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A
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
Alumni
Student Achievements
Distinguished Faculty
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.
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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. |
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Abraham
D. Beame '28 was Mayor of New York City. |
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Robert
Catell '58, is CEO of KeySpan. |
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Felix
Frankfurter (1902) was a member of the U.S.
Supreme Court. |
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Lyricist
Ira Gershwin was a 1918 alumnus. |
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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.
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Vera
Grant '95, was the first CCNY undergraduate
ever to win a Fullbright Fellowship for Study
Abroad. |
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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.
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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. |
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Oscar
Hijuelos '75, won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize
for his novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of
Love. |
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Film
and TV actor Judd Hirsch graduated in
1960. |
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Robert
T. Johnson '72, is the Bronx District Attorney. |
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Stanley
H. Kaplan '39 founded Kaplan Educational
Services. |
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Leonard
Kleinrock '57, is a father of the Internet. |
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Ed
Koch '45 was Mayor of New York City. |
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Michael
A. Liguori '79, has been listed among the
New York area's 100 best primary care doctors
by New York Magazine. |
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The
Hon. Guillermo Linares '75, was the first
Dominican-American City Council Member. |
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Chi
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. |
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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. |
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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
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Famed
actor Edward G. Robinson graduated in
1914. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Janet
Marie Smith '84 MUP, supervised planning,
design and construction of Camden Yards, the
lavishly praised home of the Baltimore Orioles |
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Alfred
Stieglitz Class of 1884, photographer |
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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 |
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Acclaimed
actor Eli Wallach received his master's
from City in 1938. |
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Student
Achievements
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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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2001 Alumni Association of the City College. All rights reserved
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