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GRADUATE CENTER PROFESSORS RECEIVE CUNY GRANTS FOR PROMISING WORK IN BIOCHEMISTRY
By Lida Tunesi Out of four total recipients, two Graduate Center professors were chosen to receive CUNY Junior Faculty Research Awards in Science and Engineering for 2021. Professors Rupal Gupta (GC/College of Staten Island, Biochemistry) and Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle (Biochemistry), who...
WHY CHRISTMAS IS OBSERVED AS A DAY OF LIBERATION BY BLACK PEOPLE
The Graduate Center, CUNY · Why Christmas Is Observed as a Day of Liberation by Black People The Graduate Center, CUNY · Why Christmas Is Observed as a Day of Liberation by Black People CUNY Graduate Center Professor Ramona Hernandez...
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER’S TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER LAUNCHES STEM TEACHING INSTITUTE, WITH NYC, TO READY DIVERSE STUDENTS FOR STEM WORKFORCE
Jobs in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are the most lucrative and fastest growing in the U.S. economy, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But hiring in these fields isn’t benefiting workers equally. The STEM...
IRADAC ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS HONORED FOR HER PROMISING NOVEL MANUSCRIPT
By Bonnie Eissner In her spare time, when she’s not working with Graduate Center students and faculty, Zee Dempster, the assistant director of the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) and assistant...
IN MEMORIAM: DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS STANLEY ARONOWITZ, INFLUENTIAL LABOR ADVOCATE AND SCHOLAR
The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stanley Aronowitz, a scholar of labor and social movements and a civil and labor rights activist, who died on August 16, 2021, at age 88. Aronowitz...
GRADUATE CENTER FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Graduate Center faculty are frequently in the news, sharing their expertise with the public and weighing in on pressing issues. Following are some prominent news mentions from the past several months. Black History and Culture Professor Tanisha Ford (History) was...
KEVIN NADAL, NAMED A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, HOPES TO INSPIRE FELLOW FACULTY OF COLOR AT CUNY
As a first-generation Filipino American growing up in Fremont, California, Kevin Nadal didn’t imagine going to graduate school, let alone becoming a professor. This month, at age 43, he has become one of the youngest distinguished professors at CUNY and...
U.S. DEMOCRACY SURVIVED JANUARY 6, 2021, BUT BARELY: HERE’S WHY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE
By Lida Tunesi One year ago, a mob of insurrectionists attacked the United States Capitol. The violent attempt to disrupt the confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidential victory was a stark example of the consequences of extreme political polarization in the...
LET YOUR MIND WANDER IN OTHER SPACES: AMBER MUSSER ON BLACK FEMINISMS, THE IDEA OF THE FLESH, AND THE INTELLECTUAL REWARDS OF ‘QUIRKY TANGENTS’
Professor Amber Musser (English), one of two professors who joined the Graduate Center last semester, is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores critical race theory, Black feminisms, and queer of color critique. Her books include Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and...
Science Faculty Spotlight: Cecilia McHugh
Dr. Cecilia McHugh is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, a member of the Graduate Center’s Doctoral Faculty in Earth and Environmental Sciences, and an Adjunct Senior Researcher...