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Mayor’s Office, Teamsters and City Tech Partner to Offer Scholarships

A new joint venture between City Tech, Local 817 of the Teamsters Union and the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting will help produce the high-tech workforce essential to the expansion of the city's entertainment sector.

Stacy Cruickshank Named 2008 Valedictorian at City Tech

Walt Whitman would have loved Stacy Cruickshank. This year’s City Tech valedictorian shares his passion for poetry and the Brooklyn waterfront.

Borough President Marty Markowitz to Deliver 2008 Commencement Address on June 3

City Tech will mark the annual rite of passage for graduating students at its 68th Commencement Exercises on Tuesday, June 3. President Russell K. Hotzler is expected confer 1,912 degrees, including 1,090 associate and 812 baccalaureate.

Professor Espinoza-Sanchez is First on Five Counts

It may be necessary to add a new chapter to The Book of Firsts, chronicling the journey of Assistant Professor Jeannette Espinoza-Sanchez, JD, to her teaching position at City Tech.

City Tech Opens NYS Small Business Development Center

City Tech has become a new regional center of the New York State Small Business Development Center (NYS SBDC), offering fulltime expert management and technical assistance to start-up and existing businesses in Brooklyn.

City Tech to Honor Partners at Best of New York Award Dinner on May 19

New York City College of Technology (City Tech) will honor Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, 1199SEIU President George Gresham and Independence Community Foundation (ICF) at its 2008 Best of New York Award Dinner at the Hilton New York on May 14. Accepting on behalf of ICF will be President Alan Fishman and Executive Director Marilyn Gelber. City Tech graduate Michael Lomonaco ’84, executive chef/managing partner of Porter House New York, will be presented the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Dinner Under the Stars: It won’t Be a Party Without You!

It’s time again for dinner under the stars and the Alumni Association’s 11th Annual New York Harbor Dinner Cruise & Graduation Celebration. So mark your calendar for the evening of Friday, May 16, 2008, from 6:45 to 10:30 p.m. Don’t miss the boat. It won’t be a party without you!

City Tech to Hold May 3 'Race and New Media' Conference

"Race and New Media," the first-ever conference of its kind, will take place at City Tech on Saturday, May 3, 2008, 9 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.

‘Solar Sailing for Human Survival’ Is Theme of 2008 Scholar on Campus Lecture

“The motivation underlying our efforts to venture into space consists of more than scientific curiosity,” Dr. Gregory L. Matloff reminded his 2008 Scholar on Campus Lecture audience on April 14. “In view of the increasing luminosity and eventual demise of our sun and other natural or self-inflicted disasters that could befall us before then, the survival of life as we know it will depend on our finding places other than Earth to call home. While we might not have to relocate to the farther reaches of our solar system for another one billion years and to other star systems for several billion years after that, the time we have to develop the means to do so might be a lot shorter than we think.”

Professor Seaton Pioneers New Directions in Teaching English Literature

Citizen journalism, racial identity, poetry, jazz, fiction, film, psychology, conceptual art, dub music, feminism, aesthetics, politics, law -- City Tech English Professor Annie Seaton has explored them all, synthesizing these and more in her work, in explorations ranging from Shakespeare to digital media.

City Tech Twin Marquis Scholar Adds ‘Brooklyn Eats’ Scholarship to Her List of Achievements

Once an aspiring pastry chef, Reem Assad is one smart cookie. A senior in the award-winning baccalaureate program in hospitality management at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), her academic excellence and the energy she has brought to an array of food industry-related community activities garnered her the first ever Twin Marquis Scholarship in 2007. Then, as the icing on the cake, she recently learned that she had been named one of three City Tech recipients of a 2008 Brooklyn Eats Scholarship.

Students Prepare for Free 'Green' Walking Tour Scheduled for May 1

Several City Tech students will lead GreenWalk, a walking tour of Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO on Thursday, May 1, 2008, from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

City Tech’s 2008 Literary Arts Festival to Feature Presentation by Author, Songwriter and National Poetry Slam Champion Regie O’Hare Gibson

The 2008 Literary Arts Festival at New York City College of Technology in Downtown Brooklyn will feature a presentation on creative writing by internationally acclaimed author, songwriter, workshop facilitator and educator Regie O’Hare Gibson. Admission is free and the public is invited.

NSF Grant Enables Profs. Gitman and Kahrobaei to Nurture Female Mathematicians

Though the number of U.S. college women majoring in mathematics continues to increase, the percentage of new female PhDs in the field has leveled out since 1999, averaging around 30 percent. This trend disturbs two City Tech mathematics professors, Victoria Gitman and Delaram Kahrobaei, and they are doing all they can to change it.

Past Traumatic Experiences and Increased Anxiety About the Future Taking Larger Toll on Today’s College Students

City Tech counselor Paul Schwartz, LCSW, MA, has been invited by the CUNY Regional Student Affairs Conference to repeat his presentation, "Helping Students in the Now Who Have Been Traumatized in the Past," made in February at the National Conference of the American College Counseling Association (ACCA) in Savannah, Georgia. The presentation focuses on ways of more effectively helping college students who have been traumatized in the past or who are experiencing considerable anxiety about the future.

Professor Begins Act III of Her Life by Earning Tenure at Age 68

“I have so many things I want to do in this third act of my life,” says Victoria Rauch Lichterman, assistant professor of humanities at City Tech, who is a veteran professional actress, published writer and articulate advocate for the advancement of women and underrepresented groups.

City Tech Launches New Courses in International Cuisine with a Little Help from a Neighborhood Friend

To help launch a series of new courses in international cuisine, the award-winning hospitality management program at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) recently turned to a neighborhood restaurateur, Kong Tjon, to provide its advanced culinary students with a demonstration in the art of making sushi.

Students Are All Smiles Again Over College Response to ‘Send a Soldier a Smile Campaign’

New York City College of Technology dental hygiene and veteran students are all smiles again over the College’s response to their second annual on-campus “Send a Soldier a Smile” campaign to raise money toward the purchase of basic dental hygiene supplies for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

New CUNY Awards and Scholarship Website Now Online

For students who seek nationally recognized awards and scholarships to further academic studies and burnish their credentials, The City University of New York has created a consolidated website and expanded campus-based guidance for major national scholarships and fellowships available at distinguished foreign and U.S. universities.

City Tech Takes New Look at Brooklyn Waterfront with NEH Support

“Water and Work: the Ecology of Downtown Brooklyn,” a year-long faculty development program being undertaken by City Tech, will offer special events on campus, open to the public, examining the role of the waterfront in Brooklyn’s past, present and future.

City Tech’s AHI Organizes Groundbreaking Conference on the Role of Multifamily Housing in Combating Global Warming and Climate Change

Richard Koral, director of City Tech’s Apartment House Institute, recently helped organize a groundbreaking conference of 70 local housing and energy agency leaders to look at the role New York City's multifamily housing can play in combating global warming and climate change.

There’s More to a First-Rate Education than ‘Chalk and Talk’

As integral as the lecture and laboratory experiences are to a first-rate education, the “chalk-and-talk” classroom experience and hands-on lab work are no longer all that it takes to produce graduates truly prepared for success in an increasingly high-tech global workforce. Students need direct exposure to the real-world environment in the fields they plan to enter.

City Tech's Hybrid Bio Courses Resonate with 'YouTube' Generation

"Can we take biology again?" is the unusual request being made by veteran City Tech science faculty members when they look at the teaching materials developed by Professors Isaac Barjis and Walied Samarrai.

City Tech Alumna Inducted Into New York City Hall of Fame

New York City College of Technology alumna Martha Benton DeSaussure ’87 was inducted into the New York City Hall of Fame at its 1st Annual Induction Ceremony in December 2007. Also inducted were Martha’s twin sister, Mary DeSuassure Sobers, and long-time friend and biographer Inge Auerbacher, among other deserving New Yorkers.

Bookstore/Café To Hold Grand Opening on January 18

The intersection of Adams Street and Tech Place in Downtown Brooklyn is not known for its cafes or bookstores. But that's about to change.

30 City Tech Students Go Backstage at Cirque du Soleil

What a difference a season makes! For years, New York City College of Technology (City Tech) has held its June commencement exercises in the Theater at Madison Square Garden. During the Christmas season, 30 City Tech entertainment tech students, faculty and staff saw that space transformed.

Why Christmas Came Early for this City Tech Grad

Thomas Cavagnaro’s Halloween this year was anything but frightful. A 2007 graduate of New York City College of Technology’s baccalaureate program in architectural technology, Cavagnaro took top honors in a nationwide Halloween costume contest. The top contenders were guests on the October 31, 2007, “Live with Regis & Kelly” show on ABC, during which Cavagnaro was named winner and presented with a five-figure check for his first place finish. This made the occasion seem more like Christmas than Halloween.

City Tech Alumna Balances Career and Family Aspirations

Whoever said, “You can’t have it all,” hasn’t met City Tech alumna Angela Hines. She balanced raising five children with studying to become a lawyer. “I just knew that if I kept moving forward one step at a time, eventually I’d reach my goal,” she says.

‘Stories of Service’ Film Festival at City Tech Salutes Heroes of World War II

In November 2007, the veterans community at New York City College of Technology hosted a community film festival in partnership with Stories of Service, a national non-profit program that mobilizes service-minded youth to use technology to preserve the stories of men and women who have served our nation in wartime.

City Comptroller Thompson Talks Civics During Recent City Tech Visit

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. recently visited the college’s Downtown Brooklyn campus to learn more about its new academic programs and to give a guest lecture to students on public service and government operations.

Women Who Rock Focus of New Book Edited by Professor Rudden

Patricia Rudden, an associate professor of English at City Tech, has succeeded in bringing the work of Laura Nyro and other contemporary female artists to serious scholarly consideration in a new book that she edited, Singing for Themselves: Essays on Women in Popular Music.

City Tech Mourns Loss of Student Christopher Karan

The New York City College of Technology community is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Christopher Karan, an 18-year-old first semester student in the baccalaureate program in computer systems.

City Tech Joins in Mourning the Passing of Dr. Israel Kugler

The faculty and staff of New York City College of Technology join the family and friends of the late Dr. Israel Kugler in mourning his passing on October 1, 2007, at the age of 90.

BMI Program Earns City Tech Model Replication Institution Designation

For its visionary Black Male Initiative (BMI) program, New York City College of Technology/ CUNY has been named one of nine U.S. Model Replication Institutions (MRI). City Tech joins eight other MRIs recognized by the NASA and the National Science Foundation for implementing proven strategies to increase participation, retention and graduation rates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines for students underrepresented in those fields.

High Tech Birthing Lab Opens at City Tech

The New York City College of Technology (City Tech) nursing students crowd around the woman giving birth, responding to her cries of pain or difficulties breathing in ways they have been taught to do. There's just one twist -- the woman and her soon-to-be-born child are not real.

City Tech Student Named Recipient of 2007 Liberty Medal for Freedom

City Tech student Nooria Nodrat, human services, has been named recipient of the New York Post/News Corporation’s 2007 Liberty Medal for Freedom in recognition of her courage, perseverance and generosity in the aftermath of a series of tragedies that began in her native Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Alumni Association Elects Officers at 2007 Annual Meeting

The New York City College of Technology Alumni Association re-elected its sitting president and elected both a new vice president and secretary at its 2007 Annual Meeting on September 19.

Ebow Dadzie '03 Named 2007 Pastry Chef of the Year

A tip of the toque to alumnus Ebow Dadzie (’03) who is rapidly becoming one of the most accomplished pastry chefs to come out of the Borough of Brooklyn.

Celebrity Chef Michael Lomonaco Honored as ‘Alum of the Year’

Celebrity chef Michael Lomonaco was honored as the “Alum of the Year” at the annual meeting of the City Tech Alumni Association held at the College on September 19.

City Tech Night at Shea Stadium Is a Winner for the College

It was a perfect evening for baseball as more than 100 City Tech foundation board members, department advisory commission members, alumni, administrators, faculty, staff and other invited guests gathered at Shea Stadium to eat dinner and watch the New York Mets play the Washington Nationals.

New Book Provides Photo History of City Tech’s First 60 Years

A new book by Dr. Martin Garfinkle and Dr. Stephen M. Soiffer traces the 60-year history of New York City College of Technology in photos and text that well document the enormous contribution the College has made to workforce development in an increasingly technology-based global economy. The book’s 186 photos and historical narrative are a resource that no alumnus, current or former employee, or other friend of City Tech should be without. All proceeds from book sales will help provide addition student scholarships and other support for City Tech Foundation-sponsored programs.