CUNY ASRC and CCNY Office of Research CDI researchers have received an $18.1 million NSF award to create a cloud-programmable national laboratory that uses artificial intelligence and robotics to speed the discovery, design, and production of advanced bio-inspired materials. https://bit.ly/4xjecYb

Check out Prof. Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle lab's (CUNY ASRC Structural Biology Initiative) recent collaboration with Profs. Patrizia Casaccia (founding director of the Neuroscience Initiative at the CUNY ASRC) and Jia Liu, and Hye-Jin Park in Nature Communications Biology! https://go.nature.com/4ou2CUZ

Enjoyed the conversation between Nobel Prize-winning chemist & author of "Why We Die" Venkatraman Ramakrishnan + our own David Jeruzalmi on aging, life expectancy, & life/health span. Diet, sleep, & exercise are still primary factors in longevity. Photo: Michael Starnbach

The National Science Foundation may have found its future-for-now home.

Science Magazine@science.org · 11mo ago

After learning it would be evicted from its current headquarters and left in limbo about its future home, the National Science Foundation appears headed to new digs just down the street—and soon. https://scim.ag/4p1zzto

Have you ever wanted to be an intern at the Museum? Now’s your chance: Our Museum Education Experience Program (MEEP) is looking for fall interns! Applications are open through August 24. Details: bit.ly/3Jc5XJv Photos: A. Keding/ © AMNH

CCNY Mark W. Zemansky Professor of Physics Michael Lubell quoted in @nature.com article on the new Science Advisor who's not a scientist www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump’s chief science adviser faces a storm of criticism: what's next?

US researchers were hopeful when Donald Trump appointed Michael Kratsios to a top science position, but many say he has contributed to the chaos. Can he turn things around?

nature.com

In our July issue of The RICC, we profiled recent Ph.D graduates across the many disciplines at CCNY. Learn more about Dr. Katherine Anderson, who recently earned her Ph.D. in molecular, cellular and developmental biology: thericc.com/city-college...

City College Ph.D. Graduate Shapes the Future of Brain Research—Dr. Katherine Anderson.

The ability of animals to tailor their communication to different social situations is more sophisticated and human-like than we often imagine. For Dr. Katherine Anderson, who recently earned her Ph.D...

thericc.com

The National Science Foundation has awarded Professor of Chemistry @mklakshman.bsky.social a $600k grant to develop novel chemical methods for modification of nucleosides! www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-ch...

Dr. Maeva Coste @asrc-gc.bsky.social is an Activate Fellow! Working across 14 industries, the 39 companies comprising Activate Cohort 2025 represent 29 cities in 9 US states. www.activate.org/biowraptor

Rein Ulijn @asrc-gc.bsky.social is one of only 29 semifinalists in the NSF RIE competition! www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-adv...

NSF advances 29 semifinalists in the second NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition

The U.S. National Science Foundation  Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced the 29 semifinalists advancing to the next stage of the second…

nsf.gov

Academic writers often revise existing work to produce articles, a task that means asking challenging questions about structure and content. Join us next week for a workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social that will help get you started! Use the QR code below or go to our website: buff.ly/AU3u8Re

Nine @cuny.edu faculty-led research projects addressing emerging challenges & opportunities in cybersecurity are newly Google-funded! For 2025, 12 faculty members from six CUNY campuses and two CUNY Graduate Center doctoral students. www.gc.cuny.edu/news/announc...

Announcing the CUNY Winners of the 2025 Google Cybersecurity Grants

Faculty at the Graduate Center and throughout CUNY receive support for innovative work in AI, autonomous vehicle technology, smartphones, and wearable devices.

gc.cuny.edu

Check out the latest issue of The RICC, where we highlight The Spitzer School of Architecture faculty who are recipient of the Independent Projects grants from the New York State Council on the Arts. Read about the details of Dr. Zihao Zhang project below: thericc.com/from-flushin...

From Flushing to Long Island City: Mapping Chinese Diasporic Urbanism in Queens — Zihao Zhang

What do malls in Flushing, food courts in Long Island City and a viral TikTok meme all have in common? For a team of designers and researchers at City College, they’re clues to a deeper story about sp...

thericc.com

The People fund the science! Students are driving a renewed effort to share publicly funded research and humanize scientists #SciComm www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people

Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.

nbcnews.com

“The ASRC is a structural biologist’s dream,” says alumna Danielle Swingle. “I had access to every major instrument and training from associated experts.” Learn about her latest research www.gc.cuny.edu/news/bacteri... @asrc-gc.bsky.social @ccnyresearch.bsky.social @gc-biochemphd.bsky.social

Bacteria Use Light in Surprising Ways to Handle Stress

Alumna Danielle Swingle’s research shows that some bacteria follow different rules when reacting to light and stress.

gc.cuny.edu

Termination of @cuny.edu NIH U-RISE programs cuts off aspiring biomedical scientists from research experiences that solidifies interests and develops key research skills. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/14/c...

Trump Cuts Off Budding CUNY Scientists From Mentorship and Aid

thecity.nyc

Our recent research published in PNAS is featured today in the Research and Innovation at City College (RICC) Newsletter. Thanks so much to the CCNY Office of Research @ccnyresearch.bsky.social for your support and interest! thericc.com/exploring-em...

Exploring Emotion Through Visual Perception—Dr. Edward A. Vessel

What if the way we feel about an image, whether it is outdoor scenery, a city skyline, or a childhood photo, wasn't just about memory or mood but something deeper in how we see? For Dr. Edward A. Vess...

thericc.com

@ccnyscience.bsky.social @nature.com CCNY Mark W. Zemansky Professor of Physics Fellow Michael Lubell frames the long-term costs of cutting research funding to US universities.

Nature@nature.com · last yr.

There’s no mystery to innovation and economic growth; the US must nurture its scientists or find out the hard way, says Michael S. Lubell, former director of public affairs at the American Physical Society. https://go.nature.com/3GIZ40Z

Huge congrats to Hunter College and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Professor and pioneering marine biochemist Mandë Holford who has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science! #HunterPride More: hunter.cuny.edu/news/hunter-...

So honoured to have our ornamental-bat-trade work included in Earth Day coverage of how CUNY Graduate Centre researchers contribute to safeguarding the environment. I will always #DefendNature as if our lives depend on it.

CUNY Graduate Center@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · last yr.

This Earth Day, discover how Graduate Center scholars are driving change — from protecting the world’s most endangered marine mammal to rethinking how we define climate resilience www.gc.cuny.edu/news/safegua... #EarthDay @biologygccuny.bsky.social @eesgccuny.bsky.social @djlohman.bsky.social

Congratulations to Prof. Karen Strassler, who won a Guggenheim Fellowship for her upcoming book on how images shared by people with breast cancer shape perceptions of the illness and of women’s bodies www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

See GORGONA at the CCNY Documentary Forum with a talk by Director Antonio Tibaldi, 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Film-Video! #GuggFellows2025 www.eventbrite.com/e/gorgona-fi...

Congratulations to Antonio Tibaldi, Professor at City College of New York @cuny.edu & now a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Film-Video! #GuggFellows2025 www.gf.org/stories/anno...

Announcing the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists

Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has given Fellowships to exceptional artists, writers, scholars, and scientists, empowering them to pursue meaningful work under the freest possible conditions.

gf.org

In our latest issue of The RICC, Research and Innovation at City College, we highlighted Dr. Alexandra Stern, assistant professor of history, who specializes in 19th-century U.S. history. Read more: thericc.com/understandin...

Understanding the Past and Shaping the Future — Dr. Alexandra Stern

In a time marked by political polarization and competing narratives, the study of history has never been more urgent. For Dr. Alexandra Stern, assistant professor of history at CCNY, the power of hist...

thericc.com

CCNY physicist @optikalphysicist.bsky.social & colleagues make breakthrough in interactions between electronic excitations, with implications for quantum computing. Published 2025 in @naturematerials.bsky.social scitechdaily.com/tiny-magnets...

Tiny Magnets, Big Potential: How Spin Waves Let Particles “Talk” in 2D Materials

Physicists have discovered that electronic excitations in 2D magnets can interact through spin waves – ripples in a material’s magnetic structure. This breakthrough allows excitons (electron-hole pair...

scitechdaily.com

Read more about the groundbreaking research from CCNY's physicists!

CCNY physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves – CUNY Newswire

Groundbreaking research by physicists at The City College of New York is being credited for a novel discovery regarding the interaction of electronic excitations via spin waves. The finding by the Lab...

www1.cuny.edu