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Elizabeth Alsop, assistant professor and academic director of the CUNY SPS communication and media BA program, recently published the article "The Kingdom Is the Strangest Medical Drama You’ll Ever See" in The Atlantic. Her piece explored Lars von Trier's haunted hospital drama, The Kingdom, which premiered in the 1990s but returned for an unexpected third season.

CUNY SPS is featured in this article about the initiative Bold Solutions to Re-engage, which has awarded grants to 11 CUNY colleges and projects to help increase enrollment. As noted in the article, CUNY SPS will use this grant to develop a 12-month “gap year” program that combines a year-long paid internship at a nonprofit organization with a free college course and training in youth development issues.

The CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) hosted its annual fundraising event on November 29, 2022, in honor of #CUNYTuesday, the University-wide day of giving inspired by the global generosity movement #GivingTuesday.

In this article, the publication City Life discusses the Academy for Community Behavioral Health, which offers free courses designed to help city social service workers. The Academy was launched by the CUNY SPS Office of Professional Education and Workplace Learning (PEWL).

CUNY SPS MA in Disability Studies student Molly Joyce recently released the album "Perspective", which features forty-seven different interviews with disabled persons addressing various issues on access, care, weakness, interdependence, and more. The album, which made Pitchfork Magazine's "9 New Albums You Should Listen to Now" list, is intended to be heard alongside open-captioned videos in an effort to emphasize multisensory accessibility.