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Finding Points to Role for Genetics in Development of Culture NEW YORK, May 3, 2009 – In an experiment that points to a role for genetics in the development of culture, biologists at The City College of New York (CCNY) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that zebra finches raised in isolation will, over several generations, produce a song similar to that sung by the species in the wild. According to Dr. Olga Fehér, who conducted the experiment for her dissertation at CCNY, first generation male zebra finches raised in isolation produced an unstructured, often abnormal

Teams Given One Hour to Design New Public Use for DUMBO Archway NEW YORK, April 29, 2009 – A team of four Architecture and Landscape Architecture graduate students from The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) bested rivals from three other New York City architecture schools to win an “Iron Designer” competition. The contest was inspired by the popular television series “Iron Chef.” Landscape Architecture majors Halina Steiner and Brett Seamans and Architecture majors Perry Randazzo and Orlando Rymer represented CCNY in the contest, held

NEW YORK, April 28, 2009 – The Center for Information Networking and Telecommunications (CINT) at The City College of New York (CCNY) and the U.S. Army War College present “Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Policy and Strategy,” a two-day policy and technical seminar, June 4 – 5 at CCNY. The conference will help policymakers and researchers stay abreast of the latest research and foster greater contact between these groups. “As our dependence on the Internet and other telecommunications networks and information systems has increased, so have hostile attacks on cyber infrastructure by network

Classes Help Seniors Connect with Grandchildren; Adults, Teens Enter Workforce NEW YORK, April 28, 2009 – Helping to bridge the digital divide for some of New York’s poorer and older citizens, The City College of New York (CCNY) Adult & Continuing Education program is providing computer training and GED classes at 15 New York City public housing complexes under a three-year, $600,000 contract with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The contract is funded through a Neighborhood Networks grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Persons in lower income and older

NEW YORK, April 24, 2009 – "The Five Demands: The Student Protest and Takeover of 1969," an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of a student occupation of The City College of New York (CCNY) campus, will be on display May 4 through July 24 in the Cohen Library Atrium and July 27 through October 28 in the Cohen Library Archives Gallery. On April 22, 1969, a group of CCNY students, whose demands included greater minority enrollment, occupied the South Campus and Klapper Hall.They did not vacate the buildings until May 4, two weeks later. The protest led to the implementation of The City

NEW YORK, April 21, 2009 - Michael Sorkin, Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Urban Design Program at The City College of New York (CCNY), has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Academy announced yesterday. He will be inducted into the Academy at an October 10 ceremony at its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Professor Sorkin was one of 210 leaders from the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector elected to join one of the United States’ most prestigious honorary societies. The

Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service to Conduct Pilot Program, Community Service Projects with Young People in Harlem NEW YORK, April 21, 2009 – Urban youth face, particularly in Central Harlem, face a dire situation characterized by low high school graduation rates and high rates of unemployment, incarceration and homicide. These challenges were the topic of a one-day workshop held recently at The City College of New York (CCNY) organized by Dr. Jean Krasno, Lecturer in Political Science, and sponsored by the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service. The workshop was the first such

NEW YORK, April 13, 2009 – Drs. Sophie Molholm and John Foxe, neuroscientists at The City College of New York (CCNY), have been awarded $2.8 million over five years from the National Institute of Mental Heath of the National Institutes of Health to study whether and how multisensory integration – the nervous system’s integration of different sensory stimuli – is impaired in persons with autism. “Atypical integration of multisensory inputs has been suggested as a major component of autism,” said Dr. Molholm, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at CCNY. “If we can

NEW YORK, April 9, 2009 – The 37th Annual City College Spring Poetry Festival, an all-day, all-verse event that has become New York’s longest-running, most established and democratic poetry celebration, will take place 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 15, in Theater B of Aaron Davis Hall, on the campus of The City College of New York (CCNY) at 135th St. and Convent Avenue. This year’s featured guest poet is the award-winning Stanley Moss. Over its 37-year history, the Festival has attracted the participation of numerous celebrated poets. They have included singer/songwriter Paul Simon, Allen

NEW YORK, April 8, 2009 –Kimberly Paige Young, a senior in The City College of New York (CCNY) English Honors Program, has been selected as a Jacob K. Javits Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year.The program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, provides up to $30,000 in support for a period not exceeding four years for graduate study in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Ms. Young, who will graduate from CCNY next month with a double major in English Literature and Comparative Literature, will use the award at the CUNY Graduate Center where she'll pursue a Ph.D. in