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Professionals from a variety of scientific and educational organizations shared their insights and experiences on a Science Learning and Public Engagement Career Panel, coordinated by the new Science Education and Public Engagement major in the School of Education at The City College of New York. Co-sponsored with the City College Initiative to Promote Academic Success in STEM ( CiPASS ), and CCNY’s Division of Science and Grove School of Engineering , the event brought together five panelists, each of whom gave her unique perspective on career opportunities for those interested in science
Dr. Eric N. Olson, who led the discovery of the key transcription factors and mechanisms that control development and disease of cardiac and skeletal muscles, delivers the 2024 Louis Levine-Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at The City College of New York on Tuesday, April 9. His talk, “Correction of Muscle and Heart Disease by Gene Editing,” 5 – 8 p.m. in The Great Hall, located in CCNY’s Shepard Hall, is free and open to the public. Click here to register. Olson is the founding Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He holds
The City College of New York’s Office of Student Life and Leadership Development is celebrating Women’s History Month with Women's Herstory Month Events including an art exhibition, movie screening, honorary wall and more. CCNY students can register by signing into their Student Life account here. Tamiko White, author of “Careers in the Fashion Industry,” will be in the NAC Ballroom on March 5 from 5-7 p.m. promoting her book, and the first 25 guests will receive a free copy. On March 7, the CCNY Women Make Art Exhibition, co-sponsored by CCNY Libraries and the Alumni Association, will
"How Things Work," an eco-literacy conference on how environmental systems function in the face of climate change, takes place at The City College of New York on Tuesday, March 5. Up to 300 New York City students from middle school-level to college undergraduates will attend. Other participants include educators, stakeholders and climate change advocates. The day-long conference, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in The Great Hall located in CCNY’s Shepard Hall, is co-hosted by the CCNY-based City University of New York Remote Sensing Earth System Institute ( CUNY CREST), the Environmental Education
Talk show host and author Tavis Smiley’s eponymous daily program is coming to WHCR 90.3 FM, the City College of New York owned and operated radio station dubbed “The Voice of Harlem.” WHCR will be the only station in New York City carrying the weekend edition of the Tavis Smiley Show. It will broadcast 6 – 8 p.m. on Sundays. “The Tavis Smiley show will offer WHCR listeners news and information on a national level, which fits perfectly in with WHCR’s mission to keep its listeners informed,” said Angela Harden, the station’s general manager. “Listeners across the country can tune in to the Tavis
Researchers from The City College of New York and other institutions, including CUNY’s Advanced Science Research Center, are the beneficiaries of a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop evaporation-driven generators that can produce clean, renewable energy. The one-year grant, “Track M: Water-responsive Materials for Evaporation Energy Harvesting,” is part of the NSF’s Convergence Accelerator. Launched in 2019, these Convergence Accelerator grants build upon basic research and discovery to accelerate solutions toward societal impact. The program funds teams to
The City College of New York has been awarded a four-year, $7.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support new student onboarding initiatives in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership . The grant was secured by CCNY’s Office for Experiential Learning . The grant program, WELCOME: Welcoming Experiences and Learning Communities to Maximize Early Success , is modeled on the Opening Doors Learning Program at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College. It is led by Senior Associate Provost Doris Cintrón and also includes Andrew Rich, the Richard J. Henley and Susan
The Black Public Relations Society of New York (BPRS-NY) and The City College of New York Advertising and Public Relations Program announce the launch of Generation ALL IN (Gen ALL IN), a multi-year initiative to empower the next generation of communications leaders. Gen ALL IN will provide training and mentorship to Ad/PR scholars, preparing them for early career positions in today's evolving media landscape. The mentoring component is open to the 200 Ad/PR students in CCNY's Media & Communication Arts (MCA) Department, as well as undergraduates specializing in journalism and film. Gen ALL IN
The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York and Commonweal Ventures have partnered to launch a Venture Fellows Program to recruit and train the next generation of venture investors. The Commonweal Ventures & Colin Powell School Venture Fellows program integrates students into the Commonweal Ventures team, exposing them to the full range of investment activities. Fellows will participate in research, deal sourcing, due diligence, and investment decisions. They also get exposure to Commonweal’s Advisory Board, which is comprised of former White House
In its debut appearance in the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE)-sponsored event, a City College of New York team of mostly Grove School of Engineering undergraduates is among 12 winners in Phase 2 of the 2024 Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC). The annual national competition aims to prepare college students for jobs in the wind energy workforce through real-world wind energy technology, project development, and outreach experience. CCNY’s Phase 2 co-winners include: • Johns Hopkins University; • Rice University; • The Pennsylvania State University; • University of Colorado Boulder; • University