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• In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor Charles W. Mills, a Philosopher Who Changed the Conversation About Race in the U.S.

  

  Distinguished Professor Charles W. Mills (Photo credit: Sam Alcoff)

  Mills joined the Graduate Center faculty in 2016 and was lauded, most recently with the Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, for his groundbreaking book The Racial Contract. More than 20 years after its publication, The Racial Contract remains a seminal philosophy text. Read more

• Proud to Be First: Barbara B. Stern Was the First Woman to Receive a Doctorate From the Graduate Center

  

  Barbara B. Stern at the Graduate Center's first commencement in 1965. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D.

  Stern was 25 and expecting her first child when she graduated in 1965. Her daughters discuss her path from English Ph.D. to marketing professor. Read more

• Remembering First Graduate Daniel N. Robinson, a Philosopher With a Keen Sense of Humor  

  

  Doctorates Number 1 and 10,000: Daniel N. Stern (Ph.D. '65, Psychology) and Kristen Case (Ph.D. '09, English). Robinson hooded Case at Commencement in 2009.

  Robinson, who was the first man to receive a doctorate from the Graduate Center in 1965, made a career out of being curious. Read more

• In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stanley Aronowitz, Influential Labor Advocate and Scholar

  

  Stanley Aronowitz (Credit: David Shankbone, Creative Commons)

  The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stanley Aronowitz, a scholar of labor and social movements and a civil and labor rights activist. Read more

• In Memoriam: John Grzelewski, Inaugural Budget Director of the Advanced Science Research Center

  Grzelewski joined the CUNY ASRC as its first budget director in October 2014. He died on August 12, 2021, and is deeply missed by his colleagues. Read more

• In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long

  

  Glenis R. Long (fourth from left) at commencement

  The Graduate Center mourns the passing of Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long, who died on July 16, 2021. She is remembered as “a remarkable scientist, mentor, and collaborator in hearing-related fields for more than 40 years." Read more

• In Memoriam: Professor Morris ‘Arnie’ Lang, ‘a Giant in the World of Percussion’

  A longtime New York Philharmonic percussionist, Lang taught in the Music doctoral program from 2007 to 2018. He died on July 5, 2021, at age 89. Read more

• In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Burton Randol

  The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Emeritus Burton Randol (Mathematics), who died on June 22, 2021. Read more

• In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Morris Dickstein

  

  Morris Dickstein (Credit: Richard Alcorn)

  Dickstein is celebrated for his extraordinary career as a scholar, teacher, author, literary critic, and public intellectual who was central to life at The Graduate Center and well beyond. Read more

• In Memoriam: Frances Degen Horowitz, President of The Graduate Center from 1991 to 2005

  

  Frances Degen Horowitz

  Past President and Professor Emerita Frances Degen Horowitz, a prominent developmental psychologist who moved The Graduate Center to its current home on 34th Street, has died at age 88. Read more