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• Expand Diversity in the Outdoors, Writes Vilna Bashi Treitler

  In a new Al Jazeera America op-ed, Professor Treitler (GC/Baruch, Sociology) explores why Americans of color are only about half as likely to visit U.S. national parks as whites. Read more

• Donna Nickitas to Receive Major Award from National League for Nursing

  Professor Donna M. Nickitas (GC/Hunter, Nursing) has been selected to receive the 2015 Mary Adelaide Nutting Award for Outstanding Teaching or Leadership in Nursing Education, a prestigious honor bestowed biennially by the National League for Nursing. Read more

• Atticus Finch is ‘Inspiration and a Warning,’ Writes David Reynolds

  Distinguished Professor David S. Reynolds (English) published an essay this week exploring the meaning of the iconic character Atticus Finch, as portrayed in the recently released novel by Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman. Read more

• Michael Mandiberg Featured in NY Times on ‘Printing’ Wikipedia

  Professor Michael Mandiberg (GC/Staten Island, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy) is featured in the New York Times on his latest project, “From Aaaaa! To ZZZap!,” which opens today at the city’s Denny Gallery. Read more

• Tania León Takes Center Stage at International Music Festivals

  New works by Tania León (GC/Music) are in the spotlight at international festivals this summer. Read more

• Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Scholars Honored by Acoustics Society

  Students, faculty, and alumni of the Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences recently received various honors from the Acoustical Society of America, the world’s most prestigious scientific society dedicated to the study and applications of acoustics. Read more

• Bryan Turner Receives $800K Max Planck Research Award

  Presidential Professor Bryan Turner (Sociology), director of the GC’s Committee for the Study of Religion, will receive the prestigious Max Planck Research Award for his work on secularization and modernity, focusing on social and religious pluralism. Read more

• Meena Alexander Featured in 7/14 NYPL Poetry Reading

  Distinguished Professor Meena Alexander (GC/Hunter, English) is one of three poets who will read from their work at a free event tonight at the New York Public Library. Read more

• Robert C. Smith Wins Prestigious ASA Award for 'Black Mexicans' Article

  Professor Robert C. Smith (GC/Baruch, Sociology) was recently named winner of the American Sociological Association’s prestigious Louis Wirth Best Article Award. Read more

• Haul Down the Confederate Flag, Writes David Reynolds in Atlantic Op-Ed

   
  In a compelling new op-ed for The Atlantic, Distinguished Professor David Reynolds (English) traces the history of the Confederate flag — a flashpoint for national tensions long before the recent Charleston church massacre. Read more