Murphy News
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Frances Fox Piven Profiled In the NYTimes
SLU professor Frances Fox Piven has been no stranger to press in her 86 years — many of which have been spent as a rabble-rousing leftist activist and respected leftist intellectual. Last week, Prof. Piven got yet one more feature to add to the list: a NYTimes profile by Alex Traub that describes her role…
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2019 Murphy Diversity in Labor Scholarship Gala (5/23)
Photo features Diversity Scholarship recipients from 2017 plus staff. In 2012 the Murphy Institute launched a scholarship program designed to promote diversity in union leadership and labor education. The Joseph S. Murphy Diversity in Labor Scholarship program awards two-year scholarships of up to $30,000 for graduate students and up to $20,000 for undergraduate students. The scholarship…
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SLU in the Community: CUNY Info Session with Council Member I. Daneek Miller (5/8)
The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) is excited to partner with the Office of Council Member I. Daneek Miller for a CUNY info session on Wednesday, May 8th from 6-8 pm. This session will include presentations on: SLU’s certificate and degree programs Worker Education at Queens College CUNY’s application process Financing…
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CUNY Days at DC37: Worker Education at the Murphy Institute’s New College Access Initiative
By Becky Firesheets When adults are interested in returning to school, they’re often faced with multiple challenges — jobs, children, bills, aging parents — yet are expected to navigate this process alone. In contrast, high school students, who typically experience fewer barriers than adult learners, receive built-in guidance from trained counselors present in their schools.…
