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Laura Westengard (English/LGBTQ Studies) was featured on The Project Podcast at the Graduate Center to discuss the years-long effort to establish the Grad Center’s new Advanced Certificate in LGBTQ Studies, how it provides students with a formal credential in LGBTQ studies, and its role in bridging academic research with real-world impact. Read more about it here.
Patricia Medina (Mathematics) was invited to give a lecture on the field of machine learning in Kolkata, India, at the 2025 International Conference on Data Management, Analytics & Innovation (ICDMAI-2025), the largest data science conference in Southeast Asia. Read more about it here.
Annette J. Saddik (Theatre and Literature) was interviewed on “Theater: All the Moving Parts,” hosted by Patrick Pacheco. Watch the interview.
Pegah Khosravi (Biomedical Sciences) was named a finalist for the AI Researcher of the Year Award at the Women in AI Summit & Awards North America 2025. This recognition celebrates leading women in AI who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to research, innovation and real-world impact. Read more about it here.
Ahmed Hassebo (Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering Technology) and his students, Kevin Balbuena Montes, and Erick Cabrera, won Best Paper Award for “Arduino-ESP32 based Smart Irrigation System” at the American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Section Conference on March 22nd.
Nina Bannett (English) presented a paper at the international conference, New Perspectives on Walking Women in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, sponsored by the University of Hamburg, Germany, in March 2025. Her paper is part of her book project exploring depictions of solitary women walking in American Literature.
Dora-Ann Oddo and Marcos Pinto, CUNY Success Fellows organized a job fair at City Tech on April 3rd to help promote career readiness for all CUNY students. Read about it here.
Todd Craig, associate professor of African American Studies at City Tech and of English and Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center, is the recipient of the 2025 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Advancement of Knowledge Award for “K for the Way”: DJ Rhetoric and Literacy for 21st Century Writing Studies. Read about it here.
