26 DE MARZO 2020  •  13 
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 HIGHER ED TODAY 
  
  
 In  times  of  crisis,  institutions  like  
 CUNY that are integral to the life of New  
 York and its future have an especially  
 important role to play.  
 CUNY’s  responsibility  in  these  extraordinary  
 times  is  both  to  protect  
 the  safety  of  our  community  members  
 and to ensure that all of our students,  
 regardless  of  their  circumstances,  are  
 able to continue their education. But we  
 are also called to step up, to put the country’s  
 premier urban public university at  
 the service of the state and city we call  
 home.  
  I have been moved by the resilience,  
 fortitude and innovation that have been  
 on  display  across  the  university  in  the  
 face of this unprecedented health emergency. 
   CUNY’s  275,000  students  and  
 nearly 50,000 faculty and staff have been  
 at their best. 
 In  a  five-day  recess,  CUNY  accomplished  
 the Herculean task of transitioning  
 to  distance  learning  most  classes  
 across  25  campuses  and  five  boroughs.  
 By the time classes resumed, on March  
 19, up to 95 percent of CUNY’s 50,000  
 course sections had moved to distance  
 learning  instruction,  and  95  percent  of  
 its nearly 50,000 faculty and staff to working  
 remotely. Today, those numbers are  
 closer  to  100  percent.  My most  sincere  
 thanks to all the faculty and staff who  
 keep the University going while facing  
 disruption, fatigue and anxiety in their  
 personal lives. 
 To  make  sure  that  all  students  are  
 equipped  for  distance  learning,  Governor  
 Cuomo  funded  and  enabled  the  
 swift acquisition of $15 million worth of  
 laptops  and  tablets  for  students,  50,000  
 pieces in all.  
 Our  efforts  are  also  aimed  at  doing  
 our part to aid the widespread campaign  
 to slow the coronavirus spread and help  
 those in need. 
 Just as we made our services available  
 following Superstorm Sandy and  
 the 9-11 attacks, CUNY facilities including  
 cafeterias,  gyms  and  some  dorms  
 are available to the State and City to  
 increase  health  care  capacity,  when  
 and  where  needed,  in  the  fight  against  
 COVID-19. 
  Essential campus services like food  
 pantries  remain  open  in  our campuses  
 to serve our most in need students. Child  
 care centers are operating with low demand  
 but they remain open so they can  
 be  fully  activated  as  part  of  Governor  
 Cuomo’s  efforts  to  support  the needs  of  
 families of medical first responders. 
 Responding to the need for personal  
 protective equipment for frontline workers  
 and  other  essential  employees,  several  
 of  our  colleges  have  combined  to  
 donate N-95 masks, nitrile gloves, shoe  
 covers, disposable lab coats and bottles  
 of 70% isopropyl alcohol. 
 Working  with  Memorial  Sloan  Kettering  
 Cancer  Center,  we  have  helped  
 establish a testing site on universityowned  
 property  on  Manhattan’s  Upper  
 East Side. The Graduate School of Public  
 Health  and  Health  Policy  is  releasing  
 a weekly survey that provide a datadriven  
 picture of the pandemic’s effects.  
 Queensborough Community College is  
 in discussions to manufacture, through  
 3D-printing,  much-needed  equipment  
 for hospitals through its Advanced Manufacturing  
 Lab.   
 As we move forward with the critical  
 effort to preserve the health and wellbeing  
 of our city, I am grateful to the professionals  
 and unsung heroes who have  
 marshaled their services to ensure that  
 CUNY remains a stabilizing, reassuring  
 force.  
 Our response to this global pandemic  
 is yet another way that CUNY is going to  
 bat for all New Yorkers. It is yet another  
 reminder of why I couldn’t be prouder to  
 be CUNY’s chancellor. 
  
  
  
         
  
  
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