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FOR IMMIGRANT MUSLIMS IN THE U.S., 9/11 ‘WAS A CURSE AND A BLESSING’
On the approaching 20th anniversary of 9/11, Professor Mucahit Bilici (GC/John Jay, Sociology), author of Finding Mecca in America, reflects on how the attack and the U.S. response to it have affected the American Muslim community, of which he is...
NEH GRANTS TO PROFESSORS ANNE VALK AND JOHANNA DEVANEY SUPPORT LGBTQ+ HISTORY EDUCATION AND A DIGITAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON TOOLKIT
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded significant grants to two Graduate Center professors for projects that highlight the importance of humanities education. Professor Anne Valk (History), executive director of the American Social History Project and the Center...
AUTISM-AWARENESS TRAINING FOR STUDENTS IS MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN AUTISTIC STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED. HERE’S EVIDENCE.
By Lida Tunesi A new study, published in Autism, by Professor Kristen Gillespie-Lynch (GC/College of Staten Island, Psychology) shows empirical evidence that trainings for university students that are meant to fight prejudice against autism are more effective when autistic people...
PROFESSOR GITA MARTOHARDJONO RECEIVES $818K FROM THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR A PROJECT THAT SERVES IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
Professor Gita Martohardjono (Linguistics) was awarded $818,000 by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) for the continuation of a digital tool serving newcomer immigrant children, now in its seventh year. The tool, known as the Multilingual Literacy SIFE Screener...
60 Years at the Graduate Center
The Graduate Center, conceived to offer rigorous, research-based doctoral education to students of all backgrounds, has triumphed against great odds. When it started in 1961, it was the first publicly supported doctoral education program in New York City. It is...
Congratulations to Prof. Eva Fernandez (2000/PHD GC) And Prof. Niesha Ziehmke (2008/Phd GC)
Congratulations to Prof. Eva Fernandez (2000/PhD GC), appointed Interim VP for Academic Affairs and Prof. Niesha Ziehmke (2008/PhD GC), appointed Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, at Guttman Community College CUNY. You can read more here.
To Detect COVID Trends, Including DELTA’S Emergence, CUNY Scientists Turn To The Sewers
By Lida Tunesi In early 2020, Professor John Dennehy (GC/Queens, Biology) was searching for a way to help battle the growing pandemic. As a researcher of virus ecology and evolution he was in a good position to help, but needed...
APA RECOGNIZES WELLNESS CENTER DIRECTOR ROBERT HATCHER AS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER
By Lida Tunesi As a clinical psychologist, Robert Hatcher is accustomed to listening, but at an upcoming convention, he’ll be the one talking. Hatcher, director of the Wellness Center at the Graduate Center, was invited by the American Psychological Association...
DISCOURAGED BY GHOSTING? A PH.D. PSYCHOLOGIST OFFERS THIS ADVICE, BASED ON HER RESEARCH
By Lida Tunesi The term and practice of ghosting has now been around long enough that researchers have started to study it. “Right now, to my knowledge, the research on ghosting is mostly about asking ‘do you ghost, is ghosting...
Graduate Center Physicists Peer Into the Start of the Universe, Thanks to $400,000 Grant
Their work will help researchers better understand the structures of particles like protons and neutrons, and the phase of matter that existed at the very beginning of the universe.