During a 2014 talk on his exploration of deep-sea coral reefs, Baruch College marine biologist David Gruber showed a video of clunky robotic hands collecting fragile specimens of coral and sponges from the ocean floor.
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‘Squishy’ robot fingers aid deep sea exploration
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Study Reveals How Birds Learn Through Imitation
January 15, 2016 | The UniversityPrecise changes in brain circuitry occur as young zebra finches go from listening to their fathers’ courtship songs to knowing the songs themselves, according to a study led by neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center and published online in a Science cover report on January 14.
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Statement from Chancellor Milliken on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observance
January 15, 2016 | The UniversityTo the CUNY Community, The City University of New York is built on many principles, but none is more important than our dedication, for more than 160 years, to opportunity, social justice and inclusion. While some universities have mottos, at CUNY we have causes, providing New Yorkers, particularly those underrepresented in our society, the education […]
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Statement by Chancellor James B. Milliken on The Governor’s 2016-17 Executive Budget and The City University of New York
January 14, 2016 | The UniversityThere is much in Governor Cuomo’s 2016-17 Executive Budget that supports the colleges, graduate and professional schools of The City University of New York, including performance funding that will allow us to deliver improved outcomes for our students, renewal of the predictable tuition policy, a plan to partner with education programs in our prisons, a State Dream Act, and more.
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CUNY’S 2016 Calendar Spotlights “Working People: A History of Labor in the United States”
January 12, 2016 | The UniversityThe City University of New York today releases a calendar and website that celebrate the achievements, sacrifices and triumphs of America’s workers. This is the 12th calendar that the University has produced in collaboration with The New York Times in Education and the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at CUNY’s LaGuardia Community College, and it is the first with contributions from the New York City Central Labor Council.
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First-Year Students, First- Rate Researchers
January 11, 2016 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The UniversityScores of John Jay freshmen and transfer students stood proudly alongside poster presentations and other research efforts in the new building cafeteria, showing off their projects as part of the annual FYE (First Year Experience) Student Showcase that took place at the end of the fall semester. “It really is amazing that first-year students are […]
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CUNY Praises Permanent Extension Of American Opportunity Tax Credit, Benefiting Nearly 100,000 Students
January 11, 2016 | The UniversityNearly 100,000 current students at The City University of New York – and many thousands in the future — are expected to benefit from the permanent extension of the American Opportunity Tax Credit. The credit, worth up to $2,500 a year, eases tuition costs for middle-class students as eligibility for full aid under federal Pell […]
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Statement by Chancellor James B. Milliken
January 4, 2016 | The UniversityThe City University of New York supports Governor Cuomo’s initiative on increasing the minimum wage for public employees.
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In Defense of the Annual Checkup
January 4, 2016 | The UniversityArguments urging doctors to abandon routine physical exams are based on insufficient evidence, a new research paper maintains.
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How to Build a Safer Urban Garden
December 18, 2015 | The UniversityCity gardens are blooming. In backyards, rooftops, and community lots, the number of U.S. urban dwellers growing food jumped from 7 million to 9 million from 2008 to 2013. Nearly one third of the country’s public elementary schools had a gardening program as of 2013, up 11 percent since 2008. Urban schools are especially likely to have them, and for great reasons: Studies show health and learning benefits for young children exposed to growing plants.