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Whether it is called Hispanic Heritage Month or Latino Heritage Month, it is a fiesta of lectures, concerts, parties and forums celebrating the cultures and traditions of the peoples who comprise the largest segment of The City College of New York’s student population. Events run September 13 through October 17 and take place on CCNY’s main campus at 138th Street and Convent Avenue and at the Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway, New York. Activities range from a Latino Awareness Fair, featuring foods from different countries and Spanish music, to a forum and photo exhibit on the legacy of

MIT Professor’s September 12 Lecture Part of Nationwide Effort Supported by Jack Miller Center The City College of New York will join with 41 other U.S. colleges and universities in a nationwide series of programs celebrating Constitution Day. Dr. Pauline Maier, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will talk on “The Strange History of the United States’ Bill of Rights,” 12:30 – 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 12 in Room 250, Shepard Hall, on the CCNY campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, is supported by the Jack Miller

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

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

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

$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