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• For Immigrant Muslims in the U.S., 9/11 ‘Was a Curse and a Blessing’

  

  Professor Mucahit Bilici

  Professor Mucahit Bilici, author of Finding Mecca in America, reflects on how the American Muslim community, of which he is a member, has fared since 9/11.   Read more

• $100,000 Carnegie Corporation Grant to the College Access Program at the Graduate Center Supports 40 CUNY Undergraduate Peer Mentors

  

  Students and mentors at a CARA event. (Photo courtesy of CARA)

  CARA helps first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color gain the knowledge and support necessary to enroll in and persist through college. Read more

• NEH Grants to Professors Anne Valk and Johanna Devaney Support LGBTQ+ History Education and a Digital Music Performance Analysis and Comparison Toolkit

  

  Professors Anne Valk and Johanna Devaney

  Professor Anne Valk was awarded funding for a project on LGBTQ+ teacher education and Professor Johanna Devaney is the recipient of funds in the area of digital humanities advancement. Read more

• Autism-Awareness Training for Students Is More Effective When Autistic Students Are Involved. Here’s Evidence.

  

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  “These findings are relevant for educators in terms of how they teach, by suggesting they should center the voices of marginalized people,” Professor Kristen Gillespie-Lynch said, “and how they structure their labs, by suggesting that they should collaborate with the people they want to help.” Read more

• To Understand How Culture Evolves, Alumnus Mason Youngblood Maps Electronic Music Trends and Much More

  

  Ph.D. candidate Mason Youngblood (Credit: Emily Cote)

  A chapter of Mason Youngblood's dissertation on mapping the evolution of electronic music subgenres has been published in "Evolution and Human Behavior." Read more

• Alumna Viveka Erlandsson Wins the Anne Bennett Prize From the London Mathematical Society

  

  Viveka Erlandsson (Photo Courtesy of Erlandsson)

  The prestigious prize recognizes Erlandsson, a faculty member at the University of Bristol, for her achievements in geometry and topology and for promoting women mathematicians.

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• A Message from the President: Tuition Adjustment for Second- and Third-Year Doctoral Students Whose Residency Status Was Affected by the Pandemic

  I write to share the good news that the Graduate Center and CUNY Central administration have reached a solution for qualifying second- and third-year doctoral students who would have satisfactorily established New York State residency beginning in the Fall 2021 semester but have yet to do so.  Read more

• Professor Gita Martohardjono Receives $818K From the New York State Education Department for a Project That Serves Immigrant Children

  

  Gita Martohardjono

  The funding supports a suite of digital assessments in 16 languages that is available for free to New York State educators. Read more

• Remembering First Graduate Daniel N. Robinson, a Philosopher With a Keen Sense of Humor  

  

  Doctorates Number 1 and 10,000: Daniel N. Stern (Ph.D. '65, Psychology) and Kristen Case (Ph.D. '09, English). Robinson hooded Case at Commencement in 2009.

  Robinson, who was the first man to receive a doctorate from the Graduate Center in 1965, made a career out of being curious. Read more

• 60 Years at The Graduate Center 

  

  The Graduate Center, conceived to offer rigorous, research-based doctoral education to students of all backgrounds, has triumphed against great odds. Read more