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40-day Boycott of Target Is Under Way: Here's What to Know About the Target Fast

March 10, 2025

USA Today

CUNY SPS Professor Dr. Merians Penaloza, from the online Business programs, spoke with USA Today, about the implications of Target's 40-day boycott initiated in response to the company's rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. She highlights that such consumer-led protests underscore the growing demand for corporate accountability in social justice matters.

How LLMs Are Transforming Business Processes with Arthur O’Connor

March 07, 2025

Techstrong.TV

In a recent Techstrong.ai interview, Dr. Arthur O'Connor, Academic Director of the MS in Data Science and BS in Information Science at CUNY SPS and author of “Organizing for Generative AI and the Productivity Revolution," delves into how advanced reasoning capabilities being added to large language models (LLMs) will profoundly alter business processes as costs continue to rapidly decline.

CUNY SPS Business Student Corey Pettway Wins Regional Competition

March 07, 2025

NYBPC (New York Business Plan Competition )

CUNY SPS BS Business student Corey Pettway won first place in the NYC regional competition NYBPC (New York Business Plan Competition) for his business plan to engineer a technology-based educational tool called ‘Good Job.’ Dr. Diane Merians Penaloza mentored Pettway as he developed his business idea and pitch. Pettway will now advance to the NYBPC finals competition.

Following a Scientific Role Model

March 05, 2025

CUNY SPS Blog on Medium

CUNY proudly presented its inaugural “50 Under 50” alumni list this past August. CUNY SPS alum and "50 under 50" inductee Emily Towner (Communications and Media ’16)), who is now in England attending the University of Cambridge as she pursues her doctorate in psychology, shares her takeaways about receiving this honor.

DeepSeek’s R1: A Useful Reminder

February 20, 2025

Unite AI

In his latest piece published on Unite.AI, Dr. Arthur O'Connor, Department Head of Data and Information Science Degrees at CUNY SPS, reflects on the implications of China's DeepSeek R1 model. He emphasizes that the advancements in generative AI now encompass cognitive reasoning, urging a reevaluation of how these technologies are changing humanity.