The story of The City University of New York is an epic tale — a sweeping story of New York and New Yorkers, and of America, that spans nearly two centuries. It begins in 1847 with the birth of the Free Academy, where “the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together,” in the words of Townsend Harris, CUNY’s visionary founding father. What evolves over the many generations that follow is a great modern university of 25 campuses and half a million students, an Ellis Island of education and driver of upward mobility for New Yorkers of all backgrounds. To this day, CUNY’s motto is a proud expression of its aspirational mission: “The education of free people is the hope of humanity.” This is our story.

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