THURSDAY BRIEF | 4/8/21

New data puts a spotlight on CUNY's strong ROI and the high degree of access it provides to low-income students. — Yahoo! Finance

CUNY professor Derrick Adams celebrates Black life and culture through painting, sculpture, collage, sound installations, video and fashion, and he is launching a new show this month. — Vogue

Seven CUNY colleges are named among the 100 Best Value Colleges and Universities for 2021 in a ranking by College Consensus. — PRNewswire 

A CUNY college will use a $1.2 million NSF grant to recruit and train teachers to teach STEM subjects and expand diversity in those fields. — The Riverdale Press

Violence against Asian Americans needs to be viewed in a historical context and not treated as a recent phenomenon, says a CUNY professor. — Diverse Issues in Higher Education

The daughter of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz, now a CUNY professor, talked with the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Bernice King, about their famous parents and the ongoing push for equality. — MSNBC

“On college campuses, we can witness young people coming together as equals,” writes Queens College President Frank Wu, sounding an upbeat note to conclude his biting essay on the ugliness of anti-Asian American bigotry. — Daily News 

Survivors of sexual assault at CSI and other colleges on Staten Island will have access to a full range of investigative and support services, thanks to a new partnership with the D.A. — silive.com

Sam Addeo, Queens ’17 MA ’18, is a New York native, musician, and urbanist whose work currently resides at the intersection of museum technology, digital storytelling, and archives. With a master's in urban affairs, she helps build people-centric projects and partnerships through technology, community, and new media. She is currently the director of community and development at technology nonprofit Urban Archive.

Sam’s advice: “Explore what you're interested in, even if it's not required or on the syllabus! In my case it looked like taking a "CUNY passport" to another school to pick up GIS. When it's time to apply to a job, you'll have something to show for, and a better understanding around the kinds of work/projects you gravitate towards.”

Interested in tech or urban affairs? Connect with Sam on LinkedIn!

National Puerto Rican Day Parade: 2021 Scholarship (deadline April 16)

Village Preservation: Intern for Administration and Development

Children’s Health Fund: Policy and Advocacy Fellow

The Port Authority of NY and NJ: Summer Intern - Media Relations Assistant

L’Occitane Group: Learning and Development Intern

eos Products: Brand Marketing Intern & Social Media Marketing Intern

Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development: Summer Internships

Reddit: Communication Intern

Havas Media Group: Summer Intern

Markacy: Design Internship

Arab-American Family Support Center: Resource Development Intern

Thurs. April 8 | Hear from celebrated writer Carl Phillips, author of a dozen collections of poetry including his most recent, Pale Colors in a Tall Field.

Thurs. April 8 | Join a discussion with renowned hip-hop artist and activist Talib Kweli about his new book, Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story, with Akiba Solomon, senior editor at The Marshall Project.

Thurs. April 8 | Register for a screening of “Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm,” followed by a conversation with Yarimar Bonilla, interim director of The Center for Puerto Rican Studies.

Fri. April 9 | Learn about the art of Arabic calligraphy with a visual artist specializing in Arabesque and other Islamic arts.

Fri. April 9 | Join a special discussion with a special family — Mohamed, Ismail, Amirah and Aneesah Yasin — all CUNY-educated nurses who worked on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic (and brother Adam, a current CUNY EMT student).

Tues. April 13 | Meet a marketing and branding expert who has worked at Apple, Google and now design platform Canva, on entrepreneurship and innovation during the pandemic.

Tues. April 13 | Join spoken-word artist Staceyann Chin and talented CUNY students for City Tech's 40th annual Literary Arts Festival.

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