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CSI Student featured at the United Nations on International Literacy Day

August 27th, 2002 | College of Staten Island

Mercy Martis and her four children fled a refugee camp on the Ivory Coast in March 1999, leaving behind her husband, a fifth child, and her native country Liberia in the throes of war.
Martis arrived on Staten Island, her family’s immigration sponsored by an Interfaith Lutheran organization, and now calls Stapleton home. Martis soon began [...]

CSI Mathematician Wins Guggenheim Everybody Loves Riemann

August 26th, 2002 | College of Staten Island

Rafael Herrera, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the College of Staten Island, was named a Guggenheim Fellow in the 2002 competition.
Herrera’s research will be in the “Classification Problems in Riemannian Geometry of Manifolds with Special Structures.”
In his classic work, Euclid focused on the geometry of the (flat) plane. The study of curved surfaces like those [...]

CSI Professor Recognized for Leadership in Family Psychology

August 19th, 2002 | College of Staten Island

CSI Professor Irene Deitch was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). Citing not only her many important roles within the organization, Deitch was honored with this award for the diverse and creative ways she has articulated Family Psychology through the media and with the general public.
“We are pleased to [...]