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Second Exam: Dmitrii Dugaev
Date: Friday, August 12, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: online (Zoom)
Thesis: Medium Access Control and Topology Control Protocols for Wireless Underwater
Zoom meeting details:
Meeting ID: 840 9286 0048
Passcode: 355595
Congratulations to Carolina Fraga on her most recent publication!
Prof. Writes ‘Washington Post’ Op-Ed on Shinzo Abe’s Death
Graduate Center Professor Michael Orlando Sharpe (GC/York, Political Science/Behavioral Sciences) published a timely op-ed in The Washington Post, “Shinzo Abe’s death reveals complex story of discrimination and xenophobia.” Sharpe, a 2008 graduate of the Ph.D. Program in Political Science, offers an analysis of the assassination of the former prime minister, linking the killing to his ultranationalist agenda and Japan’s long record of xenophobia.
Sharpe is currently working his second book, The Politics of Racism and Antiracism in Japan.
Professor Puleng Segalo awarded for popularizing science at University of South Africa
Professor Puleng Segalo, incumbent of the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at Unisa, has received The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Regional Award 2021 for Public Understanding and Popularization of Science. The prestigious award is aimed at fulfilling the academy’s objective of recognizing, supporting, and promoting scientific capacity and excellence in the developing world.
Caroline Nester awarded the NRSA from the National Institutes of Health
Caroline Nester, a Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology at Queens College, Brooklyn College, and the CUNY Graduate Center, was recently awarded the prestigious National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Grant Award (F31) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Caroline’s research, mentored by Laura Rabin, Ph.D., seeks to develop novel screening tools for dementia risk in demographically diverse older adults, with the ultimate goal to reduce brain health disparities in vulnerable populations around the globe.
Dr. Regina Miranda featured as one of Ad Council's Champions for Good
Congratulations to Dr. Regina Miranda (Health Psychology and Clinical Science (HPCS) training area) on being featured as the Ad Council's Champion for Good, as a result of her involvement with the Ad Council's Sound It Out youth mental health campaign.
Joliette Mandel Recognized for Outstanding Thesis
Congratulations to Joliette Mandel (M.A. ’22, Liberal Studies), who received the Provost’s Prize for the most outstanding thesis/capstone project in the M.A. in Liberal Studies program for her paper “Equitable Assessment for Elementary-Aged Dual Language Learners.”
The thesis was an outgrowth of a doctoral-level course on New York City education and an accompanying policy conference led by Professor David Bloomfield (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education), acting executive officer of the Ph.D. Program in Urban Education.
Bloomfield, who advised Mandel on the thesis, called the paper an “outstanding policy analysis with recommendations, combining sophisticated research methodology and original insights into a significant public issue.”
Electrochemical Society Fellowship Goes to Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate
Congratulations to Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Rui Jia, who was awarded the 2022 H. H. Uhlig Fellowship of The Electrochemical Society. The fellowship provides $5,000 for summer research.
Presidential Professor Phil Kasinitz Received 2022 ASA Distinguish Scholar Award
Our Professor Phil Kasinitz just won the 2022 Distinguished Career Award in the ASA International Migration session.
Big congratulations!
Prof. Cece Cutler co-organized a seminar at the Inter University Centre in Dubrovnik
Prof. Cece Cutler co-organized a seminar on multilingual, multilectal, and multiscriptal writing at the Inter University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 20-24, 2022. She gave a talk entitled "Spelling norms and orality: writing the New York City Accent on YouTube".