A conversation from Mexico City with Carmen Boullosa, one of the world's most celebrated Spanish-language writers and a CUNY literary treasure whose 18th novel, "The Book of Anna," has just been translated into English.

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Carmen Boullosa Takes on Tolstoy’s Problem With Women

CUNY TV's third virtual town hall special on COVID-19 is a conversation on CUNY's transition to distance learning with Executive Vice Chancellor José Luis Cruz, Lehman College Provost Peter Nwosu, the Graduate Center's Cathy N. Davidson and students Sally Zieper and Kalli Siringas.  

Zooming in on Distance Learning

The beloved Brooklyn Bridge was one of the most daring feats of 19th Century engineering. The man who designed it was equally daring and a paradox of personality: An oddball who engineered a structure that was a marvel of stability at a time when suspension bridges routinely fell down. Richard Haw, a professor in the […]

Ingenious Engineer: The Brilliant, Eccentric Life of John Roebling

In "A Crisis in Motion," CUNY TV's second virtual town hall special on COVID-19, host Mike Gilliam talks with guests including Angie Kamath, University Dean for Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Dr. Bruce Y. Lee of the School of Public Health and students from Baruch, Hunter and the College of Staten Island.

Voices of the Crisis

A weekly tracking survey by the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy is revealing important insights about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on New Yorkers--and vice versa. Dr. Scott Ratzan discusses what the results tell us about our collective attitudes, behaviors and beliefs--and how they might inform efforts to fight the spread of this pandemic and maybe help prevent future ones.

Taking the Pulse of New York in the Time of Coronavirus

In February 1861, Abraham Lincoln journeyed 13 days and 1,900 miles by rail from his Illinois home to his inauguration in Washington. It was a long, tumultuous and dangerous trip through hundreds of towns where millions saw and heard Lincoln as the country hurtled toward the Civil War. Macaulay Honors College's Ted Widmer tells the dramatic story in "Lincoln on the Verge."  

Lincoln’s 13-Day Journey to Save America

Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, CUNY's leading expert on the spread of the coronavirus, talks about the latest: What the last two weeks tells us about the next two and beyond. Why social distancing is so critical right now, how some Asian countries have used it to stop the virus and what we can learn from them. What to make of stories about treatments and vaccines. And more.

Critical Condition: NYC at the Tipping Point

In her latest collection of poems, Donna Masini, a professor of English at Hunter College, moves back and forth in time–and human experience–as she copes with her younger sister’s death and celebrates life through the communal act of movie-watching. She talks with Joe Tirella about 4:30 Movie, which is now out in paperback.  

A Poetic Take on Life, Death and the Movies

Matthew Goodman's "The City Game" tells the dramatic and heart-wrenching story of the 1950 City College basketball team: a moment of glory that collapsed in scandal and forever changed college basketball.

CCNY’s Brief Shining Moment of Glory

Dr. Bruce Y. Lee of the CUNY School of Public Health offers a frank assessment of the state of the emerging pandemic – and some good advice. (March 12, 2020)

Coronavirus: What to Know, What to Do, What to Expect

Dipika Shrestha and Anuz Thapa left successful media careers in Nepal and came to New York. They've both since earned graduate degrees at CUNY, and for the past two years they've hosted a weekly podcast to help other immigrants navigate life in a new land and make the jump from "survival jobs" to professional careers.

Adventures in America (and Podcasting)

CUNY School of Public Health Dean Ayman El-Mohandes talks about the challenges of tracking the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Coronavirus

One of the most influential groups of the radical '60s was the Young Lords, an organization of poor and working class Puerto Ricans that began as a street gang and rose to confront the racism of institutions from government to religion. Johanna Fernandez, a professor of history at Baruch College, traces their roots and tells the story of their rise and fall in The Young Lords: A Radical History.

The Rise and Fall of The Young Lords

The 1940 discovery of a radioactive version of carbon — the element that is the basis for all life — led to the technique of carbon dating that transformed virtually every field of science. Carbon-14 has been used to study everything from Stone Age cultures to modern elephant poaching. How it all happened is the […]

The Tale of Carbon-14

The 1940 discovery of a radioactive isotope of carbon, the basis of all life, transformed virtually every field of science. Carbon-14 has been used to study everything from Stone Age cultures to modern elephant poaching. How it all happened is the story John Marra, an environmental scientist at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, […]

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