Since its founding in 1847 as the first municipally financed institution of higher education, the City College of New York (CCNY) has taken seriously its mission to educate "the children of the whole people, and to do so in an institution of the highest grade." These words of our first president have served to guide the College in its subsequent development of high quality programs in sciences, arts, and professions. Today, City College is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), a system of nineteen senior and community colleges. City College, itself, consists of a College of Liberal Arts and Science and a complex of professional schools including Engineering, Architecture, Medicine, and Education. The Division of Science of the College of Liberal Arts and Science include the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Mathematics | more
The Program Director DR. JERRY GUYDEN
The City College of New York has developed a research center through the support of the National Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) program at the National Institutes of Health. Our research facility, the Center | more
The RCMI Director Sidney A. McNairy, Jr., Ph.D., D. Sc.
The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program of the National Center for Research Resources is congressionally mandated and was initiated by the National Health Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1985. The authorizing | more
Principal Investigator Dr. Gregory Williams
I came to The City of New York because for more than 150 years it has been, and it continues to be, a uniquely important avenue for learning and upward mobility. The City College has a spectacular history of providing an excellent | more