In the News

A recent episode of Café con Felo, a CUNY TV program hosted by CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez in which he interviews political, business, and civic leaders to discuss how CUNY lifts New York, featured CUNY SPS Foundation board member Beatriz de la Torre, as well as CUNY SPS alums Leonard Blades, Rachel Castillo, and LaTroya Lovell.

Dr. Sara Martucci, who teaches in the CUNY SPS Sociology program, has published the book "There Was Nothing There Williamsburg, The Gentrification of a Brooklyn Neighborhood." In it, she explores the gentrification of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, from the perspectives of new and long-term residents.

Several CUNY SPS MA in Applied Theatre alumni presented at the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) symposium on research and publishing hosted by NYU. The attendees and their projects are: Sarah Bellatoni (’11), "Verbatim Performance as Embodied Inquiry in the High School History Classroom"; Madeline Calandrillo (’19) and Sindy Isabel Castro (’19), "In My Dreams/En Mis Sueños: Creating Bilingual Work for the Very Young"; Megan Raab (’23), "Bust a Move(ment): Applying a Liberatory Pedagogy to Dance"; Ania Upstill (’23), "Discovering Stewardship through Play: A Collaborative Approach to Using Applied Theater Techniques for Environmental Education"; and Helio A. Sepulveda (’20), Jessica Cortez (’20), Sindy Isabel Castro (‘19), Award Winning AATE Distinguished Thesis Presentations - Translanguaging, Dialogue, and Organizing."

April 6–12 is the Week of the Young Child, an annual event celebrating early learning, young children, their teachers, and families. In honor of this week, CUNY SPS spotlighted the School's Child Development Associate (CDA) Certificate program.

Rachel Kerr, an adjunct instructor in the CUNY SPS General Education program, was awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching for the 2023-24 academic year.