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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
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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
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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
Ph.D. candidate Eric Ramos uses a drone in Belize to study manatees. (Photos courtesy of Eric Ramos)
Eric Ramos uses drones to study hard-to-reach animals in Belize like the threatened mammal. Read more
The stony coral (Oculina patagonica) after being exposed to acidic ocean condition (pH 7.4) after two months and four months. This shows how some coral species are able to adapt to more acidic, extinction-like conditions by transforming from colonial communities (top) to solitary existence. (Credit: Moaz Fine and Dan Tchernov)
Newly published study details how corals are exhibiting dynamics similar to last big extinction 66 million years ago when the dinosaurs disappeared. Read more
Professor Emily A. Jones condenses years of research and experience into accessible guides for parents and educators. Read more