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Lydia Travis, a sports management expert with several professional affiliations, is The City College of New York’s new director of athletics. Her appointment is effective March 12. “Lydia brings expertise and experience for both the academic and athletic facets of our student-athletes' college lives, and that's perfect for a place like City College,” said CCNY President Vince Boudreau. “We are serious about supporting, and enjoying, athletic competition on this campus, but must never lose sight of the bigger picture: that our students must graduate with a successful academic record and a

(Courtesy of the Cornell Chronicle) When he arrived as a graduate student in 1984, Vincent Boudreau, Ph.D. ’91, thought he would study African politics and perhaps join the diplomatic corps. Then he walked into a class taught by Professor Benedict Anderson, an expert on the politics, history and languages of Southeast Asia. “It was magical,” he says. “They weren’t just ordinary graduate students in that class: There were two Thai activists in exile and a guy who had been the editor of the paper most critical of the Indonesian government.” Students in the class read literature, journals and

Each year 12.7 million people find out they have cancer and 7.6 million people die from the disease. However, according to the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), 30-45% of all cancer cases could be prevented, and one-third can be cured through early diagnosis and treatment. You don’t have to go to a doctor to find out how. On March 14, cancer experts from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will discuss cancer screening, prevention and control at a Mini-Medical School hosted by CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York. This event, which is free and open to the

The City College of New York’s 2018 Women’s History Month events include a kickoff with discussion and activities about female empowerment and activism, a leadership summit and a display of artwork. The schedule of events is as follows: Thursday, March 1, the Department of Student Life and Leadership Development, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Compliance, Gender Resources and Women and Gender Studies, presents Women's Herstory Month Kickoff, taking place in the NAC Ballroom from 12-2 p.m. The NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault will also engage in a dialogue on empowerment

City College of New York’s Shepard Hall, a gothic revival masterpiece designed by the legendary George Browne Post more than a century ago, is the winner of a Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. This is the second Moses Award for restoration work on the 111-year-old Harlem edifice, a national landmark. In 1997, The Great Hall, located on the second floor of Shepard Hall, received the honor. The latest accolade is in recognition of the exterior preservation of Shepard. Renowned architect Carl Stein led the almost three decade-long project that was completed

For junior faculty in academia, professional advancement and earning tenure are primary career goals. At The City College of New York, the CUNY Mellon Faculty Diversity Career Enhancement Initiative provides new faculty a greater shot at attaining both. Six junior faculty members – more than at any other City University of New York institution -- make up the second cohort of CFDI fellows at City College. As participants in the program funded by the Mellon Foundation and run by CUNY’s Office of Recruitment and Diversity, they will receive support and opportunities for research, writing seminars

Robert B. Darnell, MD, PhD, considered one of the world’s leaders in translational medical science, will be the speaker at The City College of New York’s annual Louis Levine-Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics on March 21. Darnell, who is the Heilbrunn Professor and a Senior Attending Physician at The Rockefeller University, is also an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as Founding Director and CEO Emeritus of the New York Genome Center. CCNY President Vince Boudreau and The City College Fund will host the talk, entitled “Emerging Excitement in Clinical Genomics,”

A century after Samuel Rudin left The City College of New York to become an iconic real estate builder, owner and philanthropist, his grandson returns to CCNY March 15 to honor his towering legacy. “ My Family, Our City, Celebrating the Legacy of Samuel Rudin,” is the title of William (Bill) Rudin’s Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture 5:30 p.m. in Shepard Hall, room 350. The lecture includes a tribute to Samuel’s son Jack Rudin, who also attended City College and was an unwavering supporter of the institution. It is free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP. A nephew of

The Public Relations industry has a diversity problem that can sometimes result in very public missteps by well-known brands. Think Pepsi’s Kendall Jenner video. How can PR agencies provide strategic counsel to clients and help create appropriate branding campaigns? By making sure their talent represents the very people being marketed to. That’s the focus of research by Angela Chitkara, Assistant Professor and PR Track Director of the Branding + Integrated Communications (BIC) Master’s program at The City College of New York. Her study, titled #PR Diversity: The Struggle Is Real, which was

With the rapid development of wind energy technology in the past 15 years comes a new conundrum: how to dispose of the non-biodegradable blades in current wind turbines in a sustainable way. The City College of New York and its international partners are on it. The estimated lifespan of non-biodegradable blades is 20 years, meaning that they’ll need to be disposed of in the near future. Under a project dubbed “RE-WIND,” an interdisciplinary research team comprising experts from City College, Georgia Institute of Technology, University College Cork in the Republic of Ireland and Queen's