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• Three Alumni Awarded Prestigious Fellowships Aimed at Enhancing Diversity in Higher Education

  

  Nicole A. Burrowes, Chris A. Eng, and Conor Tomás Reed

  Nicole A. Burrowes, Chris A. Eng, and Conor Tomás Reed were named Career Enhancement Fellows by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Read more

• On the Front Lines: A Ph.D. Nursing Student on Working Seven Days a Week Directing a Telemedicine Group in Queens

  

  Ph.D. student Scott Kaye (Photo courtesy of Kaye)

  Nursing Ph.D. student Scott Kaye spoke to The Graduate Center about his experience working tirelessly, yet at a distance, with patients during the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more

• For Vanessa Vales-Lewis, Nothing About Earning a Doctorate Has Been Ordinary

  

  Vanessa Vales-Lewis (Photo courtesy of Vales-Lewis)

  The first in her family to earn a doctorate, Vales-Lewis received coverage in Forbes for her achievement and her unusual journey, including the surprise ending of a postponed commencement. Read more

• COVID-19 and the Risks to Human Rights: What History Shows Us

  

  Professor Eric D. Weitz and his book "A World Divided" (Photos courtesy of Princeton University Press)

  Professor Eric D. Weitz’s new book, A World Divided, offers lessons from history that illuminate our current crisis.   Read more

• On the Front Lines: A Second-Year Ph.D. Nursing Student at a Hospital Transformed to Care for Coronavirus Patients

  

  Ph.D. student Shawna Townsend (Photo courtesy of Townsend)

  Shawna Townsend describes her experience at the Hospital for Special Surgery, where she trained the staff to care for COVID-19 patients. Read more

• Make #GivingTuesdayNow Count for Our Students

  I want to express how tremendously impressed I am by the dedication and innovation you have shown in responding to the ongoing global health crisis. Read more

• The Graduate Center, CUNY Expands Student Emergency Fund to Provide Urgent Aid for Students Affected by the COVID-19 Crisis

  

  With over $150,000 raised to date, The Graduate Center seeks to meet a projected need of $500,000. Read more

• What Makes ‘Star Wars’ Magical for Them: Astronomers Who Study Real Galaxies Reminisce About the Mythical Galaxy ‘Far, Far Away’

  

  Professors K.E. Saavik Ford and Charles Liu at the American Museum of Natural History. (Ford photo by Roderick Mickens/American Museum of Natural History; Liu photo by Lillian Ortiz)

  In honor of May 4^th, Star Wars day, we invited professors K. E. Saavik Ford and  Charles Liu to  to share their favorite memories of the iconic sci-fi series.​ Read more

• Graduate Center Student Awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowship to Study Art in Germany

  

  Samantha Small (Photo courtesy of Small)

  Samantha Small, one of four Graduate Center students to receive a Fulbright this year, will research the fin-de-siècle German Symbolist movement in the visual arts. Read more

• Four Graduate Center Students Awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowships to Study Abroad

  

  Graduate Center students Samantha Small, Mike Stinavage, Caroline F. Zimmermann, and Patricia Pehme

  Three Ph.D. students in art history and psychology and a master's student in political science will pursue their research in Germany, Poland, and Spain in 2021. Read more