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• Lo Ferguson, M.A. ’20 in Women’s and Gender Studies, Receives Full Tuition Scholarship to University of Pennsylvania Law School as a Public Interest Scholar

  

  Lo Ferguson (Photo courtesy of Ferguson)

  Ferguson, whose research focuses on transgender college students, wants to work "on things like access to health care and housing for the LGBTQ community, and at a level that will enact more systematic change." Read more

• Queer Librarianship and CUNY

  Elvis Bakaitis, interim head of reference at the Graduate Center's Mina Rees Library, joins this Pride Month episode to talk about queer librarianship, their research, and service to CUNY. Read more

• Prestigious NIH Grants Support Neuroscience Research by Susana Mingote and Orie Shafer

  

  Susana Mingote and Orie Shafer

  Shafer will study how different neurotransmitters released by the same neuron mediate different functions within our circadian clocks. Mingote will investigate neurons that release both dopamine and glutamate, and their relation to disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s.  Read more

• ‘Pending and Insistent Research Questions’ About Sustainable Development in Paraguay Led Alumna Christine Folch to a 2021 Carnegie Fellowship

  

  Christine Folch (Photo courtesy of Folch)

  Folch will use the $200,000 fellowship to spend 14 months in Paraguay, shadowing social entrepreneurs who are finding ways to balance poverty alleviation and development with environmental protections in the midst of climate change Read more

• Winning Their Marbles? The Return of Cultural Heritage Objects

  

  Graduate Center alumnus Pierre Losson (Ph.D. '19, Political Science) discusses the return of cultural heritage objects on the International Horizons podcast. Read more

• GC Forward – Issue # 4

  It was wonderful to welcome students back to the library this week. Thanks to the hard work of many, we safely and successfully reopened the library study space, with 42 students making reservations for Monday, the inaugural day. Read more

• Beyond Acceptance: Documenting the Experiences of Queer Youth and Their Families

  Ph.D. student Mica Baum Tuccillo and two student artists discuss their collaboration on the Beyond Research Collective, which documents the family experiences of LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive youth. Read more

• Profiting From Their Inventions: A New Course Will Introduce STEM Students to the Business of Technology

  

  To show students how to shepherd their ideas out into the world, Professors Rein Ulijn and Scott Newbert designed a course that will cover idea generation, prototype creation, tech transfer, intellectual property, and how to create business models and secure financing. Read more

• Faculty Book: James C. Lendemer

  Jessica L. Allen and James C. Lendemer
  Urban Lichens: A Field Guide for Northeastern North America
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• Elliot Wiseman Receives an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to Study How Crimes Are Reported by Detectives

  

  Elliot Wiseman (Photo courtesy of Wiseman)

  Wiseman will join the Anthropology program to study the narratives created and used by detectives during investigatory police work. Read more