CUNY's School of Public Health has launched CONVINCE USA, part of a global project to reduce ungrounded fears and misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines and persuade the resistant that the shot is safe, effective--and necessary to end the pandemic.  Dr. Scott Ratzan talks about the challenges and the strategies.

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Convincing America to Vax Up

For Derek Fordjour, an alumnus of Hunter College’s MFA program, the turmoil of 2020 was a canvas for a breakthrough year featuring two critically acclaimed exhibitions. He talks about his life and how he turned his work as a multidisciplinary artist into dazzling and emotional social observation.

Derek Fordjour Captures the Eye — and the Moment

A new year conversation with Dr. Bruce Y. Lee of the CUNY School of Public Health on the state of vaccines, the threat of the mutated virus and what the Biden administration needs to do to turn the tide of the pandemic.

Vaccinating America: ‘There’s some chaos going on. And we can’t have that’

Stan Wolfson looks back on his 60-year career as a photographer and photo editor for New York newspapers and, for the past 16 years, for CUNY.

Photo Finish: Stan Wolfson’s Life in Pictures

Renowned author Walter Mosley, a City College creative writing alum, is the 2020 recipient of the National Book Foundation's lifetime achievement award. He talks about his life, his work, and the program he helped create at CCNY to open doors for minorities in the publishing industry.

CUNY Is the Plot Twist in Walter Mosley’s Life

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.

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

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