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THURSDAY BRIEF | 10/8/2020

TRENDING @CUNY

Upskilling helps CUNY students and alumni get hired

Still haven’t enrolled in a free course to gain new skills employers want even in this tough job market? Take a look at this brief tutorial and start the #CUNYupskilling challenge at cuny.edu/upskilling!

MTA workers holding the new Presidents St Medgar Evers College station sign

It's official! Two subway stations in Brooklyn now have new co-names: Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College and President Street-Medgar Evers College to mark the school's 50th anniversary. Can you name the other four subway stations that carry a CUNY school name?

Before campaigning for her husband this year, Dr. Jill Biden has long been an education advocate who’s taught for decades at community colleges in America. In 2009, Dr. Biden addressed new Kingsborough graduates by reaffirming that community colleges are “one of America’s best-kept secrets" adding "the education gained on campuses like this one will provide the knowledge that will power the 21st century.”

CUNY IN THE NEWS

With early career earnings of business majors averaging $55,500, this CUNY is ranked first in Money's list of the best business colleges in the U.S. — Money

Students who applied for the Excelsior Scholarship for the Fall 2020 semester will receive the full scholarship despite the state’s budget woes. — ABC News

With fewer than 2% of classes in person, CUNY's start to the fall semester has thus far been smooth, though the road to recovery is bound to be long. — Gotham Gazette

Jessica Krug and other white women who have been unmasked as racial imposters are probably motivated by self-hatred, says this CUNY sociologist who studies cyber-racism. — Inside Higher Ed

The Trump administration has become “a place where ignorance, arrogance, and deliberate deception come together to destroy our democracy, undermine our freedoms, and now kill our citizens,” according to a CUNY distinguished professor. — The Nation

A CUNY school received an award for its innovative online orientation program that helps adult learners succeed. — Patch

Prosecutors will address gun violence in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with an initiative created by a CUNY professor who believes violence results from failed economic and housing policies. — The Philadelphia Inquirer

Two CUNY college presidents offer assessments of Vice President Biden’s tuition-free public college plan. — Diverse Education

MORE NEWS

UNIVERSITY EVENTS

All events are open to any member of the CUNY community.

Thurs. Oct. 8 | Hear special remarks from Governor Cuomo before a discussion of the new book Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption with a panel of veteran investigative journalists.

Thurs. Oct. 8 | Learn how shifts in consumption, norms and attitudes after COVID-19 can serve as a catalyst for new thinking and collective climate action.

Fri. Oct. 9 | Learn how to dance merengue, salsa, bachata and more with a dance instructor.

Tues. Oct. 13 | Hear how the economic fallout of COVID-19 could make New Yorkers relive the bad old days of the 1970s fiscal crisis.

Tues. Oct. 13 | Learn about the transformative experience an artist had snapping photographs from a Greyhound bus while traveling around the country.

Tues. Oct. 13 | Learn tips on breaking into the design world from a half-dozen young, diverse and super-talented designers.

SEE MORE EVENTS

STUDENT CENTER

Peter Mets, John Jay ‘17 ‘20, immigrated from Albania to the United States at 18 years old, without anybody to rely on and without knowing English. He found a community that felt like family at John Jay, and worked as a research assistant on issues surrounding homelessness in NYC. Peter has developed an interest in researching drugs which he continues to explore as a graduate student.