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Acclaimed poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and short story writer Chinelo Okparanta have joined The City College of New York’s MFA program in creative writing as visiting faculty for the fall 2015 semester. Ellis, whose collection “ The Maverick Room” (Graywolf Press, 2005) won the John C. Zacharis First Book Award, will teach a course titled, “Race Fearlessness Poetics: Risk as the Decisive Moment in Every Room.” Hailed as a literary activist, Ellis is credited for launching The Dark Tower, a black poetry movement that is considered to be an extension of the Harlem Renaissance. The Nigerian-born

The new academic year also heralds the debut of a number of new programs at The City College of New York, ranging from a new concentration in architecture to a master’s degree that will take health solutions from concept to practical solutions. The Division of Science has two new undergraduate degree programs in biochemistry. One will be conferred by the College and the other by Macaulay Honors College. The Division will also offer a master of science degree in biotechnology for the first time. This interdisciplinary program will involve faculty from biology, chemistry and physics, and aims to

The new academic year also heralds the debut of a number of new programs at The City College of New York, ranging from a new concentration in architecture to a master’s degree that will take health solutions from concept to practical solutions.The Division of Science has two new undergraduate degree programs in biochemistry. One will be conferred by the College and the other by Macaulay Honors College.The Division will also offer a master of science degree in biotechnology for the first time. This interdisciplinary program will involve faculty from biology, chemistry and physics, and aims to

Did you know…? There are approximately 1,450 students entering the freshman class! The freshman class represents more than 450 high schools! Of the high schools represented in the freshman class, a large number come from Brooklyn Technical High School and the Manhattan Center for Science and Math! Other well-represented high schools include the Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Al Noor School Upper School, Aquinas High School and Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School! The largest number of incoming out-of-state freshman comes from New Jersey, followed by

Did you know…? There are approximately 1,450 students entering the freshman class! The freshman class represents more than 450 high schools! Of the high schools represented in the freshman class, a large number come from Brooklyn Technical High School and the Manhattan Center for Science and Math! Other well-represented high schools include the Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Al Noor School Upper School, Aquinas High School and Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School! The largest number of incoming out-of-state freshman comes from New Jersey, followed by

City College's fall semester intake includes Ukrainian journalist, activist and art lover Asia Bazdyrieva. She is one of four Fulbright Foreign Student Program recipients accepted at City College for graduate studies and research.Bazdyrieva will use her Fulbright to earn an MA in art history from CCNY's Division of the Humanities and the arts. "I want to teach art history in future and the degree will come in useful," she said.She selected CCNY over other schools in the city and New Jersey because of its art course offerings. "I looked at the program and saw courses on 20th century art, the

City College's fall semester intake includes Ukrainian journalist, activist and art lover Asia Bazdyrieva. She is one of four Fulbright Foreign Student Program recipients accepted at City College for graduate studies and research. Bazdyrieva will use her Fulbright to earn an MA in art history from CCNY's Division of the Humanities and the arts . "I want to teach art history in future and the degree will come in useful," she said. She selected CCNY over other schools in the city and New Jersey because of its art course offerings. "I looked at the program and saw courses on 20th century art, the

Less than two weeks before the start of the fall semester, Francesca Lingo put an impressive freshman year at City College behind her with a NASA presentation on "Earth's Past as a Window on Exoplanet Habitability." The prospective physics major was a participant in the Summer 2015 NASA New York City Research Initiative (NYCRI) Internship program at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in Manhattan.“I investigated the Neoproterozoic Era specifically the Sturtian ice age when scientists believe multicellular life came to rise. The idea was to understand the conditions Earth

Less than two weeks before the start of the fall semester, Francesca Lingo put an impressive freshman year at City College behind her with a NASA presentation on "Earth's Past as a Window on Exoplanet Habitability." The prospective physics major was a participant in the Summer 2015 NASA New York City Research Initiative (NYCRI) Internship program at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in Manhattan. “I investigated the Neoproterozoic Era specifically the Sturtian ice age when scientists believe multicellular life came to rise. The idea was to understand the conditions Earth

The City College of New York Grove School of Engineering ’s Department of Biomedical Engineering has been chosen as the recipient of the 2015 Biomedical Engineering Society Diversity Award . The BMES chose City College for its “outstanding impact on diversity among their faculty and students and continued commitment to diversity efforts through their NIH Minority Scholars program.” CUNY and Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering Mitchell B. Schaffler, chairman of the Grove School’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, will accept the award on behalf of the