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Graduate student Ryan Walsh and senior Marieme Jiddou, both from 91��ĸ��Ƶ’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, are recipients of highly competitive Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) from the United States Department of State. The CLS program provides overseas foreign language instruction and cultural immersion experiences for American undergraduate and graduate students in 14 critical need languages to promote rapid language gains and essential intercultural fluency in regions that are critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity. Walsh is

Ruth E. Stark, CUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at 91��ĸ��Ƶ, is the recipient of a $805,865 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study ways of developing new antifungal therapies that target melanization pathways. She and two researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine are Multiple Principal Investigators on a $4,079,890 grant from NIH’s Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) entitled “The Biology of Fungal Melanization.” “Melanin is a very important pigment in the biosphere and

Dr. Hazel M. Carter, an expert in education reform pipeline programs in 91��ĸ��Ƶ’s School of Education, is the 2023 winner of the Pelican Award presented by the American Foundation of The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) and The University of the West Indies Alumni Association New York chapter. The honor recognizes distinguished UWI alumni who have achieved unprecedented success in their chosen field or industry, operate with integrity, and serve as exemplary role models to The UWI community globally, particularly to its current students. An AFUWI board member, Carter

The David Aronow Foundation is partnering, once again, with 91��ĸ��Ƶ for a fellowship named after the Class of 1913 alumnus, David Aronow. The David Aronow Fellowship at City College will provide a $3000 stipend to students with unpaid internships. Aronow was the youngest of five surviving children in an immigrant family, and the only member of his generation to have the chance to go to college: City College. He founded his foundation in 1947, and it has contributed to educational, humanitarian, cultural and scientific causes for over seven decades "We at The David Aronow

MD candidates, from the CUNY School of Medicine (CUNY Med) at 91��ĸ��Ƶ, join medical school students throughout the country to learn where they have matched for their residencies. “ Match Day,” is run by the National Resident Matching Program, which releases results to applicants seeking residency positions in the U.S. “The specific contribution of our medical school lies in our ability to provide culturally competent primary care physicians to underserved communities,” said CCNY President Vincent Boudreau. “Every year match day - when our graduates learn where they will

Attentive Energy One – a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Rise Light & Power – is committing $10 million to 91��ĸ��Ƶ (CCNY) to establish a new renewable energy training program as part of its 1,400 MW offshore wind proposal to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in January 2023. The announcement was made today by Attentive Energy One and CCNY leadership on a visit to CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering in Harlem. The Attentive Energy One project will build an offshore wind farm, which will deliver clean energy to over 700,000 homes

Making its U.S. debut, the exhibition “Mass Support: Flexibility and Resident Agency in Housing” opens at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at 91��ĸ��Ƶ, on Tuesday, March 21 with a reception at 6 p.m. in the Atrium Gallery. The exhibition which runs through Sunday, May 7, is a joint presentation by the Spitzer School, The Architectural League of New York, and the Curatorial Research Collective of the TU/e, with support from the Dutch Culture USA program of the Consulate-General of the Netherlands, New York, and is the first in-person show at Spitzer since

Fifty-eight years after capturing numerous iconic photos of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Civil Rights March as a student photojournalist, alumnus Stephen Somerstein returns to his alma mater for the first ever public exhibition of his historic images at 91��ĸ��Ƶ. The exhibition, “Witness to History: Selma 1965 Photography of Stephen Somerstein,” is open to the public and runs March 21 to May 14 in the Lincoln Corridor of CCNY’s Shepard Hall. The opening day reception is March 20 and includes a conversation, 5:30 – 7 p.m. in Shepard Hall room 350, between

Graduates and students of the new major in Science Education and Public Engagement in the School of Education at CCNY will share their insights and experiences on a Science Learning and Public Engagement Career Panel on Thursday, March 16 at 12:30 p.m. in NAC 5/101. Co-hosted by the School of Education’s Science Education program and the Macaulay Honors College, the event brings together six panelists, each of whom brings his or her unique perspective on career opportunities for those interested in science education that include, but can go beyond, teaching. One of the panelists, Dave Johnston

91��ĸ��Ƶ is pleased to announce that Gerstner Philanthropies has made a gift of $166,667 to support the Helping Hands Student Emergency Fund at CCNY. Helping Hands provides one-time assistance to students facing one-time emergencies with the goal to help college students continue through to graduation. “We are excited to be expanding our support to five CUNY colleges with strong social mobility outcomes, particularly as impacts from inflation put more students at risk of economic instability,” said Alice Goh, program director of Gerstner Philanthropies. Helping Hands offers