The Graduate Center Archives

‘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 ›

Move Over 3D Printing! 4D Could Be On The Way

March 27, 2020

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

New research could lead to ways of creating synthetic molecules — which could usher in new medicines and biotechnology. Read more ›

Women in white march for voting rights as crowds watch, New York City, 1913

The Influential Magazines That Drove Women’s Suffrage

March 25, 2020

| The Graduate Center, York College

As the nation debated women's suffrage in the 20th century, two very different but influential magazines devoted special issues to the cause. Read more ›

Black and white photo shows a destroyed Jewish community in the vicinity of Trostenets, Ukraine.

Before the Holocaust: The Massacre of Jews in Russian Pogroms

March 18, 2020

| Queens College, The Graduate Center

A new book looks deeply at pogroms, the murderous rampages in 19th- and 20th-century Russia that resulted in the deaths of at least 150,000 Jews. Read more ›

The stony coral (Oculina patagonica) after being exposed to acidic ocean condition (pH 7.4) after two months and four months. (Credit: Moaz Fine and Dan Tchernov)

The Next Extinction May Be On the Way — But Stony Corals Could Survive

March 17, 2020

| Baruch College, The Graduate Center

Sixty-six million years ago, when the most recent major extinction killed off 80% of animal species, stony corals survived. And they could make it through the next extinction. Read more ›

Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus).

‘Gentle Giants:’ The Secret Life of the Antillean Manatee

March 16, 2020

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

Ph.D. candidate Eric Ramos uses drones to study Antillean manatees in Belize — in a pair of studies that are sure to help researchers learn more about the subspecies. Read more ›

Symbol of the strike with signs and a megaphone

Beyond Populism: New Book Unpacks the Anger of Global Politics

March 12, 2020

| Queens College, The Graduate Center

A new book by anthropologists analyzes the roots of political anger that followed the 2008 financial collapse Read more ›

Women gather behind an "ERA YES" sign. Credit: American Association of University Women.

One Scholar’s Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment: ‘We Can Fix It’

March 11, 2020

| The Graduate Center

Professor Julie Suk chronicles the history of the Equal Rights Amendment and how the nation can join the decades-long fight for the ERA. Read more ›

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NYC’s Tech Economy and the Double Meaning of ‘Innovation Complex’

March 10, 2020

| Brooklyn College, The Graduate Center

A new book called "The Innovation Complex" examines how government fostered the growth of New York City's tech sector, and how it's reshaping the ecoonomy. Read more ›