American universities awarded a record number of Ph.D.s in 2015 — with the Graduate Center among the top 10 institutions awarding doctorates to members of underrepresented minority groups, according to new federal data presented in Inside Higher Ed. Read more
Doctoral student Jessica Woodson (Audiology) was recently awarded first-place honors by the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) at its fourth annual Student Business Plan Competition in San Diego. Read more
“Night czars” or “night mayors” are an emerging force in promoting urban nightlife and boosting economic growth in cities, according to a new essay in The Conversation coauthored by Katherine Newman, a visiting Fulbright researcher at the Graduate Center. Read more
Rita Obeid and Anna Schwartz, Ph.D. students in Psychology and the co-chairs of this year’s Pedagogy Day, recently spoke to the GC about the event. Read more
"Through my study I want to bring forth the voices of parents who have been silent because of the shame, guilt, fear, and belief that they are alone in this," says Ph.D. student Sofia Oviedo (Social Welfare). Read more
Ph.D. student Agustín Indaco (Economics) has been selected to participate in Bloomberg’s Data for Good Exchange 2016 (D4GX), a program that connects data scientists with nonprofits and municipalities to improve public welfare. Read more
Ph.D. student Cory Greene (Psychology) was featured in The Christian Science Monitor this week for his efforts to transform the lives of young black men and communities affected by mass incarceration.
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A project by Ph.D. student Sara Vogel (Urban Education), whose research focuses on the intersection of bilingual and digital media education, is featured in today's White House announcement about President Barack Obama’s Computer Science for All campaign. Read more
Ph.D. student Julie Hecht (Psychology), whose “Dog Spies” blog for ScientificAmerican.com explores all things canine, recently published two essays on the welfare of pet dogs. Read more
“I need not remind anyone here that graduate education is neither obvious nor easy,” President Chase F. Robinson said at the GC's Fifty-Second Commencement Exercises. “But no one is better qualified to counter what most imperils us — inequality, environmental risk, willful disregard for truth — than you, our graduates.” Read more