Category: Provost’s Newsletter

I am pleased to announce that Maxwell Velikodny has been selected as CSI’s Valedictorian and Cheyenne Watson has been chosen as our Salutatorian. The selection committee, which consisted of Kristin Mammen, Cheryl...

In the last two weeks, two of our faculty have received global recognition for their scholarship. Assistant Professor Nerve Macaspac in Political Science and Global Affairs serves as a co-investigator on a newly awarded $2.5...

I know many of you are anxious about re-entry in the fall. This will continue to be a work in progress as we learn more about the course of the pandemic and the changing guidance and requirements from CUNY, the NY State...

As the vaccines for COVID are being distributed and the number of cases is going down, CSI is looking ahead to the Fall 2021 semester when we anticipate having a greater number of face-to-face experiences and more faculty and...

As you know, the College has usually granted one or more honorary doctoral degrees as part of the spring Commencement ceremony. I am writing to invite suggestions for possible candidates for honorary degrees at the Spring 2021...

As you know, the Thanksgiving holiday weekend was a source of concern regarding the spread of COVID-19, and national figures this week have certainly shown that concern to be well founded. Fortunately, the impact on campus to...

CUNY has issued another academic guidance update. These new items are online. By Michael Parrish

On Monday,  the CUNY Board of Trustees approved a resolution entitled “APPROVAL TO CONTINUE THE OFFERING OF ONLINE INSTRUCTION FOR THE DELIVERY OF COURSES IN DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS AND THE OFFERING OF REMOTE SUPPORT...

As we move into the fall, CSI continues on a path toward slow campus re-entry. Over the weekend, we had the sobering news of the first two cases of essential personnel on campus who had tested positive for COVID-19. This is...

As we prepare to start this most unusual fall semester, I want to thank all of you for your creativity, persistence, and support of our students during the last six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our re-entry plan was approved...

As the beginning of the fall semester approaches, we are charting unprecedented waters in higher education. The progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty and anxiety in a way that most of us have not...

The campus has been involved in collaborative faculty/staff/administration efforts to develop re-entry plans for CSI as a whole, and a separate one specifically for research re-entry. I wanted to update you on both of these...