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200 students from CCNY and seven other schools provide DNA samples for initiative directed by biology professor Michael Hickerson Approximately 200 student volunteers from The City College of New York and seven other New York area colleges are participating in The New York City Student Ancestry Project. The project kicked off Monday, February 3, at an event at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), where the students provided DNA cheek swabs for National Geographic’s Genographic Project . The project’s goals are two-fold, explained project director, Dr. Michael Hickerson, CCNY

Artwork by seven nationally and internationally recognized African-American artists highlights "Shots, Strokes, Threads, Vol. 3," the City College Black History Month art exhibit. The exhibit, which features Haitian art and work by CCNY SEEK students, as well, runs through February 28, and is on display in the Cohen Library Archives reading room, sixth floor, North Academic Center. Participating artists Jacqueline Bishop, Ramona Candy, Gilbert Fletcher, Dick Griffin, Sakinah Northern, Diane Pryor-Holland and Hubert Williams will also speak at two "art gallery talk" sessions. Ms. Bishop, Ms

Host of Al Jazeera America’s “Inside Story” to appear in conversation with President Coico Veteran journalist Ray Suarez comes to The City College of New York, Tuesday, February 25, for a conversation with President Lisa S. Coico. The event, to be held in The Great Hall, begins 5:30 p.m. and is followed by a reception at which Mr. Suarez will sign copies of his newest book, “Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation.” The event is free and open to the public; however reservations are required. Mr. Suarez is the permanent host of Al Jazeera America’sdaily program “Inside Story

Eleven City College students and Distinguished Lecturer Lynne Scott Jackson from the media and communications art department participated in a group interview January 30 with Afghani television journalist Parwiz Shamal of Tolo News . Mr. Shamal is on a two-week visit to the United States, supported by a U.S. State Department grant, to produce a series of reports on diversity in America. The participating students were: Keanu Adams, Alexie Eric Cruz, Zia Durrani, Farifa Hussain, Gatjon Kaja , Vanessa Ogueri, Katia Roma, Ramdat Singh, Andre Smithson and Timothy Taylor. The visit was arranged by

Students to apply venerable materials for modern designs in contest sponsored by masonry contractors and bricklayers union “It is important that you honor the material that you use,” architect Louis Kahn said in a 1971 talk to students at the University of Pennsylvania. Third-year students in City College’s Spitzer School of Architecture this semester will honor brick, the material Kahn used to make his point. The students will take part in an innovative competition sponsored by the Associated Brick Mason Contractors of Greater New York, Inc. and the International Union of Bricklayers and

The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education’s 40th commencement ceremony for the Physician Assistant Program at Harlem Hospital Center will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, January 30, in The Great Hall, Shepard Hall, on The City College of New York campus. The Class of 2014 has 28 students Denise C. Soares, R.N., M.A., senior vice president, Generations +/Northern Manhattan Health Network, and executive director, Harlem Hospital Center and Renaissance Health Care Network, will deliver the commencement address. City College President Lisa S. Coico will introduce her. Bing Shao, ’14, will deliver

Dr. Vincent Boudreau is the first permanent dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York. The CUNY Board of Trustees approved his appointment at its January 27 meeting. Dr. Jeffrey Rosen, a professor of psychology, had been serving as interim dean since the school’s inauguration in April 2013. "Vince Boudreau has a strong history of leadership and administrative experience that began almost immediately after he arrived at City College as a faculty member more than 20 years ago,” said City College President Lisa S. Coico. “His long connection

Exhibit featuring artwork from ‘Harlem Globetrotters,’ ‘The Jackson 5ive” and ‘Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids’ opens February 5 at the Schomburg Center Over the past 15 years, Pamela Thomas, a member of The City College of New York Class of 1996, and business partner Loreen Williamson have assembled one of the most extensive collections of 1970s black animation art in the United States. They have made it accessible to the public through their virtual Museum of UnCut Funk , and, now, a traveling exhibit, “Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution,” which opens February 5 at the Schomburg Center

The City College of New York observes Black History Month with a rich array of activities that includes social events, film screenings, performances, lectures and more. Among the highlighted activities are: The New York premiere of the documentary “Hate Crimes in the Heartland,” which examines two major racially motivated crimes 90 years apart in Tulsa, Okla., on February 4. A performance by the acclaimed Batoto Yetu dance troupe, February 8 at Aaron Davis Hall. The Fifth Annual “Is Hip Hop History” conference, February 27 – 28 at the Center for Worker Education at 25 Broadway. A list of Black

A book edited by Retha Powers, acting assistant director of City College's publishing certificate program, has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award . “ Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations : 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World” (Little, Brown and Co., 2013), is vying for the NAACP’s “Outstanding Literary Work” prize in the non-fiction category. The 720-page volume is in contention with four other books, including “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,” co-written by historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Donald Yacovone