During a year of political change, the Graduate Center and its scholars have demonstrated unwavering support for the LGBTQ+ community, shedding light on its history, well-being, and present challenges ...

When Distinguished Professor Cathy N. Davidson (English, Data Analysis and Visualization, Digital Humanities, American Studies) came to the CUNY Graduate Center in 2014, she brought with her a lofty ...

The CUNY Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Richard Alba (Sociology, Africana Studies), a pathbreaking demographer who bucked conventional ideas about how ...

To mark the release of her new Audible Original lecture series, Why Memoir Matters: Learning from the Lives of Others, alumna Tahneer Oksman (Ph.D. ’13, English) shared a list of memoirs to savor this ...

Lincoln Center’s elegant David Geffen Hall was the scene of much rejoicing on Tuesday as the CUNY Graduate Center conferred 460 doctoral and master’s degrees at its 59 th Commencement.. A moment to ...

In a time of backlash against LGBTQ+ individuals, Jean Halley, a professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and College of Staten Island, takes a powerful stand by addressing graduates at her home campus’ ...

Professor Emeritus Irvin Sam Schonfeld (GC/City College, Educational Psychology, Psychology) wants readers to look past the popular catchword “burnout.”. In their new book, Breaking Point: Job Stress, ...

Robert P. Robinson (Ph.D. ’20, Urban Education), an assistant professor of Africana Studies at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a member of the doctoral faculty in Urban Education and the ...

Venezia Michalsen (Ph.D. ’07, Criminal Justice) wants to change how people think about crime and justice.In her new book, Intersectional Feminist Criminology: A Critical Companion to Theory and ...

Lucas G. Rubin, director of the Latin/Greek Institute at the CUNY Graduate Center, has published The Latin/Greek Institute at the City University of New York (2025), a pictorial history of a program ...

In this episode of The Thought Project, CUNY Graduate Center Distinguished Professor Cathy N. Davidson reflects on her 11 transformative years at the City University of New York. Calling CUNY “an ...

Family pets can be a child’s best friend — and the accidental messengers of some of life’s most uncomfortable truths. A new study led by Professor Yana Kuchirko (GC/Brooklyn College, Psychology) finds ...