Life have you stressed out? Weary of the endless news cycle? City College philosophy professor has an idea--one that goes back 18 centuries. He's a leader of a modern movement that's popularizing the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism. 

City College/Macaulay student Emilia Decaudin, the first openly transgender member of the New York State Democratic Committee, talks about how she got the state party to change the gender language of its rules. And Jennifer Choi of the News Integrity Initiative at the Newmark School of Journalism discusses a project to advance newsroom diversity and improve coverage of marginalized communities.

Less than half the students who start at America's public colleges make it to graduation. But CUNY's pioneering student success programs--ASAP, CUNY Start and others--are a model for what can be done to keep students in school and on track. So says David Kirp, a prominent education policy expert at the University of California, Berkeley, whose new book, "The College Dropout Scandal," includes an uplifting and prescriptive chapter about CUNY's programs.

The 2020 Census could miss millions of immigrants and others who are historically hard to count, affecting everything from seats in Congress to federal funds for education.  That's why officials and groups from New York to California are using CUNY's interactive Census mapping tool to focus their efforts on neighborhoods that will be the hardest to count. Mapping guru Steven Romalewski of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center explains how it works and the difference it could make.

Allan Wernick has been one of the city's most tireless advocates for immigrants since he founded CUNY Citizenship Now! two decades ago. The nation's first university-based free legal service for immigrants has helped thousands of New Yorkers become citizens. But these days Wernick finds they need not just help, but hope. He talks about the obstacles and anxieties for immigrants of every status in the Trump era. To learn more, please visit CUNY Citizenship Now!

CUNY's Yarimar Bonilla, a prominent voice on the volatile politics of Puerto Rico, spent the summer in San Juan, immersed in the revolt against the island's government. She's back with plenty to say about the historic events and how they're intertwined with the aftermath of 2017's Hurricane Maria. ​

Félix V. Matos Rodríguez talks about growing up in Puerto Rico, becoming CUNY's first chancellor of color--and everything in between--in the debut of our new CUNYcast podcast.