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Distinguished Professor Mitchell B. Schaffler, chair and Wallace H. Coulter Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, is awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Schaffler is researching the biomechanical and molecular mechanisms by which skeletal tissue, such as bones, grows strong or decays as people grow older. This new grant will fund his research into determining how changes in osteocytes—the cells that

The City College of New York is host to the 10 th International Conference on Urban Climate ( ICUC10). This is the premier meeting on the field urban climate and weather, and it marks the first time in its 30-years of history that will be held in U.S. when it comes to CCNY’s campus August 6 through 10. ICUC10 is a partnership between The American Meteorological Society (AMS), and the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC). The conference, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF), is organized by National Oceanic and

The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers presents its 2018 Dr. Joseph N. Cannon Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering to Gilda A. Barabino, dean of The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering this fall. The award recognizes her excellent achievements in chemical engineering. Barabino will be honored at NOBCChE’s annual awards ceremony on September 20 in Orlando, Florida. The prize is named for NOBCChE co-founder Joseph Cannon, a noted chemical engineer and Howard University professor. This is Barabino’s second

The likelihood of a Fukushima-type nuclear meltdown in the United States could soon be radically reduced, thanks to a new nuclear safety program in development at The City College of New York by chemical engineer Robert J. Messinger. He’s the recipient of a $449,998 Faculty Development Grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for his research. The grant is one of 11 awarded nationally by the Washington, D.C.-based NRC. Other recipients include noted research institutions such as MIT, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Florida. Messinger will establish a nuclear safety

Mathiu Perez Rodriguez, a biochemistry honors research student at The City College of New York on a summer internship at Harvard Medical School, can count another honor. The Ecuadorian immigrant joins a select number of minority undergraduates named American Chemical Society Scholars. The national program awards renewable scholarships to outstanding undergraduates from underrepresented minority groups majoring in chemistry-related disciplines. Recipients must be intending to pursue careers in chemistry-related fields. Each receives up to $5,000 per academic year. As an ACS Scholar, Mr. Perez

Colin Powell School economics major Monica Martinez-Raga, at The City College of New York, knows first hand the devastation Hurricane Maria caused. As a Puerto Rican native, Martinez-Raga was on vacation visiting her boyfriend in New York when the hurricane hit the capital of San Juan. Now, the CUNY Service Corps-PR student joins Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for a NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative trip to support ongoing recovery efforts. “In September 2017, I had to move to New York as a refugee from Hurricane Maria and City College was the institution that welcomed me

Eight current and recent students from the MFA Film Program at The City College of New York are recipients of awards and scholarships for their short documentary and fiction films. CCNY’s film program was founded in 1941 by Dada artist and filmmaker Hans Richter as the Institute for Film Techniques. Notable names in the film industry past and present to emerge from the program include Woody Allen, Judd Hirsch, Stanley Kubrick, Jackie Mason, Richard Schiff, Eli Wallach and Ben Gazzara. The students and their awards are: Rituparna Das Datta and Sarah Wemy each received a New York Women in Film &

Seiji Takeuchi, Chair of the Shimoda City Assembly, joins the long list of Japanese pilgrims that have traveled to The City College of New York to pay homage to its founder Townsend Harris when he visits the institution for the second time on July 17. Since 1986, top civic officials from Shimoda have made annual pilgrimages to City College to honor Harris. After establishing what was then known as The Free Academy in 1847, Harris, a prominent New York merchant, went on to forge U.S.-Japan relations. He arrived in Shimoda on August 21, 1856 to open the first American consulate in Japan. “As the

The latest study by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York on the effects of gentrification proposes new public policies to stop the displacement of Dominicans and other working class groups in Washington Heights and Inwood. Establishing a Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) area in the two communities and using the revenue to fund a Community Land Trust (CLT) is one recommendation in the study entitled: “ Restoring Housing Security and Stability in New York Neighborhoods.” Closing loopholes in New York State laws governing rent stabilized apartments and establishing

The Museum of Modern Art’s PS1 location in Queens is host to a major retrospective of the work of the late Iranian-American theatre director/playwright Reza Abdoh, and includes the work of his brother, City College of New York writing professor Salar Abdoh. Salar, who teaches in the MFA in Writing program, was a member of Reza’s theatre company Dar A Luz and co-wrote Reza’s last play, Quotations from a Ruined City. The exhibition highlights Reza’s diverse video works and pioneering staging techniques, and incorporates materials reflecting the New York and Los Angeles club scenes, the culture