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• GC Study Shows Drop in Drunk-Driving Crashes After App Car Services Launched

  A working paper by doctoral student Jessica Peck (Economics) suggests that the arrival in New York City of digital app-based car services like Uber led to a significant decrease in drunk-driving related car accidents.
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• 'The Fragile Social Safety Net': Q&A with Janet Gornick & Sheldon Danziger

  Gornick and Danziger discuss the possible motivations behind Trump’s budget plans and how federal cuts will impact states and cities.
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• Fewer Girls Named ‘Hillary’ or ‘Hilary’ Was an Omen of Clinton’s Defeat: Stefano Ghirlanda

  Could we have predicted the outcome of the 2016 presidential election? Naming patterns may suggest as much, says Professor Stefano Ghirlanda (GC/Brooklyn, Psychology/Biology). Read more

• Jack Kerouac’s Literary Genius Revealed: Ammiel Alcalay

  In a recent BOMB Magazine feature, Professor Ammiel Alcalay (GC/Queens, English) reviews two new books that, in his words, give us a “fuller picture of the enormity” of Jack Kerouac’s literary achievement, which until now has been largely “misunderstood, denigrated, and distorted.” Read more

• GC Launches 'Academically Speaking' Podcast to Shed Light on Dissertation Process

  The GC today launched its first podcast series, "Academically Speaking," which will take a close look at what nearly every Ph.D. student sees as their biggest challenge: the dissertation. Read more

• The Questionable Science Behind the Internet Phenomenon ASMR: Tony Ro

  For a story on the neuroscience behind the Internet phenomenon ASMR, Smithsonian.com consulted Presidential Professor Tony Ro (Psychology/Biology), an expert on sensory processing and synesthesia. Read more

• 'Saving Our Heritage': Cathy Davidson on Proposed Defunding of NEH

  Distinguished Professor Cathy Davidson (English) argues against the Trump administration’s effective elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities in a new Inside Higher Ed op-ed. Read more

• Ancient Tooth Decay Suggests Neanderthals Were Locavores: William Harcourt-Smith

  What did Neanderthals eat? DNA evidence from the plaque in their teeth is offering new and enlightening clues, according to Assistant Professor William Harcourt-Smith (GC/Lehman, Anthropology). Read more

• Ph.D. Student Snapshot: Gordon Barnes (History)

  "I chose to pursue my Ph.D. at the Graduate Center first and foremost due to my political commitments to public education and student/faculty dedication to this end," Barnes says.  Read more

• How Nanoscience is Changing the World: Rein Ulijn of the ASRC

  When Professor Rein Ulijn (Chemistry) first flew in from Glasgow to visit the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) in 2013, the structure was still more than a year from completion. But even in its skeletal stages, it seized his imagination.
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