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The Research Foundation of The City University of New York
The Empowering Youth to Excel and Succeed Initiative
(EYES) is a three-year longitudinal study targeting at-
risk youth in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, NY.
Funding totaling $900,000 from DHHS was awarded
to Professor Udeogalanya allowing her to implement a
research and outcomes-oriented project that provided
developmental programs and support services to
35 youth ages 12–17. Program components, which
included curricula aligned with Healthy People 2020
and the National Partnership for Action (NPA), were
so successful that the Medgar Evers EYES project
was cited as one of six successful youth empower-
ment programs by the DHHS Office of Minority Health.
“We believe that healthy youth and families require
information and if they receive the correct information,
they are more likely to do the right thing.”
Meteorites have a unique component not found in
rocks on Earth. Chondrites, a specific type of meteor-
ite, are some of the most primitive materials in the
solar system. Professor Weisberg studies metal rich
chondrites to understand early solar system evolution
in his project,
Research Opportunities in Space and
Earth Sciences,
a three-year, $300,000 NASA grant.
Meteorites are gathered yearly from Antarctica and
Professor Weisberg, who recently discovered a new
type of meteorite, studies their properties. “We have
meteorite collections from Mars, the Moon, and many
types of asteroids and I try to unravel the histories of
these meteorites to learn what they can tell us about
the formation of our solar system.”
Michael Weisberg,
Professor, Physical Sciences
Kingsborough Community College
Veronica Udeogalanya,
Distinguished Lecturer,
Economics & Finance
Medgar Evers College