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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a new endeavor to bring atomic-level precision to the devices and technologies that underpin much of modern life, and will transform fields like information technology in the decades to come. The five-year, $25 million Science and Technology Center grant will found the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand — or IMOD — a collaboration of scientists and engineers at 11 universities led by the University of Washington (UW). The City College of New York is a partner. “It is exciting to be part of this Center which

Setting the stage for more groundbreaking inquiry in the sciences and engineering at The City College of New York, a major upgrade to research instruments for solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is underway, funded by a $833,284 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award, from the NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program, is over three years and will enable six faculty-led CCNY teams to pursue forefront research that ranges from engineering science to the biology of animals, plants and fungi. “This equipment is designed to give us unique access

The City College of New York’s CREST Center for Interface Design and Engineered Assembly of Low Dimensional Systems (IDEALS) is the recipient of a $5 million Phase 2 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The funding is from the NSF’s Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program that is devoted to enhancing the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions. Since 2016, CCNY CREST’s mission has been to design, discover, and explore new and improved materials, while recruiting, training, and inspiring students from diverse backgrounds. “This is an

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation and The City College of New York partner for the Blackstone LaunchPad Program, which makes entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills accessible and relevant for all college students to help them build thriving companies and careers. The partnership will expand and strengthen three initiatives already underway through intense mentorship, community engagement and hands-on entrepreneurship programs designed to build upon CCNY’s almost 175-year history. The initiatives will include the Zahn Innovation Center at CCNY (ZIC), the new Center for Innovation in

Body measurements (anthropometrics) including height, weight and waist circumference are basic components in a medical examination. They predict mortality as well as a variety of health conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. A commonly-used anthropometric expression is weight adjusted for height or body mass index (BMI). Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) imaging technology gauges bone mineral density to identify people at risk for fractures. Additionally, DEXA provides fat and lean body composition and distribution. Determining the value of this

For centuries experts have pondered over one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s most intriguing and yet unconsummated projects: the Galata bridge whose double-curvature arch design, ca. 1502-1503, was so futuristic it was rejected as risky. Enter Mohammad Bolhassani, assistant professor and masonry structures specialist in The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. While MIT researchers have proven the structural feasibility of the design, Bolhassani and his team attempt -- more than 500 years later -- to deconstruct the great inventor and artist’s mind in designing

In a boost for the development of nanomedicines to study and diagnose inflammatory diseases, City College of New York biomedical engineer Ryan M. Williams is the recipient of a $1.96 million grant from the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). The funding, over five years, is part of the MIRA ESI program (Maximizing Investigator's Research Award for Early Stage Investigators) that supports the nation's most highly talented and promising young investigators. Williams’ award is titled: “Investigating real-time multi-system cytokine signaling in chronic disease.” “The main

The City College of New York is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles and recommends CCNY in the 2022 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 387 Colleges published today by Penguin Random House and retailing at $24.99. Only about 14% of America’s 2,700 four-year colleges are profiled in the book, which is one of The Princeton Review’s most popular publications. The company chooses the colleges for the book based on data it annually collects from administrators at hundreds of colleges about

With the beginning of the fall semester in sight, The City College of New York is pleased to announce the second annual “Community Read” project. The project is an effort to pull the entire CCNY community—staff, students, faculty and Harlem partner organizations—together to read and discuss a work that carries significance during these difficult times. A selection committee reviewed dozens of nominated books and chose “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” written by Heather McGhee, former president of the inequality-focused think tank Demos. The book

Dr. Carmen Renee’ Green, M.D., a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, is the new dean of the CUNY School of Medicine (CSOM) at The City College of New York. She is the second dean of the Harlem-based medical school established in 2015 in partnership with Bronx-based St. Barnabas Hospital (a part of the SBH Health System). The CUNY School of Medicine is an expansion of City College’s Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, which was founded in 1973. The medical school houses a novel 7-year BS/MD program and one of the oldest physician assistant programs in the US. It is the only