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CUNY SPS Communications and Media student Katerina Lewis Archer

Meet the 2025 NYBPC Student Ambassadors

January 17, 2025

New York Business Plan Competition

CUNY SPS student Katerina Lewis Archer (Communications and Media ‘25 ) was recently named as one of six ambassadors for the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC), a statewide, intercollegiate entrepreneurship competition. The goal for the ambassadors is to promote the entrepreneurship competition on campus and in local regions.

CUNY SPS Alum Named Commissioner in Bloomfield, New Jersey

January 14, 2025

Bloomfield Township

CUNY SPS alum Amanda Ebokosia (MA Youth Studies '18) was recently appointed to the Civil & Human Rights Commission of Bloomfield, New Jersey. Ebokosia has spent years of civic engagement and advocacy across communities, with a special focus on social justice. She is also the Founder and CEO of the Gem Project, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that works alongside youth and young adults through a year-round fellowship.

AATE Award Winners

January 13, 2025

American Alliance for Theatre and Education

CUNY SPS alum Caitlyn McCain (MA Applied Theatre '23) was awarded the 2024 American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE) Distinguished Thesis Award for her master's thesis "Getting Free: Exploring Freedom Dreaming and Abolition Through Applied Theatre." The thesis explored how Applied Theatre, particularly participatory style drama, might create an environment where public school students and educators could dream, imagine, and rehearse new realities, making space for a more just and compassionate world.

Social Media Can Create Unneeded Stress During The Holidays

December 26, 2024

Forbes

Dr. Chelsea Hansen, a doctoral lecturer in the Psychology programs at CUNY SPS, is featured in the Forbes article "Social Media Can Create Unneeded Stress During The Holidays." In the piece, she offers tips on how to handle social media usage over the holidays.

US government AI Task Force offers recommendations — but are they really helpful to enterprises?

December 18, 2024

CIO.com

CUNY SPS Academic Director Dr. Arthur J. O'Connor, who oversees the School's MS in Data Science and BS in Information Systems programs, offers an in-depth analysis of the government's recent AI workplace guidelines in the CIO.com article "US government AI Task Force offers recommendations — but are they really helpful to enterprises?" His suggestions include a list of steps organizations can take to align with the government's directives.

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