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: GC Press Coverage - Provost's Office Provost's Office Research Studies Year: 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 Thank You! Student Survey is a SuccessWe write to express our sincere gratitude for the robust participation in this year’s Student Experience Survey. Read moreCannabis Use During Pregnancy May Harm ChildrenCredit: Getty ImagesThe paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows a correlation between maternal cannabis use and increased anxiety in young children. Read moreHow Students Feel About Math Affects How Well They Perform, as Shown in Large U.S. StudyCredit: Getty ImagesWhile other studies usually focus on factors such as working memory, knowledge, motivation, or personality, until now researchers haven’t created a framework for math performance that includes attitude. Read moreProvost Steve Everett Describes His Aims to Support Students, Advance Research, and Enhance Diversity, and Why His New Role Is Like Conducting an OperaSteve Everett (Credit: Alex Irklievski) Steve Everett describes his priorities and vision for the Graduate Center, his passion for music, and how conducting opera prepared him to be the chief academic officer. Read moreStudents, Make Your Voices Heard Through the 2021 Student Experience Survey(Photo credit: Da Ping Luo)Beginning October 19, 2021, students will have the opportunity to provide feedback about life at the Graduate Center through the Student Experience Survey. Read moreWhy These Eels Glow Green and What It Could Mean for PeopleGymnothorax zonipectis fluorescent eel (Photo © John Sparks)The discovery comes 10 years after scientists captured an image of a bioluminescent eel for the first time off the coast of the Cayman Islands and is the first identification of a fluorescent protein in any moray eel, adding to the growing list and awareness of biofluorescent fish. Read moreA CUNY Neuroscience Professor and His Students Seek to Bring Relief to Parkinson’s Disease and COVID-19 PatientsProfessor Andreas Kottmann (third from left) with students and alumni from his lab (l to r): Ph.D. student Santiago Uribe-Cano (Psychology); alumna Lauren Malave (Ph.D. ’20, Biology); Ph.D. student Dustin Zuelke (Biology); master’s student Sonia Bernal (Cognitive Neuroscience); and alumnus Lev Starikov (Ph.D. ’19, Biology). (Photo Courtesy of Andreas Kottmann)The Graduate Center spoke with Professor Andreas Kottmann about his lab’s latest research, new directions, and his collaborations with diverse student researchers. Read moreOffice of the Provost: How GC Alumni FareThe Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE), part of the Provost’s Office, regularly reviews the outcomes of Graduate Center alumni to understand how the school is meeting students’ academic and career needs. Read moreStudy Suggests Sonic Hedgehog Protein Pathway Stimulation Could Help Parkinson’s PatientsA new study from Malave et al. suggests that in the brains of L-Dopa-treated Parkinson’s patients the lack of Shh signaling to cholinergic neurons results in L-Dopa induced dyskinesia. Image credit: Santiago Uribe-CanoResearchers at The Graduate Center, CUNY and the CUNY School of Medicine find that increased signaling of the sonic hedgehog protein could suppress debilitating involuntary movements that are a side effect of dopamine replacement therapy. Read moreA Message from the ProvostWelcome to the fall 2021 semester. I am thrilled to be joining you this year and look forward to getting to know each of you. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next