Jessica Harris taught at Queens College for 50 years--and became the country's foremost authority on African American cuisine along the way. The author of a dozen books, she was honored this year with the James Beard Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award. She talks about it all on the CUNYcast.

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The Doyenne of African American Cuisine

How Harrison Sheckler, a pianist in the masters program at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, has brought together hundreds of singers and musicians for virtual performances that are bringing a little joy to this dispiriting year.

Maestro of the Virtual Flash Mob

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

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

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

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

A conversation about the causes and consequences of growing rates of depression and anxiety among students, and how CUNY is taking on the issue. Featuring Nicholas Freudenberg of the School of Public Health and Health Policy, Wendy Paulino of the Lehman College counseling center and Lehman student Azeez Amini.

How Are You Really? CUNY Confronts Student Mental Health

Life have you stressed out? Weary of the endless news cycle? City College philosophy professor has an idea--one that goes back 18 centuries. He's a leader of a modern movement that's popularizing the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism. 

The Modern Stoic

City College/Macaulay student Emilia Decaudin, the first openly transgender member of the New York State Democratic Committee, talks about how she got the state party to change the gender language of its rules. And Jennifer Choi of the News Integrity Initiative at the Newmark School of Journalism discusses a project to advance newsroom diversity and improve coverage of marginalized communities.

Expanding Diversity on 2 Fronts

Less than half the students who start at America's public colleges make it to graduation. But CUNY's pioneering student success programs--ASAP, CUNY Start and others--are a model for what can be done to keep students in school and on track. So says David Kirp, a prominent education policy expert at the University of California, Berkeley, whose new book, "The College Dropout Scandal," includes an uplifting and prescriptive chapter about CUNY's programs.

How CUNY is Bucking America’s ‘College Dropout Scandal’

The 2020 Census could miss millions of immigrants and others who are historically hard to count, affecting everything from seats in Congress to federal funds for education.  That's why officials and groups from New York to California are using CUNY's interactive Census mapping tool to focus their efforts on neighborhoods that will be the hardest to count. Mapping guru Steven Romalewski of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center explains how it works and the difference it could make.

Getting Up for the Count

Allan Wernick has been one of the city's most tireless advocates for immigrants since he founded CUNY Citizenship Now! two decades ago. The nation's first university-based free legal service for immigrants has helped thousands of New Yorkers become citizens. But these days Wernick finds they need not just help, but hope. He talks about the obstacles and anxieties for immigrants of every status in the Trump era. To learn more, please visit CUNY Citizenship Now!

On the Frontlines of the Narrowing Path to Citizenship

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