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CUNY SPS Youth Studies Adjunct Professor Jen Siaca Curry, founder and CEO of Change Impact, wrote an OpEd piece for City & State NY entitled "Opinion: We Need the Arts Now More Than Ever," which stresses the need for funding in the arts. Professor Curry emphasizes the urgency in this time of federal budgetary cuts to cultural programs while making the case that investments in the arts improve the overall well-being of communities at large.

Dr. Elizabeth Alsop, assistant professor and academic director of the Communication and Media BA program at CUNY SPS, recently published a critical film analysis in the LA Review of Books. The essay "Televising Decline" focuses on the 'cine-fatalism' of Hollywood meta-series such as "The Franchise," and "The Studio," while examining the impact of the film industry's overall shift towards corporatist, profit-driven content.

The fourth installment of the CUNY Blog series, “Share Your Story," introduces Elaina Parsons, an MA in Museum Studies student. In the blog post, Parsons discusses the several books she’s published and how the CUNY SPS MA in Museum Studies program is inspiring her own creative and professional pursuits.

CUNY SPS Academic Director Dr. Arthur J. O'Connor, who oversees the School's MS in Data Science and BS in Information Systems programs, is quoted in the Computer World article "An AI Agent Could Help You Buy Your Next Car." Dr. O'Connor explains how the emerging technology called "emotion recognition" (ER) allows chatbots to recognize and respond to customer's emotions. He also points out that this advancement can facilitate improved customer satisfaction and loyalty by offering more empathetic responses from chatbots.

Dr. Arthur O'Connor, academic director of the CUNY SPS MS in data science and BS in information systems degree programs, wrote an article for Homeland Security Today. His essay, "PERSPECTIVE: DeepSeek May Be the Least of Our Concerns," examines the tradeoffs that people make when cognitive and critical thinking tasks are outsourced to AI.