For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. All NewsNews »All News Filter by: Category: 365 Fifth Newsletter Academic Calendar Administrative Appointments ARC Faculty Highlights ARC Research Projects Commencements Distinguished Professor Appointments Events Faculty Activities Faculty Awards Faculty Books GC Magazine General GC News Grants James Gallery Membership News New Appointments to the GC President Speeches President's Office - Community Meeting President's Office - Community Message President's Office - Events President's Office - Speeches Public Events Research Studies Signature Programs Year: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December Remembering Former Ph.D. Student Thomas J. WatersThe Graduate Center deeply mourns the loss of Thomas J. Waters, a former student in our Ph.D. Program in Political Science who passed away on April 4. Read moreListening to Music While Working Affects Your Productivity Ph.D. candidate Manuel F. Gonzalez (Photo courtesy of Gonzalez)New research by Ph.D. candidate Manuel F. Gonzalez showing music’s impact on the brain is especially relevant as people work from home during COVID-19. Read moreA Green Solution to New York’s Water ProblemProfessor Jennifer Cherrier (Credit: The Graduate Center/Char Adams)Professor Jennifer Cherrier created a nature-based water system that functions like a “Brita filter” to clean New York’s water. Read moreThe Graduate Center Mourns the Loss of Professor William Helmreich Whose Perambulating and Prose Revealed ‘The New York Nobody Knows’William HelmreichHelmreich, a distinguished professor of sociology who passed away on March 28, 2020, was widely admired for his books about the everyday people and the neighborhoods of New York City. Read moreSupporting You Amid the PandemicWe know that pandemics alter the world, and that is exactly what we are experiencing with COVID-19. Read moreMake the Census Count for New YorkI know we are all busy thinking how we protect ourselves, our families, and our communities and get through this public health crisis. Read moreNew Study Calculates the Potential Travel Distance of Airborne Saliva DropletReacting to growing concerns over the potential for airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, physicists with The Graduate Center, CUNY and Lehman College have released a paper calculating the potential for saliva droplets, which can carry the virus, to travel distances greater than six feet. Read more‘Science Is Going to Save Us’: Researchers on How They’re Faring in the Time of Coronavirus and Their Hopes for the Future Professors David Gruber, Jean Gaffney, and Mercer Brugler conduct a lab meeting over Zoom. We checked in with researchers from across The Graduate Center to see how they are keeping their work moving forward. Read moreStaying Connected and Supporting Our StudentsI want to thank you for the way you are responding to all the challenges we are facing because of COVID-19 and to affirm our commitment to our entire community. Read moreASRC Scientists Respond to COVID-19 by Donating Protective Medical Gear Personal protective equipment that the ASRC has donated to hospitals treating coronavirus patients. (Photo courtesy of Nina Gray) Scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center contributed hundreds of gloves and other gear to help protect New York City health care workers and first responders. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next