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Scholars to Know This AAPI Heritage Month
Meet Graduate Center faculty, students, and alumni who study and celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.
Three Students Chosen for Crossing Latinidades Summer Institute
Jayson Castillo, Ricardo Martín Coloma, and Lidia Hernández-Tapia were selected for an immersive Latino humanities summer program.
The Poems We Should Read Now
For Poetry Month, Graduate Center scholars and authors highlight poems that speak to our times.
How Our Scholars Played Heroic Roles in the Pandemic
Graduate Center scholars have been at the forefront of research to understand the virus and the larger pandemic.
The Ways COVID Changed Teaching at CUNY for the Better
From confronting the “archaic way we test our students” to using digital archives, Graduate Center students and faculty share how the pandemic spurred new ways of teaching.
Celebrating Trailblazers and Scholars Who Amplify Women’s History
From the first dean to the first graduate, the Graduate Center was shaped by women trailblazers.
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.
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...
PROFESSOR MARTIN D. RUCK TO PRIORITIZE DIVERSITY AND ANTI-RACISM AS NEW EDITOR OF ‘JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES’
Professor Martin D. Ruck (Urban Education, Psychology) was named the new editor of Journal of Social Issues (JSI), the flagship publication of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Ruck will serve as editor through 2025. He joined...
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THIS ALUMNA
By Bonnie Eissner Graduate Center alumna Chrystina Russell (Ph.D. ’17, Urban Education) made a life-altering decision in 2013 when she left her job as the founding principal of a middle school in Harlem to bring college education to youth in...