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Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti
March 19, 2025

Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti on why colleges and universities should not be considered "elitist"

Quoting Thomas Jefferson, among others, Professor of Political Science and Moynihan Center Executive Director Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti argues that colleges and universities are not “elitist” in The Guardian.
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March 14, 2025

US science funding was a bipartisan priority. Now it’s a target of federal cuts.

Christian Science Monitor piece on federal cuts to science research quotes CCNY physicist Michael Lubell.
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March 12, 2025

Rajon Menon on Trump's foreign policy

Emeritus Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science Rajon Menon comments on the Trump Administration’s foreign policy in The New York Times.
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Gara LaMarche
March 12, 2025

Gara LaMarche on how philanthropies can reduce overreliance on foundations

Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership Leader-in-Residence Gara LaMarche’s opinion piece in Inside Philanthropy urges philanthropic organizations to expand their circle of donors.
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Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti
February 21, 2025

Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti's Guardian op-ed extols the value of a college education

The Colin Powell School's Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, professor of political science and the executive director of the Moynihan Center, writes that "for many, going to college is the very definition of the American dream" and "a brief and precious period of freedom."
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Chokshi
February 20, 2025

Colin Powell School's Dave A. Chokshi and others urge state to invest in public health

Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership Dave A. Chokshi of the Colin Powell School co-authored an amNY op-ed that called on Gov. Hochul and the state legislature to increase public health funding to New York City.
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February 10, 2025

CCNY’s Professor Anil K. Agrawal honored with 2025 Moisseiff Award by American Society of Civil Engineers’

The Indian Eye reports on CCNY Professor Anil Agrawal's Moisseiff Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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February 06, 2025

Trump policies sow chaos, confusion across scientific community

Washington Post feature on how Trump’s executive orders on DEI, gender and other subjects have sowed chaos and confusion in the scientific community, quotes CCNY physicist Michael Lubell.
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Zihao Zhang
February 04, 2025

OP-ED: Resilient schist: Crafting Harlem’s Corridor of Art, Culture, and Ecology

Professor Zihao Zhang and interim director of the landscape architecture program in the Spitzer School of Architecture, co-writes an OpEd for The Amsterdam News writes about the geology that has shaped Harlem.
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February 04, 2025

Scholar and activist Elik Elhanan discusses peace in Gaza

Associate Professor of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures Elik Elhanan and Palestinian therapist Mai Shahin, members of grassroots organization Combatants for Peace, try to envision a durable peace in the region.
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