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The College of Staten Island held its second annual induction ceremony for the Business Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta, on May 2. The gathering of more than 100 students, family, faculty, alumni, and College leaders celebrated the success of this year’s inductees and reflected on the fine example that they set for the College. In total, over 50 undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members were inducted into the College’s chapter.

USA Today spoke with Professor Caitlin Borgmann about the conviction of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell on first-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges.

When he first came to Brooklyn College by way of John Jay, Anthony Sideris felt he had big shoes to fill—his sister, Amalea, is a well-accomplished BC alum and former basketball/tennis athlete.

Baruch College is proud to announce that students Fanta Conde and Linda Haviv are this year’s valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

The 27th Annual Michael Steuerman Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday May 16th at 6pm. Throughout the event, the City University of New York Athletic Conference will be honoring outstanding student-athletes, coaches, administrator…

Few people get to live out their dreams. Vlasta Safarova is on her way to doing it twice.

Few people get to live out their dreams. Vlasta Safarova is on her way to doing it twice.

The CUNY Athletic Conference is proud to announce the CUNYAC/Hospital for Special Surgery Men’s Tennis All-Stars. John Jay took three of the major awards as senior Erkut Cakmak took home Player of the Year while Head Coach Chris Weeks was named C…

Professor Alisse Waterston of John Jay College’s Department of Anthropology is the editor of a bold new experiment in scholarly publishing that was recently unveiled by the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay, received four journalism awards at the Delaware Press Association dinner in May. Professor Browne-Marshall, a legal correspondent who covers the U.S. Supreme Court and national law issues, earned two first place awards, a second place and an honorable mention for her syndicated columns.

The City University of New York School of Law’s Community Economic Development (CED) Clinic has launched a new partnership with the Mondragon Cooperatives, the largest worker-owned cooperative in the world.

The Second Annual CSI’s Got Talent competition and showcase brought out the best of the College’s performers for a nearly sold-out event in the Williamson Theatre of the College of Staten Island’s Center for the Arts (CFA). Prior to the performance, the backstage and hallways of the CFA were buzzing with the sounds and sights of the evening’s 12 contestants.

The College of Staten Island men’s baseball team is back atop the City University of New York Athletic Conference, and the Dolphins did it the hard way on Friday night.  CSI was tripped up by No. 2 seeded Baruch College in 11 innings, 6-5, before taking a 1-0 win in a winner-take-all scenario at MCU Ballpark in Brooklyn, New York as part of the CUNYAC’s double-elimination postseason tournament.

Queens College sets the stage for success in the arts with the school’s unprecedented acceptance of four of its Drama, Theatre and Dance Department students into prestigious graduate programs this year. They are bound for San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater, the London Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts, Juilliard, and the Yale School of Drama. The attached release details their shared experience under the mentorship of professor Claudia Feldstein.

The #1 seeded College of Staten Island Dolphins defeated the #2 seeded Baruch Bearcats, 1-0, in the deciding Game 7 of the CUNYAC/MCU Baseball Championships at MCU Park.

Congratulations to the new members: Alfajo Jallow — President Angie Urena — Vice President Jessica Leung — Treasurer Reina Osorio — Secretary Senators: Samuel Van Der Swaag Daphne Oliveira Christopher Sanchez Hussein Nasrallah Student Representatives to the Faculty-Student Disciplinary Committee Sherine Smith Stephen Icaza Henesse Molina Sean Charles Jr. Tamika Marshall

On May 6, the College’s Remembering Newtown Concert paid homage to the victims of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary and to victims of gun violence nationwide. It also served as the capstone to a semester-long spring series of art and lectures that spurred dialogue and action to end gun violence. The series was launched on March 12th, when John Jay students created the Remembering Newtown Expression Wall.

Distinguished Professor Cathy Spatz Widom in the Department of Psychology is the recipient of the 2013 American Society of Criminology (ASC) Edwin H. Sutherland Award. Widom is the first to receive this award at John Jay and one of only five women to receive the award since it was established in 1960. She is joining a cadre of distinguished and world renowned criminologists in recognition of her work.

Brooklyn, NY — When she was a little girl creating houses and pyramids with blocks and Legos, Jessica Castillo loved being a builder. “I was constant thinking about constructing things,” explains Jessica Castillo, the New York City College of Technology’s (City Tech’s) 2013 Salutatorian (second in the graduating class). Castillo, 25, who will receive her bachelor of technology degree in architectural technology at the City Tech commencement on June 4, has been preparing herself for a career as an architect specializing in historic preservation.