http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/arts/new-york-city-to-help-fund-internships-at-cultural-organizations.html 2016-09-09 01:10:08 New York City to Help Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations The Department of Cultural Affairs has launched an initiative to place CUNY students at paid internships at Carnegie Hall and other institutions. === The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs is beginning an initiative to improve diversity at major New York cultural institutions by financing paid internships at those organizations. The $1 million initiative, half financed by the city and the other half by the Rockefeller Foundation, will place City University of New York students as interns at places like The program comes on the heels of a “When I first read the survey, I wrote the mayor immediately and said, ‘I think there’s one powerful and immediately available resource to address the challenge the city faces, and that’s CUNY,’” CUNY’s chancellor, James B. Milliken, said. This first year, 85 CUNY students who are minorities or recently arrived immigrants will be placed at 32 cultural organizations in theater, dance, visual arts, zoos and more. The internships will last through the school year. Next year, there are plans to develop a full-time summer program. The