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Science graduate Simíra Smith poses for a portrait inside a lab at Lehman College in The Bronx

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Macaulay Honors Graduate Goes From Shelter To Success

June 4, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 3, 2025, 7:25 p.m.

Simira Smith survived living in a homeless shelter and a near-fatal fire to become one of 50,000 CUNY graduates this year.

Dozens of NYPD officers enter Brooklyn College to break up a small pro-Palestinian encampment.

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Journalists Barred from Brooklyn College Demonstration to Sue CUNY

May 17, 2025, 8:21 a.m.May 19, 2025, 4:05 p.m.

When public safety officers blocked four reporters from entering campus, the school violated the First Amendment, the suit will claim.

Queens College neuroscience student Labiba Aziz does research work at the school’s Stress in Pregnancy lab.

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Trump Cuts Off Budding CUNY Scientists From Mentorship and Aid

May 14, 2025, 5:00 a.m.May 14, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

The Trump istration has cut off that has sustained a teaching model that for decades has been instrumental in catapulting students into careers as scientists. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) s the pursuit of advanced degrees by students in the biomedical field, who […]

NYPD officers arrested at least a half dozen students taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn College.

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NYPD Tases Pro-Palestinian Demonstrator Outside Brooklyn College

May 8, 2025, 9:52 p.m.May 9, 2025, 10:33 a.m.

Students who set up several tents and a small demonstration on a campus lawn were roughed up by NYPD officers just outside the school after trying to disperse.

Pro-Palestinian students protest at City College, April 24, 2025.

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City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

April 24, 2025, 8:15 p.m.April 24, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

The police quickly forced the students off of the CUNY campus in Harlem, and the school is now checking IDs before letting people enter.

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CUNY’s Research on Vaccine Misinformation Halted by Trump istration

April 24, 2025, 6:09 p.m.April 25, 2025, 12:25 p.m.

Sixty other CUNY projects have also received stop-work orders from the National Institute of Health, according to a letter from the chancellor.

Hunter College’s Thomas Hunter Hall has classic gothic architecture.

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CUNY Approves $35 Million For Hunter College Building Upgrades

April 19, 2025, 10:00 a.m.April 21, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Targeting HVAC systems in a building that can be too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter, the renovations are part of a broader university plan to get its aging buildings back into good repair.

Hunter College community a Lower Manhattan protest calling the release of Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention.

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CUNY Posts Modified Palestinian Studies Jobs After Gov’s Removal Order

March 25, 2025, 10:27 a.m.March 25, 2025, 1:10 p.m.

New faculty position listing no longer references "settler colonialism, genocide and apartheid" after Gov. Kathy Hochul directed Hunter College to remove the post “to ensure that antisemitic theories are not promoted in the classroom.”

Students walk through the Queens College campus.

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Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge

March 18, 2025, 5:02 a.m.March 18, 2025, 11:06 a.m.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is terminating a $505,000 STEM grant that was supposed to an "Inclusive Excellence initiative" running through 2028.

Students attend summer classes at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

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CUNY Board Unveils ‘Master Plan’ Projecting Enrollment Bump

Jan. 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 30, 2025, 4:31 p.m.

The university intends to redouble its efforts to attract adult learners.

CUNY

Macaulay Honors Graduate Goes From Shelter To Success

Journalists Barred from Brooklyn College Demonstration to Sue CUNY

Trump Cuts Off Budding CUNY Scientists From Mentorship and Aid

NYPD Tases Pro-Palestinian Demonstrator Outside Brooklyn College

City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

CUNY’s Research on Vaccine Misinformation Halted by Trump istration

CUNY Approves $35 Million For Hunter College Building Upgrades

CUNY Posts Modified Palestinian Studies Jobs After Gov’s Removal Order

Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge

CUNY Board Unveils ‘Master Plan’ Projecting Enrollment Bump

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