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• The Complicated Legacy of the ‘Father of Black Harlem,’ Whose Real Estate Practices Helped Give Rise to the Harlem Renaissance and Entrenched Segregation

  

  Kevin McGruder and the cover of his book, "Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem"

  Alumnus Kevin McGruder has published a second book on Harlem, this one focusing on trailblazer Philip Payton.  Read more

• Top Scientists Discuss Boundary-Breaking Research in CUNY ASRC Seminar Series, ‘Converge to Transform’

  

  In a reimagined seminar series hosted by the Advanced Science Research Center, six leading scientists will explain their interdisciplinary STEM research and how it impacts humanity and the planet. Read more

• Economics Professor Lilia Maliar Named a Hoover Institution Fellow

  

  Professor Lilia Maliar (Photo courtesy of Maliar)

  Maliar's research involves finding numerical methods for solving dynamic economic models. Read more

• Study Suggests Sonic Hedgehog Protein Pathway Stimulation Could Help Parkinson’s Patients

  

  A 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-Cano

  Researchers 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 more

• GC Forward # 11: Important Entry Policy Update

  We write with important news about the new CUNY entry policy. Also, read below about the NYC Health Vaccine Van on campus this week. Read more

• In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor Charles W. Mills, a Philosopher Who Changed the Conversation About Race in the U.S.

  

  Distinguished Professor Charles W. Mills (Photo credit: Sam Alcoff)

  Mills joined the Graduate Center faculty in 2016 and was lauded, most recently with the Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, for his groundbreaking book The Racial Contract. More than 20 years after its publication, The Racial Contract remains a seminal philosophy text. Read more

• ‘Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves’ Revisited in a New Book About Women in the Greco-Roman World

  

  Unknown, Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called “Sappho"), c. 55–79, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples.

  Professor Ronnie Ancona and her former student Georgia Tsouvala have co-edited a book in honor of Professor Emerita Sarah Pomeroy and her landmark study, "Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves." Read more

• How Humans See the World Is Best Seen in a Lab

  

  Zhilin Zhang (Photo credit: Coralie Carlson)

  In her first semester, Zhilin Zhang is already conducting research and experiments in the lab of Presidential Professor Tony Ro. Read more

• Faculty Book: Gita Martohardjono

  Gita Martohardjono and Suzanne Flynn (editors)
  Language in Development: A Crosslinguistic Perspective
  (The MIT Press, 2021)

   

  
   

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• New to Cognitive Neuroscience and Already Involved in Research

  

  Nikki Gerohristodoulos (Photo credit: Coralie Carlson)

  Master's student Nikki Gerohristodoulos spoke to the Graduate Center about her research and how it feels to be learning in person. Read more