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• Professor Gabriele Grosso Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Grant for Photonics Research

  

  Gabriele Grosso (Photo courtesy of Grosso)

  Grosso plans to use the funding, totaling over $537,000, to research new materials for quantum information technology, and to make this sometimes-intimidating field more accessible to students. Read more

• ‘Over-Policed and Under-Protected’: Michael Fortner on How to Safeguard Black Communities

  

  Michael Fortner

  Professor Michael Fortner spoke to The Graduate Center about the criminal justice system, Black Lives Matter, and his family’s own experience with the criminal justice system and as victims of crime.  Read more

• One of New York’s ‘Most Knowledgeable Experts’: Professor David Bloomfield Named to ‘Education Power 100’ for the Second Straight Year

  

  David Bloomfield (Credit: Paula Vlodkowsky)

  The publication City & State again named Bloomfield to its elite list of legislators, school officials, advocates, union leaders, and policymakers, noting his expertise on pressing issues. Read more

• ‘She Was Speaking Directly to Us’: Professor Celina Su on Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’

  

  Amanda Gorman (Credit: Hostos Community College)

  Professor Celina Su (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education/Political Science) shares her thoughts on Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem and why it moved so many of us. Read more

• Inauguration and Democracy in the Balance: Graduate Center Faculty React to the Swearing in of President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

  

  President Joe Biden (Photo credit: Alex Irklievski)

  Graduate Center faculty reflect on Inauguration Day and "dawn of a new era." Read more

• Graduate Center Historians and Political Scientists Put President Trump’s Second Impeachment in Context

  

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  Professors David Nasaw, Gunja SenGupta, and Charles Tien analyze the historic moment and what it means for democracy and the future of the U.S. Read more

• People Who Need People Zoom: NSF Grant Supports Professor Steven Young’s Social Distancing Study

  

  Steven Young (Photo courtesy of Young)

  A $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will support Professor Steven Young’s research on the impact of social distancing during a pandemic. Read more

• Anti-Racism at The Graduate Center: Martin D. Ruck on The Thought Project

  Ruck, a professor and advisor to the president, discusses what it takes to ensure that The Graduate Center sets the standard for diversity and anti-racism in higher education. Read more

• Science, Superheroes, and Kids: For This CUNY Power Couple, Family Comes First

  

  Professors Maral Tajerian and Sebastian Alvarado (right) and their children.

  So, you think you’re busy between pandemic hassles and all your other work-life obligations? Here’s what busy looks like for CUNY’s very own power couple, Professors Maral Tajerian and Sebastian Alvarado. Read more

• Professor Andrea Alù Is Named a Highly Cited Researcher for the Fourth Consecutive Year

  

  Andrea Alù

  Alù is widely known for his photonics research, particularly in the area of metamaterials — artificial materials that have highly unusual properties. Read more