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The City College of New York is one of the nation's academically best undergraduate institutions according to the education services company The Princeton Review®. The company profiles CCNY in the 2026 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 391 Colleges (Penguin Random House) and its website feature about the project. Only about 15% of America’s nearly 2,400 four-year colleges are included in The Princeton Review guidebook. The company chose the colleges for the book based on its surveys of 2,000 college administrators about their institutions’ academic offerings. The company also

City College of New York faculty members Kevin H. Gardner, Rosario Gennaro, Andreas Killen and Jennifer Roberts are the institution’s latest CUNY Distinguished Professors. Conferred by the City University of New York (CUNY) Board of Trustees, Distinguished Professorships are reserved for faculty with records of exceptional performance by national and international standards of excellence in their profession. The title is the highest academic honor that CUNY can offer its faculty. Following are brief bios of The City College’s latest CUNY Distinguished Professors: Kevin H. Gardner: An

Researchers at The City College of New York have linked chemotherapy treatment to lasting cognitive changes in rats – potentially shedding light, for the first time, on cognitive problems some cancer survivors experience long after treatment ends. Entitled “Chemotherapy treatment alters DNA methylation patterns in the prefrontal cortex of female rat brain,” the study appears in the journal Nature: Scientific Reports. “Our study explored how chemotherapy affects the brain at the molecular level using an animal model,” said Karen Hubbard, professor of biology in CCNY’s Division of Science, who

Zhigang Zhu, the Herbert G. Kayser Professor of Computer Science in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, is a co-principal investigator for a new National Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute, which has been awarded a five-year, $20 million investment by the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF AI-MI, as it is known, will accelerate and transform the discovery of next-generation materials by integrating human scientific expertise with AI methods. Eun-Ah Kim, the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics at Cornell University, serves as principal investigator.

A $51,000 grant to The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture created a competition, in the form of a course, that provided select fourth- and fifth-year architecture students the unique opportunity to see a design project from conception through construction. The competition, “The Beauty of Block,” was sponsored by: Concrete Masonry Checkoff, the industry-funded association of block producers across the United States, which gave $36,000; Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 NY & Long Island & Labor Management Committee, which gave $10,000; and

Recognized perennially for its tradition of quality, affordability and outstanding student outcomes, The City College of New York is once again listed among the nation’s Best Value Schools by Money Magazine. Money’s annual Best Colleges list showcases the country’s top values, based on graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, alumni salaries and more. There isn’t one “best” college for every student, but a star rating on more than 700 colleges that can help prospective students build a list of standout schools that fit their budget. CCNY is ranked highly on Money’s 2025 list with

Krish Ramalingam and Alex Rosenthal of the Department of Civil Engineering in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering are co-principal investigators of a team awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a device to detect so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water. The three-year project, “NSF Convergence Accelerator Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications: Engineered Microbial Sensors for Monitoring Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water,” is a cooperative agreement between CCNY and Columbia University that commenced on July 1

In late 2024, the Reinhardt Family Foundation Trust established an annual fellowship program to support a high-achieving, first-generation City College of New York student who demonstrated a commitment to social justice. Six months later, the Trust increased its commitment. The initial Reinhardt Family Fellowship provides the recipients with full tuition plus expenses for a total of $42,000 over three years. The latest pledge will provide a second grant of $42,000 over three years. The Reinhardt Foundation has made donations to a variety of institutions that serve those in need of financial

The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York is the new headquarters of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research, the first national consortium dedicated to Latino research in the U.S. Founded in 1983, IUPLR, as it is known, includes 20 member institutions committed to advancing the intellectual presence and scholarship of Latino studies across disciplines and communities. A hub for interdisciplinary collaboration, IUPLR serves as a catalyst for producing and disseminating groundbreaking research and new frameworks in Latino studies. Member institutions have

The City College of New York and The Foundation for City College are among the fourth cohort of institutions partnering with autonomous fundraising technology platform Givzey | Version2.ai. By partnering with Givzey | Version2.ai, CCNY will deploy a virtual engagement officer, or VEO, allowing the College to engage with its stakeholders in a more expansive manner that reflects the trust, alignment and long-term belief in the College’s mission. By providing real-time engagement, the College can share all of the work happening across campus with its stakeholders. Too often, especially for those