On the Horizon in Harlem
Innovation and local economic development are pillars of a unique new venture taking shape at The City College of New York. Harnessing CCNY's capacity for research and innovation, the proposed Center for Co-Innovation and Medical Technology will develop new medical technologies as well as create employment for fellows, interns and professional staff, says Andrew Wooten, senior director of Innovation Management and Business Development at CCNY. Just as the new product concepts will be responsive to the needs of the surrounding community, the infusion of STEM jobs will benefit greater Harlem. Training for medical technology accelerator personnel will be provided by CCNY's Master's in Translational Medicine program, jointly housed within the Grove School of Engineering and CUNY School of Medicine. The project is the recipient of a Build to Scale grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
You're Invited: College-Wide Open House
On Nov. 6, City College welcomes all prospective students and families to attend the 2021 College-Wide Virtual Open House. Undergraduate and graduate studies information will be presented in a program that runs from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Meet faculty and staff, explore the many academic programs, attend admissions and financial aid workshops, learn about our 174-year history as NYC's pioneering public college and take a virtual walk around our beautiful 36-acre campus. To participate, be sure to RSVP.
Research and Creative Scholarship
Poet Receives Academy Prize
"Cardenal en mi ventana con una máscara en el pico / Cardinal in My Window with a Mask on Its Beak," a poetry manuscript by Carlos Aguasaco, associate professor of Latin American Cultural Studies in CCNY's Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education, is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets' Ambroggio Prize. Honoring American poets whose first language is Spanish, the award recognizes an outstanding book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation. Aguasaco's book will be published by the University of Arizona Press.
International Honor for Students and School
Tackling the theme "Climate Change Again," work by five Master's in Landscape Architecture students at CCNY's Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture has earned the institution the International Landscape Schools Prize at the 11th International Biennale of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona. The president of the jury praised the CCNY winners for "work from across the globe that draws out important theoretical dimensions for our field. The work offers alternative perspectives and new insights, and the projects work with social and environmental issues in new ways." Pictured is "The City Stabile," by Hana Georg.
I Am CCNY: Kazi Maisha, Class of 2022 Major:Biology, in the Division of Science, with a minor in Psychology, in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. While growing up in Bangladesh, I noticed how people of low socioeconomic status and the socially excluded have a lower standard of living due to poor healthcare accessibility. Now that I have the privilege to study in America and make a change, I want to be a physician for underserved populations, so they can receive adequate care. I chose Biology and Psychology as my major and minor to gain an understanding of the sciences related to medicine as well as to be able to formulate how I can provide trauma-informed and culturally competent care for these populations in the future. CCNY Organizations and Programs: Division of Science Student Council Biology Department leader, representative to the Biology Department Student Executive Committee, S Jay Levy Fellowship for Future Leaders and peer mentor, CCAPP and Division of Science peer tutor, director of public relations for the TriBeta Honors Society, co-editor in chief, "The Campus" Summer Research Internship: As a clinical research intern with NYU Langone Health, I conducted research with two aims: understanding the pandemic's effects on behavioral studies in neurology and identifying strategies for effective and accessible behavioral studies post-pandemic. With Ami Cuneo, MD, and Mia T. Minen, MD, MPH, I wrote my findings in a research article accepted for publication in "Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports."
Celebrate World Food Day
This fall, CCNY is celebrating World Food Day and those who have served their communities as Food Heroes throughout the pandemic. We are honoring these individuals and organizations by asking, who is your food hero? In anticipation of World Food Day (celebrated globally on October 16), President Vincent Boudreau hosted a virtual panel discussion this week with experts on food security and nutrition. In the past year, CCNY has received heartfelt support for providing nutritious meals from the West Harlem Development Corporation, the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation, the New York City Emergency Food Assistance Program and many alumni and friends around the world. Here on campus, a year-round resource for all in the CUNY family is Benny's Food Pantry. Learn more online about visiting or supporting this initiative.
Alumni Announcements
Planning Ahead for Spring Celebrations
Class years ending in zero, one, two, five, six and seven will be honored at events welcoming all alumni in spring 2022. Dates and details are to be announced. Coming up on May 5, the 2022 Presidential Awards Gala will be held in CCNY's Great Hall. Further information on spring events is available from CCNY's Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications.
Speakers and Seminars
Stanley Nelson's "Attica"
Acclaimed documentarian Stanley Nelson, CCNY MFA '76, and historian Heather Ann Thompson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy," discuss Nelson's new film, "Attica," on Oct. 21. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Attica uprising, the conversation will be moderated by Norval Soleyn, director of CCNY's Urban Mentoring and Achievement Network. All are welcome to attend this virtual event. A project of CCNY's Racial Justice Fellows program, this panel is cohosted by the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, the Division of Humanities and the Arts' Black Studies Program and Department of Media and Communication Arts and campus partners.
Culture and Community
Join Us If You Dare
A Harlem tradition now in its fourth year, Scarefest is presented virtually by the Division of Humanities and the Arts' Department of Theatre and Speech on Oct. 31 from 4 to 10 p.m. Celebrate Halloween from home with this spooky and fun event.
