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“Archives as Muse: A Harlem Storytelling Project” is a three-year project from the MFA in Creative Writing program at T��ɫ��Ƶ, which was made possible by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. The goal of the project is to connect with, serve, understand and celebrate the Harlem community while enhancing the community’s own tools for memory, research and creativity. The storytelling project, directed by Michelle Valladares, lecturer and director of the MFA in Creative Writing, aims to include symposia, interviews, online workshops and exhibits as well as a resource

According to a new study by the CUNY School of Medicine at T��ɫ��Ƶ, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), the CUNY School of Law and the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, asylum seekers and other immigrants who obtained forensic medical evaluations were granted protection in the United States in 81.6 percent of cases facilitated by PHR between 2008 and 2018, nearly twice the national asylum grant rate of 42.4 percent during the same period. A forensic medical evaluation performed by an independent clinician can document the physical or psychological

The Zahn Innovation Center at T��ɫ��Ƶ names Chris Bobko, former chief engineering officer of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, as its new director. Bobko is a graduate of Princeton University and has a master’s degree and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His background as chief engineering officer at HyperloopTT and associate professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University brings his academic and startup experience together. “I am

T��ɫ��Ƶ is transforming its Continuing and Professional Studies Programs (CPS), expanding previously established programs and courses, as well as implementing new programs and partnerships. The move follows CCNY President Vincent Boudreau’s vision of creating an education model by which students can fully immerse themselves in high-demand careers, while also forging innovative solutions to achieve this goal. CCNY has now established major partnerships with Google and Cisco, and will soon start offering courses for the Cisco Academy Certificate, including introduction to

T��ɫ��Ƶ’s latest NASA collaboration is a $177 million earth science mission to study the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms, including their impact on weather and climate models. The mission will be a collection of three SmallSats flying in tight coordination, called Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS), and scheduled for launching in 2027 as part of NASA’s Earth Venture Program. CCNY atmospheric scientist Z. Johnny Luo helped develop the concept. “The novelty of the INCUS mission is that it will provide the first global observation and investigation of

In chemistry, molecules are manipulated by changing the constituent atoms, or their arrangements. Now a group of physicists and chemists from T��ɫ��Ƶ and Spain can demonstrate how the use of an optical cavity (where light is trapped) is also able to change the molecular property of photo-isomerization – a light activated process that modifies the optical response. Entitled “Selective isomer emission via funneling of exciton polaritons,” their study appears in Science Advances. While the photophysical properties of isomers are of great significance in organic

Award-winning author Dalia Sofer discusses her novel “ Man of My Time,” a New York Times Editors’ Choice and Notable Book of 2020, in the second edition of T��ɫ��Ƶ's “ Writers on Iran” reading series on Friday, Nov. 12. The Zoom event starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free to the public. Click here to register. The reading series is presented by City College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, where Sofer, who was born in Tehran and moved to New York as a child, teaches. Amir A. Ahmadi, also a critically acclaimed Iranian author and visiting professor in the MFA program, was the

Researchers at T��ɫ��Ƶ have discovered a novel way to manipulate defects in semiconductors. The study holds promising opportunities for novel forms of precision sensing, or the transfer of quantum information between physically separate qubits, as well as for improving the fundamental understanding of charge transport in semiconductors. Using laser optics and confocal microscopy, the researchers demonstrated that they could make one defect eject charges – holes – under laser illumination allowing the other defect several micrometers away to catch them. The charge state of

Amesite Inc., the leading artificial intelligence software company offering a cloud-based learning platform and content creation services for business, university, non-profit and government agency learning and upskilling is launching a pilot program with T��ɫ��Ƶ. The innovative program is an introduction to a broader curriculum under development by the CUNY Institute for Urban Systems (CIUS) at CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering. CCNY and CIUS will equip historically underserved communities with analytical and operational skills through innovative curricula, simulation

Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot professor of Holocaust Studies at Emory University, award-winning author and a 1969 CCNY alumna, is the 2021 John H. Finley Award recipient. The award is given out by the Alumni Association of T��ɫ��Ƶ for exemplary and dedicated service to the City of New York. In addition, the association has honored seven CCNY alumni for outstanding post-graduate achievement. They’ll receive the Townsend Harris Medal at CCNY’s the 141st Annual Alumni Gala, a virtual event at 6 p.m. on Nov. 4. The seven Townsend Harris medalists are: • Joel Dreyfuss, Class of