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2030STEM Seeks to Achieve Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion by Accelerating Change in STEM

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Friday, October 28, 2022
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2030STEM hosted a salon entitled Hear Our Voice, which aggregated existing and identified new strategies to successfully advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion changes in the STEM ecosystem.

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  • 2030STEM hosted a salon entitled Hear Our Voice, which aggregated existing and identified new strategies to successfully advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion changes in the STEM ecosystem.
  • Hear Our Voice examined collective action to catalyze advancement of the Black, Latino/a/X, Indigenous and people of color STEM workforce.
  • The Hear Our Voice session confronted the anemic progress to date to broaden representation in STEM.
  • 2030STEM takes a systems-level approach in creating a community of practice that enhances self-efficacy, STEM and cultural identities, and self-advocacy.

City, state and CUNY leadership unveil plans for new Science Park and Research Campus

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New York City and State leadership have partnered with the City University of New York (CUNY) to launch the Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay, a first-of-its kind innovation hub that will include new, modern facilities for over 4,500 students from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), the Hunter College School of Nursing and School of Health Sciences and the Borough of Manhattan Community College's multiple health care programs.

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  • The project will transform the Brookdale Campus on East 25th Street into new, state-of-the-art teaching and commercial facilities.
  • The space will include additional lab and research space for CUNY SPH and house the school's own library and study centers.
  • The new campus will also include additional classrooms for the school's planned undergraduate program in public health.
  • At a press event on Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and CUNY Chancellor Flix V. Matos Rodrguez unveiled the plans for the new campus.

Former Bridgewater Executive Launches “Unlimited” to Bring Alternative Investment Strategies to Investors Without the High Fees

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bob Elliott, former member of the Investment Committee at Bridgewater Associates, today announced the launch of Unlimited , a new investment firm purpose-built to give all investors exposure to the alpha-generating potential of alternative investment strategies without the high fees and adverse tax implications.

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bob Elliott, former member of the Investment Committee at Bridgewater Associates, today announced the launch of Unlimited , a new investment firm purpose-built to give all investors exposure to the alpha-generating potential of alternative investment strategies without the high fees and adverse tax implications.
  • After spending many years in the hedge fund industry, weve identified that investors are either ill-served by exorbitant fees in the asset class or are unable to access such exclusive strategies, said Mr. Elliott.
  • Investors facing a period of high volatility and uncertainty are increasingly looking for investments that will diversify their portfolios to help weather varied market conditions.
  • He has built innovative investment strategies for over two decades, most recently as a member of the Investment Committee at Bridgewater Associates, LP, the worlds largest hedge fund.

NIH awards CUNY SPH team $6.7 million to design park-based strategies to improve mental well-being

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded a team of researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) a five-year, $6.7 million grant to design and implement programmatic strategies to enhance the social environment of neighborhoods by leveraging newly renovated public parks in low-income New York City neighborhoods.

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  • The National Institutes of Health has awarded a team of researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) a five-year, $6.7 million grant to design and implement programmatic strategies to enhance the social environment of neighborhoods by leveraging newly renovated public parks in low-income New York City neighborhoods.
  • The team will employ human-centered design (HCD), a process methodology for problem-solving and innovation, in an asset-based approach to collaborating with local partners.
  • The research team will provide each community financial resources and core services on formative research, design, and rapid prototyping and testing.
  • We will also be able to empirically test, for the first time, the impact of HCD as a process for community-driven innovation on community-level health outcomes."

Native Forward Scholars Fund: Largest Native-Serving Direct Scholarship Fund in U.S. Announces New Strategies

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating 53 years of impact, the largest scholarship provider to Native scholars in the United States today announced its new name: Native Forward Scholars Fund. The change reflects the organization's goal of expanding its highly successful program to empower tens of thousands more Native scholars facing the rising cost of higher education, and to provide holistic support throughout their college journeys.   

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  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating 53 years of impact, the largest scholarship provider to Native scholars in the United States today announced its new name: Native Forward Scholars Fund.
  • Native Forward Scholars Fund: Largest Native-Serving Direct Scholarship Fund in U.S.
  • Ultimately, Native Forward underscores how in turn, our scholars continue to share their knowledge, gifts, and talents with their individual communities."
  • Native Forward Scholars Fund, formerly known as the American Indian Graduate Center, is the largest direct scholarship provider to Native scholars in the U.S.

COVID behaviors and attitudes vary among NYC boroughs, CUNY SPH survey finds

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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NEW YORK, Aug 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation follows new CDC recommendations to relax COVID-19 restrictions, a new survey of 2,500 New Yorkers conducted by the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) revealed clear differences among the boroughs in vaccine and booster uptake, childhood vaccination, treatment when sick and general trust in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. The range of full vaccine and booster coverage across the five boroughs was 60% in Manhattan to 34% in the Bronx, with Queens at 55%, Staten Island at 47%, and Brooklyn at 42%.

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  • "These survey findings help us to examine the blind spots within our communities regarding the continued risks of COVID-19 exposure and need for vigilance in protection," says Dr. Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean of CUNY SPH.
  • We as public health advocates must double down on education about testing, prevention and treatment for those at high risk."
  • The survey showed adherence to protective measures among most New Yorkers, even amidst general COVID-19 fatigue.
  • The majority of respondents (86%) have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 60% have had their children vaccinated.

Daily cannabis users less likely to consider heavy tobacco use dangerous

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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While cigarette use has been declining for decades in the U.S., a new study finds that adults who use cannabis daily do not perceive smoking a pack a day as being as harmful as those who do not use cannabis in the U.S.

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  • While cigarette use has been declining for decades in the U.S., a new study finds that adults who use cannabis daily do not perceive smoking a pack a day as being as harmful as those who do not use cannabis in the U.S.
  • Sixty-two percent of adults who use cannabis daily perceived pack a day cigarette use to be of "great" risk to health, compared with 73% of those who did not use cannabis in the past year.
  • Her prior work shows that cigarette use, however, is much more common among those who use cannabis and findings suggesting that cannabis legalization may lead to increases in cannabis use and cannabis-cigarette co-use among adults.
  • Findings from recent studies in Canada, where cannabis is legal on a federal level, show increases in adult cannabis use but as of the most recent study in 2022, no significant increases in cannabis use among adolescents.

Michael G. Johnson Appointed President & CEO of Harlem Educational Activities Fund

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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HARLEM, N.Y., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF), the nonprofit college access program that opens doors to college and meaningful careers for students from underserved communities across New York City, today announced that Michael G. Johnson has been appointed President & CEO, effective August 1, 2022. Mr. Johnson will be responsible for end-to-end leadership of the organization, from setting the vision to direct oversight of day-to-day education program execution, development, and operations.

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  • "We are thrilled to welcome Michael to Harlem Educational Activities Fund," said Karla Maloof , Chair, HEAF Board of Directors.
  • "I am excited to join Harlem Educational Activities Fund," said Michael G. Johnson, newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, HEAF.
  • Mr. Johnson will succeed interim President & CEO Fern Khan, an 18-year trustee of HEAF and Dean Emerita, Division of Continuing Education, Bank Street College of Education.
  • Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is a high-impact supplemental education and youth leadership nonprofit that helps motivated New York City public school students from underserved communities become high-achieving college graduates.

Study shows increase in global COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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The study, which was published Monday in Nature Communications, was carried out within the context of ayear of substantial but very unequal global COVID-19 vaccine availability and acceptance, which necessitated new assessments of the drivers of vaccine hesitancy and the characteristics of people not vaccinated.

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  • The study, which was published Monday in Nature Communications, was carried out within the context of ayear of substantial but very unequal global COVID-19 vaccine availability and acceptance, which necessitated new assessments of the drivers of vaccine hesitancy and the characteristics of people not vaccinated.
  • Concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy and mistrust in the science behind vaccine development were the most consistent correlates of hesitancy.
  • The authors found that vaccine hesitancy did not significantly correlate with a country's current COVID-19 case burden and mortality.
  • These include targeting those reporting lower vaccine confidence with evidence-based information campaigns and greatly expanding vaccine access in low- and middle-income countries.

CUNY SPH Foundation Board welcomes CVS Caremark CCIO Dr. Daniel Knecht

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) has appointed Dr. Daniel Knecht, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer (CCIO) at CVS Caremark, to its Foundation Board of Directors. 

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  • The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) Foundation appoints national health innovator to its Board of Directors.
  • NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) has appointedDr.
  • Daniel Knecht, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer (CCIO) at CVS Caremark, to its Foundation Board of Directors.
  • "Dr. Knecht brings to our Board an extraordinary perspective as a practicing medical professional who is also driving national access to consumer-focused knowledge and health solutions," said CUNY SPH Dean Ayman El-Mohandes.