Elizabeth Alsop (Ph.D. ’12, Comparative Literature), a Mellon Humanities Scholar in the GC’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), published a thought-provoking Atlantic essay about “why TV needs ‘weak’ female characters.” Read more
American universities awarded a record number of Ph.D.s in 2015 — with the Graduate Center among the top 10 institutions awarding doctorates to members of underrepresented minority groups, according to new federal data presented in Inside Higher Ed. Read more
Lee A. Feinstein (M.A. ’97, Political Science), who has served in high-level positions in foreign affairs and diplomacy for more than two decades, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the council of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Read more
Lawrence Cappello (Ph.D. ’16, History) explores what a Trump presidency could mean for privacy rights in a new essay for The Hill, in which he argues that no candidate since Richard Nixon has been “so fiercely committed to portraying the nation as an unsafe and lawless society.” Read more
Maggie Nelson (Ph.D. ’04, English), an award-winning writer known for nonfiction works such as 2015’s The Argonauts, has been named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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In a recent piece for the New York Times, Kara Alaimo (Ph.D. ’15, Political Science) lent insight into managing cultural differences and misunderstandings that frequently arise in international business. Read more
“I need not remind anyone here that graduate education is neither obvious nor easy,” President Chase F. Robinson said at the GC's Fifty-Second Commencement Exercises. “But no one is better qualified to counter what most imperils us — inequality, environmental risk, willful disregard for truth — than you, our graduates.” Read more
The 2016 President’s Distinguished Alumni Medal recipient reflects on receiving his alma mater’s highest honor — and offered clear-cut advice for 2016 graduates. Read more
Valerie Imbruce
From Farm to Canal Street
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