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China Is Trying to Improve Its Global Image — and Using Hollywood to Do It

May 13, 2020

A new book examines China’s efforts to improve its global image through film, branding, news media, and promotion of Chinese language and culture — and how U.S. Hollywood execs are tapping into the Chinese film market. Read more ›

We Could Learn a Thing Or Two About Social Distancing from Mole-Rats

May 12, 2020

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

African naked mole-rats prefer living in close quarters in stuffy underground colonies because of a genetic trait. But this genetic trait also exists in humans. Read more ›

‘Poor Queer Studies’: Away from Elitism, Toward Anti-Racist Education

April 3, 2020

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

Professor Matt Brim's latest book, "Poor Queer Studies" confronts elitism in higher education and highlights the importance of prioritizing minoritized students in the field of queer studies. Read more ›

Map showing Wikipedia editing activity around the US. Bright pink is least, bright green is most. Credit Michael Mandiberg

Where Do Wikipedia’s Editors Live? A Geographical Analysis

February 25, 2020

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

A CUNY professor has created a set of maps that show where Wikipedia's millions of volunteer editors are located -- “and, maybe more important, where they aren’t.” Read more ›

Blonde and redhead woman wrapped in rainbow flag

‘Imagining Queer Methods’ Tackles New Ways to Do Queer Theory

January 24, 2020

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

A new book co-edited by Prof. Matt Brim imagines ways to study queer methods in more nuanced, less traditional ways. Read more ›

The Mysteries of the Universe Explained — in 30 Seconds!

January 21, 2020

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

A new book co-authored by Prof. Charles Liu works to explain the most complicated ideas, theories, and principles of the universe. Read more ›

Verifying Data with a Better Mapper

September 24, 2019

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

A new study presents an improved version of the Mapper algorithm, designed to verify data extraction from a cloud of points. Read more ›

Extreme Cities Reveals How Cities May Fare in a Time of Climate Chaos

September 20, 2019

| College of Staten Island, The Graduate Center

Professor Ashley Dawson draws on the experience of Hurricane Sandy to examine the "potentially catastrophic" impact of unchecked climate change on America's coastal cities. Read more ›

Trees are shown in a black and white view of earthworks at Fort Gadsden, a historic site in Franklin County, Florida

The 1619 Project: A Poem Reveals Hidden History

August 23, 2019

| College of Staten Island, The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet commemorates a terrible event from U.S. history as part of The New York Times' "1619 Project." Read more ›