News from The City University of New York

Center for Urban Environmental Reform Releases Environmental Justice Comic Book for Classrooms

May 20, 2013 | CUNY School of Law

The Center for Urban Environmental Reform (CUER) at the City University of New York School of Law is helping to bring environmental justice to classrooms with the release of its comic book Mayah’s Lot.

Michael Sorkin Receives Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award

May 20, 2013 | City College

Michael Sorkin, distinguished professor of architecture and director of the graduate urban design program at The City College of New York’s Spitzer School of Architecture, has won a 2013 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. Professor Sorkin was selected in the Design Mind category, which recognizes “a visionary, such as an educator, author, critic, curator, or designer, who has had a profound impact on design theory, practice, or public awareness.”

Alumni Win International Reporting Fellowships — and More

May 20, 2013 | CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Five CUNY J-School graduates and one current student walk away with honors from various journalism organizations.

Brooklyn’s Hill, Baruch’s Flint and Hunter’s Colangelo Earn Top Honors

May 20, 2013 | Sports

The City University of New York Athletic Conference and Applebee’s are proud to announce the 2013 CUNYAC/Applebee’s Softball All-Stars.

Brooklyn’s Hill, Baruch’s Flint and Hunter’s Colangelo Earn Top Honors

May 20, 2013 | Sports

The City University of New York Athletic Conference and Applebee’s are proud to announce the 2013 CUNYAC/Applebee’s Softball All-Stars.

Recent CUNY SPH graduate Michael LeVasseur together with SPH faculty members Elizabeth Kelvin & /Nicholas Grosskopf publish on the association among bullying, identity and suicide attempt among New York City youth

May 20, 2013 | CUNY School of Public Health

Recent SPH graduate Michael LeVasseur, together with Hunter faculty member Elizabeth Kelvin and York College faculty member Nicholas, publishes: “Intersecting identities and the association between bullying and suicide attempt among New York City youths: results from the 2009 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey” in the AJPH.  The authors found that the association between [...]

[video] Paying it Forward, Endowing a Scholarship

May 20, 2013 | College of Staten Island

The 2013 Class Gift Committee seeks to endow The Class of 2013 Legacy Scholarship, an endowed scholarship that will remain in perpetuity, long after the graduates leave campus in celebration of the College’s 37th Annual Commencement ceremony. It’s an ambitious goal that requires raising $25,000, and is a unique opportunity to leave a legacy by giving back to the next generation of CSI undergraduates.

CUNY Begins National Search For J-School Dean

May 17, 2013 | The University

A national search has begun for a new academic leader for the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which has emerged as one of the leading journalism schools in the country less than a decade after its founding, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein has announced.

Clips of the Week

May 17, 2013 | CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

A TV report by alum Walter Smith-Randolph was featured on "The Daily Show."

70′s-Era Physics Prediction Finally Confirmed

May 17, 2013 | City College

City College of New York Assistant Professor of Physics Cory Dean, who recently arrived from Columbia University where he was a post-doctoral researcher, and research teams from Columbia and three other institutions have definitively proven the existence of an effect known as Hofstadter’s Butterfly.

Welcome to “The Nabe”

May 16, 2013 | CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

The CUNY J-School is launching a new hyperlocal website, The Nabe, which is a successor to The Local, a blog started in 2009 by The New York Times.

Multi-Lingual Queens College Graduating Senior Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Teach English in South Korea

May 16, 2013 | Queens College

Madeline Yap, who will be graduating from Macaulay Honors College at Queens College on May 30, has received a Fulbright scholarship to teach English
in South Korea. She is the second QC Fulbright winner to receive this teaching assignment.

LA Times: Prof. Robson on Labeling Clothing Manufactured “Sweat-Free”

May 16, 2013 | CUNY School of Law

In an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, Distinguished Professor Ruthann Robson responds to a May 7 op-ed that called for consumers to support the workers who make our clothes, in the aftermath of a factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 600 garment workers.

Dr C Mary Schooling and colleagues’ article featured in the American Journal of Epidemiology as “Editor’s choice”.

May 16, 2013 | CUNY School of Public Health

Dr C Mary Schooling and colleagues publish in the American Journal of Epidemiology: Mendelian randomization and estimation of treatment efficacy for chronic disease. This article, featured as “Editor’s choice” explains how the new analytic strategy of Mendelian randomization provides information complimentary to the ‘gold standard evidence’ from randomized controlled trials. Traditionally, randomized controlled trials assess [...]

CUNYAC Honors the Best and Brightest at Michael Steuerman Awards Dinner

May 16, 2013 | Sports

On Thursday, May 16, the City University of New York Athletic Conference celebrated the 2012-13 academic and athletic year with the 27th Annual Michael Steuerman Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner. Presented by Pepsi, the night was a tribute to our outsta…