Description
This episode highlights how CUNY students and scholars are shaping the world around them. From the community and culture built through CUNY Skates to the Public Interest Technology Lab using innovation for the public good, the stories reflect action with purpose. It also explores the power of protest in shaping history and the lasting impact of a City College alum whose work helped define a century.
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Recording Date: 04/01/2026
First Air Date: 05/ 07/2026
Guest List
Gloria Browne-Marshall, Professor of Constitutional Law, John Jay College/CUNY
Katie Cumiskey, Director, CUNY PIT Lab
David Guallpa, President & Founder, CUNY Skates
Solomon Rosenblatt, Alum, CCNY
Nathan Geivet Pilay Vasquez, Student, CUNY Skates
The stories highlight the quality and rewards of a CUNY education, one that enables people to achieve great things.
As the world’s largest urban university with 24 campuses spread across New York City’s five boroughs, CUNY is as rich and diverse as the City itself. With a history of over 100 years, the university scope of Urban U stories is immense.
Urban U will inform, inspire and engage viewers by reporting on the relevant happenings within the CUNY system, but also by exploring the achievements of its body of students, faculty and alumni.
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