CUNY Podcasts

In 1963, as a teenager fresh out of high school, Elizabeth Nunez came to the United States from Trinidad and began to experience the longing many immigrants have felt as they struggled to adapt amid changing traditional values and cultural upheaval. This ...

The American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie believed his steel fortune should be used for the greater good, says David Nasaw, author of the biography “Andrew Carnegie.” At a roundtable discussion of how Carnegie, J.P. Morgan and John D. ...

No matter what platforms people choose for communication, the business of public relations essentially remains the same, according to industry experts. “You still need to build a personal brand that stands for something,” says Don Middleberg ...

For one of America’s most beloved poets, writing poems is still a leap of faith. “You hope that someone is going to read it,” Billy Collins, who served two terms as the U.S. Poet Laureate, joked at a Book Talk lecture sponsored by City ...

It’s not for everyone, but the rugged mountains of eastern Greenland turned out to be the ideal summer spot for a team of geologists. “Unlike the Himalayas, which is crawling with geologists, Greenland is relatively less explored so ...

Standing committee meeting of the Board of Trustees, Committee on Student Affairs and Special Programs, Monday, November 2, 2009. Download

Standing committee meeting of the Board of Trustees, Committee on Academic Policy, Programs and Research, Monday, November 2, 2009. Download

Standing committee meeting of the Board of Trustees, Committee on Facilities Planning and Management,  Monday, November 2, 2009. Download

Standing committee meeting of the Board of Trustees, Committee on Fiscal Affairs, Monday, November 2, 2009. Download

Chancellor Matthew Goldstein reports to the Board of Tustees, September 29, 2009. Listen Now

Constance Rosenblum’s latest book, Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak and Hope Along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, is a valentine to the neighborhoods around the Grand Concourse, whose distinctive Art Deco buildings were a ...

An Afghan activist representing a Kabul-based human rights organization has a harsh message for the U.S. and its allies. “Afghanistan is a free country, but only for rapists,” said “Zoya,” who uses a pseudonym and won’t be ...

Is there such a thing as a secular state? How can we find a way to mediate between religion and politics? In a conversation about the meaning of secularism and Islam today, moderated by John Torpey, professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, ...

Since its inception in in 2001, the William E. Macaulay Honors College has become one of the largest and most innovative programs of its kind in the country. At a breakfast event held at the college entitled, “Stepping Up for New York’s ...

One of America’s bleakest chapters produced some of the 20th century’s most enduring cultural images, says critic Morris Dickstein. In his latest book, “Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression,” Dickstein, ...

Breast cancer isn’t one disease, but multiple ones, and the type of cancer should be identified before a care plan is set up, says Jill Bargonetti, associate professor of biological sciences at Hunter College and a biology faculty member at the ...

For more than three decades, Robert A. Caro has been one of the leading biographers of our time. He chronicled the political trail that defined Robert Moses as one of New York’s most influential and controversial figures in The Power Broker, and ...

For more than three decades, Robert A. Caro has been one of the leading biographers of our time. He chronicled the political trail that defined Robert Moses as one of the New York’s most influential and controversial figures in The Power Broker, ...

Since graduating from Yale Law School, Rhonda Copelon has dedicated her life to the struggle for human rights, first at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York, where she litigated civil rights and international human rights cases for 12 years, ...