In the News

Elise Tosatti, program director for the Academy for Community Behavioral Health, has been featured in an interview on the News12 show State of Our Schools. In the segment, which starts at 18:32, Tosatti discusses how CUNY SPS is working with the Mayor's Office to offer free courses for social service providers in New York City.

Aeman Rabbani, a student in the CUNY SPS BS in Health Information Management program, has received a Career Step Academic Scholarship from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation.

Ellen Karl, the academic director of the CUNY SPS health information management programs, has been selected to participate on several upcoming events and committees for the Council on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). First, it was announced that Karl will serve a second three-year term as a 2022 Health Information Management Accreditation Council Member. She will also be the guest speaker in the January 26 installment of the 2022 CAHIIM Town Hall Series, where she will discuss the topic "Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) - What are the Components and How Can I Work Toward Implementation?"

Dana Edell, faculty member in the CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre (MAAT) program, has published Girls, Performance, and Activism: Demanding to be Heard. The book, published by Routledge, offers artists, activists, educators, and scholars a comprehensive analysis, celebration, and critique of the ways in which teenage girls create and perform activist theater. MAAT alums Shanti Rose ('16) and Jessica Cortez ('20) worked with Edell as research assistants on the book.

Dr. Kate Moss, doctoral lecturer in the CUNY SPS General Education and Liberal Studies programs, will be presenting a Praxis Poster (video presentation and live discussion) entitled “A Design for Student Leadership in Discussion Boards in Asynchronous Courses” at the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE) conference on January 28. This presentation is based on curriculum promoting leadership skills and experience in the COM 110 Digital Literacy course. This revised curriculum was developed under an initiative at CUNY SPS highlighting career-readiness skills as identified by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) in undergraduate courses.