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Five undergraduates, the 29th cohort since The City College of New York joined the exclusive nationwide program, are the latest recipients of Mellon Mays Fellowships. The program’s goal is to help increase diversity in the faculty ranks of higher education by identifying and supporting exceptional undergraduates from traditionally underrepresented groups. City College’s 2021 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows (MMUF) and their research focus are: Jamar Brown An anthropology major in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, Brown’s current work is centered around abolition

They are three of The City College of New York’s most active centenarians. Alumni who lived through some of the most perilous times in the 20th Century – including the Great Depression and a world war – they went on to prosper professionally, largely, they say, because of the quality education they received at their alma mater. Now, as the latest generation of CCNY graduates embark on a new life in a world reshaped by the worst pandemic in a century, the stalwarts are urging the Class of 2021 to bank on its CCNY education as they did. Between them, attorney Herbert Rubin (Class of 1938)

Mark Emerson, associate professor in The City College of New York’s Division of Science, is the recipient of an Early Career Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biology Division. The national honor recognizes exemplary biology mentors for their long-term efforts in supervising undergraduate researchers. Emerson, whose long-term research thrust includes developing therapies for human blindness, is one of three mentors selected for the 2021 CUR award. Misty Thomas (North Carolina A&T State University) and Maryann Herman (St. John Fisher College) are the other recipients

John M. Dionisio ’71 delivers the commencement address to The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering Class of 2021 at its virtual ceremony starting noon on Friday, June 4. He’ll address the latest engineering graduates at his alma mater on the 50th anniversary of his own graduation from CCNY with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. A native of Astoria, Queens, and a graduate of Mater Christi High School, Dionisio is co-founder and vice chairman of Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc., a privately-owned business that invests in and grows engineering and construction

The Americas Film Festival New York (TAFFNY) opens its Virtual Cinema again for its eighth edition, offering viewers in the tri-state area the opportunity to enjoy and celebrate the rich diversity of stories, languages and cultures of the Americas from the comfort of their home. A cultural initiative of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education of the City College of New York (CWE), TAFFNY runs online June 21-27. Six feature films and more than 25 shorts will be screened free of charge. Oscar Award-winning director Juan José Campanella’s “ The Weasels’ Tale”

Ondrea N. Kanwhen, a junior in The City College of New York’s Grove School Engineering with a passion for forging large scale renewable energy projects, is one of 55 students nationally selected as a 2021 Udall Scholar. Supported by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, the highly qualified Scholars from 42 colleges and universities were picked based on their: Commitment to careers in the environment, Tribal public policy, or Native health care; Leadership potential; Record of public service; and Academic achievement. As a Udall Scholar, Kanwhen and her cohort will have access

A little more than half a century after the transformative student strike that would remake The City College of New York campus into one of the most diverse in the nation, five participants discuss the 1969 takeover in a special virtual presentation 4 p.m., Sunday, June 6. The discussion is a prelude to Jezebel Productions’ “ The Five Demands,” the first ever documentary film on the historic event that is currently in development. The five former student leaders, alumni and Five Demands cast members are: Henry Arce, Class of 1973, educator, former president of PRISA (Puerto Ricans Involved in

Waste-to-energy facilities offer significant environmental protection, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and play an important complementary role in recycling efforts, according to a new City College of New York Grove School of Engineering report that reviews the most up-to-date scientific studies of the industry. The report, “ The Scientific Truth about Waste-to-Energy” by City College chemical engineer Marco J. Castaldi, calls upon dozens of independent scientific reviews to offer a comprehensive assessment of waste-to-energy’s influence on environmental sustainability and public health. The

During his time at The City College of New York, Mathiu Perez earned numerous national honors for his outstanding scholarship and research. National recognition of his exceptional work continues with his latest accolade a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Oxford-Cambridge Scholarship. It sees the Ecuadorean immigrant headed to Oxford University, Cambridge University and the University of California, San Francisco, to pursue a combined MD-PhD degree. The NIH Oxford-Cambridge program is an accelerated, individualized doctoral training program for outstanding science students committed to

Madelyn De Los Santos, a junior in the Advertising/Public Relations Program in the Division of Humanities and the Arts at The City College of New York, is the 2021 Art Stevens PRSA-NY CCNY Scholar for Excellence in Public Relations. This marks the 14th year that Stevens has funded a $5,000 scholarship to support rising talent. Managing partner of The Stevens Group and a CCNY alumnus (Class of 1957), he created the scholarship in 2008 to support talented students majoring in communications. Stevens’ commitment to both PRSA-NY and the City College Communications Alumni Group inspired him to name