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• 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

• Graduate Center Psychology Professor Awarded Five-Year CAREER Award by National Science Foundation for Research on Relationships

  

  Professor Cheryl Carmichael (Photo courtesy of Carmichael)

  Professor Cheryl Carmichael received nearly $900,000 to study the verbal and nonverbal cues that create good relationships, and how good relationships benefit us. Read more

• Graduate Center Psychology Student Awarded 2020 Fulbright for Research in Germany

  

  Caroline Zimmermann (Photo courtesy of Zimmermann)

  Caroline Zimmerman will study how social stigmas related to skin disease affect the health and well-being of young people. Read more

• A Gene Mutation that Prevents Mole-Rats from Social Distancing May Provide Clues for Treating a Variety of Neurological Disorders

  

  No social distancing for naked mole rats. Instead, they pile on top of each other in large groups to sleep inside their nest. Scientists think the gene that necessitates this behavior to prevent panic response and seizures in these animals may also play a role in certain human neurological conditions. (Photo credit: Roland Gockel)

  A Gene Mutation that Prevents Mole-Rats from Social Distancing May Provide Clues for Treating a Variety of Neurological Disorders Read more

• Richard Alba Elected to National Academy of Sciences in Recognition of Work on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

  

  Distinguished Professor Richard Alba (Credit: Princeton University Press)

  Alba, a distinguished professor of sociology, received one of the highest honors in academia for his vast body of work. Read more

• With a Fulbright to Spain, a Master’s Student Will Dig Deep Into Composting

  

  Mike Stinavage (Photo courtesy of Stinavage)

  Mike Stinavage (Political Science) was awarded a 2020 Fulbright Fellowship to research the legislation and implementation of organics recycling programs in Northern Spain. Read more