This year our country celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed on July 26, 1990. As a school focused on exploring issues of justice, we recognize...

Lucia Velotti, Ph.D., researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management , taught students an invaluable lesson this past spring. “Disasters do not...

Alumna Enyu “Isabella” Li ’19, knows how tough it is to be a first-generation college student. “Within your family, there’s no one you can turn to when you have a question about college, pursuing a...

Incredible mothers routinely make sacrifices for their children’s happiness and success. They work long hours, forgo sleep, stretch out resources, and put their own dreams on hold for the sole...

As Covid-19 began spreading across the world, bats, who are known carriers of coronaviruses, began getting a bad reputation. But could these flying mammals and their ability to evade infection from...

The Covid-19 pandemic isn’t stopping Psychology Assistant Professor Veronica Johnson, Ph.D., from diving into important research. Instead, the American Psychological Association just named her a...

As a community that champions our students and alumni we’re hoping the entire John Jay College family will rally behind alumna Lisa Cho ’20 and help her win the One Lawyer Can Change the World...

When Je’nee Fisher ’20, an International Criminal Justice major, learned that her in-field internship would be postponed due to the Covid-19 health crisis, she jumped at the chance of having a...

June 25, 2020 — The Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety (MAP) contributed to a double digit drop in misdemeanors and a significant drop in seven major felonies at the 15 public housing...

Our country has a painful history of racial injustice. It’s a history we need to reckon with, and cruel ideology that we can no longer deny still exists. Our communities of color regularly navigate...