Research News

• News »
• Research News

• GC’s Stone Center and Pew Research Center Reveal Shrinking Middle Class

  A recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center in partnership with the GC’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality offers a comprehensive analysis of inequality and the status of the middle class in some of the world’s wealthiest countries, including the United States. Read more

• Why Homosexuality Is Seen Differently Around the World: Amy Adamcyzk

  In a recent book and related podcast for Inside Higher Ed, Amy Adamcyzk (GC/Hunter, Sociology) illustrates why attitudes towards homosexuality vary widely from country to country. Read more

• GC Study Shows Drop in Drunk-Driving Crashes After App Car Services Launched

  A working paper by doctoral student Jessica Peck (Economics) suggests that the arrival in New York City of digital app-based car services like Uber led to a significant decrease in drunk-driving related car accidents.
    Read more

• Fewer Girls Named ‘Hillary’ or ‘Hilary’ Was an Omen of Clinton’s Defeat: Stefano Ghirlanda

  Could we have predicted the outcome of the 2016 presidential election? Naming patterns may suggest as much, says Professor Stefano Ghirlanda (GC/Brooklyn, Psychology/Biology). Read more

• Ancient Tooth Decay Suggests Neanderthals Were Locavores: William Harcourt-Smith

  What did Neanderthals eat? DNA evidence from the plaque in their teeth is offering new and enlightening clues, according to Assistant Professor William Harcourt-Smith (GC/Lehman, Anthropology). Read more

• Psychology Student Receives $150K Grant to Research HIV Infection Rates

  Ph.D. student Raymond Moody (Psychology) has been awarded a $155,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for his dissertation research on the psychological factors driving HIV infection rates among gay and bisexual men in the United States.
    Read more

• Student Study: Improving Welfare of Captive Birds of Prey

  Doctoral student Melissa Nelson Slater (Psychology) coauthored a new study published in Zoo Biology about how olfactory enrichment, or using scent cues, can improve the welfare of birds of prey in zoos. 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

• Lev Manovich Announces First Study of Instagram Photos from 2014 Ukrainian Revolution

  Professor Lev Manovich (Computer Science) announced today a new study of over 13,000 photos taken during the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution and shared on Instagram. Read more

• GC Professors Awarded Mellon Sawyer Seminar Grant

  The Graduate Center has been awarded a $175,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures entitled “Cultures and Histories of Freedom: Ideology, Slavery, and Creolization, 1500-1900.” Read more