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• Scholars Gain Technical Skills and Pass Them on to Hundreds More, Thanks to the Digital Humanities Research Institute

  

  By 2022, over 400 humanities scholars will have benefited from the train-the-trainer model of the Digital Humanities Research Institute. Lisa Rhody, who leads the DHRI, is shown conducting a workshop at a past institute.

  Many participants in the 2021 institute, offered virtually, come from schools that serve large numbers of minority and underrepresented students; curriculum materials will be freely available online. Read more

• 16 Great Summer Reads From Grad Center Scholars

  From their latest books about historical figures both well-known and overlooked, to the hidden histories of New York City’s buildings and neighborhoods, to race and the Black experience, these Graduate Center authors have your summer reads covered. Read more

• José R. Chávarry, LAILAC Alum, Shares Advice on Getting a Tenure-Track Faculty Position

  

  José R. Chávarry (Photo courtesy of Chávarry)

  José R. Chávarry will begin working this fall at the College of Charleston as an assistant professor of Hispanic Studies. Read more

• Time to Transform: President Robin L. Garrell and Professors Cathy Davidson, Ann Kirschner, and Van C. Tran Share Their Perspectives on the Graduate Center’s Future and its Role in NYC

  

  Clockwise from upper left: President Robin L. Garrell, Professors Cathy Davidson, Van Tran and Ann Kirschner

  President Robin L. Garrell and three faculty members shared their visions for ways that the Graduate Center can transform and can contribute to the future of New York City, especially in the wake of the pandemic.  Read more

• GC Forward – Issue # 5

  In this issue: vaccines, library study space, student emergency grants, transition to on-site work, and key dates Read more

• In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Burton Randol

  The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Emeritus Burton Randol (Mathematics), who died on June 22, 2021. Read more

• Talking to Strangers: A Digital Humanities Student Coordinates a New York City Oral History Project

  

  Elena Abou Mrad (Photo courtesy of Abou Mrad)

  “This project sounded very in line with what I love doing, which is to help bring people into the archive and the archive out to the people,” Abou Mrad says. Read more

• Back in the Library, Students Find Peace and Productivity Once More

  

  President Robin L. Garrell in the Mina Rees Library

  The Graduate Center opened study space in the library to students and faculty on June 7, after closing it last March due to the pandemic. Read more

• Why Jimmy Carter Was an Outlier: Kai Bird Talks to ‘New York Times’ Journalist Sam Roberts About His Praised New Biography of the 39th President

  

  Kai Bird and his book, "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter"

  Kai Bird spoke to author and New York Times journalist Sam Roberts about the biography and his assessment of Carter’s presidency. We share here excerpts from their in-depth conversation. Read more

• Sociology Student Testifies Before Congress in Support of John Lewis Voting Rights Act

  

  Kevin Morris

  “Seeing the real-world impact of the research that I’m doing — that’s a gratifying experience to have as a grad student,” says Ph.D. student Kevin Morris. Read more