Urban U

We celebrate Black History Month with a powerful tribute at Queens College honoring trailblazing journalist and women’s rights activist Carol Jenkins during its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. We meet Gridlock Sam, the Brooklyn College alum who famously gave a name to every New Yorker’s worst commute and changed how the city talks about traffic. Plus, a closer look at climate resilience through CUNY’s innovative FloodNet NYC initiative, and a Next Gen CUNY music conversation with Baruch College alum, DJ Tyler Marin.

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Recording Date: 01/01/2026
First Air Date: 2/26/2026

Guest List
Shawn Blackman, Student, Lehman College
Carol Jenkins, Journalist and Activist
Tyler Marin, Alum, Baruch College
Sam Schwartz, Alum, Brooklyn College
Ricardo Toledo-Crow, PhD Professor, Advanced Science Research Center / CUNY Graduate Center
Isabel Torres, Student, Queensborough Community College
Astrit Voshnjaku, Student, City College of New York
Frank H. Wu, President, Queens College

Urban U is a CUNY-TV magazine show about CUNY students, faculty, alumni, and programs. The stories highlight the quality and rewards of a CUNY education, one that enables people to achieve great things.

As the world’s largest urban university with 24 campuses spread across New York City’s five boroughs, CUNY is as rich and diverse as the City itself. With a history of over 100 years, the university scope of Urban U stories is immense.

Urban U will inform, inspire and engage viewers by reporting on the relevant happenings within the CUNY system, but also by exploring the achievements of its body of students, faculty and alumni.

Watch more Urban U at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/urbanu

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This month: CUNY Reconnect; Hunter College Professor - and Chair of the Film Department - Kelly Anderson on her film "Emergent City"; 50 Under 50 Alum Walter Randolph; Baruch College's WBNB Radio; and Made in BMCC: Ken Dai.

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Recording Date
01/20/2026
First Air Date
01/22/2026

Guests:
Adrienne E. Adams, Former Speaker, New York City Council
Naima Akhter, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Liza Alekhnovich, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Kelly Anderson, Chair, Film and Media Studies, Hunter College/CUNY
Justin Caldazo, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Constantin Croitoru, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Ken Dai, Student, BMCC
Nyasha Howard, Student, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Kemmii WBMB, Radio / Baruch College
Kayla Manzano, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Walter Randolph, Executive Producer, Investigative Reporting, CBS News
Reagan Rawner, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Reine T. Sarmiento, CUNY, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management
Shira Schwartz, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Abby Tsakinis, WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Elan "DJ WM" Tsyryulnikov WBMB Radio / Baruch College
Nicole Williams, Student, LaGuardia Community College

Urban U is a CUNY-TV magazine show about CUNY students, faculty, alumni, and programs. The stories highlight the quality and rewards of a CUNY education, one that enables people to achieve great things.

As the world’s largest urban university with 24 campuses spread across New York City’s five boroughs, CUNY is as rich and diverse as the City itself. With a history of over 100 years, the university scope of Urban U stories is immense.

Urban U will inform, inspire and engage viewers by reporting on the relevant happenings within the CUNY system, but also by exploring the achievements of its body of students, faculty and alumni.

Watch more Urban U at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/urbanu

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The City University of New York is an indelible part of the fabric of New York City itself. And this year, CUNY celebrates a major anniversary. We look back, not just with a crash course on 175 years of CUNY history, but 175 years of New York history.

Watch the full episode at https://tv.cuny.edu/show/urbanu/PR2010696. Premiere on September 15, 2022 at 8:30 PM

Urban U is a CUNY-TV magazine show about CUNY students, faculty, alumni, and programs. The stories highlight the quality and rewards of a CUNY education, one that enables people to achieve great things.

As the world’s largest urban university with 24 campuses spread across New York City’s five boroughs, CUNY is as rich and diverse as the City itself. With a history of over 100 years, the university scope of Urban U stories is immense.

Urban U will inform, inspire and engage viewers by reporting on the relevant happenings within the CUNY system, but also by exploring the achievements of its body of students, faculty and alumni.

Watch more Urban U at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/urbanu

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This story delves into what it was like growing up gay in the 60s and the 70s, and takes a look at the Stonewall riots with someone who was there, actor and Broadway performer Damon Evans.

Watch the full episode at https://tv.cuny.edu/show/urbanu/PR2010694

Urban U is a CUNY-TV magazine show about CUNY students, faculty, alumni, and programs. The stories highlight the quality and rewards of a CUNY education, one that enables people to achieve great things.

As the world’s largest urban university with 24 campuses spread across New York City’s five boroughs, CUNY is as rich and diverse as the City itself. With a history of over 100 years, the university scope of Urban U stories is immense.

Urban U will inform, inspire and engage viewers by reporting on the relevant happenings within the CUNY system, but also by exploring the achievements of its body of students, faculty and alumni.

Watch more Urban U at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/urbanu

Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13
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