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• New Study from GC Cultural Analytics Lab Is First to Analyze Global Growth of Image Sharing

  A new study, Visual Earth, from researchers at the Graduate Center Cultural Analytics Lab is shining a light on how people around the world. Read more

• Inequality Expert Miles Corak Appointed to the GC Faculty

  Miles Corak will join the economics department and the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. Read more

• GC and Princeton University Enter Joint Endeavor

  The Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New York (CUNY) has entered into a joint endeavor with Princeton University to explore the interface between biology and physics through the establishment of the Center for the Physics of Biological Function.   Read more

• The Center for Urban Research Releases Study Findings that Shaped Arts-Education Strategies in New York City’s First-Ever Cultural Plan

  A newly released study from the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center, CUNY, details key findings and recommendations that helped shape the arts, culture and science education strategies contained in CreateNYC – New York City’s first-ever cultural plan. Read more

• Study Shows New York City and State Continue to Lead the Nation in Organized Labor

  Unionization rates in New York City and State continued to rebound from their post-Great Recession lows and outpaced the rest of the nation in 2016 and the first half of 2017, according to an annual report out today. But the expected outcome of an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case could dramatically weaken public-sector unions across the nation — including those in New York. Read more

• New Report Shows that 9/11-Era Veterans Are Faring Better Financially than the General Public

  The advantage holds true across all race, ethnicity and gender categories, although some groups are faring better than others, according to researchers at the Graduate Center, CUNY’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Read more

• The Icahn School of Medicine and The Advanced Science Research Center Launch Inter-Institutional Glial Biology Initiative

  June 23, 2017
  The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) partnership. Read more

• Scientists Develop Molecular Code for Melanin-Like Materials

  June 8, 2017
  These innovative materials could enable the development of a range of new cosmetic, skin care and biomedical products Read more

• A Collection of Reports Providing Detailed Demographics and Information About the Lives of Latinos in the United States Is Now Publicly Available

  May 23, 2017
  The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, the Mina Rees Library and the Latino Data Project have worked together to release 65 information-packed reports on the experience of Latinos in  the United States, with a special focus on Latinos in New York City.
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• The Graduate Center, CUNY’s Leon Levy Center for Biography Announces Its 2017–2018 Fellowship Winners

  May 9, 2017
  The Graduate Center of the City University of New York’s Leon Levy Center for Biography today announced the winners of its 2017–2018 resident fellowships, which will support the completion of four diverse biographies covering iconoclasts in the arenas of racial justice, business and government, poetry and historical fiction. Read more