City College of New York
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Latin: Collegium Urbis Novi Eboraci | |
Motto | Respice, Adspice, Prospice |
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Motto in English | Look behind, look here, look ahead |
Type | Public |
Established | 1847 |
Affiliation | CUNY APLU AASCU Urban 13/GCU |
Endowment | $264,608,948[1] |
President | Vincent Boudreau |
Provost | Tony Liss |
Academic staff | 581 (full-time) 914 (part-time) |
Administrative staff | 401 |
Students | 16,161 |
Undergraduates | 13,113 |
Postgraduates | 3,048 |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Urban |
Colours | Lavender, gray, white[2] |
Sports | NCAA Division III – CUNYAC (North) |
Mascot | Benny the Beaver |
Website | www |
The City College of the City University of New York (City College of New York, or simply City College, CCNY, or City) is a public college of the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City.[3] The institution was founded in 1847. It was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. It is the oldest of CUNY's 24 institutions of higher learning. It is considered its flagship college.[4]
Location
Located in Hamilton Heights overlooking Harlem in Manhattan, City College's 35-acre (14 ha) Collegiate Gothic campus spans Convent Avenue from 130th to 141st Streets.
It was initially designed by renowned architect George B. Post, and many of its buildings have achieved landmark status. It offers degree programs for working adults with classes in the evenings and Saturdays. Its satellite campus, City College Downtown in the Cunard Building at 25 Broadway, has been in operation since 1981.
The college has alumni that were awarded:
- 10 Nobel Prize winners
- 1 Fields Medalist
- 1 Turing Award winner
- 3 Pulitzer Prize winners
- 3 Rhodes Scholars
Notable alumni
- Irving Kahn, was the oldest living active investor
- John O'Keefe, awarded 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Original St. Nicholas Terrace entrance to Shepard Hall, the main building of CCNY, in the early 1900s, on its new campus in Hamilton Heights, looking up and westward from St. Nicholas Avenue
Statue of General Alexander S. Webb (1835–1911), second president of CCNY (1869–1903)
References
- ↑ "Best Colleges 2010: CUNY—City College CUNY—City College" Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. News & World Report
- ↑ "College Colors" (PDF). The City College of New York Style and Brand Guidelines. July 17, 2018. p. 4. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ↑ Chen, David W. (2016-05-28). "Dreams Stall as CUNY, New York City's Engine of Mobility, Sputters" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/nyregion/dreams-stall-as-cuny-citys-engine-of-mobility-sputters.html. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ↑ "Overview of CUNY--City College". US News. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/cuny-city-college-2688.