News & Kudos February 2024

News & Kudos February 2024 1

Renata Bundy and Khrystyna Vyprynyuk (Dental Hygiene) collaborated and were interviewed last year by Jason Mazda, an editor of major dental publications. This resulted in Jason’s article being published in the September/October 2023 issue of Inside Dental Hygiene, and two articles written by Professors Bundy and Vyprynyuk published in Inside Dental Hygiene and Inside Dental…

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Laura Westengard has been awarded a $40,000 grant by CUNY’s LGBTQIA+ Consortium

Laura Westengard has been awarded a $40,000 grant by CUNY's LGBTQIA+ Consortium 2

Laura Westengard (English) and Coordinator of the Gender & Sexuality Studies Academic Minor has been awarded a $40,000 grant by CUNY’s LGBTQIA+ Consortium to serve City Tech’s LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff. Additional support for this grant was provided by LaGuardia Community College and the New York City Council LGBT and Queer Caucus. Read more ….

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Carlo Alvaro recently published a paper on cultured meat in Nature, a British peer-reviewed scientific journal.

Carlo Alvaro recently published a paper on cultured meat in Nature, a British peer-reviewed scientific journal. 5

Carlo Alvaro (Social Science), Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy, recently published a paper on cultured meat in Nature, a British peer-reviewed scientific journal. The paper, titled “A virtue-ethical approach to cultured meat,” discusses how the benefits of cultured meat fail to track our moral intuitions because they are focused on the practical aspect of cultured…

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Lubie G. Alatriste gave a talk in December at the invitation of TESOL International Association

Lubie G. Alatriste gave a talk in December at the invitation of TESOL International Association 6

Professor of English, Lubie G. Alatriste, gave a talk in December at the invitation of TESOL International Association under their Expert Series on the use of online resources in teaching college second language writers. This event was broadcast internationally with a large global audience. Read more. . ….

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Peter Spellane has recently published Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek (Springer, 2022)

Peter Spellane has recently published Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek (Springer, 2022) 7

Peter Spellane (Chemistry) has recently published Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek (Springer, 2022), an informative book blending history, science, and commerce along New York’s 19th-century waterfront. Spellane’s study draws on period documents he found in collections at the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Cooper Union Library, the New-York Historical…

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Nazanin Munroe curated an exhibition at the College’s Ursula C. Schwerin Library, “Fate, Love and Divinity: Silks for the Sufi”

Nazanin Munroe curated an exhibition at the College’s Ursula C. Schwerin Library, “Fate, Love and Divinity: Silks for the Sufi” 8

City Tech Director of Textile Technology and Assistant Professor of Business & Technology of Fashion, curated an exhibition at the College’s Ursula C. Schwerin Library, “Fate, Love and Divinity: Silks for the Sufi” (closed February 1, 2023). The solo exhibition looked at clothing as a way to express inner beliefs based on concepts from Sufism…

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Robin Michals participated in a gallery talk and group exhibition, In the Wake

Robin Michals participated in a gallery talk and group exhibition, In the Wake 9

In the Wake, (closed January 31) at the virtual Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman Gallery. Curated by photographer Stanley Greenberg to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy and the first anniversary of Hurricane Ida, the show reminds us of the complexity, urgency, and promise of the climate challenge facing our city. The exhibition features photographs by Bryan…

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