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Dotted around four of New York’s five boroughs are 19 autonomous mini-meteorological stations established by The City College of New York-based NOAA Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (NOAA CESSRST) and CUNY CREST Institute. This is part of CCNY’s singular response to the rising seas and extreme weather conditions in the city caused by climate change. Dubbed the NY-uHMT ( New York Urban Hydrometeorological Testbed) project, it is a one of a kind high-density hydro-meteorological weather network, according to the New York City Mayor’s Office of Recovery and

The City College of New York and its Foundation Board Leadership announce the formation of The Foundation for City College, Inc. It is the culmination of a two-year process to consolidate the 21st Century Foundation and the City College Fund. The Foundation begins operations with an endowment of more than $290 million. Distinguished CCNY alumni Martin Cohen (Class of 1970) and Dave R. Wall, P.E., (Class of 1997) will serve as the combined foundation’s inaugural board co-chairs. Following are the other esteemed board members: • Robert W. Adler ’58; • Gabriella de Beer ’56; • Edward Blank ’57; •

Robert Anderson, professor of biology in the Division of Science at The City College of New York, was named in the Global Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list from the Web of Science Group, a Clarivate Analytics company. Anderson conducts biodiversity studies at the interface between ecology and evolution. His current research program centers on developing and applying methods of modeling species’ geographic ranges using occurrence records and environmental data. His taxonomic specialty is Neotropical mammals. The 2019 list includes 6,216 Highly Cited Researchers in various fields from nearly 60

The City College of New York student chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) is the recipient of an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office. This is the second time the chapter has been recognized for its excellence as a top-tier student-led physical sciences organization, a designation given to fewer than 15 percent of all SPS chapters at colleges and universities in the United States and internationally. The College Park, Maryland-based Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association designed for students and membership is open to anyone interested in

A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in the transfer speed of data online. Research into topological photonic metamaterials headed by City College physicist Alexander B. Khanikaev reveals that long-range interactions in the metamaterial changes the common behavior of light waves forcing them to localize in space. Further, the study shows that by controlling the degree of such interactions one can switch between trapped and extended (propagating) character of optical waves. “The new approach to

Student engineers from The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering received the top proposal score out of 141 institutions worldwide in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Design-Build-Fly 2020 competition. The #1 ranking was based on a proposal submitted by the City College AIAA student branch. It included the team management, conceptual design, and manufacturing and testing plans for the CCNY aircraft, “Brolic Beaver.” Participants in this first round came from across both the United States and the world. Institutions bested by CCNY include American

The CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York is launching a newly-created Executive Advisory Board. The members of the new board are thought leaders in the areas of academic medicine, primary care, and diversity and inclusion. Board members are committed to CSOM’s mission of recruiting underrepresented populations into medicine, increasing medical services in underserved areas, and increasing the availability of primary care physicians and physician assistants that reflect the diversity of the surrounding communities. The priority of the board is threefold: to focus on funding

Internationally acclaimed composer, arranger, pianist and bandleader Mike Holober is a 2020 Grammy Award nominee for “Hiding Out,” his Gotham Jazz Orchestra’s recent double album. Released by ZOHO Music, the collection is a nominee in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category. The Grammy Awards ceremony takes place on Jan. 26 in Los Angeles. “Hiding Out” marks Holober’s return to the helm of the Gotham Jazz Orchestra after a decade. A professor of music at The City College of New York, he spent most of the time as an arranger and composer with some of the world’s most renowned ensembles. His

Dr. Susan L. Perkins, a microbiologist with expertise on protozoan parasites that cause malaria, is the new Martin and Michele Cohen Dean of Science at The City College of New York. Her appointment is effective Jan. 6, 2020. Perkins joins City College from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in Manhattan where she served as Curator and Professor of microbial genomics for the past 15 years. She brings to CCNY’s Division of Science a wealth of experience as a researcher on malaria parasites and other haemosporidian parasites that use non-human hosts. Her particular interests are the