The following applications and services are most widely used by students across CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies student.

CUNY student technology resources provide access to university most essential system-wide applications. To access the resources located on this page please follow the instructions and documentation located below.

Newly enrolled students should received an email message sent to their personal email address registered in their CUNYfirst account describing how to claim and access their SLU student email. Learn more about SLU email.

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CUNY Student Technology

Brightspace LMS

Brightspace enables student and faculty participation in online classes and online course materials to complement face-to-face learning. Learn more about Brightspace.

CUNYFirst

CUNYfirst provides essential student, human resources and finance administration across via an integrated enterprise technology solution. Learn more about CUNYfirst.

CUNY Degreeworks

DegreeWorks allows students to plan course selections towards fulfilling degree requirements and view progress towards degree completion. Learn more about DegreeWorks.

CUNY Alert

CUNY emergency alert system delivers text, email and/or voice alerts of emergencies or weather-related University or campus closings. Learn more about CUNY Alert.

Library

Library provides access to academic publications and research databases to currently enrolled students, faculty members and staff members. Learn more about Library.

Gartner

Gartner free online resources provide students and faculty with the latest research on technology advances, best practices and standards. Learn more about Gartner.

SLU Student Email

Matriculated students are provided with an email account both for university and personal use as long as they are affiliated with CUNY. If you were recently matriculated, please allow 2 to 24 hours for your student email to be created.

Access your CUNY email

  1. Go to https://outlook.cloud.microsoft/mail/
  2. Enter your CUNYLogin username at the Sign in page and click Next
  3. Enter your CUNYLogin credentials at the CUNY Login Page
    1. If this is your first time signing in you will be prompted to setup your Microsoft 365 Multi-Factor Authentication. Here is a quick guide on how to setup your Microsoft 365 MFA.
  4. Follow the prompts to receive and enter your verification code.
  5. You are now signed into your CUNY email account.

Login name and email address
Your CUNY Email username is your CUNY Login username firstname.lastname##@login.cuny.edu where ## is the last 2 digits of your EMPL ID. For example, John.Doe42@login.cuny.edu

Password / password change
If you forgot your CUNY Email password you may go to the CUNY Login page at https://cunyfirst.cuny.edu, click on Forgot Password, and follow the prompts to complete your Password Change. Here is a quick guide on how to change your Password,

Alumni Email

After April 13th 2026 Graduating SLU Students who will soon become Alumni will automatically have their Student Email Account converted to an Alumni Email Account with Email Access only upon graduating. Access to OneDrive will be removed and it is highly recommended that Graduating Students should begin saving any documents and files they wish to keep onto their local devices prior to Graduation. Alumni who wish to keep their Alumni Email Accounts must actively use their account. After 12 months of inactivity, Alumni Email Accounts will automatically be deleted by CUNY CIS.

In addition CUNY requires users to change their CUNY Login passwords every 180 days. Users will receive a reminder email notifying when it is time to change their passwords.

Microsoft 365

CUNY SLU Students have access to the Microsoft 365 for Education which includes commonly used apps such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneDrive, Teams, and more. The license remains active until you leave the University, at which point it will be in read-only mode and you will be prompted to purchase a license from Microsoft or stop using Microsoft 365 for Education.

Access Microsoft Office 365

  1. Go to https://login.microsoftonline.com
  2. Enter your CUNYLogin username at the Sign in page and click Next
  3. Enter your CUNYLogin credentials at the CUNY Login Page and click Log in.
  4. Click on Apps at the bottom left corner above your name.
  5. Click on More App, you can now access your Microsoft 365 Apps.

CUNY Virtual Desktop / Apporto

Remotely access your course software anytime and anywhere on your favorite web browser by logging in with your CUNYfirst account at cuny.apporto.com

Please note that each session is limited to 8 hours to provide maximum availability for all CUNY users. Inactivity for 60 minutes or more will end your session, and any unsaved data will be lost. Please remember to save frequently.

For more information, visit the Apporto website for tutorial videos and an online user guide. By using Apporto, you agree to comply with the CUNY IT Security Policies & Procedures and use for academic purposes only.

Access Virtual Desktop

Go to cuny.apporto.com and log in with your CUNYFirst login credentials

Dropbox

The City University of New York is providing Dropbox and Dropbox Paper to all active CUNY students, faculty and administrative staff.  You can use these tools to store and access files from different devices, share files, and collaborate on content.  The Training Resources section will help you get started.

Use of Dropbox will be subject to CUNY Security and Computer Use policies as well as the data privacy, security and confidentiality guidelines established in the Acceptable Use of University Data in the Cloud Policy.

See detailed instructions for accessing Dropbox

Access Dropbox

  1. Got to https://dropbox.cuny.edu
  2. Login with your CUNYFirst credentials.
  3. You are now logged in and will have access to your CUNY Dropbox account.