
Graduate Center Ph.D. student Austin L. MacDonald
MacDonald is one of 45 economics students nationwide and the first Graduate Center economics student to win the prestigious fellowship. Read more
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Economics Professor Christos Giannikos and Ph.D. candidate Robert Utzinger say they hope policymakers will take into account the importance of mental health in vulnerable populations. Read more

Andres Hernandez Nava
Andres Hernandez Nava explains his journey from Berkeley to CUNY and how he became a lead author on a study that sheds light on the role of volcanoes in the demise of the dinosaurs. Read more

Andréa Becker and Priscilla Bustamante
They are among eight recipients of the WW Women’s Studies Dissertation Fellowship from The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, selected for their original and interdisciplinary research. Read more

Alexis Leiderman
Alexis Leiderman was recently elected as the national Student Academy of Audiology (SAA) president-elect for the 2021-2022 term, and will serve as its president the following school year. Read more

India’s Deccan Traps, an ancient lava field covering about one-fourth of India, has been tied to the End-Cretaceous mass extinction some 66 million years ago. New research is helping to determine whether it played a significant role.
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Graduate Center, CUNY researchers uncover evidence suggesting that volcanic carbon emissions were not a major driver of Earth’s most recent extinction event. Read more

Cody Melcher
Melcher's study indicates that economically insecure white Americans are much more likely to be xenophobic and to perceive race relations in zero-sum terms. Read more

Megan Henriquez, Rod Hurley, Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, and Shawna Townsend
A year after the pandemic began, Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff share their experiences. Read more
A year after the pandemic began, Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff share their experiences and what they learned. Read more

Alfredo Vidal Ceballos
A fellowship from Art Science Connect supports his project to create compelling microscopic images that increase understanding of what a disease like Alzheimer’s actually does to the brain. Read more