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January 26, 2025 Dear SLU Community, The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies will resume regular on-campus operations and in-person classes on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Administrative offices, campus services, and all in-person classes will resume as scheduled. Please allow for extra travel time when planning your commute and use caution when traveling to […]

January 25, 2025 ———————————— Update: Return to In-Person Instruction and Campus Operations, Tues. Jan. 27, 2026 ———————————— Dear SLU Community, Due to severe winter weather conditions, the SLU campus will operate fully remotely on Monday, January 26, 2026. All classes and administrative operations will be conducted remotely, and all on-campus events are canceled. We anticipate […]

A garbage innovator and a budding journalist: Joshua Goodman and Paige Oamek are both SLU graduates who were spotlighted recently in CUNY’s second annual 50 Under 50 Alumni Awards.

For some of SLU’s experiential learners, this fall’s internship was the first time they ever used an office phone. For others, it was their first time in an office, period.

SLU served as a vital academic hub and practical “laboratory” for scholars and students to engage in critical teaching and research over the past year.

Two major labor movement summer schools will be held at SLU in summer 2026—one as a new permanent program and the other as a cyclical hosting event.

A drivers’ advocate and former taxi driver, SLU student Mohammad “Tipu” Sultan has been named one of “The 2025 Unsung Heroes” by City & State New York. Sultan is a Labor Studies bachelor’s student and recent recipient of SLU’s Joseph S. Murphy Scholarship for Diversity in Labor.

SLU alum Joshua Goodman (Urban Studies M.A. Fall 2023), is featured on CUNY’s second annual 50 Under 50 Alumni Awards list. Goodman is Deputy Commissioner for Public Affairs and Customer Experience at the New York City Department of Sanitation, and credits SLU with inspiring his work.

How police should engage with people suffering from mental health conditions is a complex policy question that New York City has grappled with for decades. Due in part to the efforts of SLU master’s student Christina Sparrock, however, one piece of that puzzle was recently resolved.

The SLU Urban Studies faculty added two new members this fall, with the arrival of Assistant Professor Samantha Agarwal and Distinguished Lecturer Puya Gerami. They both will specialize in the Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice program.