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Black Americans Supported the 1994 Crime Bill, Too

February 22, 2016

Slate.com

Many black leaders saw the notoriously harsh law as an imperfect solution to unbearable levels of urban crime.

From Entry-Level Hire To Vice President At MTV

January 27, 2016

Gothamist

Yomi enrolled in the MS in Business Management and Leadership program at the City University of New York's School of Professional Studies, and, from 2009-2011, balanced life as a student and full-time MTV employee.

CUNY SPS MS in Data Analytics Student Wins at CCNY’s Graduate Student Research Symposium

December 29, 2015

CUNY Newswire

Daniel Dittenhafer, a student in the MS in Data Analytics degree program at the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS), won first prize in the Division of Science and Math at The City College of New York’s (CCNY) 8th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium.

Times Square billboard accuses city construction unions of racial bias, declaring black workers matter

November 30, 2015

New York Daily News

Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Labor Studies at the CUNY SPS Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education featured in a Daily News story about City Construction Union bias.

Defending Their Homes: How crime-terrorized African-Americans helped spur mass incarceration

November 23, 2015

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Michael Fortner, academic director for the MA in Urban Studies and BA in Urban and Community Studies programs, an author of Black Silent Majority is featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education.