Newsmakers – CUNY Podcast
1) A Privileged Experience
What makes us special? “Being a public university in New York with a majority population of students of color gives CUNY a very, very special mission in the context of American life, something that mo...Show More
2) Understanding Diversity
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams urged Brooklyn College graduates to explore the world in all its forms. “Go visit a mosque, or synagogue, or Buddhist temple,” said Adams, who served in the NYPD...Show More
3) On the Selma March
Stephen Sommerstein covered the historic 1965 march for voting rights as a student photographer for the City College newspaper. Fifty years later, his evocative photographs are on exhibit at the New Y...Show More
4) Committee on Student Affairs and Special Programs
Standing committee meeting of the Board of Trustees, Committee on Student Affairs and Special Programs, April 6, 2015.
5) Sagrada Família Exhibit Offers Rare Look at a Masterpiece
CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture hosts an unprecedented exhibition on the construction of Antoni Gaudí’s “unfinished masterpiece” — Sagrada Família, the great Roman Cathol...Show More
6) Chancellor Talks Student Success, Jobs on NY1
In a NY1 interview with Sam Roberts on The New York Times Close Up, Chancellor James Milliken discussed CUNY’s plans to expand programs that boost student success. Success, he noted, includes gr...Show More
7) John O’Keefe’s Journey
John O’Keefe (City College, 1963) describes his discovery of the brain’s “internal GPS,” which won him a 2014 Nobel Prize, and discusses his formative years as a CUNY undergraduate. The son of Irish i...Show More
8) Dreams for a Cuban Free Press
Cuban dissident Yoani Sánchez gained international fame for her eloquent and outspoken opinions on Cuba in her blog, Generación Y, translated into 20 languages. In her visit to City College in March, ...Show More
9) Rosa Parks’ “Rebellious Life”
There’s a myth about Rosa Parks – a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement who refused to give her seat on a Montgomery, Ala. bus to a white passenger. The myth is that Parks was...Show More
10) Kofi Annan’s Global Legacy
Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary-General, used his post as a “bully pulpit” to draw world attention to issues such as human rights, poverty and child soldiers, says Jean E. Krasno, a political scienc...Show More