LaGuardia and Wagner 2013 Calendar Archives www.cuny.edu/inventingthefuture Dear Friends and Colleagues, For more than 30 years, the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives has produced exem- plary calendars and lesson plans on a variety of subjects, including the history of the I am very pleased to introduce the CUNY/New York Times in College 2013 calendar, New York City Council and the origins of public housing. For the past eight of those “Inventing the Future: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in America.” This years, the archives has produced the CUNY/New York Times in College calendar proj- well-timed calendar not only highlights the importance of the STEM fields to the ects, consisting of printed calendars, Web sites, and curricula focused on the following advancement of new discoveries but also emphasizes the collaborative nature of topics: voting rights and citizenship, women’s leadership, immigrants, city life, freedom, scientific breakthroughs. For example, the incandescent light bulb was the work of public higher education, health, and the economy. a large group of scientists at Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park “invention factory” who The commitment of the calendar’s sponsors has been particularly important. were competing with other research teams to complete the first marketable electric CUNY offers special thanks to JPMorgan Chase Chairman and C.E.O. Jamie Dimon, bulb. Alexander Graham Bell is best remembered for inventing the telephone, but JPMorgan Chase Foundation President Kimberly Davis, Senior Vice Presidents Leon- his greatest legacy may be Bell Labs, which conducted research to create the first fax ard Colica, Michael Nevins and Timothy G. Noble, and Executive Director Kim Jasmin. machine in 1925, the transistor in 1947, the laser in 1958, and the first orbital com- We are deeply appreciative of our ongoing partnership with our esteemed munications satellite in 1962. No single inventor can take credit for these and other colleagues at The New York Times in College for making the calendar widely inventions and innovations; it was the brilliant collaboration of many great minds in accessible, facilitating the curricular elements and providing access and publication the STEM disciplines that developed them. rights to The New York Times’s archival photos. With the help of The New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein During World War II, universities also became central to STEM research. Harvard Times in College, accessible online at www.nytimes.com/edu, CUNY is collaborating and the University of Pennsylvania were pioneers in early computer research. With with faculty, administrators, and students in states nationwide. In particular, we want the onset of the Cold War, the federal government greatly increased its funding of to acknowledge and thank these Times colleagues: Diane McNulty, executive direc- public and private research universities and they became centers of both applied and tor community affairs and media relations; Susan Mills, managing director, education; basic research, including the foundations of what would become the Internet. Stephanie Doba, Newspaper in Education manager; and Tom Glieden and Walter The STEM theme is timely for both the nation and The City University of New Barleycorn, education account managers. York. To compete in the world economy, the United States must invest in STEM disci- Thanks are also due to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City plines. CUNY’s Decade of Science initiative, begun in 2005, has strengthened the Uni- Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall. versity’s commitment to STEM participation and proficiency. Enrollment in CUNY’s Their historic support and funding of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives and its STEM disciplines increased by 35 percent from 2005 to 2010, and there has been a 25 calendars and curricula have helped the archives to preserve history and make it percent increase in STEM faculty since 2006. CUNY is also constructing new science available and accessible to the public. facilities, most notably the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), scheduled to “Inventing the Future” is a work of scholarship, enabling an understanding of open on the City College campus in 2014. The ASRC will provide high-end equip- the history of science, technology, engineering and math and the impact that break- ment and space for research in photonics, nanotechnology, water and environmental throughs in these fields have on society. The University takes great pride in the sensing, structural biology, and neuroscience. Other major initiatives include the partnerships that allow the calendar to bring this history to life. CUNY Energy Institute, which is conducting research to improve the efficiency of electric, electrochemical and thermal energy storage to enable utilization of renew- Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor able energy sources, and the Environmental Crossroads Initiative, an internationally recognized research center dedicated to the analysis of strategic local, regional and global environmental challenges. CUNY is also increasing its public outreach through the development of CUNY TV programs like Science & U, which examines the world of science through today’s headlines and demonstrates its importance in everyday life, referencing many of the themes in this year’s calendar. At the bottom of each month is a QR code that links to an episode of Science & U related to that month’s theme. The concept and development of the 2013 “Inventing the Future” calendar and Web site have been guided by CUNY Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Board Secretary Jay Hershenson and LaGuardia Community College President Gail O. Mellow. Their vision has been realized by Richard K. Lieberman, director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives and professor of history at LaGuardia Commu- nity College, and his colleagues at the archives, Associate Project Directors Steven A. Levine and Stephen Weinstein, and Assistant Project Director Tara Jean Hickman. The project has received valuable input from some of the University’s finest scholars, whose participation underscores the integrity of the content. The calendar’s one-of- RIGHT Model of CUNY’s Advanced Sci- ence Research Center on the campus of a-kind images were sourced from both the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives and The City College in Harlem. New York Times photo archives. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, student Laura Aguilera and Rima Coleman, PhD, of the Hospital for Special Surgery conduct mineralized tissue research. SENIOR PROJECT DIRECTOR SPECIAL THANKS Mary Hedge, MTA Bridge and Tunnel Special Archive Jay Hershenson, Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations Deena Adelman, Federal Highway Administration Research Library Thomas Hladek, Executive Director of Finance and Business, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, CUNY Allen Adon, Jr., Federal Highway Administration Research Library LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Laura Aguilera, Hospital for Special Surgery, NYC Bruce Hoffacker, Executive Associate to the Vice-President for PROJECT ADVISOR Aaron Alcorn Academic Affairs, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Gail O. Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Christopher Alexander, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Nalband Hussain, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Tom Angotti, Hunter College, CUNY Robert Isaacson, Executive Director, CUNY-TV PROJECT DIRECTOR Paul Arcario, Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Paul Israel, Thomas A. Edison Papers, Rutgers University Richard K. Lieberman, Director of the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Karen Jania, University of Michigan and Professor of History, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Michael Arena, University Director of Communications and Marketing, Richard Jensen, University of Illinois, Chicago Office of University Relations, CUNY Luz Jimenez, Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Research, Thomas Baione, American Museum of Natural History ASSOCIATE PROJECT DIRECTORS CUNY Sigmund Shen, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Steven A. Levine, Coordinator for Educational Programs, LaGuardia and Dr. Ellen Baker, NASA Astronaut (Former) Seth Jordan, University of Tennessee Claire Shulman, Former Queens Borough President Wagner Archives, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Walter Barleycorn, Education Account Manager, The New York Times Liz Kalodner, CBS Licensing Daniel Shure, Managing Editor of CUNY.edu, Stephen Weinstein, Assistant to the Director, LaGuardia and Wagner André Beckles, Photographer/Production Coordinator, Nick Kaloterakis@kollected Office of Communications and Marketing, CUNY Archives, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Office of University Relations, CUNY Maribeth Keitz, National Academy of Engineers Gillian Small, Vice Chancellor for Research, CUNY Joyce Bedi, Smithsonian Institution John Kotowski, Director of City Relations, Melanie Sorsby, Los Alamos National Laboratory Susanne Belovari, Tufts University ASSISTANT PROJECT DIRECTOR Office of University Relations, CUNY Vanda Stevenson, Business Office/Accounting, Tara Jean Hickman, Educational Associate, LaGuardia and Wagner Felisa Bienstock, Business Office/Purchasing, Kim Lange, WET Design LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Archives, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY LaGuardia Community College, CUNY Stacee Gravelle Lawrence, The Monacelli Press Shanequa Terry, Office of University Relations, CUNY Carly Bogen, Museum of the Moving Image Milagros Lecuona, Lecuona Associates