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• GC Community Mourns the Loss of Sir Tony Atkinson

  The Graduate Center mourns the passing of Sir Tony Atkinson — the renowned British economist, cherished adviser to Professor Janet Gornick, and close friend to the GC’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality — who died on January 1. He was 72. Read more

• NY Times Names Alumnus Lee Gabay a 'New Yorker of the Year' 

  In a lavish profile, Gabay (Ph.D. ’14, Urban Education) talks about his transition from self-described “class clown” to beloved English teacher at Brooklyn Democracy Academy, a transfer school for under-credited students whose education had been interrupted. Read more

• Message from President Robinson

  December 22, 2016 Read more

• Kevin Nadal Receives Major Award from American Psychological Association

  Associate Professor Kevin Nadal (GC/John Jay, Psychology), executive director of the GC’s CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies, has received the 2017 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, a highly prestigious honor bestowed by the American Psychological Association.    Read more

• Why TV Needs ‘Weak’ Female Characters: Elizabeth Alsop (Ph.D. ’12 ) in The Atlantic

  Elizabeth Alsop (Ph.D. ’12, Comparative Literature), a Mellon Humanities Scholar in the GC’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), published a thought-provoking Atlantic essay about “why TV needs ‘weak’ female characters.” Read more

• Public Science Project Awarded $500K Ford Foundation Grant

  The GC’s Public Science Project (PSP) has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to fund its “Just Methods for Participatory Youth Policy” project. Read more

• GC Students and Researchers Contribute to 'First Blacks in the Americas'

  GC students and researchers played an important role in the development of “First Blacks in the Americas,” a bilingual archival resource developed by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, based at City College. Read more

• ‘Graphic Alert’ AIDS Posters Exhibition on View at GC

  “The graphics, which range from beautiful to funny to harrowing, exhibit regional styles and serve regional needs,” said curator Adrienne Klein, Director of Special Projects and Research Integrity Officer.  Read more

• Potential Increase in Hate Crimes Against Transgender People, Says Kevin Nadal

  Associate Professor Kevin Nadal (GC/John Jay, Psychology), the Executive Director of CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies, said he feared there could “definitely be an increase in hate crimes against trans and queer people” under a Trump administration. Read more

• ‘Wanted: Equal Opportunity Globalization’: Branko Milanovic Pens New Essay

  In a new Eurasia Review essay, Visiting Presidential Professor Branko Milanovic analyzes whether globalization — often seen as the cause of dissatisfaction in the United States and other wealthy countries — is the result of U.S. policies or other factors. Read more