City University of New York

I then returned to New York City where I decided to attend Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, The City University of New York’s first new community college in more than 40 years. I was apart of the inaugural class of 300 students, which with regards to race/ethnicity was composed of 25% of Black students and 55% of Hispanic students. As a student here, there was much emphasis on the importance of diversity and on building relationships within the community. Here at Guttman, I was…

born in 1974 in Tokyo Japan, she later went and graduated from Hosei University…

Raymond Damadian was born in New York City in 1936 (Treacy, 2014). He started his life by studying the violin at the Juilliard School. At 15 years old, he had won in a competition between approximately 100,000 applicants and got a ford foundation scholarship, which permit him to study the mathematics at the Wisconsin University. Then he got the medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Finally, he became a professor at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center…

got home, I learned everything I could about NYU. Soon thereafter, I pictured myself walking to my Social Psychology class with the professor, eating ramen at Ramen-Ya, and going to the Strand. I saw myself roaming the street and exploring what the city had to offer. On the way to Bobst, I pictured myself running into tourists asking me to take a picture of them, on the way to a ‘normal’…

I emigrated from Kumasi, Ghana to New York City in the summer of 1999. I knew as a young child back in Ghana that education was important. My family along with many others in my village would make sacrifices in order to afford school uniforms and school fees. The situation was not any different when I arrive in New York City. My neighborhood of Washington Heights is a predominantly immigrant neighborhood. Many of the families like my own, want their children to have assess to education. The…

David Burnett is an American photojournalist born on September 7, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He first launched his photogenic career as an intern at Time Magazine, in 1967, whilst also studying at Colorado College for his political science degree. He graduated from Colorado College in 1968 with his political science degree and began working as a freelance photographer for Time and Life, first in the United States and later in Vietnam. He became the last photographer hired by Life…

Chicago of the 1890’s The Windy City, the White City, City by the Lake and even the Heart of America − Chicago has been known under different names underpinning its special role in the history of the United States. At the time, Paul Lindau, an author and publisher, described it as “a gigantic peepshow of utter horror, but extraordinarily to the point.” In what follows I would try to depict what Chicago was like at the end of the nineteenth century, it was a time known as “the gilded age” − an…

Qualitas of Life Foundation (Qualitas) is a non-profit organization that was established in New York City in July 2007. Qualita’s founder, Marcela Orvañanos de Rozvarin, is a Mexican philanthropist with a particular expertise in institutional development and capacity building for non-profits, foundations and other civil society institutions. Mrs. Marcela moved to New York City in 2004, and after seeing the critical living conditions of Latinos in NYC she was stunned and consulted with financial…

informational novel The Death and the Life of American Cities written by Jane Jacobs, lies an augment about the roles citizens as well as strangers play in the safety of their city streets. This argument is placed in chapter two of the book with the heading of “The uses of sidewalk: safety.” Jane writes clearly and explicitly of her research as well as her opinion on the topic. To analyze the text further I did my own observations of LOVE Park, located in center city Philadelphia, and documented…

of years who have come either for work or pleasure and this article suggests various types of hotels that offer cheap accommodation in the city. London city is one of the biggest financial hubs like New York. The city takes pride in its royal heritage and is very modern and contemporary in its outlook. Whatever may be your purpose of visit to this remarkable city, there are plenty of options available for your stay in London hotels. There are various types of accommodation available to suit…