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How to Succeed in Grad School – From People Who Have Been Here
Our alumni and faculty share their best advice for success in graduate school.
Summer Books: 9 Books by Graduate Center Scholars That Will Take You Far Afield
Recently published books by faculty members, students, and alumni offer uncommon escapes.
Two Faculty Members and an Alumna Win 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
Professors Wayne Koestenbaum and Tanya Pollard and Alumna Deborah Lutz receive the prestigious fellowship.
End of the English Major? Hardly!
Graduate Center scholars say "The New Yorker" story is a clarion call, but the humanities remain relevant.
Celebrating Our Scholars During Black History Month
From a book on Black-owned bookstores to the first CUNY Kennedy Center honoree, Graduate Center scholars are writing and changing Black history.
Freedom Is the Struggle: Nathalie Etoke on Her New Book, ‘Black Existential Freedom’
In her latest book, Professor Nathalie Etoke makes a forceful argument about Black culture and agency in the face of oppression.
The Poems We Should Read Now
For Poetry Month, Graduate Center scholars and authors highlight poems that speak to our times.
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...
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: 12 BOOKS BY GRADUATE CENTER FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND ALUMNI THAT BEND GENRES AND OFFER COMPELLING TAKES ON CULTURAL ISSUES
Haven’t yet tried a book by Maggie Nelson? Want to delve into the complexities of the fracking debate or learn why calls for civility hold back racial justice? Or are you interested in a genre-defying memoir or two? These books...
A Black Existentialist Asks What It Means to Be Human in a Society That Demonizes You
As an African woman who studied in France and came to the U.S., Natalie Etoke brings a different lens to the Black experience, which shapes her perspective on the Black Lives Matter movement and Black literature and thought.