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‘22 Grads Blaze Ahead Into New Jobs and Opportunities
From nanoscience to queer criminology, our graduates are launching careers and bright futures with their new skills
Science Student Spotlight: Antonina Maj
Maj is a third-year Physics Ph.D. student specializing in high energy theory. Her current work is in non-perturbative aspects of gauge theories in (3+1)-dimensions.
A Book That Demystifies the Cosmos
Professor Charles Liu writes about the history of the universe so everyone can understand it.
Andrea Alù Named Distinguished Professor, Highest Academic Honor at CUNY
Known for his breakthroughs in physics, he is one of the youngest professors to hold the highest professorial rank at CUNY.
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.
A PROFESSOR BRINGS THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE DOWN TO EARTH FOR MILLIONS, AS A RESEARCHER AND TV SHOW HOST
By Lida Tunesi Whether he’s guiding people through the night sky at Burning Man, chatting with Neil deGrasse Tyson on the radio, or hosting a PBS science show, Professor Matthew O’Dowd (GC/Lehman, Physics) has found myriad ways to share his...
Science Student Spotlight: Moyosore Odunsi
Moyosore Odunsi is a fifth year Ph.D. physics student specializing in fluid dynamics at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York and the City College of New York. She works with advisors Dr. Mark Shattuck and Dr...
A 20-TON SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET LETS PHYSICISTS PEER INTO THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE
With the installation of a 20-ton superconducting magnet, a group of Graduate Center researchers recently celebrated a big step toward finishing a new particle detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The detector will let scientists examine the kind of “particle soup”...
WHY ANDREA ALÙ CHALLENGES THE LIMITS OF NATURE
The Graduate Center, CUNY · Why Andrea Alù Challenges the Limits of Nature Today’s guest is physicist and engineer Professor Andrea Alù, who joined the Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center, CUNY as the founding director of the...