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 - Archive 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: 2022 2021 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 Faculty Book: Ruth Wilson GilmoreRuth Wilson Gilmore Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition (Haymarket Books, 2022) Read moreA Sound of Her Own: How Latina Composer Angélica Negrón Creates Her MusicAngélica Negrón at the Kennedy Center. (Credit: José Olivares) The composer and D.M.A. candidate received the Hermitage Greenfield Prize, which includes a $30,000 commission. Read moreConfronting Social Norms Is Critical for Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh, a New Book by Political Science Alumna ShowsNayma Qayum and the cover of her book, "Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh"“Women’s lives are embedded in social norms and their social relationships,” alumna Nayma Qayum says. “They are governed not just by the rules that exist on paper, the laws that are visible and written down, but by these social norms.” Read moreOn MLK Day, See How These Graduate Center Scholars Are Carrying the Torch of Activism and Justice Graduate Center scholars honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with their work and research. Read moreGraduate Center Faculty in the News(Credit: Getty Images) Graduate Center faculty are frequently in the news, sharing their expertise with the public and weighing in on pressing issues. Read some recent clips. Read moreWhat It Takes to Free the Innocent and Create a Just Criminal Justice SystemPh.D. candidate Edwin Grimsley shares how he used DNA evidence to overturn wrongful convictions while at the Innocence Project and his latest efforts to address systemic injustice in the U.S. criminal justice system. Read moreThousands of Refugees and Underserved Students in Africa and the Middle East Go to College Because of This AlumnaChrystina Russell (Ph.D. ’17, Urban Education) (second from left) with students and employees at the Southern New Hampshire University Global Education Movement (SNHU GEM)/Scalabrini site in Cape Town, South Africa. "I want choice in my life and to do things that I care about. I think that’s how I landed in this work," says alumna Chrystina Russell. Read moreU.S. Democracy Survived January 6, 2021, But Barely: Here’s Why and What Can Be DoneCredit: Getty ImagesThough the attack on the Capitol was carried out by citizens, the mob was egged on by extremist leaders, Professor Keena Lipsitz said, and that is where much of the problem lies. Read moreLet Your Mind Wander in Other Spaces: Amber Musser on Black Feminisms, the Idea of the Flesh, and the Intellectual Rewards of ‘Quirky Tangents’ Amber Musser (Photo courtesy of Musser)Professor Amber Musser, who recently joined the English department, explains her research on critical race theory, Black feminisms, and queer of color critique. Read more‘I Was Fortunate to Join a Great Research Group’: A 2021 Chemistry Alumnus Reflects on His Ph.D. Marek Wlodarczyk (Credit: Alex Irklievski)"I can already see that the Ph.D. opens the doors that previously were shut," says alumnus Marek Wlodarczyk. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next