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• From the President: Announcing the Appointment of Steve Everett as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

  Everett, who is trained in music performance and composition, has three decades of academic leadership experience at public and private research universities. Read more

• The Graduate Center Science Communication Fellowship

  

  The GC Sciences will offer paid scicoms fellowships to two grad students during the 2021/22 academic year. Check out how to apply. Read more

• In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long

  

  Glenis R. Long (fourth from left) at commencement

  The Graduate Center mourns the passing of Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long, who died on July 16, 2021. She is remembered as “a remarkable scientist, mentor, and collaborator in hearing-related fields for more than 40 years." Read more

• GC Forward #7: Returning Responsibly on August 16

  To support our responsible return to campus, CUNY and the GC have adjusted the date for returning to in-person work by two weeks. Read more

• Student Spotlight: Yelena Dzhanova’s Research Reveals That the Police Officers Who Killed 50 Black Women Weren’t Convicted

  

  Yelena Dzhanova (Photo courtesy of Dzhanova)

  The #SayHerName campaign first drew widespread attention to killing and harming of Black women by police officers in 2014. Dzhanova's report is an investigative follow-up that answers questions about how law enforcement has responded to killings since then.  Read more

• How Was School During COVID? Urban Education Researchers Asked New York City Parents

  

  Members of the Urban Education Research Collective. Top row (left to right): José Luis Jiménez, Wendy Luttrell, Mieasia Edwards, and William Salomon Orellana. Bottom row (left to right): Nga Than, David Rosas, Kelly Brady, and Whitney Hollins.

  Their report, COVID-19 & Racial Justice in Urban Education: NYC Parents Speak Out, illuminates parents’ insights, critiques, and recommendations. Read more

• 7 Grad Center Alumni Share Their Tips to Get on the Tenure Track

  

  (L-R) Michèle Duguay, José R. Chávarry, Noel Torres-Rivera, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr.

  These alumni share their tips with fellow scholars who want to land a tenure-track job.  Read more

• Economics Alum, Now on the Tenure Track at Barnard, Discusses His Research on the Costs and Benefits of Policing

  

  Morgan C. Williams, Jr. (Photo courtesy of Williams)

  Morgan C. Williams, Jr. shares what made him stand out in the job market. Read more

• CUNY Graduate Center Physicist and Engineer Andrea Alù Named Blavatnik National Awards Laureate

  

  Professor Andrea Alù

  The award recognizes Alù’s challenges to the boundaries of materials science and physics, which have brought about advances in electromagnetics, nano-optics, and acoustics. Read more

• Student Spotlight: Claudia M. Astorino, on the Brink of a Postoc at Berkeley, Shares Her Journey as a Biological Anthropologist and LGBTQIA+ Activist

  

  Claudia M. Astorino

  Astorino’s research focuses on variations in the human skull and teeth that are due to differences in sex, and she is a leader and activist for intersex rights in the STEM fields.  Read more