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Max Sehaumpai, a junior pursuing a double major in applied mathematics and computer science, is the recipient of a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. He’s the sixth City College of New York undergraduate in seven years to be recognized nationally by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The federally funded scholarship is America’s premier award for undergraduates majoring in math, science and engineering. Its goal is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who

Celebrated poet, memoirist and educator Reginald Dwayne Betts is the featured poet at the 50th annual City College Poetry Festival on May 6 in CCNY’s Marian Anderson Theater. Dubbed “the Woodstock of the Spoken Word,” New York’s longest-running poetry celebration will also include Ukrainian essayist and translator Vasyl Makhno as guest poet. The all-day event that features budding poets from up to 50 public schools, runs from 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. "The City College Poetry Festival is the democratic voice of poetry in New York City public schools,” said Pamela Laskin, a lecturer in CCNY’s English

In a political career spanning 46 years, retired U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel was a trailblazer who left the House of Representatives with a huge legacy in his relentless push for inner city development. Five years after leaving the House in 2017, Rangel’s mission continues with the launch of the Charles B. Rangel Infrastructure Workforce Initiative (RIWI) at The City College of New York. The program, which aims to address the lack of modern infrastructure jobs in Rangel’s old congressional district, gets underway with $1.5 million in federal funding. CUNY had earlier allotted $400,000

An unprecedented initiative to foster a more diverse and inclusive talent pool in the media and communications industry launches this fall at The City College of New York, as six of the world’s largest agency holding companies have come together to provide full scholarships to students enrolling in the Branding + Integrated Communications (BIC) program’s inaugural Media track. The combined funding contribution of $300,000 from the agencies -- IPG Mediabrands, Publicis Media, Havas Media, Dentsu, Omnicom Group and WPP/GroupM -- will allow each student in this initial cohort to receive a

A new $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) to Associate Professors Nancy Stern and Tatyana Kleyn continues the two City College of New York educators’ mission to advance the preparation of teachers to serve the needs of multilingual students in New York City. The funding brings to more than $5.5 million in OELA support since 2016 to the two bilingual education and TESOL experts in CCNY’s School of Education. The latest grant is in partnership with New Visions for Public Schools. Their project, entitled B-SEAL for Multilingual

The only public school of engineering in the metropolitan area, The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering also offers some of the top programs in the nation, according to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released today. From a survey of the top 214 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees, U.S. News ranked the following CCNY programs among the best in the country: Chemical engineering, #48; Biomedical engineering, #74; Mechanical engineering, #89; Civil engineering, #107; Electrical engineering, #113; and Computer science, #115. U.S. News

Since its founding, The City College of New York has established relationships with some of the city’s most elite high schools. These relationships provide more than a pipeline to a City College education; they forge a lifetime of connections and friendships, as evidenced by the bonds between generations. The CCNY Specialized High Schools Project originated in December 2001, when Larry Gralla ‘51 and Yvette Gralla ‘52 launched the Stuyvesant-CCNY Scholarship Project as part of a fundraising effort organized by the former City College Fund. This scholarship supports high-achieving students from

Graduating senior Angelina Coronado, who’s been admitted to PhD programs at Johns Hopkins, New York University and Columbia University, is headed to Brazil in June after receiving her second Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) in Portuguese. Rachel A. Ferretti, a junior majoring in International Studies, is the other City College of New York CLS Scholar. She’ll take a virtual course in Arabic as part of the intensive and coveted U.S. Department of State-sponsored program. About Angelina Coronado An English Literature major, with a minor in Portuguese Language and Lusophone Cultures, Coronado

The City College of New York and publishing company Hachette Book Group partner for the CCNY+HBG Associates Program to further improve recruiting, training, mentorship and support for diverse individuals with a passion for writing and publishing. HBG is also partnering with the Hurston/Wright Foundation, Lambda Literary and We Need Diverse Books with the goal of supporting a broader community of emerging writers and early and mid-career publishing professionals from diverse backgrounds. “We have worked with these excellent organizations in different ways for many years, but we see these

The City College of New York’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership has received a $2.5 million gift from an admirer and long-time friend of the late General Colin L. Powell. The transformative gift by the donor, who prefers to remain anonymous, establishes the Colin Powell Career Fellowship Program, which will fund internships and other student support services in the Colin Powell School. Over time, the competitive program will be opened to all City College students, both undergrad and graduate, and later to the more than 250,000 students at the 25 campuses of the City