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Professor Kevin Nadal has been awarded the Richard Tewksbury Award. The
award, from the Western Society of Criminology, recognizes
significant contributions to scholarship or activism on the
intersection of crime and sexuality.
Professor Jodie Roure's experience in Puerto Rico inspires a free surgical
program for the island.
Professor Anthony Carpi served on a special committee for that National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to suggest
improvements to STEM Education at Minority Serving Institutions.
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The Pre-Law Institute invites alumni
interested in law school or who are practicing lawyers or judges back
to John Jay for our annual Law Day event; the day will be filled with
workshops about applying to law school and a luncheon featuring a
keynote speaker. This will be a great opportunity for students and
alumni to network with lawyers, judges and law school
representatives. If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth
Broccoli, pli@jjay.cuny.edu
Deborah Blum-journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner,
and director of MIT's science journalism program, will showcase her
latest book, The
Poison Squad, on how a courageous team of scientists,
writers and more fought a corrupt system to make food safer for all
Americans. This event is followed by a short discussion with John Jay
faculty, and audience Q&A in Moot Court. Please RSVP to oar@jjay.cuny.edu
Located at the Herald Square store, JCPenney is offering
students' additional savings on professional attire for John Jay
students, their families, and alumni. If you have any questions,
please contact Kristina Simonsen, ksimonsen@jjay.cuny.edu
NB, 9.65
Dave Cullen, is the author of New York Times
Bestseller Columbine.
He covered Parkland students for
Vanity Fair since the first weekend, following them
around the country and into their rehearsals, their clandestine
office and their homes. Cullen has also contributed to New York Times,
BuzzFeed,
Politico
Magazine, Times
of London, New
Republic, Newsweek,
Guardian,
Washington
Post, Daily
Beast, Slate,
Salon, The
Millions, Lapham's
Quarterly, and NPR's
On The Media. Extensively researched and beautifully
told, Parkland
is a testament to change and a perceptive examination of this pivotal
moment in American culture.
Wednesday, March 6,
12:00 P.M.
Looking for a job? Come to the Job Search Strategies
Workshop where you'll get all the tips and insights into how to
conduct a job search, look more appealing to recruiters and
successfully find the job you want. Check out John Jay Careers
Online for more information and to RSVP.
Please join Vera Bumpers, Houston Metro Transit
Authority Police Department (METRO Police Department), at
the Perspective on Women in Public Safety lecture. This
event is hosted by The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives (NOBLE) and The Department of Africana Studies in
partnership with The Lloyd G. Sealy Library.
Come and celebrate National Women's History Month at
the 2nd Annual Women in Law Enforcement Symposium. This
event is sponsored by John Jay College Department of Public
Safety and the FBI,
New York Office.
John Jay on the Road: SOMOS Alumni Reception in Albany
This event will be hosted by President Karol Mason and
Assembly member and Alumnus Marcos Crespo. If you need more
information contact Mindy Bockstein,
The 21st Jerry McCabe Fellowship Reception
The McCabe Foundation cordially invites you to celebrate
21 years of exchanges between An Garda Siochana Irish National Police
and John Jay College of Criminal Justice and our two Irish scholars
for the year: Declan Egan and Edwards Henderson. For more
information, please call 212-237-8624 or visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/mccabe
Spring Career
&
Internship Fair
Looking for a jump start to your career? Come to the Spring Career
& Internship Fair, where you can meet with various employers who
are looking to fill positions. For more information, please contact Careers@jjay.cuny.edu
Alumni
Career Day
Co-sponsored by the Career Office, Alumni Career Day will include a
mini career fair and concurrent workshops/panel discussion, a keynote
speaker and express services for your resume, LinkedIn and
interviews. If you have any questions please contact Rosann Santos
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Alumna
Veronica Pacheco '18 Deepens Her Understanding of the World
Veronica Pacheco, '18, was born in Brooklyn, New
York and raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but when it comes to learning,
the world is her classroom. "I'm a big believer in trying new
things, meeting new people, traveling the world and immersing
yourself in different cultures," says Pacheco. "Each new
experience provides you with a new perspective."
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Malcolm/King Awards
Breakfast
Celebrates African-American History and Culture
John Jay College proudly hosted the 29th annual
Malcolm/King Awards Breakfast on February 22, 2019. The annual award
ceremony celebrates and honors the mission set forth by Malcolm X and
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., of peace, equality, and freedom, and highlights
the talent, determination, and success of John Jay students.
"That's the main reason why we're here today, to uplift our next
generation of leaders," said Karol V. Mason, President of John
Jay. "Your academic and professional success is one of my greatest
goals. It's our job to guide you and show you the way to fulfil your
dreams.
But remember, once you climb up that ladder, send it back down for
the next generation." Read More
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Governor Andrew Cuomo Signs The Red Flag Bill At John
Jay College with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
On Monday, February 25, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo
signed the Red Flag Bill into law at John Jay College of Criminal
Justice. He was joined by many of his colleagues in New York
State government, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to celebrate
this new legislation, the first in the nation of its kind. His
special guests, who helped give the bill a more heartfelt
perspective, were Linda Beigel Schulman, who lost her son, Scott J.
Beigel, in the Parkland, Florida school shooting, and Mark Barden,
whose son, Daniel, was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting. Read More
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Fainess Lipenga and Martina Vandenberg Shine a
Spotlight on Labor Trafficking
Labor
trafficking thrives in the shadows. It's victims are often the most
vulnerable among us, recently arrived immigrants, undocumented
workers, domestic workers, the disabled, and young people. Exploited
and cut off from the outside world, they're often forced to live in
inhumane conditions and work endless hours with little to no pay.
During National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, to help bring
awareness to this often overlooked injustice, John Jay College
welcomed Fainess Lipenga, an anti-trafficking survivor and advocate,
to share her experiences. Lipenga was joined by Martina Vandenberg,
Founder and President of the Human Trafficking Legal Center, who
helped explain the problem from a legal standpoint. Read More
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Justice Trailblazers Sarah Koenig and Brittany
Packnett Share Insight Into
The Power of Storytelling
Two leading, powerful voices in the field of
podcasting, Sarah Koenig, host and co-creator of the award winning
podcast Serial, and Brittany Packnett,
activist, educator, writer, and contributor of the Webby-award
winning podcast Pod Save the People took center
stage at the 2019 Justice Media Trailblazer Awards Dinner on February
21, 2019. "Trailblazers are people lighting the way into new
ways of storytelling. They're exposing injustices, telling us things
that we should take note of," said Errol Louis, NY 1 News
anchor, and emcee for the event hosted by John Jay College and The Crime Report. Read More
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Evana Alam '20 Joins Professors
Maria
D'Agostino and Nicole Elias
for Gender
Equity Research
Honored about being one of the first recipients of
the 2018-19 Inaugural Presidential Student-Faculty Research
Collaboration Award, Maria D'Agostino, Associate Professor of Public
Management and Nicole Elias, Assistant Professor of Public
Management, have started their research project. Co-founders of Women in the Public Sector (WPS), a
John Jay organization dedicated to addressing gender issues in public
service, the professors have titled their project Gender Equity in
Municipalities.
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Arnold Ventures Awards $1.7
Million Grant to Support Data Collaborative for Justice
Despite dramatic declines in marijuana possession
arrests from their peak years for New York City and "Upstate
Cities," the numbers and rates of arrests remained higher in
2017 than in 1990, according to a new report from the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay
College of Criminal Justice (DCJ). The report was released February
8, 2019 at a special presentation featuring Alphonso David, Counsel
to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Benjamin Tucker, First Deputy Commissioner
of the New York City Police Department, and Jeremy Travis, Executive
Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures. Read More
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John Jay Faculty Development
Day Fosters
Unity and Stimulates
New Thinking
This semester's Faculty Development Day, held on
January 24, provided the opportunity for faculty to come together as
a community, and it gave them the chance to learn about new tools,
strategies, and approaches that can help support student success and
enrich the overall educational experience here at John Jay. "How
do we enhance learning?" asked Provost Yi Li during a Q&A
session. "Our students today are very different from the
students of yesterday, and the students of tomorrow. The way we teach
them must change. You are the people who will make those changes
happen. I have the deepest appreciation for what you do, day in, and
out." Read More
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Ramona
Ferreyra (B.A. '02) was recently named as
the grand prize winner of the 2018 Latina SmallBiz Expo & Pitch
Competition for her clothing business Ojala Threads.
Command
Sgt. Maj. Justin Lenz (B.S. '07)
recently took part in a change of responsibility ceremony, held at
the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters in Troy, NY. He is now the
top enlisted soldier at the Joint Forces Headquarter in Latham and is
going to be in charge of strategic plans and policy.
Crystal
Priutt (M.A. '09, M.A. '13) was recently
named the Chief of Staff for the 16th Legislative District.
Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker says "I am thrilled to welcome back
Ms. Pruitt to my staff, this time as Chief.
Chrystina
Lopera (B.A. '11), Assistant District
Attorney for Kew Gardens I Trial Bureau, was awarded with the DA
office's 28th Annual Hal Miller Weinstein Memorial Award.
Amir
Latif (B.A. '13) a police officer for
the NYPD, was administered the oath of office by trustee Mark Hyer, in
a December Village Hall. He has been a police officer since 2014.
Esterlin
Estevez (B.A. '13) was sworn into the
Parsippany Police Department. He will join the 92nd Basic Police
Academy Class in January 2019. He was previously a patrolman and is a
former Marine.
Qiang
Chen (B.S. '18) took part in the
Police Academy's graduation ceremony. He is one of 20 new police
officers who are of Chinese descent. Qiang came to the United States
in 2011, and is now part of the Police Academy's largest graduating
class of Chinese police officers.
IN
MEMORIAM
Ron
Centamore (M.P.A '81) was a Fort Lauderdale
police officer civic association president, and 2017's Distinguished
Citizen. His friend and Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Steve
Glassman said that Ron was: "A quiet, understated insight and
wisdom for all issues in the city. I always appreciated his
perspective on things; I always found him to be a really good
sounding board." Centamore died at 71.
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