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In Memoriam: Professor Philip Lambert
The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the loss of retired Professor Philip Lambert, a dear friend, esteemed colleague and mentor, and revered music theorist.
Mandë Holford Is Named an Allen Distinguished Investigator
With the distinction, Holford and her research partner, Li Zhao of The Rockefeller University, received $1.5 million to study immunity and its evolution.
Michael Rawson Shows How Our Dreams of the Future Have Contributed to Our Present Environmental Crisis
Rawson, author of "The Nature of Tomorrow: A History of the Environmental Future," discusses why we need to change the stories we tell about the future and the past.
With a $1 Million NSF Career Grant, Andrew Reinmann Aims to Understand Fragmented Forests
Reinmann will study how temperate forests respond to climate change and being fragmented by farming and development and will offer a paid research training fellowship for CUNY students.
How to Be an Antiracist Teacher
Professor Cathy N. Davidson and Graduate Center scholars spur equitable teaching at CUNY through the grant-funded Transformative Learning in the Humanities initiative.
Lincoln As You’ve Never Seen Him
"Lincoln’s Dilemma," a four-part Apple TV+ documentary, is based on Professor David Reynolds’ book "Abe."
Older LGBTQ of Color Activists Celebrated in a Publication
When Professor Juan Battle realized that a cohort of LGBTQ of color activists was “just aging out,” he decided to capture their stories in an oral history project.
What a CUNY Professor Is Learning About Omicron and Its Mutations From New York’s Sewers
“Our lab found the earliest known evidence of the presence of omicron in the U.S.,” Professor John Dennehy said.
Herman Bennett and Helena Rosenblatt Named Distinguished Professors, Highest Academic Honor at CUNY
Professors Herman Bennett (History) and Helena Rosenblatt (History, French, Political Science, Liberal Studies, Biography and Memoir) were recognized for their outstanding scholarship and service to the Graduate Center and their profession with the title of distinguished professor, the highest academic...
Our Scholars Shed Light on Black History – and Make History
During Black History Month and every month, we are celebrating the work of our scholars who are shedding light on Black history – and those who are making history. Alumnus Kevin McGruder (Ph.D. ’10, History) tells the complicated history of...