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Senior Emily Goldblum keeps passions in check while reporting on schism at UNITY 2012 that hurt meeting attendance One of the biggest challenges young journalists face is maintaining objectivity while covering a controversial story, especially when they see themselves as an advocate. Emily Goldblum, a senior studying journalism at The City College of New York, passed that test with flying colors at UNITY 2012, a national conference for minority and LGBT journalists, where she recently covered a major story on a schism in the organization. During the weeklong meeting, held July 30 – August 3 in

Government, business, and academic leaders will assess the vulnerability of America’s cyber infrastructure and provide strategic policy directions for its protection at the Third Cyber Infrastructure Protection 2012 Conference (CIP '12), September 13 – 14 at The City College of New York. The conference, which is free and open to the public, comes at a time when cyber infrastructure attacks are on the rise and Congress fails to enact legislation establishing voluntary security standards for critical infrastructure. The program includes panel sessions on cyber infrastructure, cyber crime and

Following an initial year in which it published several award-winning public policy papers and worked on models to implement its recommendations, The City College of New York Roosevelt Institute student chapter has been awarded the Institute’s Best New Chapter of the Year award for 2012-2013. The Roosevelt Institute cited the CCNY chapter for its rapid growth, functionality, excellent papers and participation in policy events. Chapter co-founder and Chair Mohammed A. Alam and President Emily Williams received the award August 4 at the Institute’s annual Hyde Park Summit, held at the Franklin D

Students Can Study Abroad at Top Engineering Schools in 17 Countries In a move that gives its students the opportunity to participate in study-abroad programs at colleges and universities in 17 countries, The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering has joined the Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3). Students will be able to participate in these programs at regular City College tuition rates and they can apply their current financial aid packages to pay for them. “Our participation in Global E3 opens the door to a world of affordable, study-abroad opportunities for

Prestigious guide counts the school among the ‘cream of the crop’ For the first time, The Princeton Review will add The City College of New York to its roster of the nation’s best colleges. The prestigious selection earns CCNY a place in The Princeton Review’s annual “Best Colleges” guidebook, The Best 377 Colleges: 2013 Edition, published this week. City College joins five other schools from across the country newly inducted into the guide. “Only about 15% of the four-year colleges in the nation are in this book,” said Robert Franek, senior vice president and publisher of The Princeton Review

$1 Million Gift From Alumnus Irwin Zahn, ’48, and $440K Grant From Office of Borough President Scott Stringer Support New Facility The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering will open an entrepreneurship center next month that will also serve as a business incubator for aspiring student and faculty entrepreneurs and a resource for local businesses. The facility, to be known as the Zahn Center, is supported by a $1 million gift from the Moxie Foundation, the charity of CCNY alumnus Irwin Zahn, ’48, a $440,000 grant from the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer

Celebrity instructors, including actors Khalil Kain & Lonette McKee, to discuss new offerings Interested in learning a new skill for today’s challenging job market or acquiring tips on healthy living? Then head to The City College of New York Wednesday, August 29, for the second annual Continuing and Professional Studies (CPS) Open House. The event, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in The Great Hall, Shepard Hall, will highlight new courses and offer savings on class fees for people who register at the open house. “Our course offerings – both new and existing – are designed to empower

Melting over the Greenland ice sheet shattered the seasonal record on August 8 – a full four weeks before the close of the melting season, reported Marco Tedesco, assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at The City College of New York. The melting season in Greenland usually lasts from June – when the first puddles of meltwater appear – to early-September, when temperatures cool. This year, cumulative melting in the first week in August had already exceeded the record of 2010, taken over a full season, according to Professor Tedesco’s ongoing analysis. “With more yet to come in

Professor Steven Tuber Shows Psychotherapists How Patient Responses Relate to Personality Traits “If I hold up a coffee mug and ask you to tell me what it is, it is easy for you to give me the correct answer, but you haven’t revealed anything about yourself,” says City College of New York Professor of Psychology Steven Tuber. “But if I ask you to describe something that is ambiguous I am giving you a problem, and how you make sense of it tells me something about yourself.” Projective tests, such as the Rorschach test, can help make sense of how a patient deals with ambiguity when clinicians

A new measure of obesity developed by a City College of New York researcher and a physician predicts early death better than BMI. BMI, or Body Mass Index, has long been the most common and convenient way to estimate a person’s percentage of body fat. Obesity is a leading cause of death worldwide. However, BMI is a poor predictor of when someone has entered the danger zone and is at risk of dying early. “One criticism leveled at BMI is that it doesn’t distinguish muscle and fat mass, so that it doesn’t tell you if you have too much fat,” said Dr. Nir Krakauer, assistant professor of civil