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Studying These Cell Structures May Help Shed Light on Alzheimer’s & ALS

September 21, 2020

| The Graduate Center

Research on certain types of protein building blocks in our cells could someday shed light on neurogenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and ALS. Read more ›

The Math World Has a Serious Problem: Coloring (Yes, Coloring)

September 18, 2020

| Queens College, The Graduate Center

Coloring may seem simple —kids learn to do it in elementary school. But when it comes to mathematics, the "graph coloring problem" has no simple solution. Read more ›

Just How Reliable Is COVID-19 Information on the Internet?

September 17, 2020

| Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

A group of researchers studied just how reliable COVID-19 information is on the internet. Read more ›

NYPD Abuse Costs The City Millions — and Taxpayers Foot the Bill

September 16, 2020

| Lehman College

Students at Lehman College investigated how much it costs taxpayers to settle claims of excessive use of force by police in the Bronx. Read more ›

A Simple Way to Harvest the Energy of Water

September 15, 2020

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

Researchers from the Advanced Science Research Center have designed a simple material to harvest the energy of water. Read more ›

A Bolivian woman with long braids is seated turned away from the camera while her child peers back around for a look, both wearing hats.

Abortion in Bolivia: An Open Secret

September 14, 2020

| College of Staten Island

A new book says that abortion in Bolivia is an "open secret," prohibited by law but ubiquitous and tacitly accepted. Read more ›

Featured Stories

A Gibbon’s Tooth, 13 Million Years Old, Fills Gap in Primate Evolution

September 10, 2020

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

It’s Time to Put Energy in the Hands of Communities — Not Corporations

September 9, 2020

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

The ‘Great Demographic Illusion’ of the White Minority

September 8, 2020

| The Graduate Center

image comparing a new-school style storefront sign on the left, and an old-school style sign on the right

Even Storefront Signs are Being Gentrified

September 4, 2020

| John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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