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• Clues to Climate Change in Earth’s Past

  To understand what more carbon dioxide in the air means for our planet, Professor Stephen Pekar (GC/Queens, Earth and Environmental Sciences), a geologist, is looking back — way back to 60 million years ago. Read more

• A Celebrated Mentor to Diverse Scholar-Activists: Ruth Wilson Gilmore

  Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore (Earth and Environmental Sciences), director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the Graduate Center, has won the 2017 Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award from the American Studies Association’s Minority Scholars’ Committee. Read more

• Boosting High School Digital Literacy

  This past spring, students from Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) honed their digital literacy skills and shaped the story of their city through the Mapping Time, a project jointly run by BHSEC, the Graduate Center’s Center for the Humanities, and the New York Public Library. Read more

• GC Faculty to Edit ASA Book Series

  Six GC sociology professors have been named the editors of the American Sociological Association (ASA) Rose Series books beginning in January 2018. Read more

• Claire Bishop Named a Fellow in Residence by the Center for Ballet and the Arts

  Professor Claire Bishop (Art History) has been named a fellow in residence by the Center for Ballet and the Arts (CBA) at New York University. Bishop will study Merce Cunningham’s Museum Events, produced between 1964 and 2012. Read more

• Nancy Foner Wins a Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin

  Distinguished Professor Nancy Foner (GC/Hunter, Sociology) has won a Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin to spend the fall 2017 semester in Berlin studying the effects of immigration on American social life and demographics. Read more

• Professor John Torpey ‘Defines Trumpism’ and Outlines Risks in Op-ed for The Hill

  Professor John Torpey (Sociology) published an op-ed in The Hill in which he argues this is a particularly dangerous moment in the presidency, as the administration shifts its focus to the international arena. Read more

• Nancy Foner Awarded 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship

  Distinguished Professor Nancy Foner (GC/Hunter, Sociology) has been named a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow in the field of Sociology.
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• Richard Alba and Charles Mills Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of Distinguished Professor Richard D. Alba (Sociology) and Distinguished Professor Charles W. Mills (Philosophy). Read more

• Why Homosexuality Is Seen Differently Around the World: Amy Adamcyzk

  In a recent book and related podcast for Inside Higher Ed, Amy Adamcyzk (GC/Hunter, Sociology) illustrates why attitudes towards homosexuality vary widely from country to country. Read more