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City College of New York biologist Shubha Govind and her research team have identified the composition of “virus-like particles" (VLPs) found in the venom of a wasp that is a parasite of fruit flies. Invisible to the eye, wasp VLPs suppress the flies’ immune responses by killing their blood cells. Wasps lay their eggs along with spiked VLP particles into the worm-like immature bodies of Drosophila melanogaster, the long-venerated genetic model of human disease and development. In the wild, parasitic wasps attack insects and are used to naturally control crop damage by insect pests. The Govind

T��ɫ��Ƶ remains among the top 100 Best Regional Universities in the North and a Top Public School in the North, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2018 rankings. Celebrating its 170th anniversary this year, City College climbed 10 places in the Top Public Schools rankings in the North from 2017. CCNY is now #16 among 51 schools that made U.S. News’ stringent ranking. It was #26 last year. CCNY also made a considerable jump in the Best Regional Universities rankings. It is #56 among 196 universities – a leap of 29 places from #85 in 2017. There is also a discernible

In an effort increase the number of health professionals from Harlem and to improve health outcomes in the community, Terri N. Watson, a City College of New York educator, co-created the CCNY-based Growing Our Own Doctor’s Project. For that, the Harlem native is an honoree at the 48th Annual African-American Day Parade on Sept. 17. Healthcare is this year’s theme. “As part of our Parade celebration we are recognizing and honoring the contributions of African American leaders in health care, including doctors, innovators, administrators and community leaders,” said Gale A. Brewer, Borough

T��ɫ��Ƶ is proud to announce the merger of the Anthropology department with two programs, International Studies and Women’s Studies, into one integrated department within the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. While each area of study will retain its defined majors and minors, the union of three disciplines recognizes existing synergies and offers increased resources. “One of the motivating aspects is that there are so many productive intersections between gender, anthropology and international studies,” said Sarah Muir, Ph.D., director of International

Michel Ghosn, a civil engineering professor in T��ɫ��Ƶ’s Grove School of Engineering, is the winner of the 2017 IASSAR Research Award. The award is presented every four years by the International Association on Structural Safety and Reliability at its quadrennial meeting. IASSAR promotes the study, research, and applications of scientific principles of safety, risk and reliability in the analysis, design, construction, maintenance and operations of structures and other engineering systems. Ghosn is an expert in the areas of structural reliability and system safety with a

The work of groundbreaking art director George Lois will be on display at T��ɫ��Ƶ and celebrated with an opening reception on Tuesday, September 12. Lois, considered the original “Mad Man” of advertising, donated a portion of his archive, a collection reflecting 60 years of American culture and social evolution, to City College (CCNY) in 2016. He chose the college as the home of his archive in recognition of CCNY’s media arts program and its history in helping talented students from diverse backgrounds succeed. This collection contains original layout sketches for 27 of

City College of New York’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, whose mentors have ranged from literary great Donald Barthelme to distinguished poet Marilyn Hacker, welcomes British playwright, poet and the U.K. Parliament’s inaugural Writer-in-Residence Rommi Smith for a talk and reading. Her talk, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the Rifkind Room (NAC 6/316) is entitled “Our Voices, Ourselves.” On Wednesday, Sept. 13, Smith will give a reading and performance from 5 p.m. in Shepard Hall room 250. Both events are free and open to the public. In addition to her parliamentary residence, Smith has

Chemistry professor Maria Tamargo’s molecular beam epitaxy research at T��ɫ��Ƶ ranks among the most innovative in the field. The North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Advisory Board has just recognized her stature in the field by selecting Tamargo its 2017 MBE Innovator Award recipient. She will receive the honor at the North American MBE Conference (NAMBE) in Galveston, Texas, in October. Established in 2004, this international award recognizes individuals whose innovative work has significantly advanced the field of molecular beam epitaxy. Recipients are highly

Zadie Smith, the award-winning British-born novelist, is the recipient of this year’s City College of New York’s Langston Hughes Medal. She joins a list of literary luminaries, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Walter Mosley, who have received the honor. The award will be presented at City College’s annual Langston Hughes Festival on November 16. Smith is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has twice been listed as one of Granta’s 20 Best Young British Novelists. Her first novel, “ White Teeth”(Random House, 2000) was the winner of The Whitbread First Novel

The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at T��ɫ��Ƶ has a new gift of $1,291,000 from the NoVo Foundation, which works to transform global societies from cultures of domination to ones of equality and partnership. Visiting Professor Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan, a leading analyst and commentator on gender and violence, will be the head researcher and administrator of the grant. The Politics of Sexual Violence Initiative and the Colin Powell School, will collaborate on a new campus-wide initiative, Beyond Identity: A Gendered Platform for Scholar-Activists. The