Faculty Stories
Adriana Espinosa is Awarded the 2025-26 Mabel Shelby Faculty Fellowship
Puerto Rico-born Adriana Espinosa grew up in a bicultural, Ecuadorian-Boricua, home. This experience largely shaped her values and heightened her awareness of how cultural influences shape every aspect of our…
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Faculty Stories
HOLI Launches Workshops, Internships, and Mentorship for CCNY and CUNY students
The Health and Opportunity Leadership Institute (HOLI), based at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College — but open to all CUNY undergraduate and graduate…
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Student Stories
Tips for Submitting a Winning Proposal To The Colin Powell Graduate Fellowship
The Colin Powell Graduate Fellowship in Leadership and Public Service Applications are open: here are some tips on how to submit a winning proposal The Colin Powell Graduate Fellowship in…
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Faculty Stories
Rajan Menon, Spitzer Professor Emeritus, Analyses the Situation in Venezuela
Rajan Menon, Spitzer Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the City College of New York and senior research scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, warns that…
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Faculty Stories
Professor Luca Falciola Joins Panel with Kerry Kennedy in Commemoration of Robert F. Kennedy Centenary
Luca Falciola, assistant professor of Political Science at the Colin Powell School, participated in a December ceremony at the Italian Consulate in New York marking the unveiling of a commemorative…
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Faculty Stories
HOLI receives extended funding from Mother Cabrini Foundation
The Health Opportunity Leadership Institute (HOLI), based out of the Powell School, has been named grantee of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for the second year in a row. HOLI…
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Faculty Stories
Pierre Losson Presents Cultural Heritage Research in Colombia and Brazil
Pierre Losson, Associate Director of the Colin Powell School’s Social Mobility Lab, traveled to Bogotá and São Paulo in November 2025 to present his research on the restitution of cultural…
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Alumni Stories
From the Bronx to the White House: How Troy Blackwell ’17 Turned Lived Experience into National Impact
Alumni Spotlight: Troy Blackwell discusses the power of “saying yes,” the importance of horizontal networking, and how the Colin Powell School prepared him for senior roles in the Biden-Harris Administration….
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Alumni Stories
Alumnus Ciro Scala ’20 Launches New Podcast
Ciro Scala (BA/MA ’20), whose return to college in his 70s was featured in The New York Times in 2022 as a powerful story of lifelong learning, has launched Gens-Chat…
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Lead Stories
Spring Orientation Welcomes 400+ New Students
More than 100 students filled the Great Hall on January 21, 2026, for the Colin Powell School’s spring orientation—part of a cohort of over 400 new students beginning their academic…
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Master of Public Administration
Arianna Adams —MPA Student Spotlight✨
Today’s #StudentSpotlight is Arianna Adams! What brought you to the City College of New York and to the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership? Going to City College…
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Social Mobility Lab
Changing Perceptions, Expanding Possibility
The beginning of the semester invites reflection. Thinking about what has gone well, what could have gone differently, and what we hope for in the future helps us make meaning…
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Faculty Stories
Jeff Holland—MPA Faculty Spotlight✨
Today’s #facultyspotlight is Jeff Holland, who teaches Public Budgeting and Finance in our MPA Program! What brought you to the City College of New York and to the Colin Powell…
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Faculty Stories
Sustainability of High-Value Crops Spotlighted in Guest Lecture by Alum and Burlap & Barrel Co-Founder Ethan Frisch
Alumnus Ethan Frisch ‘08, co-founder and co-CEO of Burlap & Barrel was guest lecturer for Associate Dean Kevin Foster’s class on “Sustainability of High Value Crops.” The interdisciplinary class, co-taught…
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