As part of the City University of New York’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all students will have the option to convert any or all letter grades (A-F) they earn in their Spring 2020 classes to Credit/No Credit grading. Read more

Joseph van der Naald (Photo courtesy of van der Naald)
Ph.D. candidate Joseph van der Naald takes on a proposed rule by the National Labor Relations Board that would affect the rights of some 81,000 graduate assistants at private colleges. Read more

Jennifer Zhu (Photo courtesy of Zhu)
Jennifer Zhu, a graduate of Cornell University, studies how ribbed mussels impact salt marsh growth in coastal wetlands such as those found in New York City. Read more

Abdou Rachid Bah (Photo courtesy of Bah)
Abdou Rachid Bah grew up amid water stress in Burkina Faso and is about to start his role as co-chair of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network’s Student Association. Read more

Ph.D. student Janusz A. Kaleta (Photo courtesy of Kaleta)
Janusz A. Kaleta is spending his days working with clients in the community who have the coronavirus. Read more

Ph.D. student Patricia Pehme (Photo courtesy of Pehme)
Pehme, a psychology doctoral student, investigates how oxytocin levels before birth affect mother-child bonding and, ultimately, a child’s well-being in the face of stress and hardship. Read more
City and State Magazine Touts Top Labor Activists Read more
The Graduate Center deeply mourns the loss of Thomas J. Waters, a former student in our Ph.D. Program in Political Science who passed away on April 4. Read more

Ph.D. candidate Manuel F. Gonzalez (Photo courtesy of Gonzalez)
New research by Ph.D. candidate Manuel F. Gonzalez showing music’s impact on the brain is especially relevant as people work from home during COVID-19. Read more

Gina (Diagou) Sissoko/Photo courtesy of Gina (Diagou) Sissoko
Gina (Diagou) Sissoko joins an elite group of scholars whose research will be supported with $27,000 in annual funding for three years. Read more