{"id":4273,"date":"2016-01-16T18:35:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T23:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/?page_id=4273"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:23:49","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4273\" class=\"elementor elementor-4273\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e832c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e832c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1579fe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"1579fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\n\t\t\t<!-- START Slider 11 REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.6.20 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_2_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"visibility:hidden;background:transparent;padding:0;margin:0px auto;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_2_1\" style=\"\" data-version=\"6.6.20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slides style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-3\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-thumb=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FINAL6.jpg\" data-in=\"o:0;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/public\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" 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data-thumb=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/revslider\/video-media\/IMG_2938-2-1_2-scaled-30x70.jpeg\" data-in=\"o:0;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/public\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2938-2-1_2.jpeg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/revslider\/video-media\/IMG_2938-2-1_2-scaled.jpeg\" data-no-retina>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-bgvideo \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-video=\"w:100%;h:100%;nse:false;l:true;ptimer:false;vfc:true;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-mp4=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CityCollege2025.m4v\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/rs-bgvideo>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-2-slide-25-layer-5\" 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data-thumb=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/FINAL6.jpg\" data-in=\"o:0;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/public\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/crest.cuny.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ModernBlueWorld.png\" data-no-retina>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-2-slide-21-layer-5\" 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