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• Cooking Up New Ways to Use the ‘Wonder Material,’ Graphene: Andrew Levine, Class of 2021, Joins a Startup

  

  Andrew Levine (Photo courtesy of Levine)

  Levine’s knowledge of carbon-based nanomaterials comes from studying organic light-harvesting materials and their fabrication into devices at the CUNY ASRC. Read more

• For Siqi Tu, the Center Is Always Changing: A Class of 2021 Graduate on Relocating from China to New York To Germany, and Her Next Move

  

  Siqi Tu (Photo courtesy of Tu)

  Her research — which also examines the effects of the increasing geopolitical tension between China and the United States, and the surge of populist anti-immigrant and anti-globalization sentiments — is particularly timely. Read more

• How He Converted ‘Dumb Questions’ Into Serious Research: Conner Martinez, Class of 2021 M.A. Grad, on Getting Into a Political Science Ph.D. Program

  

  He plans to study federal and state anti-immigration policies and their impact on U.S. politics and on Latinx political involvement.  Read more

• Seeing Universities as ‘Radical Agents in Very Hard Times’: Katherine Entigar, Class of 2021, Lands a Tenure-Track Faculty Role at the University of Toronto

  

  Entigar will continue researching issues such as immigrant justice and multilingualism and multiculturalism in adult education, but from a new vantage point. Read more

• ‘It’s About Poverty’: Jama Shelton (Ph.D. ’13, Social Welfare) on the Structural Forces Behind LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness

  

  Jama Shelton (Photo courtesy of Shelton)

  "I wanted to focus more on policy and research and try to make more of a structural impact," says Jama Shelton. Read more

• From Financial Services to a Tenure-Track Faculty Role: Raj Korpan, Class of 2021, on Pivoting Into a Ph.D. and Academia

  

  "Really take advantage of the resources you have at the GC," says Raj Korpan, who starts a tenure-track job at Iona College in the fall. Read more

• Getting Her Ideas Out of the Lab: Roxana Piotrowska, Class of 2021, on Her New Role at Estée Lauder and What Led to It

  

  Roxana Piotrowska (Photo courtesy of Piotrowska)

  Piotrowska built up her industry experience while getting her Ph.D. Read more

• AAPI Month: Graduate Center Scholars and Alumni Who Are Challenging the Status Quo and Raising Awareness of Their Communities

  We're honoring the work of Graduate Center scholars who have contributed to scholarship and activism focused on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Read more

• Alumni Book: Nicholas R. Micinski

  Nicholas R. Micinski
  UN Global Compacts
  (Routledge, 2021)

   

  
  
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• Alumni Book: Elan Abrell

  Elan Abrell
  Saving Animals: Multispecies Ecologies of Rescue and Care
  (University of Minnesota Press, 2021)

   

  
  
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