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Student startups with concepts ranging from an environmental fitness app to an app that authenticates streetwear were the winners in The City College of New York’s Zahn Innovation Center Startup Competition Final Pitch. CCNY startups competed in four categories and collected close to $150,000 in prizes, which they’ll use to further develop their businesses. Below are the categories and winners. Zahn Social Impact Prize: The 1st place prize of $25,000 was awarded to Blue Generation, an environmental fitness app. Blue Generation also took home the Audience Choice Award for this category, decided

A novel study of possible COVID-19 related changes in coastal ecosystems is underway, supported by a one-year $200,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) “Rapid Response Research Collaborative Research” grant to City College of New York oceanic and atmospheric scientist Maria Tzortziou and her collaborator Dianne Greenfield of the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. A second NSF grant of $576,000 over three years to the research team will enable a separate and unique interdisciplinary probe of urban ecosystems using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Tzortziou’s rapid response NSF grant

Physicist Hernan Makse’s quest to break down complex systems is the catalyst behind recent advances out of his Complex Networks and Data Science Lab at The City College of New York, including a COVID-19 digital contact tracing app in Latin America that uses network theory. As the Makse group continues developing new emergent laws for complex systems, ranging from brain networks and biological networks to social systems, a new $1,064,970 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers a boost. The funding, over three years, supports a study entitled: “Application of the

Nusrat Sharmin, a Graduate Program in Urban Design major at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, is the recipient of the Career Development Grant from the American Association University of Women. The grant provides funding to women who hold a bachelor’s degree and are preparing to advance, change careers or re-enter the workforce in education, health, medical sciences or social sciences. AAUW’s mission is to advance gender equity for women and girls through research, education and advocacy. As the recipient of a $12,000 grant, Sharmin is able to

The City College of New York is pleased to announce a major gift to establish the Stanley Kushinsky and Jean Carmen Scholarship Fund. The new Fund will support qualified undergraduate or graduate students majoring in chemistry. Recipients of scholarships from the Fund will be determined by the Chemistry Department Chair Professor Stephen O’Brien in consultation with the Department’s Executive Committee. While the awards are predominantly merit-based, the criteria also take into account students’ circumstances and background that help promote diversity and inclusion. Scholarships will also aim

Nine City College of New York students have been selected for the prestigious 2020 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, gaining skills critical to national security and economic competitiveness. However, due to the uncertainty of the current health crisis, CCNY Gilman scholars will travel abroad in 2021. Asia Dominguez, a political science major, will study law and criminology in the Netherlands. Dominguez hopes to gain personal as well as academic experience while networking in the Netherlands

With a student body representing more than 150 nationalities, The City College of New York is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation. CCNY is now helping steer a unique $6 million state-funded City University of New York (CUNY) project, intersecting education and immigration, in the world’s most diverse city. Tatyana Kleyn and Nancy Stern, faculty in the CCNY School of Education’s Programs in Bilingual Education and TESOL, are principal and co-principal investigators, respectively, of the five-year CUNY- Initiative on Immigration and Education (CUNY-IIE) supported by the New York State

Hao Su, a robotics specialist in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, heads an interdisciplinary team of experts from three universities in a $2.78 million National Science Foundation (NSF) project to develop a perceptive and adaptive soft (PECASO) wearable robot. Dubbed “The Future of Work Program,” it could lead to improved employment opportunities for workers with upper body disabilities. Su’s eight-member team, that will also study labor economics and policy implications of assistive robots, comprises faculty from New York University, Rutgers University and CUNY

Dr. Nancy Kopell, a professor of mathematics and statistics at Boston University, will be the speaker at this year’s Annual Sharon Cosloy - Edward Blank Family Distinguished Scientist Lecture. Dr. Kopell has worked on mathematical problems in neuroscience for the past two decades. Her current interests include how does the brain produce its dynamics, how do brain rhythms take part in cognition, and how can pathologies of brain dynamics help to understand symptoms of neurological diseases. The lecture will take place as an online webinar, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 at 4:00PM. To register and

Legendary NFL quarterback Joe Namath and, posthumously, giants of New York journalism, Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill, are winners of the 73rd John H. Finley Award from The Alumni Association of The City College of New York. Herbert Rubin, Esq., from the Class of 1938 and at 102 one of the oldest living City College alumni, heads a list of seven distinguished Townsend Harris Medal recipients for outstanding post-graduate achievements. This year’s other Townsend Harris recipients are: Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen, Class of 2011, a physician; Radha Blank ’97, a filmmaker; Charles Copeland ’68, President