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Science in the Streets
At the 2010 World Science Festival held on the streets of New York City in June, John Jay faculty, staff and students from the forensic science program were out in force giving hundreds of enthusiastic visitors a glimpse of a CSI experience. The college's four-tent exhibition featured a cordoned "crime scene" that encouraged visitors to investigate the scene from a scientific point of view. Other displays included activities such as: dusting for fingerprints, examining drop height on blood spatter patterns, examining blood cells, hairs, and insects under the microscope, and examining firearms evidence. The annual event is a celebration of science -- taking it out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums and public halls of New York City.
U.S. Senate Confirms Members of the John Jay Community to Key Posts in the Obama Administration
James Lynch, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) at the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to joining the faculty at John Jay, Lynch was a professor at American University. Much of his professional life has focused on measurement issues in criminal justice data and statistics. His work with Al Biderman on comparing crime statistics from the Uniform Crime Report and the National Crime Victimization survey is considered the gold standard of comparative statistical analysis. BJS annually collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, crime victims, and criminal justice operations. Also confirmed were alumni Beatrice Wilkinson Welters (MA '78) as Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago and Benjamin B. Tucker (BS '77) as Deputy Director for State, Local and Tribal Affairs at the Office of National Drug Control Policy. For more about them, see Alumni Spotlights below.
Book & Author Series
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 4:00 PM
The John Jay Book & Author Series is pleased to present Denial: A Memoir of Terror by Jessica Stern. In her latest work, Ms. Stern, who is a highly respected authority on terrorism, recounts her own experience with terror. In 1973, at the age of 15 she and her sister, age 14, alone in their home in Concord, MA, were the victims of a brutal serial rapist. A recent New York Times book review described the book as "a profound human document."
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Theater Lobby
New York City
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Sunday, September 12, 2010 9:00 AM
Did you know that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime? You can help make a difference. Join us in the fight against breast cancer by participating in the 2010 Komen Race for the Cure. The JOHN JAY JAYWALKERS are once again registered as a team. Alumni, faculty, staff and students have participated in this worthwhile event for the past 17 years. In 2006, 2007, and 2009 the JAYWALKERS had the largest team in the College/University category.
Click here to sign up.
For more information, contact the JAYWALKERS Team Captain, Irene O'Donnell, at iodonnell@jjay.cuny.edu or 212-237-8540.
Central Park West
New York City
The Center for Cybercrime Studies
Monday, September 13, 2010 2:00 PM
John Jay's Center for Cybercrime Studies, which sponsors programs and activities that bring together both scholars and practitioners to support the fight against cybercrime, is pleased to present Tom Holt of the Spartan Devils Honeynet Project at Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice.
For more information, contact Professor Douglas Salane at dsalane@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.237.8836.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Criminal Justice & The Lindsay Years
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
When John V. Lindsay was mayor from 1966 to 1973, he presided over a city that experienced labor strikes, riots, tense race relations, financial problems, and the uncovering of police corruption that led to the Knapp Commission and other criminal justice reforms. Sponsored by John Jay College and the Museum of the City of New York, this event will feature keynote speaker Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly of the New York City Police Department. The panelists are: Mike Armstrong, Jay Kriegel, Jerome Skolnick, Herb Sturz, Clarence Taylor, and William vanden Heuvel. The moderator will be Sam Roberts of The New York Times.
RSVP to programs@mcny.org or call 917.492.3395.
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue (103rd Street)
New York City
Graduate & Professional School Fair
Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Career Development Center, The Pre Law Institute, and the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies will host over 30 graduate and professional schools, including over a dozen law schools, for an informational fair for John Jay alumni and students. Business casual attire is required.
For more information, contact the Career Development Center at careers@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.237.8754.
Alumni registration will take place in the lobby of the "T" building.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue - Lobby
New York City
The Center for Cybercrime Studies
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:00 PM
John Jay's Center for Cybercrime Studies, which sponsors programs and activities that bring together both scholars and practitioners to support the fight against cybercrime, is pleased to present Richard Brittson and David Szuchman of the Cyber and Forensic Investigations Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau at the New York County District Attorney's Office.
For more information, contact Professor Douglas Salane at dsalane@jjay.cuny.edu or 212.237.8836.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Book & Author Series
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 4:00 PM
The John Jay Book & Author is pleased to present Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists by Presidential Scholar Professor Scott Atran of the Department of Sociology. Dr. Atran's work on the religious roots of suicide terrorism has been widely featured in numerous news media around the world.
John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue, Room 630T
New York City
Beatrice Wilkson Welters (MA '78) was sworn in on April 17 to become the next U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to taking up her new position, Welters was President and Chairperson of the AnBryce Foundation - a foundation she established in 1995 -- which provides long-term academic and leadership enrichment. From 1977 to 1991, she worked at IBM, holding several positions including systems engineer. She has served on the Executive Committee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Library of Congress Madison Council and a trustee for several organizations including the Brookings Institute, the Aspen Institute, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Jesuit Academy, and the Maret School. In 2008, she and her husband, Anthony, received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service.
Benjamin B. Tucker (BS '77) was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 22 to become the Deputy Director for State, Local and Tribal Affairs for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The Brooklyn native, who holds a JD from Fordham University School of Law, brings with him over 40 years of experience in the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice. Beginning his career in 1969 with the NYPD, he subsequently held a number of positions in New York City and on the national level including: Executive Director of the New York City Commission on Human Rights; Deputy Assistant Director for Law Enforcement Services in the Office of the Mayor; Deputy Director for Operations at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; and as Director of Field Operations and Senior Research Associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Prior to his confirmation, he was a member of the faculty at PACE University.
Pablo Romano, a junior majoring in political science, has been an activist almost all his life. He migrated with his family to the U.S. at age five from Argentina and just seven years later, at age 12, he created the Argentinean Society of New York with the purpose of buying food for soup kitchens located in the province of Tucuman and Buenos Aires, Argentina. One year later, he formed his own LEO club, a youth organization of Lions Clubs International, dedicated to helping the blind, deaf and less fortunate. Along with thirty teens, they received the 2002 LEOS Club of Excellence Award. Now at age 22, he has formed his own Lions Club for adults and works for Queens Borough President Helen Marshall as an advisor for Hispanic affairs.
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