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Puppies on the Block, an extension of the well-established and award-winning Parenting, Prison & Pups Program, is serving as a puppy fostering and initial canine training program with incarcerated women and soon with incarcerated men, ages 18 to 25, in the Youth Opportunities Program (YOP).

Professor of Mathematics Shamita Dutta Gupta, PhD, was presented with a Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Distinguished Teaching Award at the organization’s New York Metro Section Annual Meeting, which was held this spring at �鶹ֱ��.

�鶹ֱ�� Art Gallery is pleased to present “To Be Made Whole,” an exhibition featuring artists , , Nicholas Cueva, , , and who each unravel and reassemble identity via a synthesis of representational imagery and tactile textiles. The exhibit opens with a free public reception on Friday, June 2, from 5:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. and was co-curated by Prof. , the gallery director, and Francisco Maldonado ’23, who received a research assistantship from �鶹ֱ��’s .

In other film news, �鶹ֱ��’s documentary film team, �鶹ֱ��Docs, recently premiered "For the Love of Food: Pour l’amour de la Cuisine" which focuses on the slow food movement. The movement began in Europe during the 1980s to preserve the culture of eating locally and combating the popularization of fast food.

Maria T. Iacullo-Bird, Ph.D., assistant provost for research and clinical associate professor of history, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences at �鶹ֱ��, has been elected 2024–2025 president of (CUR).

Communication and Media Studies student Michael Huertas of the class of 2023 discusses his research and experiences at �鶹ֱ�� while reminding other students to "eat your rice."