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• In the Internet Era, Geography Loses Influence, but Collaboration Still Holds Strong Sway in Shaping Hip-Hop and Dance Music Styles

  A new study analyzing drum sampling among artists in online communities suggests digital technology has changed the nature, but not weakened the importance, of collaboration
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• Superstorm Sandy Study Shows Climate Change Poses a Significantly Greater Risk of Mental Health Challenges for Children Born to Depressed Mothers

  Babies born to mothers with prenatal depression and exposure to natual disaster-related stress are at greater risk for mood and temperament problems, says a new study Read more

• Graduate Center, CUNY Researchers Link Overexpression of the MDMX Protein to Metastasis of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  In a newly published paper in the journal Breast Cancer Research, scientists at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and Hunter College are the first to report that the MDMX protein promotes metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer. Read more

• Researchers Establish Principles Governing the Transmission of Light-Delivered Data Through Nonreciprocal Circuitry

  ASRC Photonics Initiative team publish a theory aimed at advancing development of optical circuitry Read more

• The Graduate Center Introduces First Master’s in Biography and Memoir in the U.S.

  The new program is a collaboration between the English and history departments and offered jointly with the renowned Leon Levy Center for Biography. Read more

• GC’s Nursing Program Named Among Top Schools by Nursing Schools Almanac

  The Ph.D. program ranks in the top 15 percent in the Mid-Atlantic region and is named one the top 20 programs in New York State.
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• The Gotham Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY, Awarded $250,000 for Writing Fellowships

  The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has awarded $250,000 to The Gotham Center for New York City History at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, to establish a writing fellowship program. Read more

• The Democratic Party’s Problem is Voter Registration and Participation in Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Texas

  A New Report from the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY Assesses these Issues Read more

• New York City Area Wetlands May Be Unwitting Generator of Greenhouse Gasses

  A new study in the Soil Science Society of America Journal from Graduate Center researchers suggests that local wetlands are capable of using CSO inputs in a manner that actually increases greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide and methane. Read more

• Can Democratic Candidate Andrew Gillum Win the Florida Gubernatorial Election?

  A New Report from the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY Assesses the Likelihood Read more