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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 system was governed by the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, created in 1926, and later renamed the Board of Trustees of CUNY in 1979.
Under a $1 billion CUNY-wide improvement program, Queens College's Powdermaker Hall was given a $57 million renovation, begun in 2000. [25] By 2014, enrollment was 20,000 students, half of whom come from minority backgrounds. [26] [27] Felix V. Matos Rodriguez was appointed president of Queens College by the CUNY Board of Trustees in 2014. [28]
For the Fall 2024 semester, 16.3% of applicants across all doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center were offered admission. [9] The Graduate Center's primary library, named after the American mathematician Mina Rees, is part of the CUNY library network of 31 colleges that collectively holds over 6.2 million volumes.
Walter L. Willig, 1955–1968, [3] was the inaugural president of College of Staten Island predecessor institution Staten Island Community College (SICC). His academic area of expertise was civil engineering.
The CUNY Board of Trustees approved the Graduate School of Journalism's creation in May 2004. [1] Proposed by CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, the school was to focus on teaching reporting skills and news values at a time when other journalism schools were emphasizing education in academic disciplines such as political science and statistics.
U.S. Military Body Bearers carry the casket bearing the remains of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter into the Washington National Cathedral for his state funeral on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Dr. Shilpi Khetarpal, a board-certified dermatologist, unpacks rice water's potential hair benefits and its usage. ... January 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM. What's the first thing you notice about someone ...
In 1976, City University Board of Trustees threatened to shut down the college during a time of fiscal crisis for CUNY and New York City as a whole. Throughout the campaign to "save John Jay," the faculty and administration united to advocate the sentiment voiced by President Lynch in a memo: "John Jay can contribute to the city as a unique ...