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The City College of New York remains one of the nation’s leading education institutions, according to Forbes magazine’s 2016 America’s Top Colleges rankings. For the third consecutive year, CCNY is ranked in the top 100 in the Northeast and is #62 among public colleges across the country. In New York City, CCNY is ranked among the top 10 schools at #6. Overall, the college is #228 nationally. “What sets our calculation of the best 660 U.S. colleges and universities apart is our firm belief in ROI (Return on Investment),” said Forbes. “We look at factors that directly concern students (and

Nearly 170 years after he founded The City College of New York and went on to forge U.S.-Japan relations, the lure of Townsend Harris continues in the Far East. Since 1986, top civic officials from the Japanese city of Shimoda have been paying homage to Townsend with annual visits to City College. “This year marks 160 years since Harris arrived in Shimoda on August 21, 1856 to open the first American consulate,” said City College archivist Sydney Van Nort. “As first consul general there, he negotiated the treaty that is credited for opening the Japanese Empire to foreign trade and culture

A new study led by Assistant Medical Professor Philip Smith of The City College of New York’s Sophie Davis Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine, and conducted in collaboration with researchers at Yale University and Yeshiva University, found important differences between women and men in their ability to quit smoking when taking medications commonly prescribed to help smokers quit. The study, Sex Differences in Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Comparative Efficacy: A Network Meta-analysis, which reviewed and analyzed evidence from over 14,000 cigarette smokers participating in 28

A civic initiative to increase the proportion of minorities among New York City’s teaching ranks is taking shape – and the City College of New York’s School of Education is in the forefront of it. NYC Men Teach takes square aim at the public schools’ lack of diversity. Male students of color comprise 43 percent of the student demographic but only 8.3 percent of the teachers’, according to the enterprise’s website. CCNY’s program is headed by Walter Greigg. He was recruited by SOE Dean Mary Driscoll in January to serve as the academic project director, charged with fulfilling City College’s

Research team returns from an 18-day sea voyage – but it was no pleasure cruise. Maria Tzortziou, associate professor of earth and atmospheric science at The City College of New York, was one of the lead scientists on the launch of Korea-United States Ocean Color (KORUS-OC) expedition, an 18-day oceanographic field campaign designed to tackle air-quality problems and capture coastal ocean dynamics in the East Sea and Yellow Sea. Comprised of scientists from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

At the invitation of First Lady Michelle Obama, Class of 2016 Salutatorian Orubba Almansouri, took her oratorical skills to Washington, D.C. where she was a speaker at the United State of Women Summit. She addressed the panel, ‘Let Girls Learn,’ at the two-day conference whose other speakers included President Obama, Mrs. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Oprah Winfrey and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. The Yemeni-born Brooklyn resident received an award from the Yemeni ambassador in Washington, Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, in recognition of her academic success. Almansouri spoke passionately

The City College of New York’s latest “Great Grads” list reflects CCNY’s remarkable diversity that has earned it a top ranking as one of the most ethnically diverse institutions in the nation. The thirteen standouts include CCNY’s stellar Yemeni-born Class of 2016 Salutatorian, a Fulbright Scholar from Sudan, an Italian artist pursuing an architectural career and an Afghani immigrant bound for medical school. Nominated by their professors, these remarkable young men and women represent all the schools and divisions of City College. Click here to read more about CCNY’s 2016 Great Grads. About

Before Ravi Shankar, whom George Harrison called the “godfather of world music,” became the internationally-recognized legend that he remains today, he was a City College of New York visiting professor. Shankar taught courses at CCNY in the fall of 1967, including Special Topics: Music in Indian Culture: Theory and Practice (graduate). Forty-eight class meetings were recorded and are currently housed in the CCNY Archives and Special Collections. On them, Shankar explains the origins of Indian classical music, describes and demonstrates the music theory behind it, and leads students in singing

Five members of The City College of New York’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter are back from Nicaragua after completing a week-long mission to address the water needs of a rural community there. Students Jian Cao, Andrea Iguina, Jillian Panagakos, Rodrigo Ulloa, and Isabel Zayas were accompanied to Tadazna by Dr. Kyle McDonald, Terry Elkes Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science, and the team’s travel mentor. This is the first project in the partnership between EWBUSA CCNY and the community of Tadazna. Approximately half the population of Tadazna does not have easy access to clean

Associate Professor of Psychology Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith will connect her past with her present when she hosts a symposium, “Women in Leadership: Empowering Girls through Education and Training: Discussions from a Global Perspective” on July 9, 4:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall. The symposium, which Akinsulure-Smith hopes will become an annual event, has two intended purposes: to stimulate discourse about the importance of education for girls and women in global leadership, and to support her alma mater, the Annie Walsh Memorial School for Girls in Freetown, Sierra Leone