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NEW YORK, April 2, 2009 – Can we always see what is in front of us? According to Dr. Tony Ro, a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY), the answer is “no.” New research published in “The Journal of Neuroscience” by Professor Ro and colleagues from the University of Illinois demonstrates that the brain cannot detect images when brainwave activity is in a trough. “We may have our eyes open, but we sometimes miss seeing things,” Professor Ro said. “When the brain is in a state of readiness, you see; when it is not, you don’t see.” Brainwave

NEW YORK, March 31, 2009 – Japanese artist Hiro Kagami brings his Mexican-themed artwork to 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY) Center for Worker Education (CWE) with his installation of “Mexico Through Oriental Eyes,” which will run through April 27. Curated by Areceli Tinajero, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at CCNY and The CUNY Graduate Center, the 12-piece exhibit captures the beauty and magic of Mexican traditions. It is on display at CWE, located on the seventh floor of 25 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, “Rather than illustrating a particular aspect of Mexican life

NEW YORK, March 27, 2009 – Don Gomez, a junior at 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY) and a veteran of the U.S. Army who had two tours of duty in Iraq, has been named a 2009 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields. It is one the most prestigious and competitive national scholarship programs, awarding between 60 and 65 scholarships annually to a field of 600 – 700 nominated candidates. “I am very pleased to have been awarded the Truman Scholarship, but what makes it so special for me is that so many

President Williams Recommends to Chancellor Goldstein Naming School in Honor of Bernard and Anne Spitzer NEW YORK, March 25, 2009 – Bernard Spitzer, a 1943 engineering graduate of 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY) and prominent real estate developer, is giving $25 million to City College for the benefit of the College’s School of Architecture. The gift will be provided through the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust. The gift was announced today by Dr. Matthew Goldstein, ’63, Chancellor of The City University of New York (CUNY), at a news conference held to kick off CUNY’s new capital

NEW YORK, March 24, 2009 – Quest, a non-profit senior educational program that is now part of 91��ĸ��Ƶ’s (CCNY) Division of Worker Education (DWE), will host a luncheon to celebrate its official union with the College. The event runs from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, at CCNY’s Center for Worker Education (CWE) located at 25 Broadway in Lower Manhattan. The organization which is based at CWE, adopted the name Quest: The CCNY-CWE Community for Lifelong Learning Inc., when the union became official January 26. “Quest is a lifelong learning institution that is important

Recital is First New York Performance for Canary Island Ensemble New York, March 20, 2009.—The Teobaldo Power String Quartet received a vibrant, warm, and enthusiastic response from the audience in its first New York concert, which was held in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall at 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY). The quartet, which is based in the Canary Islands and was formed more than a decade ago, consists of Javier Morales López and Irina Sánchez, violinists, Patrick Doumeng, viola, and Johanna Kegel Zamora, cellist. The New York concert was the first stop on a global tour that would also

NEW YORK, March 19, 2009 – Television journalism icon Dan Rather will deliver the Spring 2009 Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture at 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY) 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2. Mr. Rather, who was anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from1981 to 2005, will speak in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall on the CCNY campus, located at Convent Avenue and W. 138th Street in Manhattan. His topic will be “Democracy and the 24-Hour News Cycle.” A reception will follow the event, which is free and open to the public. About Dan Rather His distinguished

NEW YORK , March 19, 2009 – Forensic DNA expert Dr. John M. Butler will deliver the annual Louis Levine – Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY) 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 24.His topic will be “Beyond ‘CSI:’ Exciting Applications of Forensic DNA.” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall, located atConvent Avenue and W. 139 th Street in Manhattan. A reception will follow the lecture. To RSVP, call 212-650-7192 or e-mail cly@citycollegefund.org . Dr. Butler is the author of the internationally acclaimed

NEW YORK, March 5, 2009 – Novelist, screenwriter and man of letters Paul Auster will deliver the Sixth Annual Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism at 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY) 6 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall. His topic is “City of Words.” The lecture, which is presented by the Graduate Program in Urban Design in CCNY’s School of Architecture, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture, is free and open to the public. CCNY is located at W. 138 th Street and Convent Avenue in Manhattan. “Paul Auster is the quintessential urban novelist. His novels are about

CCNY President Gregory H. Williams to Receive Langston Hughes Medal NEW YORK, March 3, 2009 – World-renowned philosopher, scholar and author Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the second annual City College of New York President’s Lecture at CCNY 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. He will address “Race and The New Genomics.” The lecture, in The Great Hall, Shepard Hall, will be preceded by the presentation of the College’s Langston Hughes Medal to Dr. Gregory H. Williams, 11th President of The City College and an award-winning author. The medal is being presented to President Williams to honor