he experiment is to be tried… whether the children of the people, ‘Tthe children of the whole people, can be educated; whether an institution of learning, of the highest grade, can be successfully controlled by the popular will, not by the privileged few, but by the privileged many.” — Horace Webster CUNYMatters Founding Principal, The Free Academy cuny.edu/news • THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK • FOUNDED 1847 AS THE FREE ACADEMY SEPTEMBER 2012 View of GRANTS&HONORS Manhattan from interactive NYC Solar Map launched by Sustainable CUNY as part of the city’s Recognizing commitment Faculty to expedite installation of Achievement solar systems HE UNIVERSITY’S renowned faculty members continually that reduce LaBatto greenhouse Twin professional-achieve- gas emissions. ment awards from prestigious More than 800 organizations as well as research new sustainable grants from government agen- energy cies, farsighted foundations and initiatives will leading corporations. Pictured be launched at are just a few of the recent CUNY campuses Jang honorees. Brief summaries of by 2017. many ongoing research projects start here and continue inside. Queens College has been awarded $1,551,806 from the United States Department of Energy/Steel Workers Charitable and Educational Organization for Mangino “Medical Surveillance of Former Department of Energy Workers,” INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE under the direction of Steven Markowitz. A research project Inspired new Master Plan outlines University advances concerning the “Role of CD14 and Other Innate Immune expected over five years. Receptors in Severe Sepsis,” directed by Sanna Goyert of City Johnson ROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH emerging Regents as required under state Education Law, the 171-page College, has received $377,339 from advanced science laboratories. More facul- plan sees CUNY five years from now as a public university from the National Institutes of ty in classrooms, including 355 new full-time fulfilling its historic missions by more efficiently and cre- Health. Saul Katz, dean of con- hires in 2013 alone. Online and hybrid learning atively providing access to a high-quality education for tinuing education at Kingsborough Community choices for as many as one in five courses. increasing numbers of better-prepared students, and func- College, has been awarded a Rigorous academics empowering students to tioning as an “integrated university” as described since the $100,000 grant from the Mayor’s Gachieve — and graduate on time in record numbers. early days of the city’s public colleges. S. Katz Fund to Advance New York City Workforce training for professions that drive New York’s The plan builds on the remarkable accomplishments of a for the “SIF Young Adult economy. The University’s historic mission to promote dozen years, particularly CUNY’s redefined and strength- Program.” opportunity, expanded for the new century for returning vet- ened standards, the Decade of Science initiative and the Hunter College has erans, the disabled, immigrants, their children and others hard-fought, successful CUNY Compact funding strategy received $1,276,194 from the who seek a valued higher education for the challenges ahead. advocated by Chancellor Matthew Goldstein — which have De Beaumont Foundation for These are among the highlights of The City University of fueled the University’s renaissance, attracting record num- “Innovations in Monitoring New York envisaged by the 2012-2016 Master Plan. Titled bers of students seeking value for their education dollar. Population Health using Stewart Electronic Health Records,” “Investing in Our Future,” approved by the Board of It also reiterates its commitment to meet the challenge directed by Lorna Thorpe. Trustees this summer and submitted to the Board of Continued on page 6 ‰ “Synthetic and Biological Studies of Understudied Anti-Tubercular INSIDE Products,” a research project directed by Ryan Murelli of Non-Profit Org PAGE CUNYMatters U.S. Postage Hostos — and the Bronx Brooklyn College, has received Office of University Relations PAID 4 Laud ‘Mr. Arts and Culture’ $157,000 from the National 535 East 80th St. Permit # 153 Murelli Institutes of Health. The Robin New Haven, CT New York, NY 10075 PAGE Hood Foundation has awarded Have You Heard ... the Latest Christine Mangino of Hostos 5 News University-wide? Community College $114,934 for “At Home in College.” PAGE Developing John Jay College professor 8 New of physical education Jane Katz J. Katz received the Distinguished Political Educator Award from the City Voices College Education Alumni. Katz, who holds a bachelor’s degree PAGE Cultivating from CCNY, was honored for life- Model Senate alum Michelle 10 Campus time contributions to swimming, Quintero Williams, left, with co- Teamwork including her outstanding founder Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez achievements as a participant in And Spirit Friebel Continued on page 3‰ THECHANCELLOR’SDESK Fulbright Fellow Jordan What’s New This Year? A Lot! Stockdale will return from a AM DELIGHTED to welcome the gram. Funding from the year teaching entire CUNY community to the start of city and state is timely abroad to help a new academic year — one that brings and much appreciated. younger city a number of promising developments The many new facilities across the CUNY students “who across the University. colleges — whether those opening this year, look like me” I to succeed. In Manhattan, just across from Bryant those recently opened (including buildings Park, the first class of the New Community at John Jay and Medgar Evers), or those still College is already hard at work, engaged in in progress (such as the Advanced Science the innovative new curriculum. Guided by Research Center expected to open in 2014) the success of the ASAP initiative — a dou- — reflect the ambitious plans for continued bling of graduation rates — the New academic revitalization the University Community College is focused on support- detailed in its 2012-2016 Master Plan. ing student achievement through elements CUNY’s master plans, submitted to the such as a required summer bridge program, state every four years, outline the University’s a common first-year course of study, inten- academic priorities going forward. The 2012- Victor Calise, sive advising and a model that links learning 2016 plan builds on our tremendous progress who uses a wheelchair, to career experiences. The college, New York over the last decade. It acknowledges the works with City’s first new community college in more achievements and national prominence of Mayor than four decades, was awarded nearly $1 CUNY’s students and faculty and details how Michael million from the Bill & Melinda Gates the University will provide an environment Bloomberg as Foundation to document its launch and eval- that encourages sustained academic engage- head of the uate the effectiveness of its programs and ment. Anchored by four key elements of Mayor’s Office for People operating principles over a two-year period. CUNY’s historic mission — maintaining aca- With We will closely monitor students’ demic excellence, sustaining an integrated Disabilities. experiences over this first academic year. system, expanding access and remaining Elsewhere, new facilities opening this fall responsive to its urban setting — the plan at several CUNY campuses will transform looks ahead to ensure the University’s recep- the educational experience for other tiveness to the city’s changing demographics, students and faculty. In the Bronx, Lehman national and local economic conditions, the College will open its new science building, labor market, and new technologies and peda- the first of a three-phase facility to support gogies. The plan emphasizes expansion of the college’s strong work in plant science innovative academic programs, investment in teaching and research, while Bronx new, full-time faculty, student success at Community College will officially open its every level and the construction of 21st-cen- Outstanding North Instructional Building and Library, the tury facilities. These priorities will be further ANY GRADUATES are well Georgetown and Harvard law schools; and first new building constructed on the campus supported by our follow-up work to the acquainted with struggle and Einstein, Harvard and Mt. Sinai medical in more than 30 years. In Queens, students at CUNY Jobs Task Force report. adversity, but perhaps none like schools among them — calling this year “a the CUNY School of Law are now attending The Master Plan was developed under New York City’s newest commis- game-changer for this University.” classes in a modern, environmentally green the guidance of Executive Vice Chancellor sioner. Victor Calise, class of Umussahar "Sahar" Khatri (Macaulay building in Long Island City, complete with a and University Provost Alexandra Logue M 2012 with a master’s degree in urban affairs Honors College at Queens College, B.S., moot courtroom, new classroom spaces and and the Office of Academic Affairs, with from Queens College, was recently named mathematics) was just 5 when she and her smart technology. At Borough of Manhattan input from the colleges, the chancellery, the by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to lead the mother left Pakistan to join her father in Community College, the new Fiterman Hall, Council of Presidents, the Council of Chief Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. Queens. One of four CUNY students to win a with dramatic views of downtown Academic Officers, the University Faculty Calise responded with an ambitious pledge: Math for America Fellowship — which