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: 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 ‘It’s About Poverty’: Jama Shelton (Ph.D. ’13, Social Welfare) on the Structural Forces Behind LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness Jama Shelton (Photo courtesy of Shelton)"I wanted to focus more on policy and research and try to make more of a structural impact," says Jama Shelton. Read moreFrom Financial Services to a Tenure-Track Faculty Role: Raj Korpan, Class of 2021, on Pivoting Into a Ph.D. and Academia"Really take advantage of the resources you have at the GC," says Raj Korpan, who starts a tenure-track job at Iona College in the fall. Read moreTo Stop Anti-Asian Racism, First Remedy Ignorance and Nationalism Professors Manu Bhgavan and Vivian Louie put the rise in anti-Asian violence in context and offer solutions, including one that may turn into law in New York State. Read moreNewly Discovered Dinosaur-Era Creatures Offer Insight Into Evolution Fossils of Fossiomanus (left) and JueconodonProfessor Jin Meng was part of a team that recently identified two new species of small, mammal-like creatures from 120 million years ago. Read moreUrban Education Student and Women of Color Archive Founder Awarded AAUW Fellowship for ‘Searching for Mami & Abuelita’Wendy Barrales (Photo courtsey of Barrales)Wendy Barrales is also the founder of Women of Color Archive (WOCArchive) a “storytelling project that seeks to preserve the stories of our matriarchs, femmes, and non-binary folks of color.” Read moreA Message from the PresidentWe have come to the end of the academic year, and there is much to celebrate. The arc of our journey was really set 14 months ago, and what a distance we have traveled! Faced with the challenges of the pandemic, we created new connections and collaborations, innovative pedagogies, and communities that transcended time zones and miles. Read moreGetting Her Ideas Out of the Lab: Roxana Piotrowska, Class of 2021, on Her New Role at Estée Lauder and What Led to ItRoxana Piotrowska (Photo courtesy of Piotrowska)Piotrowska built up her industry experience while getting her Ph.D. Read moreAshley Dawson Sees an End to Fossil Fuel Dependence: Give People Power Over Their Electricity Dawson, a professor of English at the College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, talks about why energy must be publicly owned. Read moreNatalie Gordon and Jojo Karlin Win The Graduate Center’s First Presidential Prize for Public CommunicationJojo Karlin (left) and Natalie Gordon The Graduate Center’s fourth Dissertation Showcase was like a lightning round of TED Talks with an academic twist. Read more‘Consider Your Colleagues Your Mentors, Not Your Competition’: Allison Guess on Completing Her Dissertation During the Pandemic and Landing a Tenure-Track Position at WilliamsAllison Guess (Photo courtesy of Guess)"I hope to inspire more inquiry on the early Black Atlantic through my teaching, mentoring, and research," says Class of 2021 graduate Allison Guess. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next