A conversation about CUNY's ambitions for the coming years with Rachel Stephenson and Cathy N. Davidson of the new Office of Transformation.

How BMCC's Alvin Eng found his soul as an ‘acoustic punk rock raconteur.’

CSI and Graduate Center professor Ava Chin uncovers her family's remarkable history and reveals the deeper history of exclusion that defined the Chinese American experience for a century in "Mott Street."

Sidik Fofana, a high school teacher who earned his masters in education at City College, wrote fiction on the side for a decade. He finally got his first book published -- and was awarded a prestigious Whiting Award for Emerging Writers.

Crystal Hana Kim says the Korean War is so deeply ingrained in her family's history--but so remote for Americans today--that it became the driving force for her to become a writer.

Ryan Martin, CUNY's first director of inclusive and adaptive sports, has quickly built a nationally recognized wheelchair basketball program. His focus is on bringing athletes with disabilities to CUNY, but he says it's ultimately not about the game.

Queens College alum Nira Burstein talks about making "Charm Circle," her intensely persona, award-winning documentary about the fractured emotional landscape of her parents' lives in the house in Flushing where Burstein grew up.

On this latest episode of CUNY Uncut, Danny Chicon-Ramirez joins Hannah Kavanagh to discuss how the lack of race representation in media perpetuates negative stereotypes and promotes implicit bias that affects every facet of our lives. Ultimately the question is: Where do we go from here?

Alyssa Kitt (GC ’22) joins host Hannah Kavanagh on this latest episode of CUNY Uncut to discuss how her illustrious burlesque career has shaped her views on body positivity, sexual pleasure, confidence, and desire.

Emily Portalatin-Mendez (Lehman ’23) appears on this latest episode of CUNY Uncut to discuss how cryptocurrency and blockchain works, the benefits of investing in it, how Web 3.0 and the metaverse fits into all of this, as well as how different cryptocurrency companies plan on mitigating the environmental and classist issues associated with it—all the while Hannah and the listeners plunge themselves into the unknown.

 

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Hannah Kavanagh

Macaulay at Hunter ‘22

Hannah Kavanagh is a Macaulay@Hunter senior that initially majored in political science and journalism until this past semester, when she switched to a film major to pursue her passion for filmmaking and acting–all the while minoring in Arabic. She is currently the host and executive producer of CUNY Uncut, as well as her seminal podcast Tea For Three—which has garnered a cult following over the course of her college career. She was also active in Hunter College’s Undergraduate Student Government this past year as a junior senator.

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Emily Portalatin-Mendez

Macaulay at John Jay College ’23

Emily Portalatin-Mendez (she/her) is a rising senior majoring in computer science and minoring in finance at Lehman College. She is also a Presidential Scholar and an award-winning software developer with industry specialties in information systems and risk management. Through her work as the President of the CUNY Digital Currency Initiative and beyond, she aims to strategically blend enterprise systems design with public, private, and social sector programs to positively impact local economies of scale.

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Referenced Sources:

* SheFi (female-run organization that focuses on crypto education for women and non-binary people)

* opensea.io (a platform dedicated to NFT sales and distributions)

* pointer.gigi (website dedicated to crypto education)

* Vitamin3.xyz (sends over automated text-based snippets about crypto)