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CSI Senior Awarded First Place in Statewide Science Competition

April 30th, 2002 | College of Staten Island

The College of Staten Island (CSI) Discovery Institute’s Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP), participated in the Statewide Science and Technology research competition at the Sagamore resort located in Lake George, NY on April 6, 2002.
Four CSTEP students participated from CSI: Adebime Baruwa and Alexandra Krawics, both freshman, Oluwaseun Cole, a sophomore, and Ruth [...]

CSI Observatory hosts viewing of rare Planetary Phenomenon

April 22nd, 2002 | College of Staten Island

Look, up in the sky, over New Jersey, it’s a rare grouping of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. But look quick, it may not be seen again for 34 years.
Planetary alignments are typically accompanied by stories based on superstitions from medieval times that the Earth could be pulled off its orbital path or suffer [...]

We All Pay Bridge and Highway Tolls, But at What Price?

April 8th, 2002 | College of Staten Island

Jonathan Peters, Professor of Finance at the College of Staten Island/CUNY (CSI) has recently co-released a study entitled “A Model of the Total Cost of Highway Toll Collection.” In it, Peters contends that the current models of the cost of toll collection does not include the significant environmental cost to society. Peters’ study extends the [...]

A View to a Krill CSI researchers bring academics to the Antarctic

April 8th, 2002 | College of Staten Island

Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans which are abundant in the Southern Oceans and may become a potentially valuable source of protein for human and livestock consumption.
But how would wide-scale commercial krill harvesting affect the delicate and protected Antarctic ecosystem? That is what the research team from CSI is hoping to predict with advanced computer [...]