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• Alternative Schools Have Much to Teach: Michelle Fine and Mica Baum-Tuccillo on The Thought Project

  Fine, a professor of psychology and urban education, and Baum-Tucillo, a Ph.D. psychology Ph.D. student, discuss the findings of a new study of New York City’s beleaguered transfer schools, by the Public Science Project. Read more

• ‘Sustainaphrenia’ in New York City: Melissa Checker on The Thought Project

  Checker, a professor of anthropology and psychology, discusses her latest book, The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice. Read more

• Graduate Center Faculty React to the Storming of the U.S. Capitol: Heath Brown, Candace McCoy, Susan Opotow, David S. Reynolds, and John Torpey Weigh In

  

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  Experts on national and international politics, U.S. history and literature, criminal justice, and psychology comment on the implications of the “riveting and horrifying” attack and related events. Read more

• People Who Need People Zoom: NSF Grant Supports Professor Steven Young’s Social Distancing Study

  

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  A $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will support Professor Steven Young’s research on the impact of social distancing during a pandemic. Read more

• Anti-Racism at The Graduate Center: Martin D. Ruck on The Thought Project

  Ruck, a professor and advisor to the president, discusses what it takes to ensure that The Graduate Center sets the standard for diversity and anti-racism in higher education. Read more

• Holiday Books Gift Guide: 12 Gripping Reads by Graduate Center Faculty About Living a Good Life, Dressing in Your Dreams, and Arguing with Zombies

  

  Recent books by Wayne Koestenbaum, Katina Rogers, David Reynolds, Tanisha Ford, William Helmreich, Melissa Checker, Margaret Chin, Massimo Pigliucci, Richard Alba, Ismael García-Colón, Sanford Schram, and Paul Krugman.

  We’ve been warned about the long, dark winter and the need to stay away from relatives and friends this holiday season. But if you’d like to send a gift, these books might be the perfect choice. Read more

• How the ‘Greening’ of Gentrifying Neighborhoods Leads to the ‘Browning’ of Others Revealed in a New Book by Professor Melissa Checker

  

  Melissa Checker and her book "The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice"

  Checker exposes the hidden costs of New York City’s efforts to transform industrial waterfronts into green oases, in The Sustainability Myth. Read more

• Professor Dána-Ain Davis' Book 'Reproductive Injustice' Wins Awards for its Excellence and Influence

  

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  Davis’ book links Black women’s higher risk of giving birth to premature babies to racism and the afterlife of slavery. It is spurring medical professionals to reassess their practices. Read more

• Faculty Book: Melissa Checker

  Melissa Checker
  The Sustainability Myth
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• Still Anxious? Top Tips from Four Graduate Center Professors, Administrators, and Alumni on How to Feel Better

  

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  Graduate Center scholars share advice on how you can take care of yourself during a time when sources of stress seem inexhaustible. Read more