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When the COVID pandemic paused Sato Moughalian’s music career, she pursued a long-held dream: to study history and art history. The flexibility and support of the M.A. in Liberal Studies program were perfect. See what a master's degree in Liberal Studies can do for you https://buff.ly/41347zM

Pheobe Cohen came to the CUNY Graduate Center to study family abolition and get her master's degree. See what a master’s degree in Poli Sci from the CUNY Graduate Center can do for you https://buff.ly/3Qjuxs8

Gave my first public math talk this week @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social! Compositional public health is an early field & offers a robust approach for future health crises. It's an honor to develop this field & it's vision. Thanks Profs @eminichiello.bsky.social & Noson Yanofsky for the invitation!

Such a great evening! Thanks to Public Programs for making it happen 🤩

Hey NYC area #medievalsky folks and fans of astrophysics, mothers, and/or miracles. Want to meet @saavikford.bsky.social ? I sure do! March 7 CUNY GC (this event made possible, ultimately, by @lollardfish.bsky.social )

Congratulations to Prof. Emily Wilbourne, who has won another prize for her book, "Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence"! The Renaissance Society of America has awarded her book the 2025 Phyllis Goodheart Gordan Prize for the best book in Renaissance Studies.

Attention MALS Students! 🚨 The deadline for your MALS grant applications is just around the corner—tomorrow, to be exact! Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to secure funding for your studies! Get those applications in and let your hard work shine! ✨

A familiar face on @cityandstateny.bsky.social's 2025 New York City Power 100 list! bit.ly/3QqgwZZ

Graduate Center students, staff, and faculty, come by our Spring semester virtual drop-in hours on Monday from 11am to 1pm! Visit our calendar at cuny.is/gcdi-calendar or linktr.ee/GCDigitalFellows and sign up to receive the Zoom link. See you then!

Okay maybe not Monday, but Tuesday for sure... and definitely we've got something for ya at the end of the week.

DF Parisa Setayesh @psetayesh.bsky.social helps us navigate the questions and considerations needed when working with participatory data and especially participatory maps in this week's Tagging the Tower post, "Rethinking Participatory Mapping as a Justice-Oriented Practice?" Read at cuny.is/ttt

Astronomer Yuzhe (Robert) Song, a 2022 GC Science Communication Fellow, shares their passion for diversity and inclusivity and the importance of both in astronomy. bit.ly/4kbkYta

Thanks to all for a fascinating & fun event, “The Comedic Genius of Elaine May” celebrating May’s impact on stage & screen - feat. Edward Miller, Elizabeth Alsop, Philip Wiles & improv group Binder Full of Women. Video coming soon! (Photos: Paula Vlodkowsky) #comedy #theater @cuny.edu

Today: The Political Theory Workshop of @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social presents a discussion of Robert Nichols’s work, “Red Power Partisans: Native American Activism and the ‘New Indian Wars’” with comments from Laura Altinsoy! Email [email protected] for the paper and the zoom link.

📣 CUNY oral historians @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Our friends @oralhistorycu.bsky.social oralhistory.org ohmar.org & @queensmemory.bsky.social are hosting their Winter Social on 2/25 RSVP here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Statue of Liberty symbolizes hope for immigrants—but is that promise at risk? Join experts on 02/26 at 6:30 PM to discuss U.S. immigration policy and protecting immigrant rights. RSVP: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/futur... @cunygcsociology.bsky.social #immigration #advocacy #CUNYEvents

Discover the neural basis of species recognition in brood-parasitic birds with Dr. Mark Hauber, ASRC (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social) 🐦 2/26, 11 AM Science Building D139 More info: https://buff.ly/4hjonnL

This is my recent podcast with @sromalewski.bsky.social discussing the prep stating now for the 2030 census. Steve is renowned for his mapping of elections based on census data. Listen in!

#WritingTip: Before you take a #WritingBreak this weekend, spend 10-15 minutes writing a note to future you that captures what you've done this week and sets a few goals for next week @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. That way, you can hit the ground running on Monday and maintain momentum.

@sromalewski.bsky.social joins @tanyadomi.bsky.social on The Thought Project podcast to discuss the stakes of the next U.S. census and his work to ensure an accurate count https://buff.ly/4bh28Ne

The Political Theory Workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social has announced its spring 2025 schedule!

President @joshbrumberg.bsky.social is speaking to Builds Bio+ on March 6 about the NY Metro Life Science Outlook buildsbio.org/nym-life-sci... @asrc-gc.bsky.social

👇🏼‼️The Graduate Center has established a set of quick-response funds (in amounts of up to $3,000) to support students who are facing short-term unexpected financial emergencies. We aim to help students complete their degrees rather than take a leave of absence or withdraw from school.

Our Fellows Showcase was a success! Thank you to all of our hardworking Fellows who presented their archival research projects. Click the link in our bio to stay up to date on more events like this! Applications for our next Archival Research Fellowships are due today by 11:59pm

Our Photonics Initiative has curated an exciting workshop that will feature six internationally renowned speakers in the electrical engineering field. Review the schedule (PDF linked) and join us next week! bit.ly/3XaUkqd 🗓️Feb. 26 ⏰9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 📍CUNY ASRC Auditorium

To support students facing urgent financial hardship, the Office of Fellowships and Financial Aid is offering Helping Hands Emergency Grants, providing up to $3,000 in one-time assistance. Learn more: www.gc.cuny.edu/fellowships-...

Writers benefit from different kinds of feedback at different stages @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social but communicating with readers can be hard! Join us next week for "Soliciting Effective Feedback" and learn how to get what you need! Learn more and register here: https://buff.ly/4ge8iP9

This evening @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social I look forward to engaging with students in #Econ4All on a core economic concept, "scarcity", and how to make choices that best use the resources available to us, ideas we owe to the great economist Lionel Robbins. #EconSky milescorak.com/my-teaching/...

The Thought Project spoke w/ sromalewski.bsky.social this week discussing prep for the 2030 census that has begun.We also discussed how the mapping project This is a map of the 2021 NYC Mayoral primary. www.gc.cuny.edu/news/how-cun... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Another cool and useful workshop open to CUNY people! Mapping 1: Beginners intro to ArcGIS Storymaps Wed Feb 26 2 - 4 pm EST Free gcdi.commons.gc.cuny... #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcdi.bsky.social @pkmedievalstudy.bsky.social

If you or someone you know needs financial assistant for an emergency, this resource might help. #WritingCommunity

If you are a @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social student and have an unexpected expense or loss of income, the Helping Hand Emergency Grant may be of help. Thanks for sharing @writingcentergc.bsky.social

Next Wednesday 2/26, join us for our first Coffee Connection of Spring 2025. 2-4pm in room 6203.02! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Congratulations to CLAGS on this game-changing $100K gift from James M. Saslow! Learn more about Saslow, who has supported CLAGS from the beginning, and how his gift will enhance LGBTQ+ studies at a crucial time www.gc.cuny.edu/news/gift-cu... @mattbrim.bsky.social

Grad Center students, can you convey the excitement and importance of your research in a single, dynamic image? Enter the Images of Research competition, and you could win $250! www.gc.cuny.edu/presidents-o...

Join us for our virtual open house on Feb. 28 to learn about this unique program focused on writing and studying biography and memoir. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/virtu...

Please join us next Wednesday (02/19) in-person for the second session of the CPW of Spring 25 from 6.30-8pm. DM for details about the session.

Zotero is a great resource for writers in any discipline @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social ! #AcademicLife

Join the livestream tonight! #comedy

More coverage of our work on ornamental bat trade. Already, media attention has shifted discourse, with ++ social-media posts by ppl who learnt that the trade is illegal, unethical & unsustainable. Thanks to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @shantalwriter.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/painted...

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and nine of its undergraduate colleges have been designated as leading U.S. research institutions in this year’s Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education.

HIRING: The CUNY ASRC seeks an Associate Director of Pre-Award Management to lead the development and submission of grant proposals in support of pre-award research administration. Interested? Apply now! Learn more: bit.ly/4aZ4qjD

Prithi Kanakamedala (faculty coordinator PS2) is excited to serve as faculty coach for a second year 💜 APPLY APPLY APPLY ⬇️

Upcoming Online Library Workshop: Intro to Zotero for Citation Management 📚 Monday, March 3 6-7pm Register @ tinyurl.com/3cjv5udw

📢 Linguistics Colloquium tomorrow, Feb 20! Join us for Celeste Escobar’s talk on educational resources for displaced Indigenous languages. 📍 CUNY GC, Room C201 ⏰ 4:15-6 PM | Hybrid option available (Register here: tinyurl.com/3zt6nscb) 🍷 Come for the linguistics, stay for the wine & cheese!

On 2/24 at 7:30pm composers of the GC and Stony Brook Ph.D. in Composition programs present a concert of new music, including works by Margaret Anne Schedel & Jocelyn Ho, Jack Hamil & June Cummings, Jeremy Wei Rosenstock, Qiujiang Levi Lu, and Daniel Weymouth. Image: Women's Labor Tactile Rhetorics

We are always thrilled to see our MA students continue their academic journey into PhD programs. Congratulations to Josefine Ziebell. Wishing you continued success 🎉!

For the painted woolly bat, beauty is a curse. Prof. @joannacoleman.bsky.social shines a light on the near-threatened species and a growing online trade on Esty and eBay for dead bat ornaments https://buff.ly/4hJAmes

Application deadline for Spring 2025 Student Awards has been extended to this Friday, February 21st! More information and application instructions can be found through this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We hope to see you apply!

Applications are due by Sunday, March 16 for the Dissertation Showcase! More info here: www.gc.cuny.edu/provosts-off...