ACE Alumnus, Jevaughn Williams ’19 Works With Elected Officials to Uplift Communities

Jevaughn Williams ’19, a Law and Society major and Accelerate, Complete, and Engage (ACE) alumnus, has always valued the importance of getting a good education. “For 11 years, I lived in Kingston,...

Professor Nina Rose Fischer Creates Change in Communities with Her Work in Harm Reduction and Youth Justice

Nina Rose Fischer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (ISP), has made it her life’s work to help youth from underserved and underrepresented communities meet...

Celebrating at the 38th Annual Jack Brennan Children’s Holiday Party

“It really warms your heart seeing the children, and everyone in their families, smile. That’s what the holidays are all about.” —Johnny Taveras For over 30 years the John Jay community has come...

The 12th Annual First Year Student Showcase Highlights Student Research

With topics ranging from reproductive rights to the death penalty, foot binding to Latinx students in higher education, the 12th Annual First Year Student Showcase, held on December 11, highlighted...

Alfredo Corchado named 2020 Justice Media Trailblazer by John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Crime Report

New York, NY, Dec 17, 2019 — Alfredo Corchado, veteran correspondent for the Dallas Morning News and a pioneer in border journalism, has been named the 2020 Justice Media Trailblazer by John Jay...

John Jay Increases Voter Registration and Emphasizes The Importance of the 2020 Census

At a school unflinchingly focused on issues of justice, it should go without saying that our community staunchly believes in participating in the political system. “Democracy has never come easy, and...

COSL’s 8th Annual Oxfam Hunger Banquet Demonstrates the Inequality of Poverty and Hunger

John Jay’s Community Outreach and Service Learning (COSL) hosted the 8th Annual Oxfam Hunger Banquet on December 10 to shed light on hunger and poverty issues. For this interactive event, attendees...

First Year Showcase: Liliana Rosario ’21 and Jannet Musleh ’23 Advocate for Immigrant Women’s Reproductive Rights

At John Jay College, research is a key element in our mission to educate for justice and create a fairer more equitable society. “The research that our faculty and students perform has lasting,...

Professor Anthony Carpi Named AAAS 2019 Fellow for His Work in Advancing Underrepresented Groups in STEM Professions

Anthony Carpi, Ph.D., John Jay’s Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Dean of Research, recently earned the lifetime distinction of becoming an American Association for the Advancement of Science...

First Year Showcase: Sunjo “Sara” Kim ’23 Researches the Effects of Deportation on Children

At John Jay College, research is a key element in our mission to educate for justice and create a fairer more equitable society. “The research that our faculty and students perform has lasting,...

The Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration Hosts Non-Partisan Seminar on Impeachment

The topic of impeachment is headline news these days, but what the process entails, and what the Constitution says about impeachment, isn’t as widely known. Striving to provide some clarity on the...

Sales of Recreational Marijuana in Denver Found to Increase Some Nonviolent Crime

In 2014, Colorado began selling recreational cannabis to people older than 21, becoming the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. A new study - by researchers at John Jay College, the City...

Attorney Steven Cordero ’96 Reflects on the Journey that Brought Him to the Law

Looking at Steven Cordero’s ’96 successful career in the legal field, you could easily assume that he aspired to be a lawyer his entire life. But growing up in the Bronx, New York, Cordero actually...

National Institute of Justice Awards $1.2 Million For Criminal Justice Research at John Jay College

Dark web fentanyl networks, gunshot detectors, and mass shootings will be the subjects of new, groundbreaking research, thanks to three grants totaling more than $1.2 million from the National...

CUNY’s La Habana at 500 Explores the Ties Between New York and Cuba

“To anyone who has been in New York and has spent time in La Habana, there’s something familiar about the Cuban capital.” — John Gutiérrez The history of Cubans in the United States often focuses on...

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