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July 15, 2020

This Pandemic Is Already Hitting the Homeless Hard. It’s About to Get Worse.

Article in The Nation by CCNY political scientist Rajan Menon on the Covid-19 pandemic's devastating impact on homelessness.
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July 08, 2020

By the River Cibuco

Top literary magazine The Kenyon Review publishes short story by on Hurricane Maria by Lyn Di Iorio, award-winning literature and creative writing professor at CCNY.
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July 02, 2020

Governor, Legislature Must Take CUNY Cuts Off The Table

Gotham Gazette opinion by Miranda Genao, a member of CCNY's Class of 2020 and first-generation college student from the Bronx.
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June 29, 2020

CARIBBEAT: Trinidad-born physicist Stephon Alexander heads City College-backed program prepping young people for high-tech industry jobs

New York Daily News story on physicist Stephon Alexander who is heading a CCNY-backed program preparing young people for high-tech industry jobs.
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June 18, 2020

The Sorry State of Germany’s Armed Forces

Foreignpolicy.com piece by Rajan Menon, Anne and Bernard Spitzer professor of international relations in CCNY's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership.
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June 15, 2020

How police unions got their power: The rise of the PBA and lack of accountability in the NYPD

New York Times piece by CCNY history professor Matthew Vaz on how police unions got their power.
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June 03, 2020

Tired of bad cops? First, look at their labor unions.

Washington Post op-ed by Daniel DiSalvo, political science professor in The City College of New York's Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, on the reason for bad cops.
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May 26, 2020

City College Professor Gives Coronavirus Aid In Africa

Harlem View piece on CCNY film professor Boukary Sawadogo providing COVID-19 aid to Harlem's African community and communities in his native Burkina Faso.
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May 08, 2020

Jacqueline Woodson and Albertine Win 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Awards

Jacqueline Woodson, a 2015 Langston Hughes medalist and CCNY Poetry Festival guest of honor in 2017, was featured in Publishers Weekly for winning the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, considered the Nobel Prize for children’s literature.
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