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Star-Studded Gala on May 23 to Help
Support Students
 The John Jay College
Foundation's annual Educating for Justice Gala is an event known for
honoring leaders and innovators in the pursuit of justice, and this
year promises to be no different. Read More
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First Named Professorship
Established At John Jay With Funding From Ford Foundation And Atlantic
Philanthropies
 President Jeremy Travis
of John Jay College announced the establishment of the Franklin A.
Thomas Professorship in Policing Equity, created with $2.5 million in
grants from the Ford Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies. Read More
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Alumni Reunion Celebrates the Then and
Now
 Hundreds of John Jay
College alumni made their way back to their alma mater on April 15 and
16 for the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, which included a special
Founding Generation symposium to celebrate Distinguished Professor
Blanche Wiesen Cook. Read More
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John Jay's Team Wins First Place at the 2016 National
Model United Nations Conference
 For the 12th consecutive
year, a team of John Jay students has taken on colleges and university
institutions from more than 30 countries in the annual National Model
United Nations (NMUN) competition, and this year the John Jay team
captured the conference's top honor, the Outstanding Delegation Award. Read More
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The Buck Starts Here: Professor Heath Brown's New Book
Examines Money and Politics
 "Get big money out
of politics." It's a refrain heard time and again during election
season, and the 2016 Presidential campaign is no different. The
corrupting influence of money on politics seems to be the only issue
that Republicans and Democrats can agree on these days, with each
candidate promising not to let donations dictate their decisions. Read More
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Pinkerton Fellow, Once Helped, Now Helps
Others
 Youth justice has always
been important to Vanessa Castro-Mora, a current Pinkerton Community
Fellow who has spent the past year working with the Prisoner Reentry
Institute's College Initiative, a program that helps youths involved in
the criminal justice system to apply for college. Read More
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Superstars on the Field and in the
Classroom
 "Next year we may
need a bigger space," said John Jay President Jeremy Travis on
April 11 as he welcomed scores of student-athletes to his office for a
ceremony to honor those with grade-point averages of 3.2 or higher.
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John Jay Students and Faculty Participate in
Diplomacy Lab Fair in Washington, D.C.
 Five John Jay College
International Criminal Justice majors traveled to Washington, D.C.
during the spring semester to present posters from their Diplomacy Lab
projects at the Diplomacy Lab Fair held at the U.S. Department of
State. Read More
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There But For Fortune. .
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For nearly 50 years, the Fortune Society has stood in the
front ranks of organizations working to rebuild the lives of formerly
incarcerated offenders. On April 11, John Jay College celebrated the
society's forthcoming anniversary with the first public display of the
gift of the Fortune Society papers. Participating in a panel discussion
that accompanied the exhibit were (l.-r.) Manhattan Borough President
Gale Brewer; Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President of Programs, the
Fortune Society; John Jay President Jeremy Travis; Fortune Society
founder David Rothenberg; and JoAnne Page, President and CEO, the
Fortune Society. The papers are housed in the Special Collections
section of the Sealy Library. For further information, contact Ellen
Belcher, ebelcher@jjay.cuny.edu.
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Former New Jersey
Attorney General Peter C. Harvey was the keynote speaker on April 8 for
an in-depth symposium on "The Office of the State Attorney
General: Powers, Duties, Careers." Harvey, the first African
American to hold New Jersey's top law enforcement post, is now a
partner in the law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP.
The event was co-sponsored by the Pre Law Institute and the Office of
External Affairs, with funding from Pfizer.
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Meg Reiss has
been appointed as the inaugural Executive Director of the Institute for
Innovation in Prosecution, a partnership between John Jay College and
the Manhattan District Attorney's office. Reiss is a veteran prosecutor
with more than two decades of high-profile experience in Brooklyn and
Nassau County district attorney's offices, as well as in justice-reform
efforts. Click here for the full story on
her appointment.
Michele
Doney (Math & Science Resource Center) presented "Adjusting
the frequency: What can we do when students don't come often
enough?" at the 12th annual conference of the Association for the
Tutoring Profession. She was also re-elected for a third term as
secretary of the association.
Lisandro Perez
(Latin American and Latina/o Studies) made several appearances on CNN
in March in connection with President Obama's groundbreaking official
visit to Cuba. Perez, who has an exclusivity contract with the cable
network, appeared on March 20 on "Weekend Edition," with
Fredricka Whitfield; on March 21 on "Newsroom," with Carol
Costello; and on March 21 on "Wolf," with Wolf Blitzer.
Scott
Stoddart's (English) new book, The
New Western: Critical Essays on the Genre since 9/11, has
been published by McFarland & Co.
Heath Brown
(Public Management) had his blog commentary "Why the Trump
presidential transition has begun" published online in The Hill on
April 13. Brown's newest book, Pay-to-Play
Politics: How Money Defines the American Democracy, will be
published on April 28 by Praeger (see related article above).
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Preeti
Chauhan (Psychology) has been named as one of the winners of the
2016 Feliks Gross Awards, presented by the CUNY Academy for the
Humanities and Sciences. The award recognizes assistant professors for
outstanding research, or potential for such, in the humanities or
sciences, including social and life sciences.
Holly
Davenport and David
Pangburn (John Jay Online) earned a Bronze Award in the
37th annual Telly Awards competition for a promotional video they
created to support "The Literature and Law of American
Slavery," the massive, open, online course (MOOC) featuring
Distinguished Professor of English John Matteson. The John Jay
Online video production team competed against more than 13,000 entries
from the United States and abroad.
Sylvia Mazzula
(Psychology) has been chosen to provide consulting services on behalf
of RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and
Men of Color, identifying promising recommendations for research
publications, interventions and solutions to improve the health and
well-being of the target population. The consulting agreement runs from
March 14 through Dec. 16, 2016. As part of the work, Mazzula attended
a teleconference with the White House for President Obama's My
Brother's Keeper initiative.
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9th Annual PRISM Undergraduate
Research Symposium
Keynote Speaker: Anastasiya Yermakova (B.S. '08),
Postdoctoral Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's
Hospital
Student Dining Hall, New Building
Opening Reception for Basta!
An exhibition about art and violence in Latin America
(Exhibition runs through July 15)
Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery
Preceded by a symposium on "Art and Violence in Latin
America Today"
Spring Conference: Multi-Stakeholder
Dialogue on Bridging the Divide
Click here for more information
First Floor, New Building
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Commencement Awards Ceremony
Presented by the Office of Student Transition Programs
Student Dining Hall, New Building
43rd Annual Athletics Awards Banquet
Presented by the Department of Athletics
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Graduate Hooding Ceremony
(Student check-in at 3:30, Student Dining Hall)
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