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• LIS Center Showcased on Bloomberg Radio This Week

  On Tuesday, October 13, the GC’s Luxembourg Income Study Center (LIS Center) featured prominently on Bloomberg Radio. Read more

• David Bloomfield Appointed to New York City Children’s Cabinet

  Professor David Bloomfield (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education) has been appointed a Content Expert on the New York City Children’s Cabinet. Read more

• How ‘Image-Texts’ May Reveal Social Trends: Lev Manovich to Present Findings

  Professor Lev Manovich (Computer Science) will present new findings on social computing at the IEEE 2015 Big Data conference, scheduled for October 29 through November 1 in Santa Clara, California.

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• Public Science Project Research Presented at White House This Week

  A White House forum on citizen science and crowdsourcing featured faculty and researchers who contribute to two projects sponsored by the Graduate Center. Read more

• Ruth Wilson Gilmore Named Inaugural Eugene Grant Distinguished Scholar

  Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore (Earth and Environmental Sciences/American Studies) has been selected from a competitive field of scholars as the inaugural Eugene Grant Distinguished Scholar by Purchase College-SUNY. Read more

• Cathy Davidson Receives New American Colleges and Universities Award

  Distinguished Professor Cathy Davidson (English), director of the GC’s Futures Initiative (FI), has been named the 2016 recipient of the New American Colleges and Universities’ Ernest L. Boyer Award, which honors scholars who make significant contributions to higher education.

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• Ofelia García Receives British Association of Applied Linguistics Award

  A book co-authored by Professor Ofelia García (Urban Education/Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages) was named this year’s winner of the prestigious British Association of Applied Linguistics Award. Read more

• Mimi Abramovitz Named NASW Social Work Pioneer

  Professor Mimi Abramovitz (GC/Hunter, Social Welfare) has been inducted to the NASW Social Work Pioneer program, a National Association of Social Workers initiative to honor those whose... Read more

• Meena Alexander Featured in New Video and Q&A

  Distinguished Professor Meena Alexander (GC/Hunter, English) was recently featured in a Statesman Q&A that introduced her as “undoubtedly one of the finest poets in contemporary... Read more

• Octopuses ‘Throwing’ Projectile Weapons, Says GC Study

  Distinguished Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith (Philosophy) recently uncovered evidence that octopuses living on a bed of shells at Jervis Bay, Australia, are “throwing stuff” at one another... Read more