Queens Filmmaker Selena Blake to Speak at Film Screening of Taboo: Yardies at Medgar Evers College

July 2nd, 2009 | Medgar Evers College

The Medgar Evers College Film and Culture Series and the Center for Women’s Development will hold a work-in-progress discussion and screening of the film Taboo: Yardies on Tuesday, July 7, at 6 p.m. in the Founders Auditorium at

Despite Obstacles, Sophomore Excels, Nets Awards

July 2nd, 2009 | College of Staten Island

CSI sophomore Marybeth Melendez has been very fortunate, lately. She has recently won the 2009 Michael D. Solomon Scholarship Award, and the 2009 Women’s Opportunity Award and $5,000 North Atlantic Regional Award from the SI …»

Children With Autism Need To Be Taught In Smaller Groups, Pilot Study Confirms

July 2nd, 2009 | City College

NEW YORK, July 1, 2009 – Since the 1970s, there has been much debate surrounding the fact that individuals with autism have difficulty in understanding speech in situations where there is background speech or noise.

Today, at …»

Lehman Alumna Awarded Fulbright Grant To Study Turkey’s System of Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking

July 1st, 2009 | Lehman College

BRONX, NY—Lehman College alumna Alice Michelle Augustine, a third-year student at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, has added another achievement to her list of accomplishments: a prestigious Fulbright grant from the …»

Medgar Evers College Professor Wins Award for Satellite Program

July 1st, 2009 | Medgar Evers College

Medgar Evers College Professor Dr. Shermane Austin, working in conjunction with Cornell University and the New York Space Grant Consortium (NYSGC), has won an award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National …»

MEOC Receives State Funding

On June 25th, the New York State Office of Temporary Disabilities and Assistance (OTDA) announced that the Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) will deliver skills training to food stamp recipients.

Through an …»

CUNY J-School to Help Create International Media Institute in India

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is helping to develop a converged media curriculum for a new non-profit journalism education center that is expected to open in New Delhi, India this fall.

The International Media Institute …»

Class of 2010 Enrollment Shatters Last Year’s Record

The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism will be hopping with activity at the end of August as more than 80 new students join the 59 returning from summer internships to complete their third and final semester.

In a clear sign of …»

Interns Fan Out Across the World

To paraphrase the U.S. Navy slogan, “Join the CUNY J-School and see the world.” That holds true, at least, for 11 students who are working at internships abroad this summer.

From Belgium to India to Swaziland, the students …»

Professor Tedesco To Study Mysteries Of Supraglacial Lakes In Greenland

July 1st, 2009 | City College

Supraglacial lakes are pools of liquid water that collect on the surfaces of glaciers during summer months as a consequence of melting. Because of the huge pressure created by the water over the ice, they can empty out in a …»