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• 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

• Student Emergency Grants from CRRSAA Now Available

  Grants of up to $1,000 are available to students who are facing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

• ‘Poor Queer Studies’ by Professor Matt Brim Earns Working-Class Studies Association Award

  

  Poor Queer Studies describes how the field has been molded by wealthy, elitist institutions, leaving out students from working-class backgrounds and creating a set of ideas that is often irrelevant to them. Read more

• Forever 24: Yes, That is Professor John Mollenkopf Painted by Alice Neel

  

  Left: Alice Neel, John Mollenkopf (1970), oil on canvas. Gift Dr. Hartley Neel. Collection of the David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University. Right: John Mollenkopf at his desk. (Credit: City Limits/Jarrett Murphy)

  Professor John Mollenkopf was a friend of artist Alice Neel, whose retrospective is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and her portrait of him is now at Brown University.  Read more

• Student Spotlight: Yuka Miura Wants to Work in Biotech, and a Summer Internship Is Helping Her Get There

  

  Yuka Miura (Photo courtesy of Miura)

  Miura will intern with IAVI, formerly known as the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, a nonprofit that researches vaccines and other preventions for HIV, tuberculosis, emerging infectious diseases, and more. Read more

• Lo Ferguson, M.A. ’20 in Women’s and Gender Studies, Receives Full Tuition Scholarship to University of Pennsylvania Law School as a Public Interest Scholar

  

  Lo Ferguson (Photo courtesy of Ferguson)

  Ferguson, whose research focuses on transgender college students, wants to work "on things like access to health care and housing for the LGBTQ community, and at a level that will enact more systematic change." Read more

• Queer Librarianship and CUNY

  Elvis Bakaitis, interim head of reference at the Graduate Center's Mina Rees Library, joins this Pride Month episode to talk about queer librarianship, their research, and service to CUNY. Read more

• Prestigious NIH Grants Support Neuroscience Research by Susana Mingote and Orie Shafer

  

  Susana Mingote and Orie Shafer

  Shafer will study how different neurotransmitters released by the same neuron mediate different functions within our circadian clocks. Mingote will investigate neurons that release both dopamine and glutamate, and their relation to disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s.  Read more

• ‘Pending and Insistent Research Questions’ About Sustainable Development in Paraguay Led Alumna Christine Folch to a 2021 Carnegie Fellowship

  

  Christine Folch (Photo courtesy of Folch)

  Folch will use the $200,000 fellowship to spend 14 months in Paraguay, shadowing social entrepreneurs who are finding ways to balance poverty alleviation and development with environmental protections in the midst of climate change Read more