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PhD in Biology

The primary objective of the program is to enable the student to acquire a fundamental orientation in the current life sciences as well as mastery of the knowledge and investigative approaches in his or her chosen areas of specialization. Such training is essential in developing research professionals equipped to teach in university programs and to take leadership positions in biotechnology and research.

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PhD in Biochemistry

The interdisciplinary science of biochemistry draws on fundamental chemical theory and research techniques as the basis for explorations into problems of biology. Students participate in research early in their graduate work, preferably in the first year of study, and engage in a broadly based seminar and colloquium program.

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PhD in Chemistry

The Ph.D. Program in Chemistry is designed to prepare students for teaching and research careers in all the major areas of chemistry. It draws on faculty and facilities of five CUNY senior colleges through a unique consortium. Lecture courses and comprehensive examinations are given at the Graduate Center, while students choose a base college and mentor according to their interests. Although students teach and generally pursue laboratory research at a single college, they have access to facilities, including instruments, located at the other colleges.

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Centers and Institutes

Human Ecodynamics Research Center

Director:
Dr. Sophia Perdikaris

Codirectors:
Dr. Thomas McGovern
Dr. Andrew Dugmore
Dr. Reg Murphy

The Human Ecodynamics Research Center (HERC) at the CUNY Graduate Center is coordinating the effort of scholars in a formal research collaborative addressing crucial issues of sustainability, resilience, and the future of humans on earth. HERC focuses on the past and present global interactions of humans and the natural world, using fields of inquiry and methods of investigation from anthropology, archaeology, sociology, geosciences, climatology, biological sciences, art, history, and political science.

Following initiatives by the National Science Foundation (NSF) the study of human ecodynamics is used to emphasize collective and cross-disciplinary ways of understanding:

- constant and often discontinuous change
- the ubiquity of human impact past and present
- the potential for rapid threshold crossing climate change
- complex conjuncture of “fast” and “slow” variables in time and space
- the increased role of geospatial perspectives and newly dynamic modeling in driving interdisciplinary investigations and synthesis

The team at the Human Ecodynamics Research Center (HERC) has been specifically tasked by the NSF Office of Polar Programs to develop an international and interdisciplinary research forum called the Global Human Ecodynamics Alliance (GHEA, www.gheahome.org).

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Events

    Doctor of Public Health (DPH) Program Information Session:

    The Doctor of Public Health (DPH) Program at the Graduate Center, CUNY welcomes you to an Information Session. We look forward to assisting as you take this exciting step toward the pursuit of a DPH degree.

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