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• Class of 2020: Anthony Wheeler, Digital Humanist Who Studies Race and Identity, on Staying a Part of the GC Community

  

  Anthony Wheeler (Photo courtesy of Wheeler)

  The master’s graduate will start a Graduate Center Ph.D. program this fall in pursuit of his ultimate goal: design games and digital solutions to make education more inclusive. Read more

• Class of 2020: Sara Perl Egendorf Will Continue to Promote Food Justice as a Cornell University Postdoc

  

  Sara Perl Egendorf (Photo courtesy of Egendorf)

  Through research and community action, she strives to support safe, sustainable urban farming in New York City. Read more

• Class of 2020: Char Adams on How a Desire to Study Race and Women’s Issues Led Her to the M.A. Program

  

  Char Adams (Photo courtesy of Adams)

  Adams shares her groundbreaking path to The Graduate Center and how her studies have changed her.  Read more

• On the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Fight: Ph.D. Nursing Students and Alumni Share Their Stories

  

  Sandra Langston, Shawna Townsend, Paul Quinn, Scott Kaye, Fernand (Dean) A. De Los Reyes, and Janusz Kaleta

  Graduate Center Ph.D. nursing students and alumni are working to save lives and fight the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more

• New, Free 165-Language Dictionary Offers Promise for Developing Speech Recognition Technology in Hundreds of Languages

  

  The word "health" written in many languages

  New open-source software created by linguists at The Graduate Center, CUNY may speed the development of speech technologies such as recognizers and synthesizers in new languages. Read more

• What New York Can Learn About COVID-19 Recovery From Hurricane Katrina

  

  James Orr, associate director of the Economic Studies Group (inset, courtesy of Orr); a shuttered storefront (Credit: Getty)

  James Orr, a visiting scholar at The Graduate Center and associate director of its Economic Studies Group, offers insights. Read more

• On the Front Lines: A Ph.D. Nursing Candidate, Recently Recovered from COVID-19, Cares for Patients While Coping with Loss

  

  Fernand (Dean) A. De Los Reyes (Photo courtesy of De Los Reyes)

  Ph.D candidate Fernand (Dean) A. De Los Reyes shares his experience as a nurse caring for COVID-19 patients and recovering from the disease himself.  Read more

• On the Front Lines: A Ph.D. Nursing Student on Working Seven Days a Week Directing a Telemedicine Group in Queens

  

  Ph.D. student Scott Kaye (Photo courtesy of Kaye)

  Nursing Ph.D. student Scott Kaye spoke to The Graduate Center about his experience working tirelessly, yet at a distance, with patients during the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more

• For Vanessa Vales-Lewis, Nothing About Earning a Doctorate Has Been Ordinary

  

  Vanessa Vales-Lewis (Photo courtesy of Vales-Lewis)

  The first in her family to earn a doctorate, Vales-Lewis received coverage in Forbes for her achievement and her unusual journey, including the surprise ending of a postponed commencement. Read more

• On the Front Lines: A Second-Year Ph.D. Nursing Student at a Hospital Transformed to Care for Coronavirus Patients

  

  Ph.D. student Shawna Townsend (Photo courtesy of Townsend)

  Shawna Townsend describes her experience at the Hospital for Special Surgery, where she trained the staff to care for COVID-19 patients. Read more