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: 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 What Trump's Inaugural Address Didn't Say: Heath BrownAmong 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 moreKevin Nadal Receives Major Award from American Psychological AssociationAssociate 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 morePublic Science Project Awarded $500K Ford Foundation GrantThe 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 morePotential Increase in Hate Crimes Against Transgender People, Says Kevin NadalAssociate 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 morePulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Kai Bird to Head Leon Levy Center for BiographyThe 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 moreRuth 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.” Read moreThe ‘Ruinous Betrayal’ of Indians and Black Americans: David Reynolds in NYRBDistinguished 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 moreTania León’s Return to Cuba Featured in New York Times Professor Tania León (Music), who this month will perform in her native Cuba for the first time in almost 50 years, spoke to The New York Times about the significance of her upcoming trip. Read moreTrump’s Appeal, Explained Through WWII-Era Science: Richard WolinWorld War II-era social scientists provided a starting point for “shedding light on the meaning of Trumpism and what it says about the fate of American democracy,” writes Distinguished Professor Richard Wolin (Comparative Literature/History/Political Science) in a new Chronicle of Higher Education essay. Read more Previous 12345678910... Next