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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...
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...