Little Black Holes in Disk of Big Black Hole: Artist's concept of a supermassive black hole and its surrounding disk of gas. Embedded within this disk are two smaller black holes orbiting one another. (Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC))
Astronomers K. E. Saavik Ford and Barry McKernan have seen what appears to the first light ever detected from a black hole merger. Read more
Andrea Alù
Alù will lead an international team of scientists whose work could lead to improvements in the Internet of Things, biomedical applications, and medical imaging and wireless technology. Read more
Professors K.E. Saavik Ford and Charles Liu at the American Museum of Natural History. (Ford photo by Roderick Mickens/American Museum of Natural History; Liu photo by Lillian Ortiz)
In honor of May 4th, Star Wars day, we invited professors K. E. Saavik Ford and Charles Liu to to share their favorite memories of the iconic sci-fi series. Read more
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 David Schwab and the Sloan Foundation logo.
Funding will support his interdisciplinary research and his work with The Graduate Center’s Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences. Read more
A short time ago, Gyory, a third-year doctoral student, was invited by WIRED to discuss the nature of gravity in episode 10 of their "5 Levels" web series. Read more
Professor Charles Liu (Credit: The Graduate Center, CUNY, Alex Irklievski)
From the Big Bang to string theory, Professor Charles Liu offers readers of his new book elegant, 30-second explanations of some of the most intriguing concepts in astrophysics and quantum mechanics. Read more
Charles Liu, Karen Masters, and Sevil Salur
30-Second Universe: 50 most significant ideas, theories, principles and events that sum up the field
(Ivy Press, 2019)
Read moreProfessors Robert Anderson, Andrea Alù, and Matthew Sfeir were recognized for producing multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations in their field. Read more
Graduate Center professor and City College of New York Physics Department Chair Vinod Menon and his team have published a new paper detailing a significant breakthrough in the world of photonics. Read more