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• Staying Connected and Supporting Our Students

  I want to thank you for the way you are responding to all the challenges we are facing because of COVID-19 and to affirm our commitment to our entire community. Read more

• The Graduate Center Mourns the Loss of Retired Professor David Greetham

  A longtime professor of English and a Graduate Center alumnus who was widely admired for his scholarship and teaching, Greetham passed away on March 24. Read more

• CUNY Names Robin L. Garrell as The Graduate Center’s Next President

  

  Robin Garrell

  Garrell, current vice provost of the Graduate Division of UCLA, begins her appointment this summer. Read more

• Challenging Higher Education with ‘Poor Queer Studies’

  

  Professor Matt Brim and the cover of his book, "Poor Queer Studies"

  Professor Matt Brim unpacks the ways elitism impacts the field of queer studies in a new book. Read more

• Ph.D. Student Awarded Three-Year Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Social Justice–Oriented Research

  

  Gina (Diagou) Sissoko/Photo courtesy of Gina (Diagou) Sissoko

  Gina (Diagou) Sissoko joins an elite group of scholars whose research will be supported with $27,000 in annual funding for three years. Read more

• Hannah Aizenman Awarded $52K Grant for Data Viz Library

  

  Hannah Aizenman (Credit: GC Digital Fellows)

  Aizenman, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, was awarded a $52,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.  Read more

• Ph.D. Candidate Wins Planetary Astronomy Fellowship That Provides Up to $375,000 in Funding

  

  Eileen Gonzales (Credit: American Museum of Natural History)

  Eileen Gonzalez is one of eight researchers to win a prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. She is heading to Cornell University as a postdoc. Read more

• Remembering Alumnus Maurice Berger: Path-Breaking Art Historian and Fierce Advocate for Social Justice

  An esteemed curator, writer, and cultural historian, Berger (Ph.D. ’88, Art History) died this week from complications of COVID-19. Read more

• Koestenbaum ⎯ Poet, Critic, Queer Studies Pioneer ⎯ Receives American Academy of Arts and Letters Award

  

  Distinguished Professor Wayne Koestenbaum (Credit: Soft Skull Press)

  Distinguished Professor Wayne Koestenbaum was honored with a 2020 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Read more

• Updates on Library and IT Leadership

  I write to share some important and exciting news regarding changes in the leadership of The Graduate Center’s library and our IT department. Read more