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Four PhD students at The City College of New York have been awarded Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowships for excellence by the U.S. Department of Education (DoE). The fellows, who will receive need-based support including a stipend of up to $30,000 annually from the second year of their respective programs, are: Jared Bass (molecular, cellular and developmental biology) Jose Cobo (biochemistry) Silas Hartley (biochemistry) Alicia Sponholz (molecular, cellular and developmental biology) This brings to eight the number of GAANN fellows at City College in the last ten

Media and marketing experts have long sought a reliable method of forecasting responses from the general population to future products and messages. According to a study conducted at The City College of New York, it appears that the brain responses of just a few individuals are a remarkably strong predictor. By analyzing the brainwaves of 16 individuals as they watched mainstream television content, researchers were able to accurately predict the preferences of large TV audiences, up to 90 % in the case of Super Bowl commercials. The findings appear in a paper entitled, " Audience Preferences

Elizama Pons-Montalvo, a geology major at The City College of New York, is working this summer at the U.S. Geological Survey(USGS) Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center in Woods Hole, Mass. She is helping to investigate the impact of Hurricane Sandy under the USGS's 2014 Summer Internship Program. Ms. Pons-Montalvo is analyzing data collected along the coast of Fire Island in New York as part of an effort to measure wave and current processes that contribute to the movement of sediment during major storm events. The junior is one of five City College students and an alumna, awarded

AdCamp, an exclusive program established by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) to introduce high school students of diverse backgrounds to advertising and communications professions, returns to The City College of New York, July 27 - August 1.Nineteen top students from around the nation, including Chicago, Mexico City and Fayetteville, Ga., were selected by the AAF for the camp following a competitive application process. The program made its New York City debut at City College last summer. AAF has conducted AdCamp programs in Chicago and Washington. Melissa Wong, AAF director for

A year ahead of its target date, The Campaign for The City College of New York has raised more than half a billion dollars, President Lisa S. Coico announced Tuesday night. “We could not have exceeded our campaign goal without the generous support of our donors who have invested in and supported our mission,” President Coico told guests at the 2014 Presidential Awards Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan. The dinner itself raised more than a million dollars for the ongoing campaign that has provided funding for various programs, resources and schools including: • The Andrew S

Inaugural season for City College CWE cultural project draws 600 participants for four days of screenings, panels and events Close to 600 people attended the inaugural Americas Film Festival of New York (TAFFNY). The four-day festival, June 2 – 5, presented feature-length and short films from 10 countries in the Western Hemisphere plus panels and other events. The event was a cultural project of The City College of New York’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE). “No doubt that the festival was a huge success,” said Juan Carlos Mercado, TAFFNY founder

Nearly half needing to see a dentist don’t go due to financial, transportation or support network issues, study led by Sophie Davis professor finds Nearly nine out of 10 older adults may need urgent dental care, however, just over half will see a dentist in a timely manner, a study of residents in naturally occurring retirement communities in New York City finds. Affordability, transportation and organizational issues were the biggest barriers to treatment, said lead author Theresa Montini , an assistant medical professor at The City College of New York’s Sophie Davis School of Biomedical

Spitzer School professor and co-author see design as tool to manage demographic, economic and climatic changes Wiley has released the second edition of “Urban Design for an Urban Century,” co-authored by Lance Jay Brown, ACSA Distinguished Professor Of Architecture in City College’s Spitzer School of Architecture. The book, co-written with David Dixon FAIA, offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design and an analysis of the forces that shaped it from the dawn of city building to today. It also examines contemporary theory, core principles and strategies for moving forward. The second

City College of New York President Lisa S. Coico will receive the first "Jazz and Community Leadership Award" from the National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) at a benefit concert Monday, June 9, at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in Manhattan. The event starts 7:30 p.m. and includes performances by three-time Grammy Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater and NJMH Artistic Director-at-Large Jonathan Batiste . President Coico and The City College will be the first recipients of NJMH's "Jazz and Community Leadership Award." "The Museum proudly acknowledges the extraordinary leadership exemplified

June 5 symposium explores how social messages impact understanding of ourselves and others On Thursday, June 5, the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York will cap a year of events celebrating the 75th anniversary of its Psychology Department . “The Social World and the Meaning of the Message: A 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Psychology Department of the Colin Powell School,” a half-day symposium, examines the evolution of social messaging and the role it plays in social justice, politics and our understanding of ourselves. What: "The Social