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Pioneering City College of New York physicist Vinod Menon can add to his burgeoning honors with his election as a Fellow Member of The Optical Society (OSA), the foremost professional association in optics and photonics, globally. Fellows are selected based on several factors, including contributions to education, research, engineering, business and the community. Menon, whose research in light-matter interaction at the nanoscale level has advanced the field of photonics, is one of 94 new members internationally in OSA’s 2020 Fellows Class. It includes scientists from universities and research

Hillary Brown, FAIA, professor and sustainability expert in The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, is one of 39 new members elected to the National Academy of Construction (NAC). She was inducted into the Class of 2019 at the Academy’s annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. Brown was selected from more than 300 leaders considered for membership. She was cited by NAC as “a recognized leader, author, and academician in sustainability, infrastructure, and the built environment, advancing innovation towards high performance buildings and next-generation

Raising hopes of rapid and more specific brain cancer diagnoses, a new “Resonance Raman” technique developed by world-renowned physicist Robert R. Alfano and his IUSL research group at The City College of New York is the recipient of two U.S. patents. “Light gives you far greater molecular information than the common modalities like chemical tests, X-Rays, CAT scans, which all provide an image and not the content,” said Alfano, Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering at CCNY and an inventor with more than 120 patents to his name. “Light can show you at the molecular level what the

The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York is a regional co-sponsor and host of the New York City Tech to Protect Challenge, a national hackathon designed to help emergency responders—including EMS, firefighters and police—accomplish their mission to serve and protect communities nationwide. The contest takes place from Nov. 1-3 and is open to the public. The event is one of ten in-person hackathons inviting participants to create technology solutions that will aid emergency responders in serving and protecting communities across the country. Join fellow students

The City College of New York, Hostos Community College and John Jay College of Criminal Justice in collaboration with the School of Visual Arts will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city of Havana with “ La Habana 500: A New York Salute to a Timeless City” from Nov. 12-15. The program consists of a series of seminars, walking tours, a film screening and a concert and explores the arc and trajectory of the city’s fascinating story, identifying and exploring points where Cuban and United States history intersect. “The role New York City has played in the history of the

In a huge boost to his quest to offer mobility to people with lower limb disabilities, City College of New York mechanical engineer Hao Su is the recipient of a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It will advance his work on a hybrid soft exoskeleton that combines the advantages of rigid exoskeletons and textile-based exosuits to overcome lower-limb impairments, particularly in seniors. The grant will establish the Center of Assistive and Personal Robotics for Independent Living (APRIL) in the Grove School of Engineering to study assistive robotics to

Add Lima, Peru, to the list of numerous study abroad destinations for City College of New York students. An agreement between CCNY and the South American nation’s Universidad Ricardo Palma paves the way for CCNY undergraduates to spend the winter intercession, Jan. 2 - 23, 2020, at the renowned institution in the Peruvian capital. The program “CCNY/Universidad Ricardo Palma, Literature and Culture in Lima, Peru,” has been tailored for traveling students to earn six credits in Peruvian literature, history and culture. The latter will be taught in English, while Spanish for non-native speakers

The City College of New York is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to “ The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges: 2019 Edition.” The Princeton Review chose the 413 schools it profiles in the guide based on a survey the company conducted in 2018–19 of administrators at hundreds of four-year colleges about their institutions’ commitments to the environment and sustainability. The profiles in this year’s edition provide information about admission requirements, cost and financial aid, and student body demographics. They also include "Green Facts" about

Tanzania, one of Africa’s largest countries with a population of almost 55 million, has only one cancer treatment center in Dar es Salaam with limited resources. B.S./M.D. Program students from the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York are helping patients of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute fight cancer using their research skills. The Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP) Post Summer Career Development Workshop was established in 2018 and focuses on career planning, development and research advisement for clinicians. The four CCNY students worked with