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Kaveh Madani, Research Professor in The City College of New York’s CUNY-CREST Institute, and Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health ( UNU-INWEH), received the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during World Water Week last night. The Stockholm Water Prize is the ultimate global recognition for extraordinary achievements in water-related activities. Often described as the “Nobel Prize of Water,” it is the most prestigious water award given annually to an individual or organization for outstanding

This summer alone, publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Money and education services company The Princeton Review® have affirmed The City College of New York’s reputation as a top value school both nationally and globally. Enter TIME magazine, which in partnership with Statista, has included CCNY in its inaugural “ America’s Best Colleges 2026-2027” ranking. The City College is ranked #162 in what TIME and Statista, the leading global provider of market and consumer data and rankings, describes as a quantitative study highlighting “institutions that excel at student outcomes

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 The City College in the new edition of its annual college guide, The Best 392 Colleges (August 18, 2026, Penguin Random House) as well as its website feature about the book and the 50 categories of ranking lists in it. The Princeton Review chose the 392 colleges for the book based on its surveys in 2025-2026 of 2,000 college administrators about their school's academic offerings. The company also surveyed

The City College of New York is partaking in the New York Road Runners’ Percy Sutton Harlem 5K on Sat., Aug. 8 as part of the 52nd Annual Harlem Week. A group of about 40 participants, making up Team CCNY, will run and walk through the City College campus along Convent Avenue from 140th to 135th Streets. Harlem Week takes place from Aug. 1-16 with live and virtual events celebrating the arts, culture, and rich history of Harlem, which all center around this year’s theme: “Honoring Our Legacy.” CCNY continues to celebrate with a plethora of events. A virtual showing of the Harlem Week Hack-a

Northwell Health and the Office of Continuing and Professional Studies, at The City College of New York, continues their partnership to provide Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) students with valuable clinical externship opportunities upon successful completion of the program. The partnership, which started May 1, 2023, has placed more than 60 medical assistant students in externships at Northwell Health facilities throughout New York. Through the externships, students have completed hands-on clinical training and gained the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to begin

AI-BIOME will give researchers nationwide remote access to automated tools for developing bio-inspired materials The City University of New York and The City College of New York received an $18.1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award to create a cloud-programmable national laboratory that uses artificial intelligence and robotics to speed the discovery, design, and production of advanced bio-inspired materials. The four-year project—the AI-Enabled Bio-Inspired Materials Ecosystem, or AI-BIOME—is one of 20 inaugural projects selected for funding by the NSF’s Test Bed: Toward a Network

The City College of New York is one of the nation’s outstanding schools for value, another top ranking affirms. CCNY has been recognized as one of Money’s Best Colleges in America 2026. In addition, Money’s, which gives CCNY four and a half stars out of five, ranks it among the Best Public Colleges that provide excellent value for students in their home states, and as one of the Best Colleges in the Northeast. “Money's analysis showcases the country's top 735 colleges based on graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, alumni salaries and more. There isn't one "best" college for

Anant Honkan, Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Georgia State University and an alumnus of The City College of New York, has established The Veer Savarkar Legacy Student Support Fund to help exceptional students with financial need in CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering. The $1,000 annual scholarship awards are intended to support all education-related expenses. The scholarship is open to both undergraduate and graduate students, preferably in the mechanical engineering department. If no mechanical engineering majors meet the criteria, the awards can go to worthy students in other Grove

Coinciding with the celebration of 25 years of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Educational Partnership Program, The City College of New York will host the 12th NOAA EPP Biennial Education and Science Forum from July 20 to July 23. The Forum, which will take place on the CCNY campus, will bring together all components of EPP, including the four NOAA Cooperative Science Centers with more than 24 partner institutions. These Fora serve as national platforms for students, faculty, scientists, and professionals to showcase collaborative research, share insights, and build

Daniel Keedy, associate professor in The City College of New York’s Division of Science and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is the winner of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF CAREER) Award. Covering five years, the $948,848 award is for his research, entitled “New routes to designing dynamic protein structures,” that entails the use of artificial intelligence. NSF CAREER Awards are one of the nation’s highest honors for early-career scientists. They recognize and provide funding to exceptional researchers who are conducting innovative research at the