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We Must #VaxUpCUNY So We Can All Move On

Getting the coronavirus vaccine is the single most important step we can take to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our community from COVID-19. 

2021 CUNY GUGGENHEIM WINNERS

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CUNY Faculty snare Guggenheims, putting the University among nation’s top winners

YORK COLLEGE SOCCER FIELD

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CUNY, community to benefit from pro soccer stadium to be built at York College

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Innovation at Work

​CUNY inventors build on success of wearable ‘belt canes’ to aid blind toddlers

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of students – including a record 274,000 degree-credit students – choose The City University of New York for a multitude of reasons that can be summed up as one: opportunity. Providing a quality, accessible education, regardless of background or means, has been CUNY’s mission since 1847.

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IN MEMORIAM

Mourning Those
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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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CUNY Students are Winning Big

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 CUNY Story

‘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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CUNY Is the Plot Twist in Walter Mosley’s Life

The renowned novelist found his voice–and launched his career–as a student in the graduate writing program at City College. Three decades and 60 books later, he’s the recipient of this year’s National Book Foundation lifetime achievement award. On the newest episode of the CUNYcast, Mosley talks about his life, his work and the program he created at CCNY to open doors for minorities in the publishing industry.

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The nation’s largest urban university, offering a range of undergraduate, graduate degrees and continuing education opportunities to over 500,000 students of all ages and backgrounds on 25 NYC campuses.

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