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• Graduate Center Alumni Awarded Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowships

  

  Barry P. Goldberg (left) and Jaime Shearn Coan. (Photos courtesy of ACLS)

  Jaime Shearn Coan and Barry P. Goldberg will apply the skills and perspectives they gained from their doctorates in English and history to community-focused positions in nonprofit organizations.  

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• Professor Lilia Maliar Awarded $308,000 NSF Grant for Research on Applying Artificial Intelligence to Economic Models

  

  Lilia Maliar (Photo courtesy of Maliar)

  She will “use AI to solve those difficult models that economists want but cannot solve yet,” including understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery. Read more

• Professor Andrea Alù Receives Simons Foundation Grant of Up to $16 Million for Photonics Research

  

  Andrea Alù

  Alù will lead an international team of scientists whose work could lead to improvements in the Internet of Things, biomedical applications, and medical imaging and wireless technology. Read more

• Deborah Cullen-Morales, New Mellon Foundation Program Officer, on Diversity, Supporting Artists, and Starting a New Career During a Time of Crisis

  

  Deborah Cullen-Morales (Photo courtesy of Columbia University School of the Arts)

  Previously the executive director of The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Cullen-Morales (Ph.D. '02, Art History) steps into the world of philanthropy with an eye toward addressing historic inequities. Read more

• Sean Gerrity, Graduate Center Alum Now Teaching at Hostos, on Winning Grants, Working Toward Tenure, and a Pedagogy of Radical Kindness

  

  Sean Gerrity (Photo courtesy of Gerrity)

  Gerrity, who is on the tenure track, was just awarded a Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship. He shares his story and his advice. Read more

• Three Alumni Awarded Prestigious Fellowships Aimed at Enhancing Diversity in Higher Education

  

  Nicole A. Burrowes, Chris A. Eng, and Conor Tomás Reed

  Nicole A. Burrowes, Chris A. Eng, and Conor Tomás Reed were named Career Enhancement Fellows by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Read more

• Graduate Center Student Awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowship to Study Art in Germany

  

  Samantha Small (Photo courtesy of Small)

  Samantha Small, one of four Graduate Center students to receive a Fulbright this year, will research the fin-de-siècle German Symbolist movement in the visual arts. Read more

• Four Graduate Center Students Awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowships to Study Abroad

  

  Graduate Center students Samantha Small, Mike Stinavage, Caroline F. Zimmermann, and Patricia Pehme

  Three Ph.D. students in art history and psychology and a master's student in political science will pursue their research in Germany, Poland, and Spain in 2021. Read more

• Graduate Center Psychology Professor Awarded Five-Year CAREER Award by National Science Foundation for Research on Relationships

  

  Professor Cheryl Carmichael (Photo courtesy of Carmichael)

  Professor Cheryl Carmichael received nearly $900,000 to study the verbal and nonverbal cues that create good relationships, and how good relationships benefit us. Read more

• With a Fulbright to Spain, a Master’s Student Will Dig Deep Into Composting

  

  Mike Stinavage (Photo courtesy of Stinavage)

  Mike Stinavage (Political Science) was awarded a 2020 Fulbright Fellowship to research the legislation and implementation of organics recycling programs in Northern Spain. Read more