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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Lead Stories
NYS Attorney General Letitia James Delivers 2026 12th Sternberg Annual Lecture
On March 26th, the Colin Powell School hosted New York State Attorney General Letitia James for the 12th Annual Sternberg Family Lecture in Public Scholarship, themed “Courageous Leadership in Trying…
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Faculty Stories
Erased but Not Forgotten: The Displacement of Free Black Communities in New York City
On February 19th, 2026 and in commemoration of Black History Month, Professor Prithi Kanakamedala hosted a talk titled “The Displacement of Free Black Communities in New York City.” The event…
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Faculty Stories
Faculty in Fellowship: Building Community and Connection
On February 19th, over sixty faculty and staff gathered in the Faculty Dining Room for the Colin Powell School’s Faculty in Fellowship Luncheon, an event designed to recognize faculty contributions…
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Faculty Stories
Diplomacy Meets the Classroom: Consul General of Brazil Joins the Brazil Seminar
On February 19th, we were pleased to host Ambassador Adalnio Senna Ganem, Consul General of Brazil in New York, at the Spring 2026 Brazil Seminar. Ambassador Ganem is not only…
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Student Stories
From Preparation to Pitch: Students Get Career Fair Ready
In the lead-up to this semester’s Career Fair, the Colin Powell School offered students two opportunities to put their best foot forward. On March 5th, forty-five students attended a “Prepare…
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Student Stories
NextGen Service Corps Schools Convene at the Moynihan Center
On March 6, 2026, the Moynihan Center brought together students and staff from the Volcker Alliance’s Next Generation Service Corps schools across New York City and New Jersey for the…
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Student Stories
Powell School Meets the UN on Guided Visit by Professor Nehal Amer
Nehal Amer, Marina Fernando Guest Lecturer in International and Global Studies, visited the United Nations Headquarters with 19 undergraduate students from the International and Global Studies Program. This visit was…
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Lead Stories
Dean Ostfield Quoted by NPR in Investigation of Treasury Department Sanctions
Dean Marc Ostfield was quoted in a major NPR investigation into the Trump administration’s use of Treasury Department sanctions as a political tool. The piece, reported by NPR’s Chiara Eisner…
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Faculty Stories
Global Leaders Convene on Women in Global Governance
Global Leaders Convene at the Colin Powell School Conference on “The Future of Multilateralism: Women’s Representation in Global Governance” Global Leaders Convene on Women in Global Governance As the international…
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Student Stories
Powell School Students Visit PitchBook for a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Private Markets
Nearly thirty Colin Powell School BBA and Economics students seized the opportunity to visit the Flatiron District corporate offices of PitchBook, the leading data and insights provider covering private capital…
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Faculty Stories
What Drives the Marginalized? Professor Alize Arican Explores the Question in American Anthropologist
Professor Alize Arican, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Department of AIP, published an article, entitled “Cultivating Potentialities: Future-Making and Its Conditions in Tarlabaşı, Istanbul” in American Anthropologist, the flagship…
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Lead Stories
How Powell School Fellow Hubert Rivas Rivera is Redefining the “Helpful Hand”
For many students at the Colin Powell School, the pursuit of a career in public service is a calling born from lived experience. Hubert Rivas Rivera, a graduating senior and…
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