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• Distinguished Professor Cathy N. Davidson Receives the 2021 Arts & Sciences Advocacy Award

  

  Cathy N. Davidson (Photo Credit: Paula Vlodkowsky)

  “It is both humbling and inspiring that an organization representing 1,900 deans of arts and sciences has chosen me for its annual award,” Davidson said. Read more

• Cannabis Use During Pregnancy May Harm Children

  

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  The paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows a correlation between maternal cannabis use and increased anxiety in young children. Read more

• A 20-Ton Superconducting Magnet Lets Physicists Peer Into the Origins of the Universe

  

  A 20-ton superconducting solenoid magnet first arrived at Brookhaven Lab in 2015. It was installed in the sPHENIX particle detector on October 7, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory)

  The detector will let scientists examine the kind of “particle soup” that existed for mere millionths of a second after the Big Bang. Read more

• How Students Feel About Math Affects How Well They Perform, as Shown in Large U.S. Study

  

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  While other studies usually focus on factors such as working memory, knowledge, motivation, or personality, until now researchers haven’t created a framework for math performance that includes attitude. Read more

• In Their Spare Time, They’re Writing Novels, Working on Paintings, and Performing Ballet: The Surprising Sidelines of Graduate Center Professors and Administrators

  

  "Jurisdictional Breech" by Linda Vigdor (2021)

  Many Graduate Center professors and administrators devote time to artistic pursuits that fall, or seem to fall, far outside the realm of their academic work. Read more

• Kevin Nadal, Named a Distinguished Professor, Hopes to Inspire Fellow Faculty of Color at CUNY

  

  Kevin Nadal (Photo credit: Cara Metzger)

  At age 43, Kevin Nadal has become one of the youngest distinguished professors at CUNY and the first Asian American and second person of color at John Jay College to hold the title.  Read more

• Two Graduate Center Philosophy Professors Named Editors of Leading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Journal

  

  Professors Jonathan Gilmore and Sandra Shapshay (Photo credit: Alex Irklievski)

  The selection of Professors Jonathan Gilmore and Sandra Shapshay as co-editors of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism reinforces the Graduate Center’s strength in the philosophy of art. Read more

• Students Monitor the Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano: ‘It’s Hot, and You Have Ash on You’

  

  Samantha Tramontano sets up a station for sampling ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, 10/02/2021

  Ph.D. students Samantha Tramontano, Franco Cortese, and their adviser Professor Marc-Antoine Longpré traveled to La Palma to study Cumbre Vieja’s eruption, which began over a month ago on September 19. Read more

• Why These Eels Glow Green and What It Could Mean for People

  

  Gymnothorax zonipectis fluorescent eel (Photo © John Sparks)

  The discovery comes 10 years after scientists captured an image of a bioluminescent eel for the first time off the coast of the Cayman Islands and is the first identification of a fluorescent protein in any moray eel, adding to the growing list and awareness of biofluorescent fish. Read more

• Graduate Center Professors Receive CUNY Grants for Promising Work in Biochemistry

  

  Professors Rupal Gupta and Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle (Photo credit for Elbaum-Garfinkle image: Rachel Ramirez)

  The funding will support graduate students in both Rupal Gupta’s and Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle’s labs, and both professors are seeking new, ambitious students and staff to join their groups. Read more