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Mary Erina Driscoll, dean and Harold Kobliner Chair in Education at ��������’s School of Education, testifies before the New York City Council’s Committee on Higher Education. The sole item on the agenda was “Are Post-Secondary Institutions in New York City Adequately Training Teachers?” In her testimony, Driscoll answers the committee’s question in the affirmative, adding that “adequate is not good enough for the children of New York.” She provided data from the New York City Department of Education to support her twin contentions that CCNY meets the needs of its students

Interdisciplinary Studies Assistant Professor Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken highlights recent research, which operates at the intersection of Africana Studies, Haitian Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Jewish Studies, in the third installment of the City College of New York’s 2015-16 “Presidential Conversations: Activism, Scholarship, and Engagement” series on Thursday, February 4, 4-5:30 p.m., in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Sciame Auditorium. The presentation, titled “Is Engagement in Postcolonial Scholarship Activism?,” is free and open to the public. “I interrogate

A City College of New York Physics Department team led by Professor Vinod Menon, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Pouyan Ghaemi, is using a $2 million National Science Foundation Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation grant for its project, Excitonics and Polaritonics using 2D materials (ExPo2D). The four-year project aims to develop the next generation of photonic and electronic systems and sub-systems that exploit the unique advantages of atomically thin (graphene-like) semiconductors. The team also includes Professors Marc Baldo, Dirk Englund and Jing Kong of the

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Marco J. Castaldi of the Grove School of Engineering is a Fulbright Global Award winner for his continuing work on converting solid waste materials to energy, chemicals or fuels. Castaldi’s research involves transforming waste materials, such as biomass and municipal solid waste, to energy and chemicals. The residuals from that transformation, such as ash and char, are recycled into valuable products such as catalysts and adsorbents for energy and environmental applications. Such applications may be used to reduce emissions or to purify water. “This

��������’s annual Black History Month observances this year include discussions on cultural and social issues, along with live performances and music. The schedule begins on Tuesday, Feb. 2 with the traditional Black History Month kickoff in City College’s NAC Ballroom, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Open to members of the CCNY community only, it will feature interactive activities, music and rundown of all the events during the month of February. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, “Diversity Talks” features special guests in a panel discussion on hip hop and social justice. It will be held in the

Legendary art director, designer and ad man George Lois is gifting his archives to ��������. Designated the "The George Lois Big Idea Archive," the collection comprises films, TV and radio commercials, print ads, posters, scripts, correspondences, photos, memorabilia and numerous other items from a remarkable career spanning more than 65 years. The archive will be open to the public and be available for educational and research purposes. A Bronx native, Lois said he was proud to have entrusted his archives to what he described as a “hometown university.” “The City College

More than 50 City College of New York students and staff honor Martin Luther King, Jr. this year with a clean-up effort in Jamaica Bay from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16. The volunteerism is part of the institution’s annual community-focused Martin Luther King Day of Service organized by CityServ in observance of the slain civil rights leader’s birthday. This year, CityServ collaborates with the nonprofit Student Conservation Association on the Jamaica Bay coastal clean-up and restoration. SCA mobilizes volunteers coast to coast this MLK Day, and throughout the year, in

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Susannah Fritton of the Grove School of Engineering and Associate Professor of Biology Anuradha Janakiraman of the Division of Science are the first recipients of the Harvey L. Karp ’49 Discovery Award in the Sciences. The new Award provides $50,000 in seed funding for novel and high-risk research by mid-career faculty in the Division of Science and the biomedical sciences at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education and the Grove School of Engineering. The ability to pursue new research afforded by this funding may lead to future funding

Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education students in their fifth year rotation at St. Barnabas Hospital reflect the racial, geographical and aspirational diversity of City College of New York and of New York City. Baho Sidiqi was born in Mazar Sharif, Afghanistan, grew up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and moved to Queens with his family when he was eight. After graduation from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, he moved to Hicksville. He hopes to become a doctor while also being involved in teaching and the policy aspect of medicine. “As a second year medical student, having visits to St. Barnabas

Associate Professor Tatyana Kleyn, who directs the School of Education’s Programs in Bilingual Education and TESOL, will premiere her documentary film, “Una Vida, Dos Países [One Life, Two Countries],” at the City College of New York on Thursday, March 24 at 6 p.m. In the last five years one million Mexicans living in the US have returned to their country of origin. The film explores the lives of US born or raised children and youth who make up this statistic and are (back) in Mexico. The short documentary illustrates the realities, challenges and opportunities they face living, studying, and