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Tribute to Brianne Waychoff
We at the Center for the Study of Women and Society are saddened to share that our colleague, Dr. Brianne Waychoff, passed away from 9/11-related kidney cancer on Monday, July 25. She was 43. Dr. Waychoff was a brilliant professor...
In Memoriam: Professor James P. Smith
The Ph.D. Program in Economics regrets to announce the death of former Assistant Professor of Economics James P. Smith.
Saul Kripke, Eminent Philosopher and Professor, Dies at 81
Kripke taught at the Graduate Center for 20 years, and, through the Saul Kripke Center, published a significant volume of work.
IN MEMORIAM: LOURDES LOPEZ
The Graduate Center mourns the passing of a dedicated and valued member of the Office of Human Resources team.
In Memoriam: John H. Streicker
A longtime member of the Graduate Center Foundation Board and a champion of affordable housing for students and faculty, he will be deeply missed.
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...
IN MEMORIAM: FIDEL PEREZ
The Graduate Center community is profoundly saddened by the passing of Fidel Perez, a network security administrator in the Office of Information Technology, who died December 30, 2021. Perez joined the Graduate Center in March 2018 and was based at...
IN MEMORIAM: PROFESSOR EMERITUS ALPHONSE T. VASQUEZ
The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Emeritus Alphonse T. Vasquez (Mathematics), who died on October 14, 2021, after a long illness. Vasquez was appointed to the Graduate Center mathematics faculty as an associate professor...
IN MEMORIAM: DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR CHARLES W. MILLS, A PHILOSOPHER WHO CHANGED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE IN THE U.S.
The Graduate Center community is immensely saddened by the passing of Distinguished Professor Charles W. Mills (Philosophy) who died on September 20, 2021, at age 70 after battling cancer. He was an esteemed scholar and treasured colleague and mentor whose...
PROUD TO BE FIRST: BARBARA B. STERN WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A DOCTORATE FROM THE GRADUATE CENTER
When Barbara B. Stern (Ph.D. ’65, English) was awarded her Ph.D., the news made The New York Times. Stern was not only the first woman to receive her doctorate from the Graduate Center (Daniel Robinson, Ph.D. ’65, Psychology, was the...