Academy Inducts Leader in Research and Inclusion
Dean Gilda A. Barabino of CCNY's Grove School of Engineering has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. A noted investigator in the areas of sickle cell disease and cellular and tissue engineering, as well as an advocate for equity and diversity in science and engineering, Barabino is cited by the Academy for her "leadership in bioengineering research and inclusive models of bioengineering education and faculty mentoring." She is one of only six African-American women to currently hold the distinction of NAE membership.
Eliminating Textbook Costs Is OER Call to Action
Since its origins in 1847 as the Free Academy, The City College of New York has championed access to excellent and affordable education. Today, open educational resources (OER)—free and openly licensed educational materials for teaching, learning and research—are a "practical realization" of this "founding credo," notes one of CCNY's early OER adopters, V. Parameswaran Nair, Interim Dean of Science and Distinguished Professor of Physics in CCNY's Division of Science. In addition to increasing access and academic success, OER use by CCNY faculty is delivering savings to students of more than $400,000 thus far. And as seen in the illustrated detail from a map of global downloads, the reach of CCNY-created OER extends worldwide.
"Staydium" Doubles as Housing, Wins Recognition
Undergraduates Ysabelle Gamoso, Parshwa Desai and Gerome Ventura at CCNY's Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture are honorable mention recipients in an international competition to design a stadium theoretically located in Queens for the 2026 World Cup. The competition, hosted by Archstorming, called for a flexible design that will allow the stadium to be transformed into a residential building after the event.
I Am CCNY: Norbert Czopek, Class of 2019
Major:Economics. My experience with the Selective Corporate Internships Program and an internship with NAF, an educational nonprofit organization, helped me make this decision. CCNY Highlights: The connections as well as the friendships make this campus such a unique and well-networked experience. So far, my favorite course was International Finance with Professor Feridoon Koohi. His enthusiasm and energy about the subject really helped push me and my peers forward to challenge our second-level thinking. CCNY in 3 Words: Ultimately life-defining
Scholarship Is Dedicated to Incoming Students
Honoring the memory of New York's late mayor, CCNY '45, the Edward I. Koch Scholarship Program in Public Service is a renewable fellowship geared toward incoming freshmen that provides $5,000 of financial support to five students who demonstrate financial need and a commitment to regular active volunteering. In addition to financial support, Koch Scholars receive an internship opportunity and attend professional development workshops. Administered by CCNY's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, the Koch Scholarship is accepting applications until March 1.
Speakers and Seminars
Genome Pioneer Speaks at CCNY
Join us April 2 at 5 p.m. for the 2019 Louis Levine-Gabriella de Beer Lecture in Genetics, featuring Robert H. Waterston, MD, PhD, professor of Genome Sciences and of Medicine at the University of Washington Medical School. "How to Make a Worm the Inside Story" will draw on Waterston's mapping and sequencing of the genome of the nematode worm, C. elegans, the first animal genome so analyzed, with the late John Sulston. After becoming a leader of the Humane Genome Project, as well as mouse and chimpanzee genome sequencing projects, Waterston and his laboratory have returned to focus on the C. elegans genome and how it directs the differentiation, development and behavior of this "elegantly simple animal."
