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Two…Three…Many Flints: America’s Coast-to-Coast Toxic Crisis

Two…Three…Many Flints: America’s Coast-to-Coast Toxic Crisis Our latest blog entry comes from David Rosner, Columbia University, and Gerald Markowtiz, John Jay College. This entry was originally posted on TomDispatch.com.   Blog entry by: David Rosner & Gerald Markowitz, 2/9/2016 “I know if I was a parent up there, I would be beside myself if my kids’ health […]

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Martin Shkreli is not the problem. The fact that a company like Turing Pharmaceuticals can exist is the problem

Martin Shkreli is not the problem. The fact that a company like Turing Pharmaceuticals can exist is the problem Our latest blog entry comes from Nathan Lents, Associate Professor in John Jay’s Department of Sciences. This entry was originally posted on Nathan Lents’ “The Human Evolution Blog.” Blog entry by: Nathan Lents, 12/17/2015 Martin Shkreli […]

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Cheap white eggs: Radiolob Dodges All Discussion of Race

Cheap white eggs: Radiolob Dodges All Discussion of Race Our latest blog entry comes from Nathan Lents, Associate Professor in John Jay’s Department of Sciences. This entry was originally posted on Nathan Lents’ “The Human Evolution Blog.” Blog entry by: Nathan Lents, 12/7/2015 (This blog has been updated after a twitter discussion between Professor Lents […]

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Choosing sides: Militarization, murder, and mixed-metaphor in the “War on Crime”

Choosing sides: Militarization, murder, and mixed-metaphor in the “War on Crime” This is the second in a series of blog entries from Research Operations Director Daniel Stageman, tying current research, upcoming events, and public scholarship from John Jay College faculty and staff to the contemporary conversation around criminal justice reform. I had an intense sense of […]

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The rising crime rates narrative and the criminal justice reform conversation

The rising crime rates narrative and the criminal justice reform conversation This is the first in a series of blog entries from Research Operations Director Daniel Stageman, tying current research, upcoming events, and public scholarship from John Jay College faculty and staff to the contemporary conversation around criminal justice reform. Blog entry by: Daniel Stageman, […]

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Why does Trauma Cause Memory Distortion?

Why does Trauma Cause Memory Distortion? Our latest blog entry comes as a collaborative entry by Deryn Strange, Associate Professor in John Jay’s Department of Psychology, and Nathan Lents, Associate Professor in John Jay’s Department of Sciences. This entry was originally posted on Nathan Lents’ “The Human Evolution Blog.” Blog entry by: Deryn Strange & […]

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Our Pal Al

Our Pal Al Blog entry by: Candace McCoy and Marianna Brown Bettman, 9/29/2015 Our latest blog entry comes from Candace McCoy, Professor at John Jay – The Graduate Center at CUNY, and co-author Marianna Brown Bettman, Professor of Practice at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Law. When the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage […]

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Jailbreak My Life

Jailbreak My Life Blog entry by: Evan Misshula, 9/24/2015 Our latest blog entry comes from Evan Misshula, a doctoral candidate in Criminal Justice at John Jay College/CUNY Graduate Center.  Over the weekend, two CUNY John Jay Computer Science majors, Marta Orlowska (’16) and Nyvia DeJesus (’16) put their skills to the test against a room […]

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Pixels v Propaganda: How digital technology can stop ISIS

Pixels v Propaganda: How digital technology can stop ISIS Blog entry by: Erin Thompson, 9/8/2015 Our latest blog entry comes from Erin L. Thompson, an assistant professor in the John Jay Art and Music Department, America’s only full-time professor of art crime. Her book, Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors, will be published by […]

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