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• Ercio Muñoz, a First-Generation College Graduate, Won a Fellowship to Study Why Some Students Succeed in School

  

  Ercio Muñoz

  Muñoz, who was awarded $25,000 as part of The Graduate Center’s Mario Capelloni Dissertation Fellowship, studies intergenerational mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Read more

• Good Mental Health Care for Older Adults With HIV Is Economically Sound

  

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  Economics Professor Christos Giannikos, Ph.D. candidate Robert Utzinger, and alumnus Andreas Kakolyris (Ph.D. '21, Economics) say they hope policymakers will take into account the importance of mental health in vulnerable populations. Read more

• Global Warming Before Our Time: Ph.D. Student Andres Hernandez Nava Shares the Story of a Breakthrough Discovery

  

  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 Awarded Dissertation Fellowships for Research on Women’s and Gendered Issues

  

  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

• Inspired by Her Brother, Student Dedicates Her Scholarship to Helping Others Hear

  

  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

• Scientists Zero in on the Role of Volcanoes in Setting the Stage for the Demise of Dinosaurs

  

  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. (Photo credit: Loÿc Vanderkluysen, Drexel University)

  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

• In a New Paper, Ph.D. Candidate Cody Melcher Shows That Racism and Political Opinion Are Linked to Financial Insecurity

  

  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

• Waiting to Exhale: Students, Faculty, and Staff Reflect a Year After the COVID Shutdown

  

  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

• Students, Faculty, and Staff Share Their Pandemic Reflections

  A year after the pandemic began, Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff share their experiences and what they learned.  Read more

• Ph.D. Candidate Alfredo Vidal Ceballos Creates Microscopic Images to Increase Awareness of Diseases Like Alzheimer’s

  

  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