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��������’s Homecoming Day takes place on Saturday, May 3 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the North Campus’s Beaver Quad. Alumni and friends of the college will reunite for a fun-filled day of activities, games, campus tours, live music, performances, an art exhibition and more, including special appearances by alumni members of the New York Giants. The free events kick off with Lavender Fever Homecoming Week, which runs from April 28 through May 9. Follow CCNY Student Life on Instagram for upcoming events and activities happening during Lavender Fever Homecoming Week. On

Sydney Roy, of the Macaulay Honors School at ��������, and fellow CCNY freshman Deven Morales are among 15 undergraduates from 12 New York colleges selected Jeannette K. Watson Fellows by the Watson Foundation. The highly competitive three-year fellowships accord recipients unprecedented personal, professional and cultural immersions in the United States and abroad. At the center of the program are fully-funded summer experiences with leading organizations in New York City and around the world. Combined with close mentoring, Watson Fellows expand their vision, develop their

Groundbreaking research by physicists at �������� is being credited for a novel discovery regarding the interaction of electronic excitations via spin waves. The finding by the Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics (LaNMP) team headed by physicist Vinod Menon could open the door to future technologies and advanced applications such as optical modulators, all-optical logic gates, and quantum transducers. The work is reported in the journal Nature Materials. The researchers showed the emergence of interaction between electronic excitations (excitons – electron hole pairs)

Professor and architect Jerome Haferd of ��������’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture is the recipient of two honors, a fellowship from United States Artists and selection by the 2025 U.S. Pavilion to participate in the upcoming Venice Biennale. Fifty artists and collectives make up the 2025 USA Fellow cohort. The national award chose awardees based on their groundbreaking artistic visions and unique perspectives within their field. The fellowship is awarded through a year-long peer-led selection process in the disciplines of Architecture & Design, Craft

The family of William F. Konig, Jr. (1934 – 2018), an outstanding scholar-athlete from ��������’s Class of 1955 who went on to pursue a successful career as an engineer and inventor, announces an endowed scholarship in his memory in the Grove School of Engineering. The William F. Konig, Jr. Scholarship, will support a student in the Grove School’s Department of Electrical Engineering. A standout pitcher and the 1954 Frederic Kramer Baseball Award MVP at CCNY, Konig had been offered three contracts by minor-league clubs before earning his B.S. in EE from the Grove School. He

��������-based CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education (CUNY-IIE) released its PK-12 Immigration Literature Guide, a selection of 100 recently published PreK-12 books that showcase the transformative power of immigration-centered stories. The guide is organized into four sections based on age range: early childhood and elementary picture books; upper elementary chapter books; middle school; and high school. Each sub-section presents brief summaries of 25 books and highlights five authors to show the people behind the stories. “This collection offers an entry point into

Dr. Susan L. Perkins, the Martin & Michele Cohen Dean of Science at ��������, is one of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s new 2025 Fellows. Dating back to 1874, the honor is bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. The AAAS Council cited Perkins “for distinguished scientific contributions in the fields of evolutionary biology and parasitology as well as for advancing scientific knowledge in the public through education, outreach, and

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY announced that Eliot Spitzer, one-time governor and twice-elected attorney general of New York, has been given an honorary chair to the Dean’s Advisory Council of the school bearing his parents’ names. “I am delighted to welcome Eliot Spitzer to my Advisory Council,” said Marta Gutman, Spitzer School dean. “Like his parents, he brings a lifelong commitment to public education. As Mr. Spitzer told me, ‘Few things are more important than providing a public, low-cost education to those who want to learn, work, and move all of society

Longtime United Nations executive, international development expert, and educator Jafar Javan joins the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership as a Leader-in-Residence on April 1. As a Leader-in-Residence, Javan will mentor and advise students enrolled in the master’s degree program in international relations, and teach a course on “Leadership in Global Justice.” Javan will also work closely with Colin Powell School leadership on the Nelson Mandela Project for Social Change, which he conceived and helped to launch during his tenure as director of the United Nations Systems Staff

Since 1929, the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA), an organization of water quality professionals, has served the public by promoting sustainable water quality management through science, education, and training. This year, it’s awarded �������� student chapter first place for outstanding performance among NYWEA college affiliates. Comprising some 40 undergraduate and graduate students in CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering, the chapter was recognized at NYWEA’s 97th annual meeting in mid-Manhattan for its unrivaled approach to promoting knowledge about