Officer who stood by as George Floyd died highlights complex Asian American, black relations
“People don’t have a baseline of an understanding of what anti-blackness even is,” a Hmong American organizer told NBC Asian America.
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CUNY UACD Statement Condemning the Killing of George Floyd
June 4, 2020 We, members of the University Advisory Council on Diversity (UACD) at the City University of New York, condemn the flagrant and reckless disregard for human life that led to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. We condemn and reject the societal systems that support such inhumane and shameful acts. The killing … Read more
Katrina F. Mateo, new CUNY SPH PhD , on “An evaluation of a web-based tool to improve feeding practices and the home environment among parents of low-income minority preadolescents at-risk for childhood obesity”
After graduation, Dr. Mateo will continue in her role as Deputy Director of Research & Operations at HITLAB, a healthcare innovation technology lab offering digital health research, teaching, and advisory services.
Carmina Bernardo, new CUNY SPH DPH, on “The Social Construction of Deservedness in Medicaid Eligibility Design: A Qualitative Content Analysis of State Policy Responses to the Affordable Care Act”
Dr. Bernardo’s research examined how social constructions of who “deserves” Medicaid impacted its eligibility design in six states soon after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law.
CUNY bestows Salk Scholarships on CCNY’s Swathi Mettela and Jazmin Morales
Swathi Mettela, a 2019 graduate of The City College of New York’s Macaulay Honors Program, and Jazmin Morales, from the Class of 2020, are recipients of Jonas E. Salk Scholarships awarded by The City University of New York.