NYC Talent and CUNY Announce $5.3M Towards AI Degree Pathways

This week, the New York City Office of Talent and Workforce Development (NYC Talent), and the City University of New York (CUNY) announced a $5.3 million investment to launch “CUNY Tech Futures,” an innovative program that will empower more than 2,500 students at 12 CUNY campuses per year – including York College --over the next three years with the skills needed to build their own career pathways for the AI and emerging technology jobs of today and the future.

^{From left, Dr. Louis D’Alotto, Dr. Thitma Srivatanakul, and Dr. Radoslaw Wojciechowski of York College’s Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at the NYC Talent and CUNY press conference announcing a $5.3 million investment in AI degree pathways.}

The announcement was made on Wednesday (May 20) on the campus of Bronx Community College. Among those present were York President Dr. Claudia Schrader, Dr. Thitma Srivatanakul, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science; Dr. Louis D’Alotto, Professor, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science; and Dr. Radoslaw Wojciechowski, Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science.

Through this investment from NYC Talent’s tech Industry Partnership, NYC Tech Talent Pipeline (TTP), 12 CUNY campuses have received funding awards for new AI undergraduate degree programs and enhanced career-connected experiential learning opportunities across participating CUNY campuses. These academic programming innovations are designed to better launch students into AI-powered careers across NYC’s tech economy.

CUNY Tech Futures, built on the learned successes of the concluding CUNY 2x Tech program, leverages industry expertise to build new curricula reflective of the evolving tech skills demands from employers. CUNY Tech Futures will allow CUNY to build a sustainable and scalable infrastructure to prepare current and future generations of students for evolving careers in technology that offer high-paying jobs and new pathways to the middle class. New York’s tech future runs through CUNY, and this program is designed to make sure that future belongs to everyone.

The campuses receiving awards to launch new programs are:

• Bronx Community College
• York College
• Queensborough Community College
• College of Staten Island
• Hunter College
• Kingsborough Community College
• LaGuardia Community College
• Lehman College
• Borough of Manhattan Community College
• Brooklyn College
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• NYC College of Technology