Brooklyn Public Library Opens Its 10th Iteration of Making Space
November 9, 2023— When we first began developing Making Space in 2017, it was conceived as a system-wide, urban-scale transformation of Brooklyn Public Library’s community rooms. We designed this highly flexible architecture as a kit of modifiable components, adapted to the programmatic and spatial needs of each new location. After the initial success of six […]
Burroughs Wellcome Fund And Charles H. Revson Foundation Establish Partnership To Support Minority Scientists
BURROUGS WELLCOME FUND—September 18,2023— RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, 18 September 2023 — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Charles H. Revson Foundation are proud to announce a collaboration aimed at fostering diversity and inclusion in the scientific research community. This partnership supports minority scientists’ advancement and enhances their contributions to various fields of research. Through BWF’s […]
Hochul, City College Moynihan Center inaugural class honor late senator
NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS—September 14, 2023—The City College of New York celebrated its inaugural classes of the Moynihan Public Scholars and Moynihan Undergraduate Fellows programs last week, created to honor the late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a City College alumnus, and his legacy of public service. The event was held in the Great Hall […]
New Research Provides a Roadmap for Boosting Turnout in Local Elections
THE WELL NEWS—September 7, 2023—While national campaigns get the big headlines, local elections often have the most direct impact on the day-to-day lives of Americans. Yet in New York City, local elections are an afterthought for most voters — so much so that only about one in 10 registered voters showed up to cast their […]
Could “prying open the vault” to small business loans help save local news?
NIEMAN LAB—August 16, 2023—A foundation that has invested millions in local journalism in New York starts a new report with a warning. More than half of American daily news outlets are controlled by hedge funds and private equity firms, which seem hellbent on more painful cost-cutting. The new ecosystem of local outlets that has emerged […]
How to Make Early Voting More Accessible in New York
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE—August 10, 2023—On November 5, 2022, when Blaise Bryant and his fiancée, Erin, passed by an early voting poll site near their home in Rensselaer County, New York, they decided to take advantage of the opportunity and cast their ballots in the 2022 general election. “I think early voting is a tremendously […]
Newmark J-School Launches Data Journalism ‘Equity’ Campaign
CRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM—August 3, 2023— The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is expanding its reach as a national data and investigative journalism leader by launching a major effort to train students from underrepresented backgrounds to become highly sought data reporters. The Equity Through Data Project […]
Opinion: Trusted Relationships are the Secret Ingredient to Increased Voter Turnout
CITYLIMITS—July 21, 2023—“An analysis of voter turnout by the New York City Campaign Finance Board found that from 2008 to 2018, only 3 percent of registered voters cast their vote in every election in which they were eligible. More than a fifth of registered voters did not turn out to vote in any election in […]
Water, Water Everywhere
VITAL CITY—In the summer of 2021, fortified by a miraculous shot in the arm, I celebrated my emergence from the horrors that COVID inflicted on New York City by going to a matinee screening of “In the Heights.” A highlight of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s love letter to the vibrancy and resiliency of our city’s strivers and […]
Lab/Revson Foundation award $160,000 to innovative projects in Jewish chaplaincy
CHAPLAINCY INNOVATION LAB—May 31, 2023—Through a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab at Brandeis University has funded four projects to advance innovative approaches to Jewish spiritual care. Recent research from the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab found that Jewish chaplains are often embedded in a wide variety of institutions but not always called upon to serve […]