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• Setha Low Receives Inaugural Anthropology Scholar Award

  Professor Setha M. Low (Anthropology/Environmental Psychology), whose novel research focuses on the anthropology of space and place, has been awarded the inaugural Senior Scholar Award from the Society of Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA). 
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• Eleanore Wurtzel’s Plant Science Breakthroughs Featured in Science

  The pioneering work of Professor Eleanore T. Wurtzel (GC/Lehman, Biology), whose research is at the forefront of plant science, is featured in a special issue of the journal Science. Read more

• Distinguished Professor Cathy Davidson: Convocation 2016 Remarks

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• GC & City Tech Receive $324K NEH Digital Humanities Grant

  The Graduate Center (GC) and New York City College of Technology (City Tech) have been awarded a $324,502 Digital Humanities Implementation Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities for "Learning in the Public Square: An Open Platform for Humanities Education." Read more

• Presidential Transitions Reveal Ability to Govern: Heath Brown

  ​A new essay in The Atlantic by Professor Heath Brown (GC/John Jay, Criminal Justice) examines the lack of transparency in the presidential transition planning process. Read more

• Three Questions: Professor Candace McCoy

  Professor McCoy, an expert in the study of criminal justice policies, recently spoke with the GC about numbers behind police-related violence, and how to put research into action: “The laws themselves have to change,” she says.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Read more

• ‘Hearing' Colors and ‘Tasting' Sounds: Tony Ro in New York Magazine

  Professor Tony Ro (Psychology) was recently featured in a New York Magazine article about synesthesia, a neurological phenomenon in which the senses involuntarily mingle — causing a person to believe they are “hearing" colors or “tasting" sounds. Read more

• Pride Month Q&A: Juan Battle

  The third in a series of profiles to celebrate Pride month at the Graduate Center. Professor Juan Battle (Sociology/Public Health/Urban Education) is an expert on race, sexuality, and social... Read more

• Professor Gita Martohardjono Draws Attention for Language Research

  These are the languages spoken by Associate Professor Gita Martohardjono (Linguistics), director of the GC’s Second Language Acquisition Lab, who was spotlighted in a recent feature article... Read more

• Two GC Faculty Awarded $516K Grant to Study Effects of Community Land Trusts

  Professors Susan Saegert (Psychology/Earth and Environmental Sciences) and Mary Clare Lennon (Sociology/Public Health), along with two fellow researchers from Georgia State University... Read more