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The High Costs of Aging Out

Richard Buery | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Read More: Community Service Society, Youth, Poverty, Public Assistance, Mentoring, Disconnected Youth, Social Return on Investment, Job Training, High School Dropouts, At-Risk Youth, Homeless Youth, Homelessness, After-School Programs, Cuny, Housing Assistance, Youth Unemployment, Foster Care, Impact News
Richard Buery

Too many youth in foster care spend their 21st birthday packing their bags, finding a place to live and figuring out how they are going to pay the rent and put food in the fridge.

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UNICEF Challenges CUNY Students to Save Lives Globally

Mima Stojanovic | Posted 04.02.2013 | Impact
Read More: Cuny, Unicef, Global Motherhood, Global Maternal Health, Global Health, Maternal Health, Impact News
Mima Stojanovic

A few examples of simple, affordable innovations that have already saved millions of lives include bed nets to protect against mosquitos that transmit malaria, oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc to prevent dehydration caused by diarrhea, and low doses of antibiotics to treat pneumonia.

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The Future of Medgar Evers College

Ryan Mack | Posted 04.01.2013 | College
Read More: Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, Cuny, College News
Ryan Mack

This year, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers. What did he die for? Did he die for us to divide ourselves? Did he die for us to prove that we don't have the ability to run and manage our own institutions effectively? Absolutely not!

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Does Austerity In Education Limit Free Speech?

Salon.com | Posted 02.13.2013 | College
Read More: Bds, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, Cuny, Palestinian Rights, Education Funding, Austerity Measures, Salon, Brooklyn College, Yale, Austerity, College News

On Feb. 6, Yale student activists hosted a panel laying out the case for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement to pressure Israel into recog...

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CUNY Professors Call For Halt To Curriculum Redo

The New York World | Posted 12.11.2012 | New York
Read More: Cuny, Cuny Curriculum, Cuny Professors, New York City Colleges, New York News

The Faculty Senate of the City University of New York approved a resolution last week calling on Chancellor Matthew Goldstein to halt and review the i...

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Tyler Kingkade

WATCH: Students March Through New York For Small School's Struggle

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.08.2012 | College
Read More: Student Activism, Cooper Union, Tuition History, Tuition Protest, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Cooper Union Students, Cooper Union Cuny Support, Cooper Union Tuition, History of Tuition, Video, New York Student Protest, Student Protest, Cooper Union Barricade, Cooper Union Tuition Protest, Cuny Tuition, City University of New York, Cuny, Cooper Union Protest Video, Cooper Union Protest, College News

NEW YORK -- When George Caffentzis was teaching philosophy in 1976 at the City University of New York system, none of his students had to pay tuition...

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Not All Mexicans In The U.S. Speak Spanish

NBC Latino | Kristina Puga | Posted 11.30.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Not All Mexicans Speak Spanish, Indigenous Culture, City University of New York, Mexican Indian Languages, Cuny, Mexican Languages, Hispanic-Heritage, Mexicans Indians Languages in the US, Indigenous People, Mexicans in the US, Latino Voices News

No, Latinos don’t speak “Mexican,” and Mexicans don’t all speak Spanish. The City University of New York’s Institute of Mexican Studies i...

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NYU Officials: Classes Could Be Canceled For The Rest Of The Week

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.30.2012 | College
Read More: Natural Disasters, Columbia University, Hurricane Sandy, Nyu Hurricane Sandy, Nyu Sandy, City University of New York, Cuny, Cuny Hurricane Sandy, New York University Hurricane Sandy, New York University, Hurricane Sandy New York, College News

Colleges in New York City reeling from Hurricane Sandy's damage are canceling classes for a third day, and some warn they may stay closed through the ...

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Higher Education for the 21st Century

Alan Singer | Posted 09.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Census, University, Student Debt, College, Race to the Top, Tutition, Mitt Romney, Cuny, Jobs, Higher Education, Nclb, Student Loans, Barack Obama, For-Profit Colleges, Home News
Alan Singer

If higher education is going to prepare Americans for any type of future, reform is desperately needed. These are my short-term and long-range proposals.

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The Student Debt Trap

Camille Rivera | Posted 08.19.2012 | New York
Read More: Obama Student Loans, Federal Student Loans, Student Debt Crisis, College Loans, Cuny Tuition, Cuny, College Tuition, Romney Student Loans, Rising College Tuition, Community College Tution, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, New York News
Camille Rivera

I shiver with fear when I think about skyrocketing tuition, climbing interest rates for student loans and the crushing debt my daughter and her friends will face after finishing school, especially in the current job market.

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10 Professors Behaving Badly

Posted 06.11.2012 | College
Read More: California State University, Cornell West, Harvard University, Sex Scandal, Professors, College Scandals, Professor Arrested, Cuny, Slidepollajax, Faculty Arrested, Arrested, Drug Smuggling, College News

It's always best to pay attention to professors, but it's sometimes what they say and do outside of the classroom that attracts the most attention. ...

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Are All Jews White? The Woody Allen Syndrome

Diane Tobin | Posted 08.07.2012 | Religion
Read More: Woody Allen, American Judaism, Ashkenazi, Cuny, Racism, Jewish Culture, Orthodox Judaism, Diversity, Judaism, Religion News
Diane Tobin

As funny and emblematic of a certain kind of neurotic Jewish mindset as Woody Allen is, what could be more ridiculous than assuming that he represents all Jews.

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Young Concert Artists Triumphs at Alice Tully Hall

Jim Luce | Posted 07.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Kaufman Center, Alice Tully Hall, Juilliard School, International Tchaikovsky Competition, Eugenia Zukerman, Lincoln Center, Tokyo String Quartet, Leonard Bernstein, Chee-Yun, Orchestra of St. Luke?S, New York, Yca, Hahn-Bin, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Aleksandr Haskin, Emanuel Ax, Young Concert Artists, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Cuny, Gabriel Rivera, Home News
Jim Luce

Last week Young Concert Artists held its annual Gala Concert at Alice Tully Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, presenting the Lincoln Center debuts of three young soloists to a sold out house.

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Educating for Democracy: How "High" is Higher Education?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 07.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Peter Thiel, Queens College, Cuny, Higher Education, College Graduation Rates, New York Schools, Texas Schools, Home News
Joel Shatzky

There certainly is a serious problem today facing higher education that is not being sufficiently addressed, and that concerns what "higher" education is all about.

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CUNY To Open New Mexican-American Institute

Posted 05.11.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Mexican American Studies, Mas, Mexican Studies, Video, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, Hispanic Heritage, Cuny, Latino Prosperity, Slidepollajax, Latino Voices News

The City University of New York (CUNY) is starting an institute devoted to the study of Mexican and Mexican-American studies, with a focus specificall...

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Simon Shaheen Performs Tribute To Arab Spring

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.09.2012 | Arts
Read More: Oud, Songs of Arab Pride, Video, Simon Shaheen, Arab Spring, Tribute, Dignity, And Liberation, The Call, Cuny, Composers, Arts News

Simon Shaheen is a Palestinian composer and musician who has done more for bringing Arab music to the West than perhaps any other individual in recent...

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Tracking the Success of Seed Accelerators

Stephen Robert Morse | Posted 06.04.2012 | Small Business
Read More: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Ycombinator, Startup Accelerators, Techstars, Youtube, Startups, Cuny, Seed Funding, Facebook, Startup Incubator, Groupon, Small Business News
Stephen Robert Morse

Now would be an ideal time for someone to create a more comprehensive database that keeps track of the success to failure ratio at each of these accelerators.

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WATCH: CUNY Protesters In Violent Clash With Police

Posted 11.22.2011 | New York
Read More: Occupy Cuny, Tuition Hikes, Ny News, Occupy Wall Street, Cuny, CUNY Protest, CUNY Students Arrested, New York News, Slidepollajax, New York News

CUNY students protesting tuitions hikes attempted to enter a board of trustees meeting at Baruch College Monday night, only to clash with baton-wieldi...

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15 CUNY Students Arrested After Protest

nytimes.com | ALICE SPERI and ANNA M. PHILLIPS | Posted 01.22.2012 | College
Read More: CUNY Students Protest, Cuny, CUNY Protest, CUNY Students Arrested, College News

A daylong rally by City University of New York students against a planned tuition increase turned turbulent Monday evening when marchers ignored polic...

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Public College Students Going Public With Frustrations At Occupy Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 12.27.2011 | College
Read More: Brian Aquino, College Students, Debt, Tuition, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Jorge Javier, Cuny, Students, James Duarte, Cost of College, Video, College News

NEW YORK -- Wednesday evening, three college students descended on lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park with the hope of unfurling their sleeping bags and ...

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David Ramirez

Scholars Develop Digital Gateway To Hispanic Roots

HuffingtonPost.com | David Ramirez | Posted 12.16.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: Latinos, Dominican Republic, History, Hispanic History, Dominicans, American History, Spanish Language, Dominican Studies Institute, Hispanic Heritage, Cuny, Hispanics, Anthony Stevens-Acevedo, Latino Voices News

If Latinos don't understand the roots of their culture, how can they preserve it? Although the explanation might sound a bit more academic at times, t...

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Improving New York's Fiscal Report Card Further

Carol Kellermann | Posted 08.27.2011 | New York
Read More: Property Tax Cap, Rent Regulation, Public Employee Pensions, New York State, Cuny, Suny, Citizens Budget Commission, Mta, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City, New York Budget Cuts, New York News
Carol Kellermann

Congratulations to Governor Andrew Cuomo and his legislative colleagues for completing a session marked by significant fiscal accomplishments. But more hard work lies ahead.

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After Uproar, Kushner To Accept Honorary Degree At CUNY

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 08.02.2011 | College
Read More: Tony Kushner Cuny Israel, Cuny, Tony Kushner Cuny Award, Tony Kushner Cuny Honorary Degree, Tony Kushner Cuny Controversy, Tony Kushner Cuny Degree, College News

NEW YORK — Tony Kushner won a Pulitzer Prize for "Angels in America," his epic play about the AIDS epidemic, and is a New York literary fixture ...

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Educating for Democracy: CUNY Demonstration: When Is News Not News?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 07.16.2011 | New York
Read More: Tony Kushner's Honorary Degree, Cuny, Mayor Bloomberg, Professional Staff Congress, Bloomberg Budget Cuts, Cuny Budget Cuts, New York News
Joel Shatzky

It seems that most of the rallies against budget cuts and those involving other social issues are "invisible" to the press and other media.

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An Open Letter to Tony Kushner

Dovid Efune | Posted 07.10.2011 | New York
Read More: Peter Beinart, Jeffrey Weisenfeld, Ed Koch, Politics, Tony Kushner, Cuny, Israel, Algemeiner, Tony-Kushner-Honorary-Degree, New York News
Dovid Efune

It is clear that your objection to Wiesenfeld's comments were his perceived misrepresentations of your political positions. Upon scrutiny, I discovered that your statements are riddled with contradictions.

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