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University Settlement has been selected as a host partner for the 2023 American Council of Learned Societies Leading Edge Fellowship program, the nation’s first Settlement House announced today. Twenty-two nonprofit organizations were selected as hosts for these two-year fellowships, which pair recent PhDs in the humanities and interpretive social sciences with social justice organizations to […]

Steven Green (Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz) has been elected to University Settlement’s Board of Directors, the nation’s first settlement house announced today. Steven is an associate in Wachtell Lipton’s corporate department, where he advises clients on a wide range of transactions. Steven received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was

Virginia Dotson, University Settlement’s Senior Director of Data, Business, and Information Technology, has been selected to participate in Okta for Good’s Nonprofit Technology Fellowship for 2023. Okta’s Nonprofit Technology Fellowship aims to empower a diverse collection of rising nonprofit technology leaders to enrich the sector with their experience and become more effective strategic leaders within

The Performance Project @ University Settlement, in partnership with BRIC, is pleased to announce Pia Monique Murray as the artist-in-residence for the third cycle of the Intergenerational Community Arts Council (ICAC). The ICAC is a multigenerational team of residents developing joyous, values-driven arts programming by, for, and with members of the Atlantic Terminal, Farragut, Ingersoll,

Michele Rodriguez, Program Director for Older Adults Programs, testified before the New York City Council Committee on Aging and Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Insecurity on 14 December 2023 Download a copy of this testimony  Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on this important matter. Since 1886, University Settlement has been providing

University Settlement is discontinuing usage of its Twitter account, effective immediately. Over the last several weeks, we’ve carefully observed as Twitter’s new ownership has steered the platform in a new and troubling direction, including by reinstating users who had been suspended for inciting violence and for hate speech, and by suspending its policies against COVID-19

Mary Adams, Associate Executive Director for Mental Health and Wellness, testified before the New York City Council’s Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addiction on 9 November 2022 Download a copy of this testimony  Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on this important matter. Since 1886, University Settlement has been providing holistic social

Every year, hundreds of children and young adults participate in after-school and summer camp programming at our Campos Plaza Community Center – one of University Settlement’s three Cornerstones community spaces embedded within New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) facilities. Cornerstone @ Campos Plaza Community Center Director Jon Soto shares: “As a Cornerstone, our foundation is

NYC high school students explore career opportunities in commercial real estate through Jamestown and University Settlement’s inaugural summer internship program This summer, 11 New York City-area high school juniors and seniors interested in learning about future career paths in commercial real estate participated in a unique internship convened by real estate investment and management firm,

Are you passionate about working with young people as they develop emotionally, grow into leaders, and achieve? University Settlement’s youth programs create safe, fun, purpose-driven environments that engage more than 4,500 youth every year as they begin to build their futures. We are now hiring for group leaders in youth development programs in Manhattan and