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‘WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN’: ANTHROPOLOGIST AND FULBRIGHT FELLOW EVAN MANN LOOKS FOR CLUES IN QUEBEC’S PREHISTORIC POTTERY
Evan Mann came upon his passion for antrhopology almost by accident.
Student Spotlight: Melina Giakoumis Studies Some "Cool Critters" in National Parks to Understand the Effects of Climate Change
Giakoumis will devote the next year to studying sea stars in intertidal ecosystems throughout the northeastern U.S. to understand and share with the public how these ecologically important species are responding to climate change.
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.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: KHÁNH LÊ EXPLORES VIETNAMESE AMERICAN IDENTITY AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA
My research is about documenting the lives of Vietnamese Americans, and this mix up of oral history, participatory action research, narrative storytelling, arts, and theater, says Ph.D. candidate Khánh Lê. "It's not grounded and anchored in one discipline. That's the reason I chose The Graduate Center.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: LAN TRUONG STUDIES VIETNAM’S TRADITIONAL, PLANT-BASED APPROACH TO TREATING DIABETES
Truong has received substantial fellowships, including a Fulbright, to study how traditional medicine is used to treat diabetes in South Vietnam and the implications for the rest of the world.
Roksana Azad Receives an NIH Predoctoral Fellowship of Over $97,000 to Study a Protein That is Linked to Diabetes and Cancer
Ph.D. student Roksana Azad was awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship, of more than $97,000 over three years, from the National Institute of Health.
Six Graduate Center Alumni Have Been Awarded Prestigious 2021 ACLS Fellowships
Fellows receive $30,000 to $60,000 to support outstanding scholarship in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Economics Ph.D. Student Austin L. MacDonald Is Awarded a Prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
MacDonald is one of 45 economics students nationwide and the first Graduate Center economics student to win the prestigious fellowship.
Nearly $1.5 Million in Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowships Awarded to 66 Doctoral Candidates
The 2021-2022 awards, ranging from $5,000 to $25,0000 each, will support doctoral candidates in successfully completing their dissertations.
Welcoming the 2021 Senior International Fellows
2021 Senior International Fellows Program April 12–May 7, 2021 Meet and learn more below about the Fellows and their planned research topics. We are excited to work with this select group of scholar practitioners in the Center's virtual iteration of...