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‘Joining Forces: Living Art on the Hill’ celebrates diversity, builds bridges among art cultures; participants range from eight to 91 More than 90 local and regional artists and galleries are participating in "Joining Forces: Living Art on the Hill," a groundbreaking outdoor exhibit at The City College of New York that opens Thursday, September 12, and runs through Thursday, December 12. The show can be seen at CCNY's Amsterdam Plaza, located along Amsterdam Avenue between 136th and 137th streets in Manhattan. Diversity of race, religion, culture, gender and age is front and center in the

New deans of engineering and science bring academic excellence, management expertise and research accomplishments Following an extensive nationwide recruiting process, The City College of New York today announced the appointment of two outstanding academicians, administrators and researchers who will bring new leadership to the College's programs in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics): Dr. Gilda Barabino, dean of the Grove School of Engineering Dr. Tony Liss, Martin and Michele Cohen Dean of Science "These two superb additions each bring to City College

Dr. Deidra Hill, Jeffrey F. Machi and Michele Baptiste ‘bring wealth of solid experience in their respective fields’ City College of New York President Lisa S. Coico today announced the appointments of new vice presidents to lead the college's Office of Communications and Marketing and Office of Development and Institutional Advancement. President Coico also announced the appointment of a new dean of diversity, compliance and faculty relations for the college. The new appointees are: Dr. Deidra Hill, vice president for communications and marketing Jeffrey F. Machi, vice president for

New York’s only BFA in music with audio technology concentration combines academics with hands-on experience in a professional setting As City College of New York students nearly a century ago, legendary lyricists Yip Harburg and Ira Gershwin likely strolled through Shepard Hall on their way to class. Today, the landmark gothic-style building is home to a unique resource that helps students and established artists alike make music. It is CCNY's Sonic Arts Center (SAC), founded in 1994 by audio engineer and composer Paul Kozel, who also serves as director. Staffed by award-winning professionals

Nigerian upbringing inspires Oluwadamisi Atanda to excel; State Department internship at United Nations next on his agenda. In 36 short months, Oluwadamisi "Kay" Atanda, age 20, went from student president in his final year at Redeemer's International Secondary School in Lagos, Nigeria, to the White House – literally. Brooklyn-born but raised in the populous West African nation, The City College of New York senior spent most of the summer as a legislative affairs intern in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. In the fall, he will intern at the U.S. Mission to the United

Johnny Luo is youngest of 12 science leaders for project studying how convective clouds process and transport air pollutants Dr. Z. Johnny Luo, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and NOAA CREST Institute at The City College of New York, is one of 12 lead scientists on a NASA airborne mission to study how convective clouds help process and transport air pollutants, including those from wildfires. The mission, involving two aircraft that are crisscrossing the southwestern United States, began August 10. A NASA media day event for the mission will be held

Metal-catalyzed cross-couplings of carbon bonds could enable creation of libraries of drug candidates to accelerate drug discovery James Bond had his reasons for ordering his martinis “shaken, not stirred.” Similarly, drug manufacturers need to make sure the molecules in a new drug are arranged in an exact manner, lest there be dire consequences. Specifically, they need to be wary of enantiomers, mirror-image molecules composed of the same atoms, but arranged differently. “One mirror image could be therapeutic while another could be poisonous,” said Dr. Mark R. Biscoe, assistant professor of

Program for high school students aims to broaden participation in advertising and communications professions Eleven high school students from New York City and Long Island will be returning to school this fall with a new perspective on the opportunities awaiting them in the world of advertising and marketing. They participated in the first American Advertising Federation (AAF) summer AdCamp held in New York City. The program, which offers an intensive one-week industry immersion for students from diverse backgrounds, was held July 22 - 26 at The City College of New York. Edward Keller

Samuel Innocent, a senior at The City College of New York and U.S. Army veteran who was deployed in Afghanistan, is featured in the latest edition of Time magazine. Recently awarded a Tillman Military Scholarship by the Pat Tillman Foundation, Mr. Innocent and other scholars past and present attended a leadership summit in Chicago last week. Continued service was one of the themes at the gathering. Mr. Innocent, who is pursuing a double major in biology and political science and is a Fellow with CCNY’s Colin L. Powell Center for Leadership and Service, talks in the article about his

Shimoda Mayor Shunsuke Kusuyama will lead a 13-member delegation from that city to The City College of New York July 17 to honor City College founder Townsend Harris. The delegation, comprising civic officials, students and citizens of Shimoda, will be the 27th since 1986 to visit CCNY to pay homage to Harris, who founded what was known as The Free Academy in 1847 and later opened the first U.S. consulate in Japan. Because Harris was instrumental in opening trade between Japan and the West, he is revered there. The group will visit the Cohen Library Archives in the North Academic Center