Pluto the Pangolin. (Photo courtesy of Josh DiPaola)
Professor Joshua Plotnick and team release a timely study of the mysterious and prized pangolin, which may have been a vector species for the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
A beautifully preserved footprint from Engare Sero, Tanzania. Credit: William Harcourt-Smith.
Anthropologist William Harcourt-Smith describes what he and fellow researchers discovered about our ancestors and how to download your own printable 3D footprint. Read more
Alumna Laura Limonic and the cover of her book, Kugel and Frijoles (Photo courtesy of Limonic)
Now a tenured professor at SUNY Old Westbury, Limonic turned her dissertation into an award-winning book. Read more
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New research by Professor Cheryl Carmichael shows that avoiding touch may be detrimental to our relationships and our health. Read more
Professor Matthew K. Gold (Credit: Da Ping Luo)
Professor Matthew K. Gold co-edited “Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities,” a curated resource organized by topical keywords. Read more
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Research by Professor Cathy Spatz Widom offers new hope in relieving the mental health toll associated with child mistreatment, which may rise amid a pandemic and recession.
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New research by Professor Paul Attewell and alumnus Dirk Witteveen debunks some beliefs and suggests new ways to address inequity in STEM education. Read more
No social distancing for naked mole rats. Instead, they pile on top of each other in large groups to sleep inside their nest. Scientists think the gene that necessitates this behavior to prevent panic response and seizures in these animals may also play a role in certain human neurological conditions. (Photo credit: Roland Gockel)
A Gene Mutation that Prevents Mole-Rats from Social Distancing May Provide Clues for Treating a Variety of Neurological Disorders Read more
Joseph van der Naald (Photo courtesy of van der Naald)
Ph.D. candidate Joseph van der Naald takes on a proposed rule by the National Labor Relations Board that would affect the rights of some 81,000 graduate assistants at private colleges. Read more
Reacting to growing concerns over the potential for airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, physicists with The Graduate Center, CUNY and Lehman College have released a paper calculating the potential for saliva droplets, which can carry the virus, to travel distances greater than six feet. Read more