achieved earned the following national rankings:
ARWU: 118 - 144
Forbes: 167
THE/WSJ: 212
US News & World: 105
Washington Monthly: 185
QS: 185
=== Physics ===
The City College of New York has had a long and distinguished history in physics. Three of its alumni went on to become Nobel laureates in physics: Robert Hofstadter in 1961, Arno Penzias in 1978, and Leon Lederman in 1988. Albert Einstein gave the first of his series of United States lectures at the City College of New York in 1921. Other distinguished alumni and past faculty in the field are Mark Zemansky, Clarence Zener, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Myriam Sarachik and Leonard Susskind. Current faculty include Robert Alfano and Michio Kaku.
== Research ==
=== Advanced Science Research Center ===
CCNY hosts a research center focusing on nanotechnology, structural biology, photonics, neuroscience and environmental sciences.
=== CUNY Dominican Studies Institute ===
Part of CCNY's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, the CUNY Dominican …
