A beautifully preserved footprint from Engare Sero, Tanzania. Credit: William Harcourt-Smith.
Anthropologist William Harcourt-Smith describes what he and fellow researchers discovered about our ancestors and how to download your own printable 3D footprint. Read more
Chartered flight with Puerto Rican migrant farmworkers, circa 1948. Courtesy of the Records of the Migration Division, Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, Hunter College, CUNY.
Professor Ismael García-Colón had family members who came to the U.S. to harvest produce. His new book reveals the contributions and the mistreatment of Puerto Rican farm laborers. Read more
Carrie Rebora Barratt, Linda H. Malkas, Nelson J. Flores, Patricia A. Stapleton, Dána-Ain Davis, and Caroline Chamberlin Hellman
The annual awards recognize alumni who have achieved remarkable success in their careers and made lasting contributions to their fields and to society. Read more
Ismael García-Colón
Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire
(University of California Press, 2020)
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A photo of a forest, shot with a fisheye lens pointed up at the blue sky, showing circular tableaus of green leaves crisscrossed by dark tree trunks. (Photo credit: Professor Andrew Reinmann)
Graduate Center professors, students, and alumni are investigating the effects of global warming and pollution, and coming up with novel solutions. Read more
Professor Jeff Maskovsky (Credit: The Graduate Center/Alex Irklievski)
Professor Jeff Maskovsky collaborated with alumni and fellow faculty on his timely, new co-edited book, Beyond Populism: Angry Politics and the Twilight of Neoliberalism. Read more
Davis discusses why black women suffer from higher rates of maternal morbidity and premature infant mortality. Read more
Jeff Maskovsky (co-editor) and Sophie Bjork-James (co-editor)
Beyond Populism: Angry Politics and the Twilight of Neoliberalism
(West Virginia University, 2020))
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Books by Graduate Center faculty, alumni and students
Consider these recent books by Graduate Center faculty and alumni for the avid readers on your gift list, or even your own pleasure and enlightenment. Read more
Nash was a renowned anthropologist and an activist who studied the lives of tin miners in Bolivia, Zapatistas in Chiapas, the Maya in Guatemala, and General Electric workers in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Read more