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Five students from the Master’s Program in Branding + Integrated Communications (BIC) in the Division of Humanities and the Arts at The City College of New York are winners of CMYK’s “Top New Creatives 58” competition. The online design competition is open to aspiring art directors, copywriters, designers, illustrators and photographers. CMYK magazine has recognized top student design work since 1996. After a brief hiatus, they reemerged in 2018 with their 58 th issue, which recognized 70 winners and 100 projects in its “Top New Creatives 58.” Winners hailed from 29 schools, including Rhode

Music has the ability to captivate us; when listeners engage with music, they follow its sounds closely, connecting to what they hear in an affective and invested way. But what is it about music that keeps the audience engaged? A study by researchers from The City College of New York and the University of Arkansas charts new ground in understanding the neural responses to music. Despite the importance, it has been difficult to study engagement with music given the limits of self-report. This led Jens Madsen and Lucas Parra, from CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering, to measure the

New research from scientists at City College and the CUNY Graduate Center (GC/CUNY) is shedding light on the mechanics of a key component in DNA replication process, and earned a doctoral candidate a prestigious prize for her work co-authoring the research. DNA replication occurs when a helicase ring separates the DNA molecule’s two entwined and encoded strands, allowing each to precisely reproduce its missing half. Researchers have long sought to understand how the helicase—a donut-shaped enzyme composed of six identical proteins—is able to thread just one of the strands when they are bound

As early as 1934, student members of the aptly named Film and Sprockets Society were rolling out motion pictures at The City College of New York, establishing CCNY as one of the earliest film schools in the nation. In 1941, pioneering Dadaist and filmmaker Hans Richter took charge of the Institute of Film Techniques, CCNY’s first formal filmmaking program, founded by Irving Jacoby. Nearly eight decades later, CCNY has declared 2019 the “Year of Film” to celebrate Richter and the legacy of arguably the oldest, continuous film program in the U.S. Highlights of the observance include: Screenings

Michael Sorkin, Distinguished Professor in The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, is a recipient of the American Institute of Architects ( AIA) Collaborative Achievement Award. Sorkin, who also directs the Spitzer School’s Graduate Urban Design Program,has been awarded the AIA Collaborative award together with renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl of Gehl Architects and Anne Taylor of School Zone Institute. The national award recognizes the excellence that results when architects work with those from outside the profession to improve the spaces where

Two Grove School engineers from The City College of New York are recipients of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (NSF CAREER) Award, which supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in integrating research and education and to lead advances in the missions of their department and organization. NSF CAREER awards provide five years of funding to help lay the foundation for a faculty member’s future research. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, will receive $500,000 and Dr. Robert J

With average precipitation of 35 inches per four-month season over an area encompassing most of the Indian subcontinent, the South Asia summer monsoon is intense, only partly understood, and notoriously difficult to predict. Until now, according to findings by Nir Y. Krakauer, a City College of New York civil engineer. Because of the monsoon’s enormous impact on these sectors, his research is of importance to a range of activities, including agriculture, industry, fishing and hydropower. A frequent visitor to the region, stretching from Nepal to Sri Lanka, Krakauer has devised a methodology

For the second year in a row, City College is participating in a $4 million grant awarded to CUNY by New York State to bring down the cost of textbooks and increase accessibility for students to free educational resources. Open Educational Resources (OER) is an initiative designed to increase affordability, access and academic success. Open educational resources are free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes. These teaching materials include textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans, images, videos, readings, quiz items

Gilda A. Barabino, dean of The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. She is now one of only six African-American women to hold the distinction. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature" and to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major

Continuing and Professional Studies at CCNY is introducing new, career-enhancing classes this Spring 2019 semester. An Introduction: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for Commercial Real Estate at CCNY, ASTM International's flagship training course, will take place from April 23-24. It is aimed at environmental professionals who are already active in the industry and wish to be up to date in the application of standards-related expertise. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), a 130-hour program, is approved by New York State and provides both classroom instruction and a 30-hour clinical