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Proud Tradition City
College was founded in 1847 by Townsend Harris to offer higher education to the
children of the working class and immigrants. At that time New York City had over
500,000 inhabitants and only two private colleges with fewer than 300 students.
City is the nation's flagship institution of public higher education, predating
the Midwestern state land-grant colleges by two decades. For nearly 160 years
CCNY has been a primary avenue to economic and social advancement for generations
of New Yorkers who might not have had the chance to attend college. City
College's Rebirth City
College, along with its parent The City University, is undergoing one of the most
remarkable rebirths in the history of American higher education. In the past four
years, remediation was ended, admission standards have been raised and the controversy
over "open admissions" has faded into history. At the same time, CCNY
has maintained the rich student diversity that is its heritage and that is now
the key to the global society of the 21st Century. The College's rebirth is receiving
national recognition. The New York Times reported that City is once again attracting
top students from New York City's best high schools. And in a recent issue of
U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges" CCNY moved up
31 places - from the third to the second tier -- among its peer group colleges.
More importantly, U.S. News and World Report ranked City in the first tier in
terms of academic reputation, student selectivity and faculty resources. This
academic Renaissance has resulted in a huge surge in enrollment. High school graduates
are "voting with their feet" to attend CCNY and take advantage of its
academic quality and affordability. For example, new freshmen increased by 37
percent in 2002 and another 14 percent in 2003. The comparable figures for graduate
students are 30 percent and a staggering 77 percent; while transfer students grew
by 19 percent and 16 percent, respectively. City is attracting many more students
from the best high schools, such as Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech and Stuyvesant.
Last fall 20 Stuyvesant graduates enrolled with a combined GPA just shy of 100
percent, most of whom earned over 1400 on their SAT's, including seven who scored
1500 or above. Students in City's demanding Honors Program, the CUNY Honors College
and the Sophie Davis medical program now represent 18 percent of the entering
class, a dramatic increase in high performing students. To sum up: the City College
that our alumni knew and loved is back!
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Outstanding
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Student Achievements
Distinguished
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Today's
City College With
an enrollment of over 12,000 students, City is really a small university, consisting
of a College of Liberal Arts and Science and schools of architecture, education,
engineering and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. There are innovative
programs in environmental engineering and science, graphic design, media arts
production, publishing and post-baccalaureate pre-medical studies, as well as
others in architecture, the arts, engineering, the humanities, science and social
science. CCNY is a microcosm of New York City, with one of the most diverse student
bodies in America. More than half the students were born abroad, coming from 150
countries. With low tuition, academic excellence, an outstanding faculty and a
wide-range of extracurricular activities, City is one of America's best bargains
in higher education! Alumni
Achievements The
achievements of the College's graduates are unsurpassed by those of any other
institution. For example, eight alumni have won the Nobel Prize, more than any
other public college in the world. Eight
alumni have won the Nobel Prize, placing City among the top ranks of public colleges
and universities nationwide CCNY
ranks is 9th nationally in graduates who have gone on to earn Ph.D.'s City
is 11th in graduates who have become America's leading source of alumni elected
to the National Academy of Sciences
Today's students and recent graduates are carrying on the tradition of excellence
by winning prestigious awards and fellowships, gaining acceptance to leading graduate
and professional schools and making their marks in a host of fields. | |
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City
is a National Leader City
College is among the leaders in the number of its graduates who have gone on to
earn Ph.D.'s; in graduates who have become America's leading business executives;
and in alumni who have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and
the National Academy of Sciences.
TOP
 | | Maurice
Ashley '93, is the first African-American International Chess Grandmaster. |
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 | | Herman
Badillo '51, a former Congressman and Chairman of CUNY's Board of Trustees,
was an architect of the University's academic rebirth. | |
 | | Abraham
D. Beame '28 was Mayor of New York City. | |
 | | Robert
Catell '58, is CEO of KeySpan. | |
 | | Felix
Frankfurter (1902) was a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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 | | Lyricist
Ira Gershwin was a 1918 alumnus. | |
 | | George
W. Goethals (1877) was the engineer of the Panama Canal. |
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 | | Matthew
Goldstein '63 is Chancellor of The City University and has played a major
role in its academic Renaissance. | |
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Stage,
screen and TV actress Hazelle Goodman '86, was the first African-American
to hold a leading role in a Woody Allen film, Deconstructing Harry. |
|  | | Vera
Grant '95, was the first CCNY undergraduate ever to win a Fullbright Fellowship
for Study Abroad. | |
 | | Dr.
Andrew S. Grove '60, a founder of the Intel Corporation, has donated $26 million
to CCNY's School of Engineering, which will henceforth be known as the Grove School
of Engineering. | |
 | | E.Y.
"Yip" Harburg '18 was lyricist for The Wizard of Oz. |
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 | | Herbert
Hauptman '37, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1985), now researching more effective
antibiotics. | |
 | | Oscar
Hijuelos '75, won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Mambo Kings Play
Songs of Love. | |
 | | Film
and TV actor Judd Hirsch graduated in 1960. | |
 | | Robert
T. Johnson '72, is the Bronx District Attorney. | |
 | | Stanley
H. Kaplan '39 founded Kaplan Educational Services. | |
 | | Leonard
Kleinrock '57, is a father of the Internet. | |
 | | Ed
Koch '45 was Mayor of New York City. | |
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A. Liguori '79, has been listed among the New York area's 100 best primary
care doctors by New York Magazine. | |
 | | The
Hon. Guillermo Linares '75, was the first Dominican-American City Council
Member. | |
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Luu '84, escaped from Vietnam as a "boat person" and spoke no English
when he arrived in the U.S. Five years later he was City's Valedictorian and was
invited to the White House to meet President Reagan. | |
 | | Walter
Mosley '91 MA, is a best-selling author whose novels about private eye Easy
Rawlins have received Edgar and Golden Dagger Awards. | |
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| | Michael
Oreskes '75, was recently appointed Executive Editor of The International
Herald Tribune, which is owned by The New York Times. Mr. Oreskes had been serving
as Deputy Managing Editor of the Times. | |
 | | General
Colin L. Powell '58
has served as Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs. General Powell is a strong supporter
of his alma mater, which is home to The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies,
which is dedicated to the study and public discussion of domestic and international
policy issues. |
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actor Edward G. Robinson graduated in 1914. | |
 | | A.M.
Rosenthal '49, is the former Executive Editor of The New York Times. |
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 | | Jack
Rudin '41, is a major real estate developer. | |
 | | Astronaut
Mario Runco, Jr. is a 1974 alumnus. | |
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Dr.
Jonas E. Salk '34 developed the first polio vaccine. |
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Richard
Schiff '83 is an Emmy award winning actor and a star of The West Wing. |
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 | | Renowned
architect and developer Frank J. Sciame is a 1974 alumnus. |
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 | | Stephen
B. Shepard '61 is the former Editor of Business Week and the Dean of CUNY's
new Graduate School of Journalism. | |
 | | Janet
Marie Smith '84 MUP, supervised planning, design and construction of Camden
Yards, the lavishly praised home of the Baltimore Orioles | |
 | | Alfred
Stieglitz Class of 1884, photographer | |
 | | Linda
Kaplan Thaler '72, the CEO of the fastest growing ad agency in New York, brought
us the Aflac Duck. | |
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Michelle Wallace '75, is a major figure in African-American studies, feminist
studies and cultural studies | |
 | | Acclaimed
actor Eli Wallach received his master's from City in 1938. |
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Student
Achievements TOP
Today's
Students Are Continuing the Tradition of Excellence David Bauer, the winner of
the most prestigious high school science competition in the U.S., was called "The
Smartest Kid in America" in a recent New York Daily News editorial. David,
who topped 1600 entrants to win first prize and a $100,000 scholarships in the
Intel Science Talent Search, will enter the CUNY Honors College at City College
in the fall 2005. He could have had his pick of the Ivy League, MIT or Caltech,
but he chose CCNY, where he began his award-winning research in the laboratory
of Professor Valeria Balogh-Nair of the Chemistry Department. David said his ability
to defeat dozens of Ivy League-bound students during the contest reinforced his
decision to attend City College. "I really find the people there and the
students to be just as compelling and just as much fun as the people who to go
Harvard and MIT," David said.
CCNY's
Rhodes Scholar Chemistry
major Lev Sviridov was recently named one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars
for 2005. He is City's first Rhodes Scholar since 1939, and will begin his pursuit
of a doctorate by research in inorganic chemistry at Oxford University in September.
Mr. Sviridov is a Russian immigrant who overcame homelessness and found opportunity
at CCNY. You can read more about this remarkable young man in an article by President
Gregory H. Williams that appeared in a recent issue of the Alumnus magazine.
City's "Model UN Team" Tops the World! Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg congratulated 13 City College students and their faculty
advisor, Professor Isidro Medina, for their world-class performance at the National
Model United Nations Conference in New York City. CCNY was one of only 10
teams named an Outstanding Delegation - the highest distinction in the 2004 competition
- out of 245 institutions from 22 countries. And CCNY followed up that sterling
performance with another Outstanding Delegation Award at the 2005 Model UN Conference.
The annual competition involves top students from around the nation and the globe
who came together to better understand the UN and contemporary international problems.
Further Examples of Student Excellence: Today's
students and recent graduates are winning prestigious awards and fellowships,
gaining acceptance to leading graduate and professional schools and making their
marks in a host of fields. Following are additional examples of current students
and recent graduates who have excelled:
Junior Charles Claudio Simpkins has been named a Truman Scholar. A 20-year-old
honors student with a 3.8 GPA, he was one of only 75 students in America, and
the only one in NYC, to receive the prestigious award, which includes a $30,000
scholarship. Mr. Simpkins is majoring in political science and philosophy and
would like to work at a think tank.
Philipa A. Njau has won a Goldwater Scholarship, the premier national award
for outstanding math, science and engineering students. Ms. Njau was one of 320
sophomores and juniors to receive the awards, which cover the cost of tuition,
fees, books and room and board. A biochemistry major, she plans to conduct research
in biophysical and biochemical sciences and to teach.
Four Honors College students were named Horace W. Goldsmith Scholars for their
outstanding academic achievements. They are: Asad Chaudhary, Crystal Hill,
Shantae McGee and Edgardo Molina. During their junior and senior years they
will attend a program to prepare them for graduate study and to compete for major
national awards and scholarships.
CCNY's 2004 Valedictorian Zhanna Soushko said the College helped fulfill
Her "Impossible Dream." When Ms. Soushko immigrated to the U.S. from Belarus in
2000 she thought her dreams of higher education were over. She had to work hard
to help her family back home, where the average salary is $100 per month. But
enrolling at City opened the door to opportunity and success for Ms. Soushko.
She graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA with a double major in Political Science
and International Studies, received a full fellowship at the University of Denver
and is studying for her Ph.D.
Silvia Arredondo, CCNY's 2003 Valedictorian, came to America in 1998 from
her native Guatemala. For four years she worked as a live-in maid, washing floors
and cleaning toilets in order to pursue her dream of becoming an engineer. She
graduated from CCNY with a perfect 4.0 GPA in chemical engineering and received
a scholarship to study for her doctorate at the University of Texas.
Wanmei Ou, City's 2003 Salutatorian, was born and raised in China and arrived
in the U.S. a year before she enrolled at City, speaking no English. After a year
of intensive English immersion she mastered the language and as Salutatorian she
addressed an audience of nearly 1,500 people at City's Honors Convocation. Ms.
Ou, an electrical engineering major, was accepted to the doctoral program at MIT.
City
College offered these students, and many others just like them, the chance to
transform their lives. Like generations of alumni who preceded them and climbed
the hill to City, today's students are smart, ambitious, and full of dreams for
the future. Here
are more impressive facts about today's students:
Over 75% of City's first-time applicants to medical schools are admitted;
More than 80% of first time applicants to law schools are accepted;
Over 98%
of faculty have the highest degree in their field
Eleven faculty have been elected to either the National Academy of Sciences or
the National Academy of Engineering;
With 20 University Distinguished Professors, City has more than any other CUNY
college;
Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering Robert R. Alfano is
the head of CUNY's New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Photonics
Applications, one of 14 CATs located at leading public and private universities
in NY State. The CUNY-CAT recently ranked first in a survey of New York State
economic development experts.
CCNY is the site of leading-edge research in a host of fields, including laser
optics, non-invasive cancer diagnostics, molecular modeling, AIDS, and the detection
of biological, chemical and nuclear agents for homeland security.
Distinguished Professor of Music
and composer David Del Tredici has won the Pulitzer Prize and over 20 ASCAP
Awards for his original compositions.
World renowned physicist Dr. Myriam P. Sarachik, Distinguished Professor
of Physics at CCNY, was named the 2005 L'OREAL - UNESCO for Women in Science North
American Laureate, which includes a $100,000 award. The former President of the
American Physical Society, Dr. Sarachik also received the 2005 Oliver E. Buckley
Prize in Condensed Matter Physics. She received the NYC Mayor's Award for Excellence
in Science and Technology in 1995,
Professor John W. Harbeson of the political science department was elected
to the Governing Council of the American Political Science Association, the governing
body of the 14,500 member Association.
Distinguished Professor John Tarbell, a biomedical researcher who specializes
in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, arterial wall mass transport and vascular remodeling,
received the prestigious H.R. Lissner Medal from the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
CCNY has the largest undergraduate research program in the metropolitan area,
enabling students to work with world-renowned faculty mentors.
DOUBLE-CHECK RESEARCH DOLLAR TOTAL: City's faculty receives nearly $50 million
annually in funded research, ranging from the development of remote sensing technologies
for air and water pollution to unlocking the secrets of cellular aging to using
new media in the public schools.
Dr. Morton Denn was recently elected a Fellow of the American Physical
Society. Dr. Denn, CCNY's Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering
and Director of its Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics,
was honored for outstanding contributions to non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and
polymer rheology.
Two Guggenheim Fellows: Dr. Sheldon Weinbaum, Distinguished Professor of
Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, was honored in 2002; and Professor Zoe
Beloff of the Media and Communication Arts Department, received the honor
in 2003.
Dr. Edward Hindman, a Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences, was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Hindman
was the first person to lead a trans-Himalayan international expedition to Mt.
Everest to study its weather.
Distinguished Professor Michio Kaku of the Physics Department is one of
the world's leading theoretical physicists. The author of 14 books, including
the best-selling Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes,
Time Warps and the 10th Dimension, his most recent work is Parallel Worlds: A
Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos.
City's faculty
has led the way in programs to increase the number of minorities and women in
the sciences, engineering and other fields.
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