The CUNY Comeback Program, one of the largest college debt forgiveness program in the country, forgives nearly $95 million in unpaid tuition and fee balances for more than 52,000 students. is a prime example of the way CUNY comes to the aid of its students and always has their backs.Of the messages CUNY is receiving […]readmore
Last week, Community leaders, and stakeholders, joined faculty, staff, students, family, and friends tto commemorate the grand opening of the first full-service Science Technology Engineering and Mathematic school in District 19. Serving the East New York/Cypress Hill communities, D19 S.T.E.M. Academies comprises Public Schools 4 and 938, and Middle School 935. The new location will be […]readmore
“If we are to invest in the strength of our nation we must invest in our HBCUs,” said Vice President Harris on Friday at the Home by the Sea campus.“HBCUs are not only competing but they’re leading,” Vice President Kamala Harris said during a visit to Hampton University on Friday. A majority of the vice president’s trip […]readmore
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the CUNY Comeback Program, a sweeping plan to eliminate up to $125 million in unpaid debt for at least 50,000 students who attended CUNY and suffered financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is one of the nation’s largest student debt forgiveness plans of its kind. Additionally, students who […]readmore
–by Jamel K. DonnorHigh school seniors with the highest GPA in their graduating class are chosen to be valedictorians and are often responsible for delivering the graduating speech. Salutatorians, who are high school seniors with the second-highest GPA in their graduating class, often give the opening remarks. The superintendent attributed the mix-up to a new […]readmore
Shalini ShankarWhen Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, 2021, she became the first Black American to win in the competition’s history. Shalini Shankar, a scholar of spelling bees, breaks down the importance of this historical moment. Why is it news that an African American won this championship?It’s significant […]readmore
Tucker Higgins, CNBCJournalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said Tuesday she had declined a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the faculty at Howard University, a historically Black institution, following weeks of controversy. Hannah-Jones, who won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for her commentary in The New York Times’ “The 1619 […]readmore
President, Medgar Evers College Dr. Patricia Ramsey was appointed by the CUNY Board of Trustees to serve as the sixth president of Medgar Evers College on March 22, 2021. She is the first woman president of Medgar Evers College, and was installed on May 1, 2021. (www.ourtimeathome.com/cuny-names-dr-patricia-ramsey-as-sixth-president-of-medgar-evers-college). Now that Dr. Ramsey has had a chance […]readmore
