The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States,comprising 25 campuses:eleven senior colleges,seven community colleges,and seven professional institutions. In 1960,John R. Everett became the first chancellor of the Municipal College System of New York City,later known as the City University of New York (CUNY). CUNY,established by New York State legislation in 1961 and signed into law by Governor Nelson Rockefeller,was an amalgamation of existing institutions and a new graduate school.
The College of Staten Island (CSI) is a public university in Staten Island,New York. It is one of the 11 four-year senior colleges within the City University of New York system. Programs in the liberal arts and sciences and professional studies lead to bachelor's and associate degrees. The master's degree is awarded in 13 professional and liberal arts and sciences fields of study. A clinical doctorate is awarded by the department of physical therapy. The college participates in doctoral programs of the CUNY Graduate Center in biochemistry,biology,chemistry,computer science,nursing,physics,and psychology.
Queens College (QC) is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens. Part of the City University of New York system,Queens College occupies an 80-acre (32 ha) campus primarily located in Flushing,Queens.
The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY) system,The CUNY Graduate Center is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very High Research Activity". The school is located at the B. Altman and Company Building at 365 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The CUNY Graduate Center offers 31 doctoral programs,14 master's programs,and 30 research centers and institutes. It employs a core faculty of approximately 140,who are supplemented by 1,800 faculty members from CUNY's eleven senior colleges and New York City's cultural and scientific institutions. As of June 2024,the Graduate Center enrolls 3,228 students,of which 2,621 or 81% are doctoral students.
Baruch College is a public college in New York City. It is a constituent college of the City University of New York system. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch,the college operates undergraduate and postgraduate programs through the Zicklin School of Business,the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences,and the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.
Antonia Pantoja,was a Puerto Rican educator,social worker,feminist,civil rights leader and the founder of ASPIRA,the Puerto Rican Forum,Boricua College and Producir. In 1996,she was the first Puerto Rican woman to receive the American Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a public community college in the South Bronx,New York City. It is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system and was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from the Hispanic/Puerto Rican community,which was urging for the establishment of a college to serve the people of the South Bronx. In 1970,the college admitted its first class of 623 students at the site of a former tire factory. Several years later,the college moved to a larger site nearby at 149th Street and Grand Concourse. The college also operates a location at the prow building of the Bronx Terminal Market.
York College is a public senior college in Jamaica,Queens,New York City,United States. It is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Founded in 1966,York was the first senior college founded under the newly formed CUNY system,which united several previously independent public colleges into a single public university system in 1961. The college is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The college enrolls more than 6,000 students as of fall 2022.
Dr. Marcia V. Keizs,is the sixth President of York College,Jamaica,in the borough of Queens in New York City. She is a native of Kingston,Jamaica and has lived and worked in New York City since 1968.
The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is a public graduate journalism school located in New York City,New York,United States. One of the 25 institutions comprising the City University of New York,or CUNY,the school opened in 2006. It is the only public graduate school of journalism in the northeastern United States.
Jennifer J. Raab is the is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Stem Cell Foundation,one of the world’s leading nonprofit stem cell organizations with a mission to accelerate cures for the major diseases of our time through stem cell research. Prior to her appointment in January 2024,she served as the 13th president of Hunter College of the City University of New York,where she transformed the largest college in the City University of New York system into its ‘crown jewel’and a model for public higher education nationwide. Raab was the longest serving President in the CUNY system,holding this position between June 2001 and June 2023. She was responsible for overseeing the functions of the college's more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools as well its affiliates such as the Hunter College High School,Hunter College Elementary School and Manhattan/Hunter Science High School.
Selma Botman is an American academic. Her post at the University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor's Office focused on expanding the systems international education programs,recruiting foreign students,and coordinating overseas faculty exchanges.
Daisy Cocco DeFilippis is a Dominican-American academic administrator and author. She is the current president at Hostos Community College in The Bronx,making her the first person born in the Dominican Republic to serve as President of a college of the City University of New York. From 2008 to 1 August 2020 she was president of Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) in Waterbury,Connecticut. She is the author of works of fiction and non-fiction dealing with Dominican and Dominican-American women.
Yolanda Theresa Moses is an anthropologist and college administrator who served as the 10th president of City College of New York (1993–1999) and president of the American Association for Higher Education (2000–2003).
New York City was affected by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s more than any other U.S. city. The AIDS epidemic has been and continues to be highly localized due to a number of complex socio-cultural factors that affect the interaction of the populous communities that inhabit New York.
Gilda A. Barabino is the president of the Olin College of Engineering,where she is also a professor of biomedical and chemical engineering. Previously,she served as the dean of The Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York,and as a professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering and the CUNY School of Medicine. On March 4,2021,she became the President-Elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Ana Celia Zentella is an American linguist known for her "anthro-political" approach to linguistic research and expertise on multilingualism,linguistic diversity,and language intolerance,especially in relation to U.S. Latino languages and communities. She is Professor Emerita of Ethnic Studies at the University of California,San Diego.
Ofelia García (Otheguy) is Professor Emerita in the Ph.D. programs of Latin American,Iberian,and Latino Cultures (LAILAC) and Urban Education at Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is best known for her work on bilingualism,translanguaging,language policy,sociolinguistics,and sociology of language. Her work emphasizes dynamic multilingualism,which is developed through "an interplay between the individual’s linguistic resources and competences as well as the social and linguistic contexts she/he is a part of." Rather than viewing a bilingual's languages as autonomous,García views language practices as complex and interrelated,as reflecting a single linguistic system.
Marilyn Jacobs Gittell was an American scholar and education reformer. She is known for her role in decentralizing the New York City public school administration,shifting power from the New York City Board of Education to 32 community school boards throughout New York City's five boroughs.
Shirley Ann Redd Lewis was an American educator,academic administrator,and college president. In 1994,she was the first female president of Paine College,a private,historically black Methodist college in Augusta,Georgia. Her research focus was in language acquisition in education. She also held roles at Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development,and Meharry Medical College.
