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The
newest cohort of John Jay freshman and transfer students - the entering
class of 2016 -was formally welcomed to the college community at the
annual New Student Convocation on Aug. 24, as President Jeremy Travis
and other speakers exhorted them to take advantage of the resources and
opportunities available to them. Read More
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On
Sept. 9, John Jay once again paid tribute to the 68 members of the
College community who were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attack on the World Trade Center. This year, however, on the 15th
anniversary of the attack, the remembrance added a somber extra
dimension, with the unveiling of a plaque honoring those who have since
died of illnesses stemming from their rescue and recovery efforts
at Ground Zero. Read More
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Professor to Serve on Independent Team Monitoring
Ferguson, Mo., Consent Decree
Professor
Delores Jones-Brown of John Jay College's Department of Law, Police
Science and Criminal Justice Administration, and the founding director
of the College's Center on Race, Crime and Justice, will serve on an
eight-member team monitoring a federal consent decree for the city of
Ferguson, Mo. Read More
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Steven
Titan, a Certified Public Accountant and former top official with the
College Board, has joined the John Jay executive staff as the new Vice
President for Finance and Administration. Titan comes to John Jay after
16 years with the College Board, where he served as President and
Treasurer and transformed it from a fiscally struggling organization to
a financially stable and growing institution. Read More
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All the World's a Stage, as Students Showcase their
Study-Abroad Experience
In
late July, nine John Jay students took the stage at the AITI Theater on
the Lower East Side to showcase dramatic performances of creative
nonfiction pieces conceived and written abroad during their recent
study-abroad trip to Tanzania under the guidance of Christen Madrazo, a
lecturer in the English department and assistant director of the
Writing Program. Read More
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Who's Aping Who? Finding Similarities in Human and
Animal Behavior
With
the debate between science and creationism continuing to simmer in many
corners of society, John Jay Professor Nathan Lents has weighed in with
his latest book, Not So Different: Finding "Human Nature" in
Animals (Columbia University Press, 2016), in which he posits that
human behavior and animal behavior are not as different as once
believed. Read More
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New Seasons Bring New Coaches
As the fall 2016 semester gets underway - and with it, the
start of new seasons for student athletes - the John Jay College
athletics program has added three new head coaches to its 15-sport
roster. Read More
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On Board
Michael C. Martinez-Sachs is
John Jay's new Dean of Students and Assistant Vice President for
Student Affairs. The new dean comes to John Jay from East Stroudsburg
University where he was the Assistant Vice President of Student
Affairs. Martinez-Sachs, who holds a law degree from the University of
Southern California, has also held administrative positions in student
affairs and student life at LIM College,New York Institute of
Technology, and Cornell University's Weill Medical College.
Meredith L. Patten has been appointed as Executive
Director of the Research Network on Misdemeanor Justice (RNMJ), a
multi-city initiative spearheaded by the Misdemeanor Justice Project
and funded by a $3.2-million grant from the Laura and John Arnold
Foundation. Patten has more than 18 years of experience in the
criminal justice and security fields, including consulting for such
organizations as the New York State Office of Court Administration, the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Interpol, the United Nations,
Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch.
Presenting. . .
Heath Brown (Public Management)
spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 7, as
part of a panel discussion on "Transparency and the Presidential
Transition," sponsored by Public Citizen.
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The Printed Page
Monica Varsanyi (Political Science) has
had her latest book, Policing Immigrants: Local Law
Enforcement on the Front Lines, published by the University of
Chicago Press. The book is based on three national surveys and
in-depth case studies in seven cities around the United States.
Adam McKible's (English) article "'We Return Fighting': Black
Doughboys and the Battle of Representation," will be published in
the fall issue of American Periodicals, the journal of the Research
Society for American Periodicals.
Recognition
Jennifer Dysart (Psychology) has been
named to the 17-member Task Force on Eyewitness Identification formed
by Chief Judge Theodore A. McKee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Third Circuit. The task force will make recommendations regarding jury
instructions, the use of expert testimony, and other procedures and
policies to promote reliable practices for eyewitness identification
and to deter unnecessarily suggestive identification procedures, which
raise the risk of a wrongful conviction.
Jane Katz (Health and Physical Education) won seven gold medals and
one bronze at the inaugural USA Masters Games in Greensboro, N.C., in
late July. Katz won gold in the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter
freestyle; the 200- and 400-meter individual medley; and the 200-meter
backstroke. She won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.
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Sept. 23, 11:00 AM
Dzul Dance: Rites of Passage
Free preview of excerpts (includes Q&A)
Presented by the CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay
College.
(World premiere performance: Saturday,
Sept. 24, 8:00 PM) Gerald W. Lynch Theater
Sept. 26, 1:30 PM
Human Rights at the United Nations Security Council
A talk by Edward J. Flynn, Senior Human Rights Officer of
the U.N. Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate. Presented
by the Human Rights Studies Minor.
Room 610 H
Sept. 28-30, 12:00 N
8th EAI International Conference on Digital Forensics
& Cyber Crime
Various campus locations.
Sept. 29, 1:00 PM
Fall 2016 Job & Internship Fair
For more information, call 212-237-8754.
Gymnasium, 4th floor, Haaren Hall
Sept. 30, 10:00 AM
DeWitt Clinton Park Beautification Project
DeWitt Clinton Park,
11th Avenue between W. 52nd and W. 54th Streets
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Oct. 13, 1:00 PM
Graduate &
Professional School Fair
Hound Square, New Building
Oct. 13, 1:40 PM
Sociology Talks
Series: "The Spatial Scale of Crime"
John Hipp, Professor of
Criminology, Law & Society, Planning, Policy, and Design and
Sociology, University of California-Irvine.
Presented by the Department of Sociology
For location and other information, call 212-237-8666.
Oct. 13, 4:30 PM
Book Talk:
"Incarceration Nations"
Professor Baz Dreisinger,
Department of English
Presented by the Office
for Advancement of Research
Room L63, New Building
Oct. 20, 5:30 PM
"Justice as a
Second Language"
The inaugural lecture of
the Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity, Dr. Phillip Atiba
Goff.
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