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Two SLU students who are both in their final year of the Urban Studies Master’s program recently won CUNY-wide awards that provide financial support and professional experience.

With all 51 districts of the New York City Council up for election on November 4, new faces are coming to local government – and SLU alumnus Justin Sanchez is likely to be among them.

SLU graduate student Joseph Juntunen has been working in the nightclub and entertainment industry for most of his life, and organizing there for almost as long.

It is with deep sadness that we learned of the news of the passing of Kent Wong – a giant in our field, a beloved colleague and mentor, and a dear friend of so many of us at SLU.

SLU student Rina D. Cummings comes across as even keeled and self-possessed, even though her life has been shaken by profound transitions. Born in Liberia, she spent part of her childhood in a Ghanaian refugee camp before immigrating at 12 to America.

Sofya Aptekar published “Indebted Heroes: Debt Extraction and Military Labor in the United States” in South Atlantic Quarterly and co-authored “For Collective Liberation: Anticapitalism in the Migrant Justice Movement” for the Spring 2025 edition of Spectre …

On my first day of work, as I walked onto the 19th floor of SLU’s campus, I was pleasantly struck by Helen Keller’s famous quote displayed on the wall: “It’s a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” …

Dear SLU Community,
I am very happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Rita “Kiki” Edozie as Associate Dean for AcademicAffairs at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies …

Organized labor has taken center stage in the 2020s, with workers leading successful organizing drives at Amazon, Starbucks, Apple, and across a range of industries from health care to higher education …

SLU and the 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund are proud to announce a new scholarship to support labor leaders of exceptional promise to complete their undergraduate or graduate studies at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies …