The Climate Lighthouse Project, an interdisciplinary venture led by City College of New York atmospheric scientist Jimmy Booth, is the recipient of a three-year $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to help communities bearing the brunt of climate change. The funding is part of a $10 million DoE largesse to 10 innovative Climate
Frank J. Sciame B Arch ‘74 is the new board chair of the Foundation for City College, Inc. at The City College of New York, as of July 1. He succeeds Martin Cohen ’70, D.Sc. (hon.) ’13, chairman and co-founder of investment firm Cohen & Steers, Inc. Sciame founded F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc. in
The City College of New York’s newly established Office for Experiential Learning (OEL) has received a five-year grant of $2,999,599 from the U.S. Department of Education’s (DoE) Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) Program to support the Career Awareness and Pathways at City College (CAPACity) initiative and its associated activities. The Office for Experiential Learning will work
The Seaside Institute has bestowed the 2025 Seaside Prize upon Prof. June Williamson and her writing and research partner Prof. Ellen Dunham-Jones. Williamson is director of Graduate Architecture at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Dunham-Jones is the director of the master’s in urban design at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Prof. Laura Wainer is to participate in the newly created Urban Design Forum Global Exchange. The fellowship, themed “Big Swings,” will build bridges between leaders in New York and other cities taking “big swings” at their housing crises. Born in Argentina, Wainer is known for her academic work on the intersection between housing policy, design
Let’s celebrate the incredible achievements of our B Arch students during the Spring 2024 semester! Through a fruitful collaboration with the office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, NYCEDC, and Bronx AIA, Hunt’s Point/Longwood has been reimagined. Michael Goldblum, representing the Bronx Chapter AIA, has completed the second annual Bronx design studio, working