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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 T��ɫ��Ƶ 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 T��ɫ��Ƶ, 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 T��ɫ��Ƶ. 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 T��ɫ��Ƶ 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 T��ɫ��Ƶ 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

“Primetime” Anchor John Quiñones to Deliver Keynote Address More than 500 participants are expected to attend a daylong conference at T��ɫ��Ƶ 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

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 T��ɫ��Ƶ, 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

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

T��ɫ��Ƶ Division of Science announces 18 events for March featuring prominent scientists from across the United States speaking on their research. All are free and open to the public, and are held in the Marshak Science Building, unless otherwise noted. Listings of event times, speakers, topics and room numbers follow: March 3 , 3:30 p.m.: Physics colloquium, Dr. Andre Walker-Loud, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory,“ QCD: The Most Perfect Physical Theory (until one wants to compute properties of matter),” room 418N. March 7 , 12 noon: Salzberg chemistry seminar series

Ethnicity and religion are the foci of a new lecture series presented by T��ɫ��Ƶ history department . The three-part series, which kicks off Thursday, March 3, presents diverse perspectives on contemporary issues in which these topics play an important role. It is made possible by a grant from the office of CCNY President Lisa Staiano-Coico. The series dovetails with one of President Staiano-Coico’s goals for CCNY; engaging City College students and faculty across a wide range of disciplines on timely subjects, explains Dr. Clifford Rosenberg, chair of the history