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06/11/2026
🎓 Check out highlights from our Graduate Hooding Ceremony, featuring keynote speakers Doris B. González, Acting President of the Higher Education Services Corporation, and NYC Commission On Human Rights Commissioner Clarke!
🎓 So, Bloodhounds: what's next after graduation? Let us know in the comments! 💬
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[Audio Description: Upbeat music plays as Damia Gunzelle, wearing graduation regalia and glasses, shares that they will be interning with CUNY Career Launch and working as a mentor with Somethings Mental Health. Another graduate, Katrina Sumtsova, shares that they will be studying in the London abroad program with John Jay. Nick Gentile, another graduate, shares that they will be working at Equitable Advisors. Alan Polanco, another graduate, shares that they will study for the LSAT. Meagan Zullo, another graduate, shares that they will be working at JPMorgan Chase. Another graduate, Elle Zapata, shares that they will be attending grad school at Baruch College. Haley Persaud, another graduate, shares that they will be working at the JFK Redevelopment Aviation Program at York College as a middle school teacher.]
🐾 Bloodhounds, what're your plans this summer? ☀️👀
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[Audio Description: Upbeat music plays as college students share their summer plans. Two students stand in front of a blue wall and share that they plan on going to the beach. One student sits outside and says they will be working as an orientation leader at John Jay. One student sits outside and says they will be working at DreamYard. One student stands in front of a window and says they will be going to Greece. One student wearing a hoodie says they will be taking chemistry 104.]
06/08/2026
Watch Adjunct Professor Michael Alcazar discuss the security concerns surrounding President Trump's visit to Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the on LiveNOW from FOX ➡️ https://ow.ly/F5FY50Z8Zaz.
Trump visit to NBA Finals causes security concerns We are learning more this week as President Donald Trump is expected to make an appearance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. Trump’s visit to New York is expected to come just days after a chaotic Knicks watch party outside Madison Square Garden resulted in more than a dozen arrests. Li...
06/08/2026
💵 Attention NYCHA residents pursuing higher education: The NYCHA-CUNY Scholarship offers $1,000 to eligible full-time undergraduate and graduate students at CUNY.
Apply today: on.nyc.gov/nycha-cuny
Our faculty showed up in style for Commencement! 🎓✨
[Audio Description: Upbeat music plays as professors in their regalia share the colleges they are representing. A professor in red regalia waves and shares that they are representing Rutgers University. Another professor in red regalia says they are representing St. John's University. Another professor in navy blue regalia says they are representing Penn State University. Another professor in dark blue regalia says they are representing Michigan State University. Two professors standing together, one in red regalia and one in blue and red regalia, say they are representing Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania. One professor in black regalia says they are representing NYU.]
06/05/2026
Adjunct professors Brian Higgins and Mike Alcazar discuss mass teen takeovers, long-term effects of COVID-19 on young people, and concerns about parental guidance with NBC News ➡️ https://ow.ly/blTb50Z6SFx.
Teen ‘takeovers’ push cities to take action as experts see echoes of the Covid pandemic Teens who have been clashing with cops went into lockdown during their middle school years, when they were learning how to interact with the world around them.
Bloodhounds, you did it! We're so proud of you! 🎓🎉
[Audio Description: A remixed Pomp and Circumstance plays as President Mason speaks at a podium, students sit in their graduation regalia, faculty walk towards the stage, a student with crossing tape tied to their graduation cap sits, students laugh and turn their tassels, another student shows off her flag, and another student points his phone and smiles at the falling confetti.]