`A Splash on the National Stage’
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN -- New York City College of Technology (City Tech)/CUNY recently won several competitive federal grants, totaling close to $3 million.
The college was awarded $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF), $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), $514,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and $173,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
“We’re making a splash on the national stage,” says City Tech Director of Grants and Contracts Barbara Burke. “We’ve come a long way in a couple of years. It’s gratifying to see all of our hard work rewarded.”
The NSF funds are earmarked for incubating new ways of teaching science, technology, computing, engineering and math, and to forge stronger research ties between the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and City Tech.
Funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be used to expand the program for registered nurses to earn a bachelor of science degree in nursing.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) award will support “Along the Shore: the Landmarks of the Brooklyn Waterfront” summer institutes for 50 community college teachers from across the nation.
English Professor Matthew Gold won his second NEH Digital Humanities grant, this one for $33,235, to continue his project, “Looking for Whitman: The Poetry of Place in the Life and Work of Walt Whitman.”
Finally, the College’s Childcare Center won the $1.1 million U.S. Department of Education four-year grant, “Child Care Access Means Parents in School,” to expand services for underserved infants, toddlers and school age children of City Tech students.
New York City College of Technology (City Tech) of The City University of New York enrolls 15,404 students in 60 baccalaureate, associate and specialized certificate programs. An additional 15,000 enroll in continuing education and workforce development programs.
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