New York 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 ›

The Startling History of Jewish Burial In New York

April 2, 2020

| Brooklyn College

In the 17th century, the first Jews who arrived in New York asked for a special burial place for their dead. Centuries later, Jewish burial in the city tells a broader story about life in America. Read more ›

Panicked New Yorkers Say Government Isn’t Doing Enough About COVID-19

March 31, 2020

| Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

Many New Yorkers report being on-edge or anxious as the number of COVID-19 cases in the city continues to increase. Read more ›

Albany skyline along a foggy Hudson River.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions are Coming From an Unlikely Place — The Hudson

December 27, 2019

| Queens College, The Graduate Center

The Hudson River is a source of methane and carbon dioxide, but even those greenhouse gases largely come from human sources. Read more ›

Close up a prison cell. The bars are in focus, but the cell itself is not.

SNAPSHOT: Prisons and Mental Illness

January 8, 2019

| Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

An investigative journalist looked into the rate of inmates diagnosed with mental illness, and the dangerous situations that can arise when they're not properly treated. Read more ›

Mature male doctor looking at medical chart in office, side view

Providing Non-Citizens a Path to Professional Licenses in NY, CA

November 26, 2018

| School of Law

A new article details the legal pathways California and New York created to make it easier for non-citizens to obtain licenses in certain professions. Read more ›

The Fall and Rise of Brooklyn

September 4, 2018

| City Tech, The Graduate Center

Two professors explore what’s been gained in Brooklyn's story of urban revitalization, but also what’s been lost as gentrification prices out the poor. Read more ›

To Clean Up Newtown Creek, Get to Know its Microbes

July 23, 2018

| LaGuardia Community College

Professors Olga Calderón, Holly Porter-Morgan, and Joby Jacob found cause for concern as well as hope in observing the bacteria in a heavily polluted creek. Read more ›

Woolworth Mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY

To See Classical Architecture, Head to Woodlawn Cemetery

June 4, 2018

| The Graduate Center

In her new book, Professor Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis examines classical and Egyptian architecture in New York cemeteries. Read more ›

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