Academic Summit  The first stage of the transformation of general education that will increase standards while facilitating transfers at CUNY has been proposed by a task force of distinguished educators and accepted by Chancell...>>

Grants and Honors: Recognizing Faculty Achievement  The University’s renowned faculty members continually win professional-achievement awards from prestigious organizations as well as research grants from government agencies, farsighted foundations and leading c...>>

Winter Session: Timely Access to a World of Knowledge  During three mid-January weeks, students can fulfill prerequisites, earn extra credits — even study abroad. For as long as she can remember, Sarah Leibowitz has had a keen interest in visiting the Galápagos Isl...>>

Noted and Quoted  A unique exploration of “The Great Recession” in the context of economic upheaval throughout U.S. history is now available on a dynamic website and a richly illustrated companion calendar....>>

Focus: Daily Jobs  There are hidden treasures throughout CUNY, programs launched and nurtured by faculty members with a particular blend of vision, passion and wherewithal. One of them is the Department of Photography at LaGuard...>>

Tech-Sharing Boosts CUNY First  At Hostos Community College, students win prizes for using home grown technology to register for classes early and perform other tasks. At Brooklyn College, long lines at the registrar have thinned, thanks to a...>>

Book Talk: It’s Easy Bein’ Green in Our City  That man from Stratford was an expert on the arboreal. He knew from deciduous. Take Macbeth, who wistfully observes just before his demise, “My way of life/ Is fall’n into the sere, the yellow leaf….” Or the...>>

For Your Benefit: Change  How do CUNY employees — or workers anywhere — deal with change at the office? How do they handle new protocols, new supervisors, new schedules — or a new way of working online? The short answer: Change is ...>>

Aspiring Oncologist’s Rx for Success: CUNY Aid x 4  Sinai Cuahutenco is on a mission to become an oncologist to honor her mother, who died of colon cancer at age 30 when Sinai was 13. And thanks to four CUNY programs that help talented but academically underprep...>>

From Labyrinth to Pathways  The new Pathways plan for streamlining credit transfers within CUNY promises to improve academic quality and graduation rates plus save money for students and the University....>>

What Clicks With Today's Students?  On a cool spring afternoon, the computer laboratory in the Marshak Science Building at City College is crammed with introductory chemistry students sitting at long black tables. There is no lecture today. Inste...>>