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Four prominent economists and financial experts will come to �������� March 31 to present ideas about the economic recovery and possible scenarios. “The Way Out of the Crisis: Fed’s Response, Financial Impact and Effects on the Main Street Economy,” a conference hosted by CCNY’s Department of Economics and Business, will run 12 noon to 3 p.m. in Steinman Hall auditorium, located at the corner of Convent Avenue and St. Nicholas Terrace, New York. City College has brought together several noted experts to analyze the current situation and offer solutions to boost the economic

David Del Tredici, one of America’s most honored living composers and a distinguished professor of music at ��������, will be saluted by the Guggenheim Museum with two nights of performances of his compositions, March 27 and 28. “Celebrating David Del Tredici – With New Choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett” begins at 7:30 p.m. both nights in the Guggenheim’s Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Ave., New York. A highlight of the programs will be the premiere of choreographer Taylor-Corbett’s new work set to Professor Del Tredici’s “Grosse Tarantella.” In addition, The Young

Talk to Address Misunderstanding of Science, its Consequences and Solutions Dr. James Evans, Bryson Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine at the University of North Carolina, will deliver the Louis Levine–Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics at �������� 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. Professor Evans will discuss the pervasive misunderstanding of science, its consequences and solutions—particularly for medicine. Titled “The Power, Demands and Limits of Science: A Cautionary Tale for Policy Makers, Health Care Professionals and The Public,” the lecture is free and open

Suzanne Pittson’s Recording Pays Tribute to ‘Mentor’ Freddie Hubbard With Lyrics Written to his Music Suzanne Pittson, assistant professor of jazz vocal studies at ��������, is a longtime fan of Freddie Hubbard, the late jazz trumpeter. She considers him a mentor, even though she did not meet him until a few months before his death in 2008. As a tribute to Hubbard, she, her husband, pianist Jeff Pittson, and their teenage son, Evan, wrote lyrics to several of his tunes. She recently released “Out of the Hub: The Music of Freddie Hubbard” on Vineland Records, which features

Dr. Richard Sennett, author and professor of sociology at the London School of Economics and New York University, will deliver the seventh Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism 6 p.m. Monday, April 11, at ��������. His topic will be “The Edge: Borders and Boundaries in the City.” The lecture, held in The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, located at 160 Convent Ave., New York, is free and open to the public. Professor Sennett is a social analyst who studies how people in urban populations understand material facts surrounding where they live and work to interpret their life

Event Produced By Colin Powell Center Student Fellows Looks at Using Social and Digital Media to Foster Collective Action and Create Change The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at �������� presents the 2011 New York Life Symposium, “Civic Engagement in the Era of New Media,” 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., in Harlem. Organized by Powell Center student fellows, the event will explore how individuals and organizations can harness social and digital media to foster collective action and

Cornelius Eady Will Be Featured Guest Poet The 39th annual City College Poetry Festival, an all-day, all-verse event that has become New York’s longest-running, most established and democratic poetry celebration, will take place 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, in Theater B of Aaron Davis Hall on �������� campus at 135th St. and Convent Avenue. This year’s featured guest poet is Cornelius Eady. Over its 39-year history, the festival, which has been dubbed the “Woodstock of the Spoken Word,” has attracted numerous celebrated poets. They include singer/songwriter Paul

Israeli-born Dan Pugach Honored for Jazz Composition, to Attend Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Workshop in Washington Dan Pugach, a graduate student majoring in jazz performanceat ��������, has received a 2011 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his original composition, “Discourse This.” He is one of 31 talented young jazz composers nationwide whose compositions were picked by a jury of professional musicians. “Discourse This” began as a short jazz tune that Mr. Pugach, a drummer and native of Israel, wrote. One of his professors, Mike Holober, inspired him to re-composite the

“Primetime” Anchor John Quiñones to Deliver Keynote Address More than 500 participants are expected to attend a daylong conference at �������� that will explore the myriad diverse issues related to immigration and education in New York City and the United States Saturday, March 19. John Quiñones, the Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC's “Primetime,” will be the keynote speaker at the “CCNY Immigration & Education” conference, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, and is hosted by CCNY’s School of Education

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former vice president of Congo, is on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes related to the actions of his country’s troops while on duty in neighboring Central African Republic (CAR). Prosecutors at the ICC in The Hague say Congolese fighters committed mass rape, killings, and plunder in Bangui, the capital city of CAR, while helping that country’s president thwart a coup. In need of an expert on gender crimes and post-traumatic stress disorder to assist with the landmark case that began last November, they turned to Dr. Adeyinka Akinsulure