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City University of New York-College of Staten Island

The College of Staten Island is a senior college of The City University of New York (CUNY) offering Doctoral programs, Advanced Certificate programs, and Master's programs, as well as Bachelor's and Associate's degrees. CSI is home to a School of Business, School of Education, and School of Health Sciences, as well as The Verrazano School Honors Program, and the Teacher Education Honors Academy. CSI is also a select campus of the Macaulay Honors College University Scholars program. The CUNY Interdisciplinary High-Performance Computing Center, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the New York City region, handles big-data analysis for faculty researchers and their student research teams. The new luxury residence halls, Dolphin Cove, have increased the College's national and international desirability. The College has many active research programs such as the Center for Developmental Neuroscience and Developmental Disabilities, the Center for Engineered Polymeric Materials, and the Advanced Imaging Facility. CSI also serves a rich mosaic of nearly 15,000 students with an array of offices to serve their diverse needs, such as the Center for Student Accessibility, Veterans Support Services, and the Center for International Service. CSI's championship athletic teams, the Dolphins, are comprised of student-athletes who are repeatedly named Students of the Month and CUNY Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year. CSI has recently been added to MONEY magazine's "Best Colleges for Your Money" list, ranked 48th in the country by TIME magazine, and named a "Best-Bang-for-the-Buck" college by Washington Monthly magazine, and is climbing the ranks of U.S. News & World Report as a "Top College." CSI has been ranked a "Top Military-Friendly School" in the country by GI Jobs magazine for five consecutive years.