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Two Projects Funded By Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy The CUNY Energy Institute, based at The City College of New York (CCNY), was awarded two grants totaling $4.6 million over three years in the latest round of funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). They are among the 43 grants totaling $92 million announced July 12 by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu for cutting-edge research projects to dramatically improve how the United States uses and produces energy. “ARPA-E conducted an intensely competitive selection process

The City College of New York’s Center for Worker Education(CWE) has quickly built a reputation for bringing distinguished intellectuals to its Bowling Green campus. This fall is no exception. Eight notable speakers will take part in the Center’s free bi-annual Book Talk Lecture Series, to run September 13 - December 13. “All of our lecture series have been extremely successful,” said Dr. Juan Carlos Mercado, Dean of CCNY’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies based at the CWE. “Each one has provided a forum for a rich exchange of ideas. Students and lecture attendees are given the opportunity

The City College of New York (CCNY) has announced the 2010 City College and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows. The 13 students selected for the two programs – eight City College Fellows and five Mellon Mays Fellows – receive financial and academic support to prepare them for graduate school and future careers in research and college-level teaching. Among the 13 are five students born outside the United States. "I am delighted to welcome an exceptionally accomplished group of eight new City College Fellows and five new Mellon May Undergraduate Fellows," said Dr. Susan Besse, CCNY professor of

Number of Connections Less Important Than Proximity to Core A team of researchers led by Dr. Hernán Makse, professor of physics at The City College of New York (CCNY), has shed new light on the way that information and infectious diseases proliferate across complex networks. Writing in “Nature Physics,” they report that, contrary to conventional wisdom, persons with the most connections are not necessarily the best spreaders. “The important thing is where someone is located in a network,” said Professor Makse in an interview. “If someone is in the core, they can spread information more

“New York, New York: Place, Culture and Urbanity” will be the theme for the Fall 2010 Sciame Lecture Series at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York (CCNY). The eight-part series, which is free and open to the public, presents authors and prominent architects discussing some of New York’s most iconic buildings and public works, including the Empire State Building, Pennsylvania Station and Rockefeller Center. The series is sponsored by F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held in Sciame Auditorium in the Spitzer School of

Panama Canal Expansion Creates Rare Opportunity to Obtain Samples in Environmentally Sensitive Area The widening of the Panama Canal currently underway has created a rare opportunity to study the insects that inhabit the plants of environmentally sensitive Central American rain forest habitats. Dr. Amy Berkov, Professor of Biology at The City College of New York (CCNY), is leading a research effort that could shed new light on biodiversity by documenting the area’s host-plant relationships. “If you want to study biodiversity and conservation, you need to know what animals eat and where they

On-Campus Employment and Workshops Develop Skills for Entry-Level Positions Ten City College of New York (CCNY) students participated this summer in a new program that combined work experience with workshops to develop the skills employers value in entry-level employees. “The Development of Young Professionals Summer Program (DYPP) aims to ensure CCNY students are armed with the tools needed to successfully navigate any work environment,” said Ian Matthews, a human resources generalist and program co-founder. DYPP was created as a response to a 2008 survey done in the state of Washington of 2

Stephen Cook, an ’09 MS graduate of The City College of New York (CCNY), has received a 2010-2011 Fulbright U.S. program scholarship to travel to Vietnam. There he will teach English to university students at Hai Duong Teacher Training College. “I wanted a challenge and viewed the Fulbright as a great way to get university-level teaching experience.” he said to explain why he applied for the Fulbright. “I really like that the Fulbright has a strong cultural component as part of the four-week orientation in Hanoi, in addition to Vietnamese language training.” Mr. Cook chose the location of

Quality-Adjusted Life Years Lost to U.S. Adults Due to Obesity More Than Doubles from 1993-2008 According to New Study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine The following news release was issued today by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. San Diego, CA, August 3, 2010 – Although the prevalence of obesity and obesity-attributable deaths has steadily increased, the resultant burden of disease associated with obesity has not been well understood. A new study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that Quality-Adjusted Life

Urban Heat Island Effect Keeps Manhattan Hotter Longer, CCNY Professor Says Heat waves like those that baked the Northeast in July are likely to be more frequent and more intense in the future, with their effects amplified in densely built urban environments like Manhattan, according to climate scientists at The City College of New York (CCNY). “Manhattan is subject to an urban heat island effect because its physical landscape is significantly different from the surrounding suburbs,” said Dr. Jorge Gonzalez, NOAA-CREST Professor of Mechanical Engineering in CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering.