New melt record for Greenland ice sheet CCNY’s Marco Tedesco says ‘exceptional’ season stretched up to 50 days longer than average New research shows that 2010 set new records for the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea level rises in coming decades. “This past melt season […]

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CCNY Science Dean Ruth Stark Named AAAS Fellow   Dr. Ruth Stark, acting dean of science, The City College of New York, and director, CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies.   Dr. Ruth Stark, acting dean of science at The City College of New York, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the […]

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Parallels between immunity and cancer reported Same proteins involved, but cancer takes hold when response gets out of control, CCNY biologists Report Tiny parasitoid wasps can play an important role in controlling the populations of other insect species by laying their eggs inside the larvae of these species.  A newly hatched wasp gradually eats the […]

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CCNY professor gets grant to develop ‘Artificial Blood’ Ron Koder’s biological design work could someday reduce combat deaths As a post-doc at The University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Ron Koder, assistant professor of physics at The City College of New York, was part of a team that devised a novel method for producing an artificial protein […]

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Dr. Jeffrey Gordon delivers 2010 Cosloy-Blank Lecture Human gut microbiome will be topic for december 8 address Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., will deliver the 5th Annual Sharon Cosloy-Edward Blank Lecture at The City College of New York 4 p.m. Wednesday, December 8.  His topic will be “The human gut microbiome: dining in with trillions […]

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Professor Emeritus H. Jack Geiger Receives Schweitzer Prize Honored for ‘Five Decades of Extending Fundamental Health Services’ and Leading Through Example Dr. H. Jack Geiger, a founding faculty member of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at CCNY, received the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism. Dr. H. Jack Geiger, a founding faculty member of […]

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CCNY research funding grows 24.3 percent to $69.1 million. Second consecutive 20 percent-plus yearly gain puts college over strategic goal two years early.  Professor of Civil Engineering John Fillos, left, conducts process performance and optimization projects for water pollution control plants under a grant from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. For the […]

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CCNY Professor Helps Document Obesity’s Rising Impact on Longevity Quality-Adjusted Life Years Lost to U.S. Adults Due to Obesity More Than Doubles from 1993-2008 According to New Study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine  San Diego, CA, August 3, 2010 – Although the prevalence of obesity and obesity-attributable deaths has steadily increased, the resultant […]

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Ten CCNY students named Sophie and Leonard Davis scholars Stipends provide $30,000 for medical studies Academic excellence, community service and a sense of compassion and empathy have earned ten fourth-year students in the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York (CCNY) $30,000 scholarships for their medical studies. The 2010 […]

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MIT Professor to deliver Katz chemical engineering lecture March 15    Dr. Arup Chakraborty, Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the Annual Katz Lecture in Chemical Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY) 2 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the […]

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