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• In Their Spare Time, They’re Writing Novels, Working on Paintings, and Performing Ballet: The Surprising Sidelines of Graduate Center Professors and Administrators

  

  "Jurisdictional Breech" by Linda Vigdor (2021)

  Many Graduate Center professors and administrators devote time to artistic pursuits that fall, or seem to fall, far outside the realm of their academic work. Read more

• Kevin Nadal, Named a Distinguished Professor, Hopes to Inspire Fellow Faculty of Color at CUNY

  

  Kevin Nadal (Photo credit: Cara Metzger)

  At age 43, Kevin Nadal has become one of the youngest distinguished professors at CUNY and the first Asian American and second person of color at John Jay College to hold the title.  Read more

• Two Graduate Center Philosophy Professors Named Editors of Leading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Journal

  

  Professors Jonathan Gilmore and Sandra Shapshay (Photo credit: Alex Irklievski)

  The selection of Professors Jonathan Gilmore and Sandra Shapshay as co-editors of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism reinforces the Graduate Center’s strength in the philosophy of art. Read more

• Students Monitor the Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano: ‘It’s Hot, and You Have Ash on You’

  

  Samantha Tramontano sets up a station for sampling ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, 10/02/2021

  Ph.D. students Samantha Tramontano, Franco Cortese, and their adviser Professor Marc-Antoine Longpré traveled to La Palma to study Cumbre Vieja’s eruption, which began over a month ago on September 19. Read more

• Why These Eels Glow Green and What It Could Mean for People

  

  Gymnothorax zonipectis fluorescent eel (Photo © John Sparks)

  The discovery comes 10 years after scientists captured an image of a bioluminescent eel for the first time off the coast of the Cayman Islands and is the first identification of a fluorescent protein in any moray eel, adding to the growing list and awareness of biofluorescent fish. Read more

• Graduate Center Professors Receive CUNY Grants for Promising Work in Biochemistry

  

  Professors Rupal Gupta and Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle (Photo credit for Elbaum-Garfinkle image: Rachel Ramirez)

  The funding will support graduate students in both Rupal Gupta’s and Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle’s labs, and both professors are seeking new, ambitious students and staff to join their groups. Read more

• A CUNY Neuroscience Professor and His Students Seek to Bring Relief to Parkinson’s Disease and COVID-19 Patients

  

  Professor Andreas Kottmann (third from left) with students and alumni from his lab (l to r): Ph.D. student Santiago Uribe-Cano (Psychology); alumna Lauren Malave (Ph.D. ’20, Biology); Ph.D. student Dustin Zuelke (Biology); master’s student Sonia Bernal (Cognitive Neuroscience); and alumnus Lev Starikov (Ph.D. ’19, Biology). (Photo Courtesy of Andreas Kottmann)

  The Graduate Center spoke with Professor Andreas Kottmann about his lab’s latest research, new directions, and his collaborations with diverse student researchers. Read more

• The 95th Birthday Gift Professor Cathy N. Davidson Gave to Her Father Will Keep on Giving

  

  Paul C. Notari holding a framed copy of the flyer used to promote the Paul C. Notari Research Grants in Environmental Studies (Photo credit: Mary Lou Notari)

  Four research microgrants of $500 will be offered by the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center in an annual competition, beginning in 2022. Read more

• Economics Professor Lilia Maliar Named a Hoover Institution Fellow

  

  Professor Lilia Maliar (Photo courtesy of Maliar)

  Maliar's research involves finding numerical methods for solving dynamic economic models. Read more

• $100,000 Carnegie Corporation Grant to the College Access Program at the Graduate Center Supports 40 CUNY Undergraduate Peer Mentors

  

  Students and mentors at a CARA event. (Photo courtesy of CARA)

  CARA helps first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color gain the knowledge and support necessary to enroll in and persist through college. Read more