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• Professor Dána-Ain Davis' Book 'Reproductive Injustice' Wins Awards for its Excellence and Influence

  

  Dána-Ain Davis (Photo Credit: Alex Irklievski/GC)

  Davis’ book links Black women’s higher risk of giving birth to premature babies to racism and the afterlife of slavery. It is spurring medical professionals to reassess their practices. Read more

• Tune In to Your Anxiety: Those ‘Bad’ Feelings Are There to Help You

  

  Tracy Dennis-Tiwary 

  Professor Tracy Dennis-Tiwary challenges the disease view of anxiety and explains how we can use it to our benefit.  Read more

• Professor Ruth Milkman and Ph.D. Candidate Luke Elliott-Negri Awarded Grant for Study of Food Workers and Collective Action in Light of the Coronavirus Pandemic

  

  Ruth Milkman and Luke Elliott-Negri (Photos courtesy of Milkman and Elliott-Negri)

  The $48,300 grant will fund research on collective labor action in businesses where work has been made more dangerous by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

• Maintaining Sanity and Equanimity: The Graduate Center’s Resident Stoic on Getting Through Anxious Times

  

  Massimo Pigliucci (Photo credit: Simon Wardenier)

  Professor Massimo Pigliucci explains how a stoic approaches the anxiety of our modern times.  Read more

• A Graduate Center, CUNY Report Highlights Alternative Transfer Schools as a Critical Resource for Youth in New York City

  

  "And Still They Rise," a report from the Public Science Project at The Graduate Center, CUNY

  “And Still They Rise” report reflects student views affirming the value of
  New York City transfer schools often overlooked and underappreciated by policymakers. Read more

• Professors Beth Baron and Mandana Limbert Awarded Mellon Grant for Race and Middle East/North Africa Seminar

  

  The Sawyer Seminar, hosted by the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC), will be awarding a postdoctoral fellowship and two dissertation fellowships. Read more

• Humans Have Pondered These Geometric Shapes for 2,000 Years. These Two Professors Shed Light on Their Mysteries

  

  Dodecahedrons. (Credit: Getty Images.)

  David Aulicino and Patrick Hooper drew mainstream media coverage for their discovery. They spoke about their collaboration, what drove them, and what they learned along the way. Read more

• Anthropologist Katherine Verdery, Author of ‘My Life as a Spy,’ Receives Award for Contributions to Slavic and East European Studies 

  

  Katherine Verdery (Photo courtesy of Verdery)

  Known for her collaborative and groundbreaking work, Verdery says, “Most meaningful to me in this award is the recognition that anthropology has indeed brought something valuable to Slavic and East European studies.” Read more

• Professor Mandë Holford Named a World Economic Forum Sustainability Pioneer

  

  Professor Mandë Holford

  Holford is the only U.S. public university researcher among the Sustainibility Pioneers, a group of entrepreneurs, innovators, and scientists who are tackling challenges to achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Read more

• A Scientist's Advice on Ph.D.s and Publishing: Start Your Research ASAP But Take Small Steps

  

  Mostafa Honari-Latifpour and a Peterson graph that has been color graphed

  Physics Ph.D. student Mostafa Honari-Latifpour co-authored a paper on a classically complex problem. He describes his findings and shares his insights. Read more