CUNY received more than $12 million in Congressional funding to support a wide range of projects and programs across nine campuses.

We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Kimberly Firik, a City College alumna who perished in the earthquakes that decimated Turkey and Syria. We know that many CUNY families have also been directly impacted.

This professor’s pursuit of writing stems from her interest in her family’s history and involvement with the Korean War. Hear her discuss her award-winning novel and other upcoming work.

This prestigious policy institute is seeking nominations for a $10K prize that recognizes heroic accomplishments in pandemic-related health efforts between 2020 and 2022.

A CUNY college received more than $3 million to fund research addressing high levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among individuals with symptoms of anxiety or depression.

This student met his true love online and now, eight years later, they live together in Chile. Read about this couple’s “lucky” romance.

This community college is accepting transfer students for the first time in its 10-year history.

Their lifelong romance was hatched in the lab!❤️

Our Chancellor was named to City & State’s New York City Power 100! Check out which other CUNY alumni made the list. — City & State

New York is projected to face a shortage of almost 40,000 nurses by 2030. CUNY is working hard to help fill that need, but there is a major obstacle that universities can’t address on their own. — New York Daily News

One CUNY president discusses his vision for reimagining community college as he marks the end of his first year. — Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This CUNY will use a four-year, $500,000 grant to train hundreds of faculty and staff and expand students’ access to mental health services. — QNS

Meet Shaun Rasmussen, the director for external relations and engagement for two of CUNY’s celebrated student success programs! A John Jay College graduate, Shaun leads marketing and citywide outreach for CUNY’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) and Accelerate, Complete, Engage (ACE). With extensive experience in the arts, education and career advising for young adults, he joined CUNY because he wanted to make a difference. “As much as I loved working with the young adults who lived in the surrounding public housing community, I wanted to work with an organization that would impact lives across New York City and beyond. My mother, brothers and I graduated from CUNY. CUNY changed our lives, and I can’t think of many organizations that have impacted New York City as significantly,” Shaun said when we caught up with him for a quick chat.

What do you do for fun? “When not at work, I dance with Something Positive, Inc., a Brooklyn-based performing arts company. I have danced and done much more with Something Positive for over 20 years. I’ve had the pleasure of performing throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean and various African countries. I’ve also had the opportunity to work with Danny Glover to mount an exhibition that was on view at the Brooklyn Public Library and Medgar Evers College for two years.

When I'm not at CUNY or in rehearsals, I also work with Project Safety Net, a Long Island-based organization working to support community members living with chronic illness.”

What do you love about working at CUNY? “When I tell people I work at CUNY, I emphasize that I work alongside the hardest-working individuals in higher education today. I come to work daily inspired by the incredible team members who do everything possible to ensure the students we serve are supported from entry to graduation.”