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Celebrate Earth Day with Our Scholars
Join Graduate Center scholars to protect the environment, advocate for positive change, and learn about the natural world.
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.
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 of distinguished professor, the highest academic...
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...
LIBERAL STUDIES ALUMNA SELLS HER BOOK TO U.K.-BASED DUCKWORTH BOOKS
Graduate Center alumna Carmel McMahon (M.A. ’20, Liberal Studies) will soon have her debut book, In Ordinary Time, published by Duckworth, an imprint of the U.K.-based Duckworth Books Group. In Ordinary Time is a hybrid work of essays, poems, and...
MALS ALUM GETS CAPSTONE RESEARCH PUBLISHED
Graduate Center alumnus Dax Oliver (M.A. '20, Liberal Studies) published his capstone research paper, "Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Psilocybin from January 1, 1989 to December 31, 2019," in the September 2021 issue of the Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry. Congratulations...
‘NEO-ANTIQUE’ NEW YORK: IN NEW BOOK, MACAULAY-LEWIS REVEALS THE ANCIENT INFLUENCES BEHIND THE CITY’S STRUCTURES — INCLUDING THE LOST FAÇADE OF THAT CVS ACROSS THE STREET
Prof. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis shares some of her favorite photos from her new book, "Antiquity in Gotham: The Ancient Architecture of New York City," and explains the little-known histories of these sites.
Mellon/ACLS Fellowships Go to Professors Leah Anderst and Prithi Kanakamedala for Projects on #MeToo and Brooklyn Abolitionism
Anderst, who is also a Graduate Center alumna, and Kanakamedala teach in the Liberal Studies master's program. They are among 28 faculty nationwide to receive the prestigious fellowship.
MALS Student Featured on The Thought Project Blog
Sandy Mui has published a piece to The Thought Project blog on COVID-19 & it's effect on journalism.