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• A CUNY Neuroscience Professor and His Students Seek to Bring Relief to Parkinson’s Disease and COVID-19 Patients

  

  Professor Andreas Kottmann (third from left) with students and alumni from his lab (l to r): Ph.D. student Santiago Uribe-Cano (Psychology); alumna Lauren Malave (Ph.D. ’20, Biology); Ph.D. student Dustin Zuelke (Biology); master’s student Sonia Bernal (Cognitive Neuroscience); and alumnus Lev Starikov (Ph.D. ’19, Biology). (Photo Courtesy of Andreas Kottmann)

  The Graduate Center spoke with Professor Andreas Kottmann about his lab’s latest research, new directions, and his collaborations with diverse student researchers. Read more

• Office of the Provost: How GC Alumni Fare

  The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE), part of the Provost’s Office, regularly reviews the outcomes of Graduate Center alumni to understand how the school is meeting students’ academic and career needs. Read more

• Theatre and Performance Ph.D. Alumni Find Bigger Stages

  

  Andrew Kircher and Alison Walls

  The Ph.D. Program in Theatre and Performance offers a diversity of research training that meets the needs of the next generation of scholars. Read more

• Why Andrea Alù Challenges the Limits of Nature

  A physicist and engineer known for his breakthroughs in optics and photonics describes his work in metamaterials and electromagnetic and mechanical waves and why it matters. Read more

• The 95th Birthday Gift Professor Cathy N. Davidson Gave to Her Father Will Keep on Giving

  

  Paul C. Notari holding a framed copy of the flyer used to promote the Paul C. Notari Research Grants in Environmental Studies (Photo credit: Mary Lou Notari)

  Four research microgrants of $500 will be offered by the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center in an annual competition, beginning in 2022. Read more

• The Complicated Legacy of the ‘Father of Black Harlem,’ Whose Real Estate Practices Helped Give Rise to the Harlem Renaissance and Entrenched Segregation

  

  Kevin McGruder and the cover of his book, "Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem"

  Alumnus Kevin McGruder has published a second book on Harlem, this one focusing on trailblazer Philip Payton.  Read more

• Top Scientists Discuss Boundary-Breaking Research in CUNY ASRC Seminar Series, ‘Converge to Transform’

  

  In a reimagined seminar series hosted by the Advanced Science Research Center, six leading scientists will explain their interdisciplinary STEM research and how it impacts humanity and the planet. Read more

• Economics Professor Lilia Maliar Named a Hoover Institution Fellow

  

  Professor Lilia Maliar (Photo courtesy of Maliar)

  Maliar's research involves finding numerical methods for solving dynamic economic models. Read more

• Study Suggests Sonic Hedgehog Protein Pathway Stimulation Could Help Parkinson’s Patients

  

  A new study from Malave et al. suggests that in the brains of L-Dopa-treated Parkinson’s patients the lack of Shh signaling to cholinergic neurons results in L-Dopa induced dyskinesia. Image credit: Santiago Uribe-Cano

  Researchers at The Graduate Center, CUNY and the CUNY School of Medicine find that increased signaling of the sonic hedgehog protein could suppress debilitating involuntary movements that are a side effect of dopamine replacement therapy. Read more

• GC Forward # 11: Important Entry Policy Update

  We write with important news about the new CUNY entry policy. Also, read below about the NYC Health Vaccine Van on campus this week. Read more