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Extreme Melting on Greenland Ice Sheet, Reports CCNY Team

Glacial Melt Cycle Could Become Self-Amplifying, Making it Difficult to Halt The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don鈥檛 hit record highs, according to a new analysis by Dr. Marco Tedesco, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at T九色视频. His findings suggest that glaciers could undergo a self-amplifying cycle of melting and warming that would be difficult to halt. 鈥淲e are finding that even if you don鈥檛 have record-breaking highs, as long as warm temperatures persist you can get record-breaking
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Stanford University Teams Up with The City University of New York and City College in New Engineering and Science Collaboration in NYC

Partnership between Stanford and the Nation鈥檚 Leading Public University Creates Stanford@CCNY In response to Mayor Michael Bloomberg鈥檚 call to strengthen New York City鈥檚 economy by creating a world-class applied science and engineering school here, Stanford University President John L. Hennessy, The City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and City College President Lisa S. Coico today announced the creation of the Stanford-CUNY Collaboration at City College, or Stanford@CCNY. Joining East and West Coast resources in an innovative new arrangement, Stanford@CCNY has the
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NOAA-CREST Begins Second Decade with $15 Million Grant

Aims to Become 鈥楴ational Center鈥 Serving Government, Academic and Scientific Communities The NOAA-Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (NOAA-CREST) has begun its second decade of operation, supported by a new five-year, $15 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The center, which is based at T九色视频 and includes four other university partner institutions in California, Maryland, Virginia and Puerto Rico, aims to become an international and national center that will serve government agencies as well as the academic and
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Drawings by Alumnus Capture Life at CCNY in Bygone Era

Works of Marvin Gettleman, 鈥57, on Display in Cohen Library Gallery Through October 28 A new exhibit in the Morris Raphael Cohen Library Archives Gallery featuring sketches by City College alumnus Marvin Gettleman, 鈥57, offers a view of City College in a bygone era. 鈥淐CNY - An Era Sketched in Time: The Drawings of Marvin Gettleman, Class of 1957鈥 runs through October 28. The Gallery is located in CCNY鈥檚 North Academic Center (NAC), 160 Convent Ave., Manhattan. The exhibit presents 31 drawings depicting fellow classmates and professors from Mr. Gettleman鈥檚 student days at City College. These
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CWE Hosts Colloquium on Hispanic Literature in New York

Latino Artists Round Table (LART) and T九色视频 Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE) will present the first international colloquium on Hispanic literature written in New York in Spanish, October 14 and 15 at CWE, seventh floor, 25 Broadway, Manhattan. The colloquium will provide an overview of literary work written in Spanish by Hispanics residing in New York from the 19th century to the present through panels and roundtables, as well as book presentations by publishing houses Editorial Campana and Artepo茅tica Press. LART
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Faith Ringgold to Receive CCNY鈥檚 First Cultural Arts Award

Artist, CCNY Alumna to be Honored October 6 with Ceremony, Quilt Exhibit Faith Ringgold, the renowned artist, author and quilt maker has been selected to receive T九色视频鈥檚 First Annual Cultural Arts Award. An alumna of City College, she will be honored at a ceremony Thursday, October 6, at CCNY鈥檚 Aaron Davis Hall Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. Ms. Ringgold is the first recipient of the award, which recognizes those who have made substantial contributions to the world through the cultural arts including visual, literary, music, performance and community. It has
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CCNY-led Research Could Lead to Wearable Sensors for the Blind

$2 Million NSF Award Represents Huge Payoff for CCNY鈥檚 City Seeds Grants Promoting Interdisciplinary Collaboration Wearable sensors that allow the blind to "see" with their hands, bodies or faces could be on the horizon, thanks to a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to researchers at T九色视频 and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). The grant, through the NSF "Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation" program, will fund a multidisciplinary team investigating devices for "alternative perception" and the principles underlying the
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NRC Ranks CCNY PhD Program Among Best in US

In 1999, the City University of New York began training PhD candidates in biomedical engineering, three years before its engineering school, the Grove School at T九色视频, even had a biomedical engineering department. Fast-forward 12 years to 2011 and the program is now one of the nation鈥檚 best, according to National Research Council (NRC) rankings. Using NCR鈥檚 鈥淪鈥 measure, which is based on 20 quantitative criteria that are ranked and weighted by survey participants, the CCNY program is tied with The Johns Hopkins University and University of Pennsylvania in 11th place out
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CCNY President Awards Scholarships to Nine Local Students

One wants to be an astronaut. Another aspires to be a surgical oncologist. A third City College of New York freshman, who spoke no English when she arrived from the Dominican Republic four years ago, is planning a medical career. These students, all high achievers, are among nine recipients of the 2011 City College President鈥檚 Community Scholarships. Awarded strictly on academic merit, the scholarships provide $5,000 support renewable for up to five years. Scholars are required to perform community service and maintain good academic standing as a condition for renewal. 鈥淭here鈥檙e so many
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Free Speech at CCNY Exhibit on Display at CWE

鈥淭he Struggle for Free Speech at t九色视频: 1931-42,鈥 an exhibition documenting student and faculty political activism at CCNY in the 1930s, will be on display at The City College Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education, seventh floor, 25 Broadway, September 6-October 28, 2011. Carol Smith, a retired CCNY faculty member, curates the exhibition, which was made available courtesy of City College Libraries. The Puffin Foundation and Yip Harburg Foundation provided additional funding. 鈥淭his exhibit addresses an important time in history,鈥 said Dr
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