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 - Community Meeting President's Office - Community Message President's Office - Events President's Office - Speeches Public Events Research Studies Signature Programs Year: 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 President Obama Honors Dan McCloskey with Top Science AwardPresident Obama has named Professor Dan McCloskey (GC/Staten Island, Biology) a recipient of the nation’s top award for science and engineering research. Read moreFeb. 25 & 26: Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and PerformanceThis Thursday and Friday, the Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP) will showcase 30 features, shorts, documentaries, advance screenings and meet-the-artist Q&A sessions with leading international theater artists — all free and open to the public. Read moreSarah Berger Awarded $375K Grant for Infant Sleep StudyAssociate Professor Sarah Berger (GC/Staten Island, Psychology) has received a three-year, $375,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to examine the effect of sleep on motor learning in infancy — the first such study of its kind. Read more‘White Majority’ Essay by Richard Alba Prompts DebateAn essay by Distinguished Professor Richard Alba (Sociology) asserting the inaccuracy of an impending “white minority” has sparked ample commentary in The American Prospect, which published four essays in response. Read moreGC Receives Grant to Support Doctoral Studies for Nursing Students The Graduate Center was awarded a major grant from Northwell Health as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Future of Nursing Scholars program, a nationwide effort to increase the number of nursing students who earn doctoral degrees. Read moreWelcome back from President Robinson February 11, 2016 Dear Colleagues, Welcome back! The rush of the semester is already well underway, but I do hope that the... Read moreThe GC's First Digital Dissertation: Q&A with Jesse Merandy Ph.D. student Jesse Merandy (English) will soon be completing the GC’s first entirely digital dissertation — a mobile game based on Walt Whitman. Read moreTaking the Long View: Space Explorers at the GCThis September, NASA will launch a spacecraft on a mission to reach a distant asteroid. Among the key players: Professor Harold Connolly (Earth and Environmental Sciences) and Ph.D. student Jasmine Bayron. Read morePh.D. Student: How Millennials are Changing English LanguagePh.D. student Lauren Spradlin (Linguistics) was featured in a Washington Post story on her theory of “totesing” — or the way Millennials communicate using truncated words, particularly on Twitter. Read moreThe Surprisingly Social (and Bossy) Lives of Octopuses Octopuses, long seen as solitary creatures, have been shown to engage in a variety of surprising social behaviors, including “standing tall” and grappling, according to new research co-authored by Distinguished Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith (Philosophy). Read more Previous 12345678910... Next