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The Class of 2016 at The City College of New York’s 170th Commencement Exercises comprises 3,955 students whose success stories are a continuation of a CCNY legacy. This year, that tradition brings First Lady Michelle Obama to historic Harlem to salute the institution and its latest graduates. Among the numerous standouts in the graduating class are: Rokeya Begum, a SEEK student graduating with a BA in history. Accepted to 14 law schools in New York and New Jersey, she has decided to attend CUNY Law this fall; Tyler Joseph, who is receiving his second undergraduate degree, a BS in mathematics

IN2NYC, a program piloted by the Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York to bring foreign entrepreneurs to New York City, is officially underway. New York Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, City College President Lisa S. Coico and Maria Torres-Springer, president of the NYC Economic Development Corporation, participated in the launch at CCNY today. They highlighted the economic influence IN2NYC will have on the city and NYCEDC’s partnership with the Zahn Center. NYCEDC is sponsoring the program through the City College Fund and the Zahn Center. The ceremony also kicked off the

The City College of New York is to present an honorary degree to First Lady Michelle Obama at its 170th Commencement Exercises on June 3. The event’s guest speaker, Obama will receive the degree Doctor of Humane Letters from City College President Lisa S. Coico. The ceremony starts at 10:30 a.m., on CCNY’s South Campus Great Lawn. An attorney, writer and the wife of the 44th and current President, Barack Obama, Obama is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Through her four main initiatives, she has become an influential role model and advocate for healthy families

A 35-year tradition continues at The City College of New York Thursday, May 26, when 250 mostly local Harlem students, grades K through six, participate in the 2016 Langston Hughes Choral Speaking Festival. The event runs 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Aaron Davis Hall, Theater ‘A.’ The young participants perform imaginative renditions of Hughes' poetry and fiction. Performances range from choral reading and dramatization to interpretive dance, musical tributes and original poetry or prose. The festival was founded by the late Raymond R. Patterson (1929-2001), professor emeritus of English at City

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences presents its top alumnae award to Dr. Lisa S. Coico, president of The City College of New York on Tuesday, May 24. She is also a speaker at the institution’s commencement exercises at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, 12 – 2:20 p.m. Coico will receive WCGS’s Graduate School Distinguished Alumnus Award 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, at the institution’s Uris Auditorium in Manhattan. She will be honored for outstanding contributions to biomedical research and education. A nationally prominent educator and researcher in microbiology and immunology, Coico earned

Hybridia, VeriPAD, StreetLabs, and Applied Motions are the grand prize winners in the Zahn Innovation Center’s Entrepreneurship Competition at The City College of New York. They pitched to investors, entrepreneurs, bankers, and other experts for a piece of $150K in prizes. This year, startups competed in four categories, including IoT, women in tech, and social impact. The startups have both a hyper-local focus in NYC, and also a global perspective in congruence with City College’s diverse student body. Applied Motions won the $50,000 Kaylie Prize for connected devices. Its wearable product

Fifteen City College of New York graduate students walked away with cash prizes for their work at the Ninth Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. The symposium offers students the experience to share their findings in a professional and academic setting. A total of 34 students presented their research at the event, hosted by the Graduate Student Council at City College. The winners and their topics were: Sebastian Cordoba, Psychology, “Homosexuality in Japan”; Isabella Fante, Public Administration, “Emotional Intelligence and Academic Performance: Preliminary Results of a Correlative

The City College of New York is the recipient of four of the eight Jonas E. Salk Scholarship 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, Alex Bonilla, Muhddesa Lakhana, Min Gyu Noh and Joy Patel will each receive a stipend of $8,000 to be appropriated over three or four years of medical studies. Bonilla is graduating from the Macaulay Honors College at City College with a BE in biomedical engineering. The Brooklyn resident will attend Harvard Medical School

A five-member team from The City College of New York’s BIC Program topped an international field to win the Gold Pencil in the One Club’s Young Ones Competition at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. Megan Fullagar, Benjamin Kent, Marta Mugica, Liana Pantzari and Karina Ramos Salce earned top honors in the Empathy to Equality video category for their entry "Effigies to Equality." The BIC submission highlights the total absence of female statues among the numerous effigies in Central Park, which includes a rescue dog and King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland. "Effigies to Equality" faced

In potentially transformative research for both the recycling and concrete industries, a City College of New York civil engineering team is developing a glass powder to replace cement in the production of concrete. The material conceptualized by Dr. Julio Davalos and doctoral student Marija Krstic, was tested for sidewalk construction in South Jamaica, Queens, by the New York City Department of Design and Construction on May 5. It was the first such demonstration in the United States, according to Davalos, chair of civil engineering in City College’s Grove School of Engineering. Davalos’