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CUNY Joins Statewide Solar Effort

December 31st, 2007 | The University

The City University of New York will announce a new partnership though its Center for Sustainable Energy which is joining Cornell University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson University, SUNY New Paltz, and solar energy companies to advance the solar industry in New York. Initiatives include “green collar” job training on the Bronx Community College campus. Speakers [...]

College Now Gives High Schoolers BMCC Experience

December 27th, 2007 | Borough of Manhattan Community College

Right now, there are high school students somewhere on BMCC’s campus, and it’s not by mistake: they’re getting ahead as part of the College Now program.
The joint venture by CUNY and the New York City Department of Education is designed for city public high school students who want new academic challenges and the experience of [...]

Why Christmas Came Early for one City Tech Grad

December 27th, 2007 | New York City College of Technology

Thomas Cavagnaro’s Halloween this year was anything but frightful. A 2007 graduate of New York City College of Technology’s baccalaureate program in architectural technology, Cavagnaro took top honors in a nationwide Halloween costume contest sponsored by Walgreens, one of the fastest growing retailers in the United States.
The contests’ top contenders were guests on the October [...]

Hostos Community College selected to receive grant to implement innovative greenhouse project

December 26th, 2007 | Hostos Community College

The Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment (BIEE), a program established by Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr., and the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC) to promote the implementation of environmental technologies and energy-saving measures, has announced that Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College was selected to receive a grant for $60,000 to [...]

Prof. Jenny Rivera Appointed Special Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights

December 20th, 2007 | CUNY School of Law

On December 19th, Attorney General-elect Andrew Cuomo and his Transition Committee announced the names of the four attorneys who will serve on his newly formed “dream team.” CUNY School of Law Prof. Jenny Rivera was named as Special Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights. Prof. Rivera will be joined by Robin Baker as Executive Deputy [...]

City Tech Alumna Angela Hines Finds Balance Between Career and Family Aspirations

December 20th, 2007 | New York City College of Technology

Whoever said, “You can’t have it all,” hasn’t met Angela Hines. “I never really thought of it in those terms,” she says. “But I just knew that if I kept moving forward one step at a time, eventually I’d reach my goal.”
Having just graduated from CUNY Law School, Hines will be admitted to the bar [...]

York’s Keizs Presents Recommendation to Gov.

December 20th, 2007 | York College

York College President Dr. Marcia V. Keizs and other members of Governor Eliot Spitzer’s Commission on Higher Education (CHE) earlier this week submitted their preliminary report calling for a Compact to ensure New York’s public higher education institutions are adequately funded and equipped to prepare the state’s students for twenty first century careers and leadership [...]

‘Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens n a new America’ — Multimedia Exhibition at Queens College Godwin-Ternbach Museum Feb. 4 – June 28 Examines the Contemporary Immigrant Experience; Public Events Planned –

December 20th, 2007 | Queens College

Opening public reception: Wednesday, February 6, 6-8 pm
With immigration issues making headlines throughout the nation, the next show at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College is especially topical. “Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America” shares the perspective of dozens of foreign-born people who have settled in turn-of-the-21st-century Queens, the most ethnically [...]

LaGuardia Community College Receives $125,000 Grant From the MetLife Foundation

December 20th, 2007 | LaGuardia Community College

LaGuardia Community College has been awarded a $125,000 MetLife Foundation grant to develop a program that will encourage adult students completing high school equivalency studies (GED) to pursue higher education. The GED Bridge to Business Careers Program will help more than 100 underserved adults, many of whom live in poverty, transition from basic education courses [...]

Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Live in High Definition’ Series Continues with Hansel and Gretel Jan. 1

December 19th, 2007 | Lehman College

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2007-2008 Live in High Definition performance series will continue on Tuesday, January 1, at 1 p.m. at the Lehman College Lovinger Theatre with a performance of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. This event is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required.
Hosted by the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, [...]