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This edition: Denny Moore, Vanessa Ruta, and Cristina Jiménez Moreta

Episode Details

Original tape date: April 15, 2024. First aired: May 13, 2024.

On this episode of CUNY Laureates, we profile another three MacArthur Fellows who graduated from the City University of New York. Denny Moore has spent his career exploring the languages, customs, and challenges of some of Earth’s most isolated people. Vanessa Ruta explores one of science’s greatest frontiers in the tiniest of places: the brains of fruit flies. And Cristina Jiménez Moreta helped win a historic victory for immigrant rights by sharing the stories of young people like herself.

Guest List

Denny Moore Linguist, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Cristina Jiménez Moreta Distinguished Lecturer, Colin Powell School, CCNY

Vanessa Ruta Neuroscientist , The Rockefeller University