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• How Humans See the World Is Best Seen in a Lab

  

  Zhilin Zhang (Photo credit: Coralie Carlson)

  In her first semester, Zhilin Zhang is already conducting research and experiments in the lab of Presidential Professor Tony Ro. Read more

• Autism-Awareness Training for Students Is More Effective When Autistic Students Are Involved. Here’s Evidence.

  

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  “These findings are relevant for educators in terms of how they teach, by suggesting they should center the voices of marginalized people,” Professor Kristen Gillespie-Lynch said, “and how they structure their labs, by suggesting that they should collaborate with the people they want to help.” Read more

• To Understand How Culture Evolves, Alumnus Mason Youngblood Maps Electronic Music Trends and Much More

  

  Ph.D. candidate Mason Youngblood (Credit: Emily Cote)

  A chapter of Mason Youngblood's dissertation on mapping the evolution of electronic music subgenres has been published in "Evolution and Human Behavior." Read more

• Remembering First Graduate Daniel N. Robinson, a Philosopher With a Keen Sense of Humor  

  

  Doctorates Number 1 and 10,000: Daniel N. Stern (Ph.D. '65, Psychology) and Kristen Case (Ph.D. '09, English). Robinson hooded Case at Commencement in 2009.

  Robinson, who was the first man to receive a doctorate from the Graduate Center in 1965, made a career out of being curious. Read more

• APA Recognizes Wellness Center Director Robert Hatcher as an Outstanding Leader

  

  Robert Hatcher

  Hatcher was invited by the American Psychological Association to give the Dr. Rosalee G. Weiss Lecture for Outstanding Leaders in Psychology at the association’s annual convention. Read more

• Discouraged by Ghosting? A Ph.D. Psychologist Offers This Advice, Based on Her Research

  

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  Psychology Ph.D. alumna Maureen Coyle offers research-based advice and discusses what’s next in her academic career. Read more

• Faculty Book: Elizabeth Jeglic and Cynthia Calkins

  Elizabeth Jeglic and Cynthia Calkins, Editors
  Handbook of Issues in Criminal Justice Reforn in the United States
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• 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

• Two Students in the Health Psychology and Clinical Science Area Received F31 Grants

  

  Sugandha Gupta (right) and Jorge Cienfuegos Szalay (left)

  Sugandha Gupta and Jorge Cienfuegos Szalay received grants from the National Institute of Minority Health Disparities and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.  Read more

• Ph.D. Alumnus Eric Knudsen Featured in Member Spotlight in The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  Knudsen is head of Glint people science research at LinkedIn. Read more