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“ Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey,” the latest book by City College of New York English Professor Mikhal Dekel, is a finalist for the 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in the non-fiction category. The winner will be announced in early May. According to the Jerusalem Post, the Sami Rohr Prize is the largest book prize in the Jewish literary world. “Tehran Children” (W. W. Norton & Company; October 1, 2019), is the outcome of Dekel’s decade-long research into the little documented escape of Polish Jews from Nazi extermination as refugees in the East and then to Israel via

The CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York (CSOM) has moved up the date for graduating its fourth year medical students to Friday, April 10 in response to the growing need for medical professionals to respond to coronavirus outbreak. The School’s 44 students are its first class to graduate since it opened its doors as a medical school in 2016 and are now permitted to start their residency programs early or volunteer at New York City area hospitals to support their response to the crisis. The original date for graduation was May 21. “The college has joined our sister

City College of New York freshman Reilly Boehm has officially been crowned the 2019-20 NCAA scoring champion. Her average of 26.8 points per game, the best ever for a Division III rookie, was the highest in the NCAA across all three divisions. Read Full Article

Hao Su, the City College of New York mechanical engineer developing a lightweight and adaptive exoskeleton, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. It will provide more than $552,000 in funding over five years for his proposal entitled: “Versatile Wearable Robots for Rehabilitation of Children with Gait Disabilities.” “The goal of this research and education integrated CAREER plan is to understand human-robot bidirectional adaptation by studying modeling, sensing, and control of assistive robots to enhance mobility and health of children with gait impairments,”

Benjamin Reichman, a junior in the Macaulay Honors College program, is The City College of New York’s fifth Barry M. Goldwater Scholar in as many years. He joins a list of talented students in science, engineering and mathematics recognized nationally by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The federally funded scholarship is America’s premiere 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

Gonzalo Torres, medical professor and chair of the Department of Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences at the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York, receives two grants from the National Institute of Health to establish centers that support and mentor diversity junior faculty members doing neuroscience and drug addiction research. “These grants will support faculty in neuroscience who will become stronger researchers and mentors,” said Torres, the principal investigator on both projects. “It’s my hope that we will be able to recruit a significant number of talented

Fatlum Hajredini, a PhD candidate at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and in The City College of New York’s Division of Science, is one of more than 600 stellar next-generation scientists selected globally for the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. But the unique get-together between some of the world’s most promising scientific minds and up to 70 Nobel Laureates in the natural sciences scheduled for June 28 – July 3, is now postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new date for what the organizers term a “cross-generational and interdisciplinary exchange” is June

The CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York (CSOM) – the first medical school established in New York State in over 40 years – held its inaugural Match Day event today with a virtual ceremony. Following protocols set by government health officials in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the school leadership delivered congratulatory remarks to its first Match Day class through a video conferencing platform. Students were invited to join the Match Day event a few minutes before noon at which point the forty-four students opened an email link revealing which hospital

City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, the only public school of engineering in the metropolitan area, once again ranks among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools. Of the 200 elite graduate engineering programs listed nationwide, the Grove School is #129, according to the 2021 U.S. News rankings released today. The recognition comes as the Grove School celebrates its centennial. U.S. News also ranks three other City College programs – fine arts in the Division of Humanities and the Arts [#64]; and the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership offerings

Since 2002, The City College of New York- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Partnership can count an 83% success rate in trainees that go on to pursue higher academic tracks. This collaboration, whose mission is to develop future cancer researchers, is set to continue with a $14 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Specifically, the grant will fund a new research education program for City College students and ongoing cancer outreach in the Harlem community. Karen Hubbard, professor of biology in the Division of Science, and Gilda Barabino, Dean, Grove