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• Ph.D. Student Gisely Colón López on the Struggle for Puerto Rican Studies

  

  Gisely Colón López (Photo courtesy of Colón López)

  Colón López describes her work on the new documentary and how the Puerto Rican and Latino Studies department at Brooklyn College was "transformative" in her own life. Read more

• Professor Paul Attewell Receives Nearly $250K from DOE to Study How COVID-19 Has Affected CUNY Students

  

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  Attewell will research the education and employment impacts of the COVID disruption on two- and four-year CUNY undergraduates, hoping to influence outreach and planning. Read more

• The CUNY Digital History Archive Receives Prestigious Grant to Document Activism for Greater Access, Inclusion, and Diversity at CUNY

  

  SLAM! (Student Liberation Action Movement) business card, by Jed Brandt. Retrieved from CUNY Digital History Archive.

  The Metro Equity in Action grant, one of only four awarded citywide, enhances a project to curate and digitize documents relating to CUNY’s history, and provides funding for three student researchers. Read more

• One of New York’s ‘Most Knowledgeable Experts’: Professor David Bloomfield Named to ‘Education Power 100’ for the Second Straight Year

  

  David Bloomfield (Credit: Paula Vlodkowsky)

  The publication City & State again named Bloomfield to its elite list of legislators, school officials, advocates, union leaders, and policymakers, noting his expertise on pressing issues. Read more

• ‘She Was Speaking Directly to Us’: Professor Celina Su on Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’

  

  Amanda Gorman (Credit: Hostos Community College)

  Professor Celina Su (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education/Political Science) shares her thoughts on Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem and why it moved so many of us. Read more

• 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

• Inauguration and Democracy in the Balance: Graduate Center Faculty React to the Swearing in of President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

  

  President Joe Biden (Photo credit: Alex Irklievski)

  Graduate Center faculty reflect on Inauguration Day and "dawn of a new era." 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

• A Scholar and Educator, Outside of the Academy: Brian Jones Is in the Conversation

  

  Brian Jones (Photo courtesy of Jones)

  Alumnus Brian Jones explains how he took an unexpected path to a fulfilling career at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture. Read more

• What Biden’s Presidency Will Mean for Education: David Bloomfield on The Thought Project

  Biden has made some big promises about education and student loan debt. Professor David Bloomfield, an urban education policy expert, weighs in on those and what might be ahead for schools and students. Read more