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• How Alumna Angie Waller, an Artist and Designer, Landed Her New Role Supporting Data-Driven Journalism

  

  Angie Waller (Photo courtesy of Waller)

  Waller explains how her Graduate Center training in computational linguistics led to a new role and award-winning research, and she offers advice for prospective students.  Read more

• Prepare for 1/8 Power Shutdown

  We write to inform you that a long-planned electrical upgrade to The Graduate Center’s 365 Fifth Avenue building will affect our community starting at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 8, until noon on Sunday, January 10. Read more

• Eliza Who? 'Restless Enterprise' by Professor Katherine Manthorne Profiles the Most Famous American Artist You Never Heard Of

  

  Katherine Manthorne and the cover of her book "Restless Enterprise: The Art and Life of Eliza Pratt Greatorex"

  A new book on Eliza Pratt Greatorex profiles the artist who had been "deliberately expunged from the record," says Professor Katherine Manthorne.  Read more

• Alumna Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou Is Awarded Germany’s Highest Scientific Prize, for her Breakthrough Findings on Human Evolution

  

  Harvati has gained “crucial new insights into the processes of human evolution” through a combination of field research and 3D morphometry imaging techniques, DFG said in its prize announcement. Read more

• People Who Need People Zoom: NSF Grant Supports Professor Steven Young’s Social Distancing Study

  

  Steven Young (Photo courtesy of Young)

  A $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will support Professor Steven Young’s research on the impact of social distancing during a pandemic. Read more

• Best of 2020: 10 Stories about Solving Mysteries, Saving Lives, and Seeking a Safer, More Equitable Future

  

  Deborah Cullen-Morales, Maurice Vann, Linnaea Tillett, and Fernand (Dean) A. De Los Reyes

  Despite the challenges of 2020, our students, alumni, and faculty have made achievements that we are happy to look back on. Read more

• A Mystery Confounded Leaf Bug Experts for Over 100 Years Until Ph.D. Student Royce Cumming Solved It

  

  Royce Cumming (Credit: Sierra Teemsma)

  Ph.D. student Royce Cumming explains his recent leaf bug discovery and his work in forensic entomology to help solve homicide cases.  Read more

• A Scholar and Educator, Outside of the Academy: Brian Jones Is in the Conversation

  

  Brian Jones (Photo courtesy of Jones)

  Alumnus Brian Jones explains how he took an unexpected path to a fulfilling career at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture. Read more

• Anti-Racism at The Graduate Center: Martin D. Ruck on The Thought Project

  Ruck, a professor and advisor to the president, discusses what it takes to ensure that The Graduate Center sets the standard for diversity and anti-racism in higher education. Read more

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism: Progress Toward Goals

  As we approach the end of the year, we want to update you on The Graduate Center’s progress toward achieving the diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism goals that were laid out this past spring. Read more