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Professor Dennis Parnell Sullivan Awarded the 2022 Abel Prize for Mathematics
The prize is equivalent to a Nobel Prize in Mathematics.
Mathematician Jason Behrstock Is Named a Simons Foundation Fellow
The competitive fellowship, Behrstock’s second from the Simons Foundation, will support his sabbatical research on theoretical mathematics.
Simons Foundation Gives $4 Million to CUNY Graduate Center to Diversify Astrophysics Education
Astrophysics is one of the most popular science fields, igniting the imaginations of many as they learn about it from television shows or news of space exploration. Like many other STEM fields, though, it lags in attracting students of color...
With a $1 Million NSF Career Grant, Andrew Reinmann Aims to Understand Fragmented Forests
Reinmann will study how temperate forests respond to climate change and being fragmented by farming and development and will offer a paid research training fellowship for CUNY students.
GRADUATE CENTER PROFESSORS RECEIVE CUNY GRANTS FOR PROMISING WORK IN BIOCHEMISTRY
By Lida Tunesi Out of four total recipients, two Graduate Center professors were chosen to receive CUNY Junior Faculty Research Awards in Science and Engineering for 2021. Professors Rupal Gupta (GC/College of Staten Island, Biochemistry) and Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle (Biochemistry), who...
BIOLOGY STUDENT WINS NIH FUNDING FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
By Lida Tunesi At 35, Sami Sauma (Biology) says he’s older than most of the other Ph.D. candidates in his lab. He also brings different experiences, which are now propelling him forward. In 2021, Sauma was awarded a National Research...
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER’S TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER LAUNCHES STEM TEACHING INSTITUTE, WITH NYC, TO READY DIVERSE STUDENTS FOR STEM WORKFORCE
Jobs in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are the most lucrative and fastest growing in the U.S. economy, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But hiring in these fields isn’t benefiting workers equally. The STEM...
CONGRATULATIONS TO PH.D. STUDENT CAROLINA FRAGA
Graduate Center Linguistics Ph.D. student Carolina Fraga was awarded an Early Research Initiative Catalyst Grant. This award is from the GC Provost's Office to provide research support caused by the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
APPLY FOR FUNDING WITH THESE GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
From full-time fellowships to summer research grants, there is a wide variety of funding opportunities for Graduate Center scholars – and many of them have application deadlines coming up soon. Browse funding opportunities for students here and check out some...
CUNY LATINO STUDIES PH.D. STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR CROSSING LATINIDADES FELLOWSHIPS AND PROGRAMS
CUNY is one of 16 members of a national consortium that includes all of the R1 (doctoral, research-intensive) universities in the U.S. that are also Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), currently 16 in number. The consortium, which is based at the...