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Almost 70 years after one of collegiate sport’s most historic moments comes an absorbing narrative of the event and its aftermath. “ The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team,” a book by New York Times-bestselling author Matthew Goodman on The City College of New York’s greatest athletic achievement, publishes on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The official launch, featuring Goodman, takes place at CCNY’s Great Hall, in Shepard Hall, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 5. It is free and open to the public. Click here to register and reserve a ticket. “The City Game” tells the thrilling and

City College of New York literary luminaries Oscar Hijuelos ’75, ’84MA; Walter Mosley ’91MA, and Ernesto Quiñonez ’96, ’06MA; had a common link during their respective years at CCNY before embarking on highly successful writing careers: mentor and 1959 alumnus Frederic Tuten. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, Tuten, an award-winning novelist, short story writer and critic, returns to City College for a reading and conversation with Quiñonez. Tuten will read from his latest book, “ My Young Life: A Memoir” (Simon & Schuster, 2019) in Shepard Hall room 250. The event, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., is presented by the

Victoria Frye, associate professor at the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York, is leading the conversation on reducing intersectional stigmas at the community level to increase uptake of and adherence to biomedical HIV prevention modalities through a new grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. “This grant will advance prevention science by optimizing study design to evaluate the impact of community-level interventions. As well, the intervention developed should address how intersectional stigma acts as a barrier to accessing prevention methods,” said Frye. “With

Benjamin B. Ferencz, a former prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials and an advocate for human rights and the rule of law, is the recipient of The City College President’s Medal from his alma mater. A distinguished member of City College’s Class of 1940, Ferencz received the award from CCNY President Vincent Boudreau. The President's Medal is awarded for distinguished achievement and public service. Past recipients include: Nelson Mandela; Nobel Laureates Robert Aumann and Leon M. Lederman; Coretta Scott King, Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.), astronaut Mario Runco Jr., and Sen. Hillary

In two breakthroughs in the realm of photonics, City College of New York graduate researchers are reporting the successful demonstration of an LED (light-emitting diode) based on half-light half-matter quasiparticles in atomically thin materials. This is also the first successful test of an electrically driven light emitter using atomically thin semiconductors embedded in a light trapping structure (optical cavity). The research is led by graduate physics student Jie Gu and post-doctoral fellow Biswanath Chakraborty, in collaboration with another graduate student, Mandeep Khatoniyar. According

Publishers Weekly and The Atlantic are some of the publications plugging the latest offerings by City College of New York faculty this fall. PW lists Mikhal Dekel’s “ Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey” as one of its Fall Top 10 picks for history. The Atlantic highlights Jennifer M. Morton’s study of the ethical dilemmas of upward mobility entitled, “ Moving Up without Losing Your Way.”

Early this year, a City College of New York delegation traveled to Tucumán in northwest Argentina to expand ties with the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT), one of the South American nation’s largest educational institutions with more than 60,000 students. On Sept. 20, Tucumán Province Governor Dr. Juan Manzur reciprocates the City College team’s visit during his U.S. tour with a talk at CCNY on international affairs, education and trade from an Argentine perspective. CCNY’s ties with the Tucumán provincial government and Universidad Nacional de Tucumán cover: Sustainable development, with

The Department of Student Life and Leadership Development at The City college of New York kicks off Latinx/a/o Heritage Month with a celebration incorporating dance, an open mic, performances, food and more. All events are free. The kick off takes place on Tues., September 17 in the NAC Ballroom from 6:30-8:30 p.m. To RSVP, click here. Washington Heights native and author Angie Cruz is also coming to CCNY to read and discuss her third novel, “ DOMINICANA,” which will be given away at the event. Cruz is the author of the novels “Soledad” and “Let It Rain Coffee,” a finalist in 2007 for the

The Grove School of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science at The City College of New York is creating a pipeline to college for female New York City high school students interested in computer science. The initiative is made possible by an $18,000 gift from Google and partnership with College Now and the Early College Program, which will help broaden the scope of women in STEM fields. “This generous gift will enable us to work with ​our female students to create opportunities that help to recruit the next generation of a much more diverse tech workforce," said Akira Kawaguchi, chair of