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The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. [4]
James Traub, City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College, 1994. Paul David Pearson, The City College of New York: 150 years of academic architecture, 1997. Sandra S. Roff, et al., From the Free Academy to Cuny: Illustrating Public Higher Education in New York City, 1847–1997, 2000.
John Patitucci, jazz bassist, City College; Abraham Polonsky 1932 – screenwriter, director of Force of Evil; George Ranalli 1946 – architect and dean, Spitzer School of Architecture of The City College of New York; Adrienne Rich – feminist poet and essayist; taught at CCNY from 1968 to 1979; Faith Ringgold – artist known for her painted ...
CUNY's history dates back to the formation of the Free Academy in 1847 by Townsend Harris. [9] The school was fashioned as "a Free Academy for the purpose of extending the benefits of education gratuitously to persons who have been pupils in the common schools of the … city and county of New York". [10]
Pages in category "City College of New York alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,152 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Arthur Kornberg, who graduated from the City College of New York, a senior college of CUNY, in 1937, was the first CUNY laureate, winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959. [7] Herbert A. Hauptman and Jerome Karle , both of whom graduated from the City College in 1937 with Kornberg, jointly won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in ...
The Powell School serves as the CCNY hub for service-learning, a course-based, credit-bearing educational approach that links academic theory to concrete action.The pedagogy connects students, faculty and community partners through sustained relationships that build the capacity of those organizations, and gives students a practical perspective on classroom lessons as well as the opportunity ...
Paul Klapper, former dean of the School of Education at City College of New York, was appointed the new college's president. [10] The college opened in October 1937—later than anticipated due to a painters' strike—with 21 members on its teaching staff and 400 students in its inaugural freshmen class.