Join us for a conversation on what it takes to improve diabetes and weight loss outcomes in the real world. This forum will share new research conducted in partnership with 1199SEIU Benefit Funds on a fully subsidized behavioral weight management program offered to a diverse population of healthcare workers living with diabetes and pre-diabetes. Drawing [...]
Ahead of the 2027 High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, this webinar will introduce strategies and challenges for achieving UHC by 2030, examine how outcomes from the recent high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) can advance the process, and explore how academic institutions like CUNY SPH can promote and support countries to achieve UHC. [...]
The Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (MOFP), in partnership with the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, is developing a comprehensive, interactive dashboard that will transform how New York City visualizes and shares data about its food system. Building on the city’s existing Food Metrics Report, this user-friendly platform will make food system data more accessible and actionable [...]
Two years ago, the NYC Climate Justice Hub, a partnership between the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) and CUNY, brought together community practitioners and academics to create six Research Teams. The Hub leveraged the vast and diverse CUNY network to connect mission-minded faculty and students in the CUNY system to each of the six [...]
The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute will host an online forum event on February 12, 2026, from 2:00–3:30 PM ET, examining the high-profile lawsuit brought by the City of San Francisco against manufacturers of ultra-processed foods and its broader implications for public health policy. Featuring legal, public health, and policy experts, the forum will explore how litigation may shape future approaches to [...]
Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of New York City based on a platform to make New York City affordable. His campaign included a proposal to create five city-run grocery stores, one in each borough, that would sell food at affordable prices by operating as non-profit public retailers. The idea of creating city-run grocery stores [...]
Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9100 (Skylight Room) This forum, scheduled to coincide with the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (Sept. 21–27) and New York City Climate Week (Sept 21 -28) will bring together experts to examine how corporate structures, systems, and practices contribute to both climate change and the global rise in [...]
About the event: This presentation will cover the potential implications of racially-targeted food and beverage marketing through digital environments which Dr. Cassidy studies. About the speaker: Omni Cassidy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/Langone Health where she directs the Food, Culture, & Tech [...]
IMPORTANT UPDATE: To accommodate more candidates, we have decided to switch to an online-only event. Kindly note that this session will now happen entirely on Zoom! In order to access the forum on Thursday morning, please click THIS LINK. Please note that you will still need to register once you click the link. [...]
Join us for a book talk and presentation of "The Painful Truth about Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know—and Start Again" (MIT Press, 2024) by Mariana Chilton, Professor of Health Management and Policy at Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University and founder of the Center for [...]
CUNY CLIMATE JUSTICE SUMMIT Organized by the NYC Climate Justice Hub A Partnership between CUNY and the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) Refreshments provided throughout the day! Join us for the first student-centered, community-led, CUNY-wide Environmental and Climate Justice Summit! The Summit takes place all-day on Tuesday, February 25th, 2025 at the CUNY Graduate Center. [...]
Join us for a book talk and presentation of "Serving the Public: The good food revolution in schools, hospitals, and prisons" (Manchester University Press, 2025) by Professor Kevin Morgan. Access to good food is the litmus test of a society's commitment to social justice and sustainable development. Drawing on evidence from the UK, US, [...]
