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: 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 Remembering Alumna Georgianna Glose, Activist Nun Who Dedicated Her Life to Social JusticeGlose was known for starting a social service organization in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and for speaking out about a child sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. Read moreHonoring JuneteenthTomorrow, June 19, Juneteenth, marks the day in 1865 — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued — when Black slaves in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom. It has long been a day of celebration. Read moreEmily Drabinski on Leading the Library During a Pandemic and on Social JusticeEmily Drabrinski (Credit: Alex Irklievski/The Graduate Center)Emily Drabinski, interim chief librarian, speaks about the resources available to researchers, the library’s commitment to social justice, and how much she’s looking forward to leaving her home office and returning to the Mina Rees Library. Read moreClass of 2020: How a Sociologist’s Love of Salsa Led to a Dissertation and a CommunityCarmela Dormani (Photo courtesy of Dormani)Carmela Dormani will join Mercy College as an assistant professor. A former tenant organizer, she intended to study displacement and social movements, but then shifted course. Read moreMemories of Childhood Abuse Are Linked More Closely to Mental Illness Than Documented Experiences (Credit: Getty Images)Research by Professor Cathy Spatz Widom offers new hope in relieving the mental health toll associated with child mistreatment, which may rise amid a pandemic and recession. Read moreJane McAlevey (Ph.D. ’15, Sociology), Longtime Labor Organizer, Profiled in ‘The New Yorker’ As strikes and protests sweep the nation, McAlevey addresses how to create successful labor and social movements, in her new book. Read moreExploited Citizens: The Puerto Ricans Who Migrated to Grow Our FoodChartered flight with Puerto Rican migrant farmworkers, circa 1948. Courtesy of the Records of the Migration Division, Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, Hunter College, CUNY.Professor Ismael García-Colón had family members who came to the U.S. to harvest produce. His new book reveals the contributions and the mistreatment of Puerto Rican farm laborers. Read moreHow to Stem the Loss of STEM Students(Credit: Getty Images)New research by Professor Paul Attewell and alumnus Dirk Witteveen debunks some beliefs and suggests new ways to address inequity in STEM education. Read moreEquity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism StatementThe Graduate Center stands in solidarity with all of the people of color in our community and in our nation as they oppose violence and demand justice. Read moreUpdate on Our Reopening Status from the Office of Finance and Administration While it has been widely broadcast that the first phase of New York City’s reopening begins today, I write to let you know that The Graduate Center's status is unchanged. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next