I love Olga Soffer's reinvention story and I love the roles the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and @cuny.edu play in it. #academicsky Olga Soffer, Fashion Maven Who Studied Caveman Couture, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...

Olga Soffer, Fashion Maven Who Studied Caveman Couture, Dies at 83

After working for a department store, she switched to archaeology and made important discoveries about prehistoric clothes and gender roles.

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some news to share: this Fall 2026, I’ll be an associate professor with tenure at @baruch.cuny.edu & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social! I’m joining Baruch’s Black & Latinx Studies dept & the GC’s Black, Race, & Ethnic Studies dept. I’m excited to contribute to the incredible work happening at CUNY!

As we continue to honor the memory of @baruch.cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social prof. Johanna Fernández, we would like to recommend that people visit her curated exhibition, Latinx Freedom, which runs until August 20. www.theshed.org/program/522-...

Happy Wednesday job seekers @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social! There's still time to register for our upcoming workshop on The Academic Cover Letter. Learn more and sign up now on our website: buff.ly/nibeURk

Workshops and Webinars

Summer 2026 Workshops  June Getting Unstuck: Using Informal Writing Techniques Effectively Wednesday, June 24 @ 4PM; register here A key challenge that writers face is feeling stuck in a project an…

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The Graduate Center mourns the loss of Prof. Johanna Fernández, a groundbreaking scholar and activist who transformed the understanding of Latino history. www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria... Ph.D. Program in History at The CUNY Graduate CenterBaruch History Department Baruch College

The Graduate Center mourns the loss of Prof. Johanna Fernández, a groundbreaking scholar and activist who transformed the understanding of Latino history. www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria... Ph.D. Program in History at The CUNY Graduate CenterBaruch History Department Baruch College

The Graduate Center community mourns the loss of former Prof. Scott Douglas, a distinguished scholar of medieval literature who taught and mentored doctoral students for over 15 years. https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoriam-scott-douglas-westrem CUNY English PhD Program

The Graduate Center joins @baruchhistory.bsky.social and @baruch.cuny.edu in mourning the devastating loss of Prof. Johanna Fernández

Baruch History Department@baruchhistory.bsky.social · 4d ago

With great sadness we report that @baruch.cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social Prof. Johanna Fernández passed away on July 30, 2026. We mourn her loss and celebrate her achievements and legacy: blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=447

We are looking for a new associate director of photonics at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social, please apply if interested! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

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It's the last day of July, so let's finish strong with our writing goals today @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social! Need to reset for August? Check out our resource about goal setting:

Goal Setting for your Writing

Aim for goals that are specific, measurable, and achievable! Want a download of this guide?Goal-Planning-Guide PDFDownload To make your writing project manageable and keep yourself on track, break …

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Dislocation-induced magnetization reversal in a ferromagnetic film by J. F. Soriano and E. M. Chudnovsky @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @lehmancollege.bsky.social 👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

So wonderful to see this appreciation of my colleague @davidharvey.org latest book on Marx. I'm frankly in awe of his scholarship and thankful that he has the good sense to support #LCF! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

David Harvey’s Masterclass in Marx

The Story of Capital connects the world of the academy and the world of the street protest.

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If you're going on the job market this fall @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social, we've got a workshop that you won't want to miss! Join us next week for The Academic Cover Letter and learn how to make yourself stand out as a candidate. Register with the QR code or on our website: buff.ly/nibeURk

What a gift to relive & recount so many memories of the GC, & to celebrate this strange & now award-winning novel @clashbooks.bsky.social

CUNY Graduate Center@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Congratulations to alumnus Chris Campanioni (@chriscampanioni.bsky.social), who won the 2026 Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work for a novel he began writing at the Graduate Center! https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/alumnus-wins-major-literary-award-novel-begun-graduate-center

Congratulations to alumnus Chris Campanioni (@chriscampanioni.bsky.social), who won the 2026 Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work for a novel he began writing at the Graduate Center! https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/alumnus-wins-major-literary-award-novel-begun-graduate-center

Congratulations to Prof. Justin Garson for earning praise from the Wall Street Journal for his new book, "The Madness Pill," one of our summer reading recommendations. https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-madness-pill-review-delusions-chemical-source-784fde7c

‘The Madness Pill’ Review: Delusion’s Chemical Source

Dr. Solomon Snyder sought to identify the brain receptor for dopamine. His research revolutionized the treatment of mental illness.

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Prof. Emerita Eugenia Paulicelli is helping bring forgotten fashion star Ferdinando Sarmi back into the spotlight through a landmark exhibition and an accompanying film. https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/forgotten-fashion-star-returns-spotlight

CAIL created this AI use disclosure generator following the Generative AI Delegation Taxonomy (paywalled article about GAIDet here: doi.org/10.1080/0898...). cc: @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @minareeslibrary.bsky.social @cunygcdi.bsky.social @gctlc.bsky.social @writingcentergc.bsky.social

GAIDeT (Generative AI Delegation Taxonomy): A taxonomy for humans to delegate tasks to generative artificial intelligence in scientific research and publishing

The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in research raises concerns about transparency, accountability, and task delegation. While frameworks such as CRediT and the NIST AI Use ...

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A nice surprise: @cunyailab.bsky.social has launched an #AI Use Disclosure tool based on the #GAIDeT framework. Researchers can now generate publication-ready, structured disclosures of how #genAI was used across different stages of the research workflow: tools.ailab.gc.cuny.edu/ai-disclosure/

FREE HIV & HEP C RAPID TESTING + FREE PANTRY BAGS & FOOD VOUCHERS FOR WOMEN OF COLOR Tuesday, 8/11 from 11-2 Rm 8301 To register, email healthed@gc.cuny.edu via your GC or J-school student email. Health Bucks also available to all students while they last! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

The mayor and chancellor should be concerned about any appearance of employee fiscal impropriety and the message that sends to students and the general public.” @dcbloomfield.bsky.social @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social By Susan Edelman open.substack.com/pub/susanede...

Cashing In

A Queens superintendent is slapped with a $5,000 fine for co-owning a company that did more than $1.5 million in business with NYC schools since 2023.

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In our latest Science Spotlight, Biology Ph.D. alumnus Joey Verdi shares how he co-founded a biotech startup and how others can, too. https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/science-spotlight-taking-leap-found-biotech-startup

It's #SharkWeek, writers @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social, and to celebrate we're doing one of the things we do best: research! Here are some academic books on sharks from Princeton UP to jumpstart your shark expertise and help you join in the fun:

Shark books

Princeton University Press publishes the world’s leading shark books, created by a team of international experts and covering in gorgeous detail the world’s full range of shark species, providing…

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Prof. Michael Jacobson, director of the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, reviews David Garland’s “Law and Order Leviathan” for Vital City

A Sweeping Critique of America's Justice System

David Garland’s “Law and Order Leviathan” is a powerful work about how the United States got here and what should happen next.

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"It's about privilege and what constitutes privilege these days," Prof. Setha Low tells Business Insider. "Very wealthy people want to control their environment."

Inside the war over leaf blowers tearing millionaire Hamptons homeowners apart

The mega-rich's war over leaf blowers: 'Driven insane by this noise.'

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The #SHSAT admissions system is broken. It selects for test prep.” @dcbloomfield.bsky.social @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social By @errollouis.bsky.social @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

It’s Time to End the Test That’s Grotesquely Segregating NYC Schools

The SHSAT is a wildly unfair method of evaluating students disguised as a merit-based system.

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Alexandra W. Logue, professor emerita in the Center for Advanced Study in Education at the Graduate Center, makes a call for institutions to be precise in the terms used related to transfer credit

Transfer Research, Practice Benefit From Using Same Terminology

Transfer research and practice will benefit from using the same specific terminology.

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Congratulations to Christopher Nolan on a hugely successful opening of The Odyssey. We were fortunate to have him speak at the Graduate Center in 2023 about adapting history to film for Oppenheimer. Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/XABIUN2Whrs #summermovies

See where an @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social can do for you.

CUNY Graduate Center@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to alumna Michelle Millar Fisher, who was named chief curator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum! She shares her journey and her advice about finding roles in the art world @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Lina Khan as the board chairwoman of the Economic Development Corporation. She recently spoke to Prof. @pkrugman.bsky.social at the Graduate Center about innovative solutions to the affordability crisis. Watch their conversation youtu.be/Kv6ACS3a5_0

Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality: Lina M. Khan and Paul Krugman in Conversation

YouTube video by CUNY Graduate Center

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Prof. Phil Kasinitz wrote a beautiful tribute to Richard Alba in PNAS. Learn about the path-breaking sociologist’s legacy and body of work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Richard D. Alba 1942–2025: Distinguished scholar of ethnicity and immigrant assimilation and cherished mentor and friend | PNAS

Richard D. Alba, a path-breaking sociologist who studied immigrant assimilation and its impact on mainstream cultures, in the United States and in ...

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