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• Two Qs: Leslie McCall on Upward Mobility and CUNY

  The GC's Leslie McCall (Sociology/Political Science) comments on “Higher Education and Upward Mobility,” an upcoming panel discussion featuring economist Raj Chetty of Stanford University.  Read more

• Works by André Aciman in Media Spotlight

  Acclaimed novels by Distinguished Professor André Aciman (Comparative Literature/French) are drawing major interest — from both major media and Hollywood alike.   Read more

• What Trump's Inaugural Address Didn't Say: Heath Brown

  Among those analyzing President Donald J. Trump's inaugural address was Professor Heath Brown (GC/John Jay, Criminal Justice), a sought-after expert on electoral politics. His observations follow. Read more

• Kevin Nadal Receives Major Award from American Psychological Association

  Associate Professor Kevin Nadal (GC/John Jay, Psychology), executive director of the GC’s CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies, has received the 2017 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, a highly prestigious honor bestowed by the American Psychological Association.    Read more

• Public Science Project Awarded $500K Ford Foundation Grant

  The GC’s Public Science Project (PSP) has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to fund its “Just Methods for Participatory Youth Policy” project. Read more

• Potential Increase in Hate Crimes Against Transgender People, Says Kevin Nadal

  Associate Professor Kevin Nadal (GC/John Jay, Psychology), the Executive Director of CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies, said he feared there could “definitely be an increase in hate crimes against trans and queer people” under a Trump administration. Read more

• ‘Wanted: Equal Opportunity Globalization’: Branko Milanovic Pens New Essay

  In a new Eurasia Review essay, Visiting Presidential Professor Branko Milanovic analyzes whether globalization — often seen as the cause of dissatisfaction in the United States and other wealthy countries — is the result of U.S. policies or other factors. Read more

• Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Kai Bird to Head Leon Levy Center for Biography

  The Graduate Center announced today that Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist Kai Bird has been appointed Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, effective January 27, 2017. Read more

• Ruth Milkman Supports ‘Fight for $15’ Movement in New York Times

  In a prominent New York Times story, Distinguished Professor Ruth Milkman (Sociology) calls the Fight for $15 campaign — an effort to raise the minimum wage for millions of workers — “the single most important initiative on the labor front in the last few years.”
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• The ‘Ruinous Betrayal’ of Indians and Black Americans: David Reynolds in NYRB

  Distinguished Professor David S. Reynolds (English) explores colonization, integration, and the hypocrisy intertwined with American idealism in a thought-provoking new essay for The New York Review of Books.  Read more