In the News

BA in Disability Studies student Lennyn Jacob was quoted in this Bronx Times Op-Ed, which detailed CUNY's various programs to strengthen support for students with disabilities.

Terrance Blackman Stroud, deputy commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS), was named to the latest list of "Trailblazers in Higher Education" by City & State. Stroud partners directly with CUNY SPS on two training programs for the School’s Office of Professional Education and Workplace Learning (PEWL).

The website City & State New York named CUNY SPS alum Phara Souffrant Forrest (BS Nursing '20) on their list of the "2024 Brooklyn Power 100." Souffrant Forrest received a #30 ranking for her work in the New York State Assembly as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. As a New York State Representative, Souffrant Forrest has focused on tenant rights and expanded access to health care, including championing efforts to eliminate copays for insulin. She also chairs the Assembly Task Force on New Americans and has worked on legislation to reform prison and jail policies. She was elected to office in 2020 and represents the 57th Assembly District in Brooklyn, which includes Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

In a special Q&A session after her roundtable discussion event held on April 4, CUNY SPS Youth Studies faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Bishop discussed her new book on racial justice, "Whiting Out: Writing on Vulnerability, Racism, and Repair."

During Health Information Professionals Week (April 15–19), CUNY SPS featured a Q&A with Memory Ndanga, academic director of the CUNY SPS Health Information Management and Health Services Administration programs. Dr. Ndanga offered a look at the School’s Health Information Management BS and MS programs.