For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Faculty NewsNews »Faculty News Filter by: Category: Distinguished Professor Appointments Faculty Activities Faculty Awards New Appointments to the GC Year: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December Professor Paul Attewell Receives Nearly $250K from DOE to Study How COVID-19 Has Affected CUNY StudentsCredit: Getty ImagesAttewell will research the education and employment impacts of the COVID disruption on two- and four-year CUNY undergraduates, hoping to influence outreach and planning. Read moreCollege Students Know Less Than You’d Think About Algorithms. Jessica Brodsky Wants to Change That.Jessica Brodsky (Photo courtesy of Brodsky)Educational Psychology Ph.D. student Jessica Brodsky explains what her new study shows about college students' understanding of algorithms and offers some resources for improving media literacy in young people. Read moreBig Thinkers: Linda Martín Alcoff, Charles W. Mills, and Other GC Professors Named Among Most Influential PhilosophersDistinguished Professor Charles W. Mills and Professor Linda Martín Alcoff "In different ways, all the CUNY professors on this list have opened up their fields," says Professor Nickolas Pappas, executive officer of The Graduate Center’s Philosophy program. Read moreProfessor Gabriele Grosso Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Grant for Photonics ResearchGabriele Grosso (Photo courtesy of Grosso)Grosso plans to use the funding, totaling over $537,000, to research new materials for quantum information technology, and to make this sometimes-intimidating field more accessible to students. Read more‘Over-Policed and Under-Protected’: Michael Fortner on How to Safeguard Black Communities Michael Fortner Professor Michael Fortner spoke to The Graduate Center about the criminal justice system, Black Lives Matter, and his family’s own experience with the criminal justice system and as victims of crime. Read moreOne of New York’s ‘Most Knowledgeable Experts’: Professor David Bloomfield Named to ‘Education Power 100’ for the Second Straight YearDavid Bloomfield (Credit: Paula Vlodkowsky)The publication City & State again named Bloomfield to its elite list of legislators, school officials, advocates, union leaders, and policymakers, noting his expertise on pressing issues. Read more‘She Was Speaking Directly to Us’: Professor Celina Su on Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’Amanda Gorman (Credit: Hostos Community College) Professor Celina Su (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education/Political Science) shares her thoughts on Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem and why it moved so many of us. Read moreInauguration and Democracy in the Balance: Graduate Center Faculty React to the Swearing in of President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala HarrisPresident Joe Biden (Photo credit: Alex Irklievski)Graduate Center faculty reflect on Inauguration Day and "dawn of a new era." Read moreGraduate Center Historians and Political Scientists Put President Trump’s Second Impeachment in ContextCredit: Getty ImagesProfessors David Nasaw, Gunja SenGupta, and Charles Tien analyze the historic moment and what it means for democracy and the future of the U.S. Read morePeople Who Need People Zoom: NSF Grant Supports Professor Steven Young’s Social Distancing StudySteven Young (Photo courtesy of Young) A $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will support Professor Steven Young’s research on the impact of social distancing during a pandemic. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next