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Since its inception 64 years ago, Pakistan’s quest for democracy has been tenuous. In “Pakistan: From the Rhetoric of Democracy to the Rise of Militancy,” edited by Dr. Ravi Kalia, professor of history at The City College of New York, readers get an idea of why. Published by Routledge (2011), the book comprises essays by scholars and diplomats from three continents. They reflect on the political, social, military and urban history of Pakistan with focus on its search for democracy as well as its pivotal role in the global war on terror. It is the only non-NATO country aligned with the United

City College of New York students Jose Esteban Rodriguez Alverio, Elizabeth Kelman and Nicholas Macaluso have received Jeannette K. Watson Fellowships for 2011. They are among 15 undergraduate recipients from 12 New York City colleges and universities. The fellowship, a program of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, is a three-year program centered around three summer internships that provide fellows with professional development opportunities and mentoring. The internships include a stipend of $5,000 for the first two summers and $6,000 for the final summer. Watson fellows intern with nonprofit

Dr. Jane Lubchenco, under secretary of commerce and administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will visit The City College of New York Friday, April 15, to participate in the ninth annual NOAA-CREST Day. While here, she will also meet with CCNY President Lisa Staiano-Coico, CUNY Vice Chancellor for Research Gillian Small and NOAA-CREST Director Reza Khanbilvardi. Hundreds of students from New York City high schools and community colleges participate in NOAA-CREST Day each year. They come to learn about education and career opportunities associated with environmental

Global Marketing Communications Firm Honored for ‘Model’ Commitment to Industry/University Cooperation The City College of New York is proud to celebrate its long and productive partnership with Young & Rubicam (Y&R) by honoring the global marketing communications company at a reception. The event, Tuesday, April 12, at City College, recognizes Y&R’s outstanding commitment to CCNY’s talented communications studies students. Young & Rubicam began working with CCNY six years ago to help advertising/public relations majors gain internships year-round. It has since evolved into a “model” for

City College Grad Student Writes Tell-All Field Guide to Urban Animals Call her the tabloid journalist of the animal world. Julie Feinstein, a PhD student at The City College of New York, has the dirt on all creatures great and small – specifically – the wild animals that live among us. She lays it bare in a new tell-all book, “Field Guide to Urban Wildlife: Common Animals of Cities and Suburbs, How They Adapt and Thrive” (Stackpole Books, 2011). Ms. Feinstein’s book taps the untold stories of the birds, mammals and invertebrates she encounters daily in the New York metropolitan area. Her

The City College of New York will host “Einsteins in the City 2011,” an international conference of top student researchers, April 13 through 15, in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Ave., New York. The theme for the event, “Transcending Boundaries; Communicating Across Disciplines,” promotes interdisciplinary cooperation in research and the cross-cultural exchange of ideas. "What we are hoping to do with this conference is promote the culture of true cross-disciplinary and global communication among scholars,” commented Dr. Maria Tamargo, chair of the conference organizing committee

Jian Liu, a graduating senior at The City College of New York, has won a Math for America Fellowship (M fA). The highly selective five-year program, for talented students committed to teaching math in public schools, provides a $100,000 stipend. Math for America is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve mathematics education in U.S. public secondary schools by recruiting, training and retaining outstanding mathematics teachers. "This is an incredible honor," said Mr. Liu, who will receive a BA in pure mathematics from CCNY on June 3, with minors in secondary math education and physics.

Two symposia presented by The City College of New York Department of Sociology, April 8 and April 15, will examine sociological and scientific perspectives on race. The first symposium, 2 p.m. Friday, April 8, titled, “Race and Science: New Findings and Challenges,” focuses on questions of race and science and how increasingly scientific views of race challenge the sociological notions of race as “non scientific.” The second meeting, “Race and Categorization: Changing Terrains,” 2 p.m. Friday, April 15, concentrates on the 2010 Census and the many questions it has raised about race. Both

Book By Professor Emily Greble Shows How Multiethnic City Tried to Maintain Normalcy Under Rule by Nazis, Croat Nationalists Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was subjected to a brutal four-year siege in the 1990s at the hands of Bosnian Serbs seeking to control the new country's political future. It wasn’t the first time the city felt the brunt of war. A new book by Dr. Emily Greble, assistant professor of history at The City College of New York, explores how 50 years earlier its multiethnic communities tried to cope with occupation during World War II. In “Sarajevo, 1941 –

NSF-Supported Center for Metamaterials Joins CUNY with 3 Other Institutions and 15 Corporations; Focuses on Renewable Energy and Sensors A new National Science Foundation-sponsored industry & university cooperative research center program (I/UCRC) will “provide a one-stop shop for the design, fabrication and testing of a wide range of metamaterials.“ Dr. David Crouse, associate professor of electrical engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, serves as director of the new Center for Metamaterials. Participating institutions are The City University of New