CUNY Sees Turnaround in Enrollment
BY SERIN SARSOUR The City University of New York is seeing a rise in enrollment across its campuses following the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial launch …[read more]
Education
Administrators learn how to comfortably teach students about sexual health
BY JADA SIMON On Wednesday, October 18, New York City Teens Connection conducted a training, educating teachers on how to inform students about healthy and …[read more]
Banned Book Week Kicks off in Brooklyn.
BY GISSELLE BAEZ To kick off National Banned Book Week, the Cortelyou Brooklyn Public Library hosted a Books Unbanned Storytime on Oct 4. This was …[read more]
Panel at Columbia University Discusses Technology Biases in Incarceration
BY ANDRE RICKMAN Technology has served to be a useful tool, but in some cases, the computing world can leave certain communities vulnerable to implicit biases. …[read more]
Workload, Money, Socialization: What Causes College Students’ Depression
By SHIRLEY ALVAREZ “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world,” former South African President Nelson Mandela once said. But …[read more]
PSAL Basketball Championships Played at Barclays Center
By ELSA AMAYA New York City’s best high school girls’ and boys’ basketball teams battled for their respective championships at Barclays Center on Thursday, March …[read more]
Despite New Law, Brooklyn College Keeps Masks On
By ENRICO DENARD Although masks were once mostly linked to extreme and toxic environments— bloody surgical rooms, germy sanitation sites, and bank heists—now they are …[read more]
Faculty Union & CUNY Rising Alliance Rally at Lehman for #NewDeal4CUNY
By ANNABELLE PAULINO CUNY faculty, staff, and students called on the Bronx State Assembly and State Senate delegation to support an increase of $500 million …[read more]
International Students’ Enrollment Rates Drop at American Colleges
By SAMIA AFSAR For decades, the United States has been the epicenter of higher education, attracting generations of students from around the globe. However, in …[read more]
16th Black Writers Conference Opens with Talk on ‘Beautiful Struggles’
By ENRICO DENARD The 16th National Black Writers Conference opened on March 30th, gathering writers, scholars, and literary activists to discuss the emerging themes and …[read more]