CUNY Newswire

Brooklyn, NY — December 11, 2006 — “While City University of New York (CUNY) campuses individually have been addressing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student concerns for some time, much remains to be done,” said Dr. Marcela Armoza, vice president of enrollment and student affairs at New York City College of Technology (City Tech). “We [...]

Elliott Dawes, a legal scholar with a background in civil rights litigation and the teaching of race relations at the University level, has been named Executive Director of the City University of New York’s Black Male Initiative.

Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has announced a package of major new initiatives that will transform John Jay to full senior college status within The City University of New York.

Students at The City University of New York School of Law have posted the highest bar examination pass rates in the 23-year history of the School, according to recently-released results of the July 2006 New York State Bar Examination. The 77% success rate for first-time takers improves on CUNY Law’s score last year by 15 [...]

Two professors from The City University of New York have been awarded National Medals of Art, the nation’s highest honor for artists and patrons who have made “extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth, and support of the arts in the United States.”

NEW YORK, December 7, 2006 — Dr. Randall C. Forsberg, an internationally recognized authority on arms control and security issues, has been appointed the first holder of the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science at The City College of New York (CCNY). The Spitzer Chair was established last year through a $2.1 million [...]

Bronx, NY. – Three dental hygiene students attending Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College have received first place awards from two different professional organizations for their presentations on clinical procedures, research findings, and best practices in the field of dentistry. Senior dental hygiene student Felicia Montoute received the first place award for her clinical demonstration [...]

Calling it a “down payment on America’s future,” The New York Life foundation is giving $10 million to the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at City College. The Endowment for Emerging African American Issues will fund scholarships, internships and the development of a new curriculum centered on public policy issues relating to the African [...]

A Peter F. Vallone Seminar at Baruch’s School of Public Affairs David Seifman, New York Post city hall bureau chief; Stan Brooks, voice of WINS; Dominic Carter, senior political reporter at New York 1; and Azi Paybarah, New York Observer Internet columnist, in a panel discussion on media coverage during New York City elections, on [...]

Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn College student Kerron Gilford, a senior in the Honors Academy, was the recipient of an Award for Excellence in Biomedical Science for the work he presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Anaheim, CA, this past November. Gilford, who majors in biology, was one of five Brooklyn [...]

Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn College Department of Theater presents Frank Wedekind’s controversial 1891 masterpiece Spring’s Awakening at the New Workshop Theater from December 7 to 10. Tickets are $5. Described as one of the first plays to incorporate elements of expressionism, Spring’s Awakening examines the beautiful and destructive world of adolescence in nineteenth century [...]

BRONX, NY — Alessandro Weiss, assistant principal of the Bronx High School of Business, has been named as the new principal of the High School of American Studies (HSAS) at Lehman College—just as HSAS is honored as one of the city’s outstanding public high schools. Weiss earlier taught English and social studies at William Howard [...]

NEW YORK, December 5, 2006—Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (ret.) and President Gregory H. Williams of The City College of New York (CCNY) announced today that the New York Life Foundation is giving $10 million to establish The New York Life Endowment for Emerging African-American Issues at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies. The [...]

NEW YORK, December 5, 2006 — As a Colin Powell Leadership Fellow with the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at The City College of New York (CCNY), Trevor Houser, ’06, developed Internet-based tools to help decision-makers involved in U.S.-China relations build and identify consensus among stakeholders in both the public and private sector. Another [...]

By Chris Bragg, Downtown Express It was nearing the nightly 9 p.m. curfew in Baghdad when Josh Middleton saw the headlights approaching. A lone truck came up the road where Middleton’s platoon stood waiting. Someone from the platoon waved a flashlight, instructing the driver to stop. The driver, mistaking the gesture for another vehicle’s headlights, [...]

NEW YORK, November 30, 2006 — Dr. John B. Robbins, M.D., whose groundbreaking research in developing vaccines for childhood diseases has saved millions of lives around the world, is joining the faculty of The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York (CCNY) as an Honorary Professor. A member of [...]

BRONX, NY—The Léhman College Community Band will celebrate the holiday season with a concert on Sunday, December 17, at 2 p.m., in the Lovinger Theatre. The band will perform a variety of traditional holiday favorites, including Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride. The public is invited to attend this free concert. Directed by Professor [...]

FLUSHING, NY, November 27, 2006 – As is the case with many great works of art, Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, based on Vergil’s epic poem The Aeneid, was not fully appreciated during the composer’s lifetime. Dido & Aeneas was premiered in 1689 at Josias Priest’s Boarding School for Women in London, with no record [...]

Traducido por Néstor Montilla Oficina de Relaciones Públicas, Hostos Community College Aproximadamente unos 250 mil newyorkinos se benefician de los programas profesionales, de educación continua y para adultos de la Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York (CUNY), los cuales son flexibles, a bajo costo y convenientemente localizados a través de la Ciudad de Nueva [...]

The City University has launched a series of radio podcasts on faculty lectures, the Chancellor’s Report, sports news, citizenship and immigration information. The podcasts are audio program subscriptions distributed over the Internet that can be downloaded automatically onto Ipod mobile devices and personal computers.