For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Faculty NewsNews »Faculty News Filter by: Category: Distinguished Professor Appointments Faculty Activities Faculty Awards New Appointments to the GC Year: 2022 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 Professor Dána-Ain Davis' Book 'Reproductive Injustice' Wins Awards for its Excellence and Influence Dána-Ain Davis (Photo Credit: Alex Irklievski/GC)Davis’ book links Black women’s higher risk of giving birth to premature babies to racism and the afterlife of slavery. It is spurring medical professionals to reassess their practices. Read moreTune In to Your Anxiety: Those ‘Bad’ Feelings Are There to Help You Tracy Dennis-Tiwary Professor Tracy Dennis-Tiwary challenges the disease view of anxiety and explains how we can use it to our benefit. Read moreProfessor Ruth Milkman and Ph.D. Candidate Luke Elliott-Negri Awarded Grant for Study of Food Workers and Collective Action in Light of the Coronavirus Pandemic Ruth Milkman and Luke Elliott-Negri (Photos courtesy of Milkman and Elliott-Negri)The $48,300 grant will fund research on collective labor action in businesses where work has been made more dangerous by the coronavirus pandemic. Read moreMaintaining Sanity and Equanimity: The Graduate Center’s Resident Stoic on Getting Through Anxious TimesMassimo Pigliucci (Photo credit: Simon Wardenier)Professor Massimo Pigliucci explains how a stoic approaches the anxiety of our modern times. Read moreA Graduate Center, CUNY Report Highlights Alternative Transfer Schools as a Critical Resource for Youth in New York City"And Still They Rise," a report from the Public Science Project at The Graduate Center, CUNY“And Still They Rise” report reflects student views affirming the value of New York City transfer schools often overlooked and underappreciated by policymakers. Read moreProfessors Beth Baron and Mandana Limbert Awarded Mellon Grant for Race and Middle East/North Africa SeminarThe Sawyer Seminar, hosted by the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center (MEMEAC), will be awarding a postdoctoral fellowship and two dissertation fellowships. Read moreHumans Have Pondered These Geometric Shapes for 2,000 Years. These Two Professors Shed Light on Their MysteriesDodecahedrons. (Credit: Getty Images.)David Aulicino and Patrick Hooper drew mainstream media coverage for their discovery. They spoke about their collaboration, what drove them, and what they learned along the way. Read moreAnthropologist Katherine Verdery, Author of ‘My Life as a Spy,’ Receives Award for Contributions to Slavic and East European Studies Katherine Verdery (Photo courtesy of Verdery)Known for her collaborative and groundbreaking work, Verdery says, “Most meaningful to me in this award is the recognition that anthropology has indeed brought something valuable to Slavic and East European studies.” Read moreProfessor Mandë Holford Named a World Economic Forum Sustainability PioneerProfessor Mandë HolfordHolford is the only U.S. public university researcher among the Sustainibility Pioneers, a group of entrepreneurs, innovators, and scientists who are tackling challenges to achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Read moreA Scientist's Advice on Ph.D.s and Publishing: Start Your Research ASAP But Take Small StepsMostafa Honari-Latifpour and a Peterson graph that has been color graphedPhysics Ph.D. student Mostafa Honari-Latifpour co-authored a paper on a classically complex problem. He describes his findings and shares his insights. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next