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• Graduate Center Physicists Peer Into the Start of the Universe, Thanks to $400,000 Grant

  

  Credit: Getty Images

  Their work will help researchers better understand the structures of particles like protons and neutrons, and the phase of matter that existed at the very beginning of the universe. Read more

• Why the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Must Be Passed

  Kevin Morris, a Sociology Ph.D. student and researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice describes his Congressional testimony in favor of the act. Read more

• The Graduate Center Science Communication Fellowship

  

  The GC Sciences will offer paid scicoms fellowships to two grad students during the 2021–22 academic year. Check out how to apply. Read more

• Student Spotlight: Yelena Dzhanova’s Research Reveals That the Police Officers Who Killed 50 Black Women Weren’t Convicted

  

  Yelena Dzhanova (Photo courtesy of Dzhanova)

  The #SayHerName campaign first drew widespread attention to killing and harming of Black women by police officers in 2014. Dzhanova's report is an investigative follow-up that answers questions about how law enforcement has responded to killings since then.  Read more

• How Was School During COVID? Urban Education Researchers Asked New York City Parents

  

  Members of the Urban Education Research Collective. Top row (left to right): José Luis Jiménez, Wendy Luttrell, Mieasia Edwards, and William Salomon Orellana. Bottom row (left to right): Nga Than, David Rosas, Kelly Brady, and Whitney Hollins.

  Their report, COVID-19 & Racial Justice in Urban Education: NYC Parents Speak Out, illuminates parents’ insights, critiques, and recommendations. Read more

• 7 Grad Center Alumni Share Their Tips to Get on the Tenure Track

  

  (L-R) Michèle Duguay, José R. Chávarry, Noel Torres-Rivera, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr.

  These alumni share their tips with fellow scholars who want to land a tenure-track job.  Read more

• Student Spotlight: Claudia M. Astorino, on the Brink of a Postoc at Berkeley, Shares Her Journey as a Biological Anthropologist and LGBTQIA+ Activist

  

  Claudia M. Astorino

  Astorino’s research focuses on variations in the human skull and teeth that are due to differences in sex, and she is a leader and activist for intersex rights in the STEM fields.  Read more

• ‘Like Little Underdogs’: Lichens Return to New York City, and a New Book Reveals Their Splendor

  

  Two lichens found in Brooklyn: Xanthomendoza fallax in Prospect Park and British Solider Lichen (Cladonia cristatella) at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photos: Jordan Hoffman)

  The book is not just for academics, but for anyone who is curious about the world around them. Read more

• Two Music Alumni Receive Tenure-Track Appointments at Prestigious Institutions

  

  Michèle Duguay and Noel Torres-Rivera

  Michèle Duguay will start as an assistant professor at Indiana University and Noel Torres-Rivera will be an assistant professor of music theory at the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory. Read more

• Four Student Works Selected for First Images of Research Exhibition at the Graduate Center

  

  The exhibition showcases student research to the public in a visual format and celebrates students and their innovative work.  Read more