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Relive highlights of the CUNY SPS 2026 Commencement ceremony in this video from the City University of New York YouTube channel. CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez delivered a keynote address to the School’s largest-ever graduating class with more than 1,700 graduates.

In this Inside Higher Ed article, Morgan Wong, a CUNY SPS student who is pursuing a master's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, is featured as a Bridge Coach in CUNY's College Bridge for All program. Wong, who has been in the University-wide program for four years, helps graduating high school seniors navigate the transition to college and draws on her own experience as a NYCPS alum to build trust with the students she mentors.

The City University of New York proudly presented its second annual “50 Under 50” alumni list earlier this year. As one of the three CUNY SPS alumni selected for this prestigious list, “50 under 50” inductee Darnell Wold (BA Psychology’ 23) shares his takeaways about receiving this honor, as well as his plans for the future, in this CUNY SPS blog post.

In this Parade article focused on late Gen X/early millennials, CUNY SPS faculty member Dr. Lauren Mahoney was one of a panel of experts who offered insights into the cultural and political climate that shaped the generation's development and behaviors.

CUNY SPS alum Katie York (Adv. Cert. Disability Services in Higher Education '24) is quoted in this Chronicle of Higher Education essay that challenges the notion that students are faking disabilities to receive accommodations, as articulated in an article in "The Atlantic." “This fear that people with disabilities are ‘trying to get something that I don’t get’ frames things as us versus them when it doesn’t have to be,” said York.