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Newly Named Presidents Bring History of Success

The University appoints accomplished, experienced and diverse leaders for York College and Borough of Manhattan, LaGuardia and Queensborough Community Colleges.

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Serving Up Improvement

New CUNY contract promises to boost food services on campuses across the University

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Saluting CUNY’s Heroes

These students did all they could to help their fellow New Yorkers amid the pandemic

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DACA Fight is Personal

​CUNY is upping efforts to aid undocumented students, the Chancellor writes

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The coronavirus pandemic has taken a considerable toll on the CUNY community, and each name honored on our special memorial page represents a person who is fondly remembered and deeply missed. We invite you to leave sympathy messages to celebrate and commemorate their contributions and lives.

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More than 50 students from the City University of New York are winners of prestigious national academic awards. Their success reflects the University’s mandate to provide a quality education to students of all backgrounds and socioeconomic circumstances.

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‘The Education of Free People Is the Hope of Humanity’

Our new illustrated history traces the arc of CUNY’s evolution, from a seedling of an idea hatched in 1847 to a modern university of 25 colleges across five boroughs, serving half a million students of all ages and backgrounds.

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In Search of the Genius Behind the Brooklyn Bridge

John Jay professor Richard Haw spent 13 years on a definitive biography of John A. Roebling, the brilliant, eccentric designer of New York’s greatest landmark of 19th Century engineering. The book is just out and Haw talks about it on our Book Beat podcast.

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