiPASS.” Its main goals are to improve CCNY graduation and retention rates and increase the number of students receiving STEM degrees, particularly those from underrepresented groups. The five key elements of CiPASS are: A summer STEM Bridge Program to improve the readiness and academic self

Erec R. Koch, a specialist in seventeenth-century French literature and culture, is the new Dean of the Humanities and the Arts at The City College of New York. “City College is proud to welcome Dr. Koch. He’s an eminent scholar who was selected from an excellent pool of candidates to lead a division that has produced many outstanding graduates,” said CCNY Interim Provost Mary Erina Driscoll. Notable CCNY alumni from the Division of Humanities and the Arts include authors Upton Sinclair, Mario Puzo, Oscar Hijuelos, Walter Mosley and Faith Ringgold. Koch is a graduate of Harvard University

The third annual international and multicultural Americas Poetry Festival of New York (TAPFNY) welcomes 60 poets from 22 countries to share their works in 10 different languages. The City College of New York’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE) is a sponsor of the festival. “As a multilingual event that celebrates the rich diversity of the Americas, TAPFNY has become more inclusive and diverse each year,” said Juan Carlos Mercado, dean of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at CWE. The Division of Interdisciplinary Studies has become a leader

For people with cervical spinal cord injuries, regaining hand function is the highest priority. Currently there are no effective treatments for people living with paralysis or profound weakness after SCI. A new $4.27 million grant to John Martin, medical professor at the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York, from the New York State Department of Health is aimed at boosting research. Martin’s research thrust includes brain development and the recovery of movement function after brain or spinal injury. The grant brings his research awards since October 2013 to $7.97 million