One CUNY community college announced a history-making $116 million grant from the owner of the Mets, the largest donation in CUNY's history! The gift will be used to build a state-of-the-art workforce training center that will help our university further lift NYC.

Our chancellor joined CUNY students on an exclusive visit to the Museum of Jewish Heritage to learn about Jewish history and those who worked to help Jews survive the Holocaust.

CUNYverse spoke with an organizer of this Friday’s LGBTQI+ Student Conference, which is open to all CUNY students, faculty, staff and alumni. Free transport is available.

CUNY medical students collectively earned a 97% match rate for their residency placements this year, outpacing the national average!

This CUNY announced a new “4+1” B.A./M.A. option to put students at four colleges on a fast track to a master’s degree. The New York Times also published a piece by the school’s dean about a bold strategy to sustain journalism.

Meet the CUNY student who is now the nation’s leading scorer in NCAA Division III women’s basketball. Here’s how she arrived here and what she wants to accomplish before graduating.

CUNY has doubled the number of campuses participating in FutureReadyNYC, a program that allows students from NYC Public Schools to obtain college credits and paid work experience.

This college is receiving $2.9 million in federal funding to upgrade equipment and tech, labs and other STEM facilities.

LifeSCI NYC: Summer 2024 Internship (March 31)

The Shed: Open Call Artist Program (April 4 at 6 pm ET)

American Heart Association: Marketing & Communications Intern (April 12)

CUNY Dominican Studies Initiative: 2024 Summer Internship Program (April 15)

The Rockefeller Foundation: Summer Finance Associate

ABC: GMA3 Production Intern and Newsgathering and Operations Intern

She plans to work in tech after being named a Kaplan Leadership Scholar! ⭐️✨

Ashli Hamilton, John Jay College ’25, is one busy person! She is majoring in forensic psychology and minoring in sociology, and serves as secretary of the Black Student Union. On top of that, she is a scholar in John Jay’s Honors Program and the founder and co-chair of the Criminal Justice Honors Committee, a club that provides students with info and networking opportunities for careers in criminal justice. Her academic excellence secured her a spot in the New York Giants Touchdown Fellowship. Currently, she is revising an article she wrote about crime and media, which was chosen for publication in the Annual Review of Criminal Justice Studies, an academic journal that focuses on the critical analysis of law and politics. Ashli plans to pursue Ph.D. programs in clinical psychology or criminal justice.

What is something tangible and specific you would advise a current student to do to help their professional growth?

“Networking, both professionally and personally, can yield unexpected opportunities. I urge everyone to actively engage with others.”

Connect with Ashli on LinkedIn!

She oversees CUNY’s cutting-edge research enterprise. 🔬🧪