"The health and safety of our students, faculty and staff is CUNY's top priority. That's why, over the past two years, the University has invested $850 million in our facilities, completing or advancing more than 100 projects."
The City University of New York (CUNY) released in November its second annual who's who of its massive alumni network with its 50 Under 50 list, and the Bronx was well represented, with honorees from the borough, educated at Bronx CUNY schools or with strong ties to the Boogie Down all making their mark on the world culturally, socially and economically. The Bronx Times caught up with a few of the list's esteemed honorees to get their reactions on being recognized, reflections on their journeys so far and their love story with the borough of the Bronx.
We were furious and angry. CUNY has constantly tried to silence organizing for Palestine. [They] called the NYPD to brutalize Palestine protestors. And so this just seemed one more example of repression against our organizing for Palestinian liberation,
James Davis, president of PSC, stated, "The federal funding cuts have disrupted research at CUNY... over 60 grant-funded projects had been canceled."
The success of Viking ROADS during its initial three years showed a 12-percentage-point increase in graduation rates among participants, despite challenges from remote instruction during the pandemic.
