May 12 | Video Conversation with UPR Student Activists May 10, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil This Friday May 12, 4pm CUNY Graduate Center, Room 8400 Join CUNY Solidarity with UPR and the Puerto Rico Studies Group in a Skype conversation with activists participating in the ongoing student strike at the University of Puerto Rico and learn about the struggle around the debt crisis and public education.… Read More
May 16 | Book Discussion: Poverty in Puerto Rico (2016) May 10, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Please join the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, & Latino Studies for a book discussion next Tuesday, May 16 in room 9205 on Poverty in Puerto Rico (2016) with author Dr. Hector Cordero-Guzman.… Read More
Summer Pilates at the GC Registration will begin at 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 10 May 10, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil The Graduate Center offers fitness classes facilitated by the Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC) and the Student Affairs office. We are offering a summer Pilates session. Registration will begin on Wednesday, May 10 at 10:00 am in room 7301. Students, Faculty, Staff and Community Members must register in person at the Student Affairs office, room 7301. Payment… Read More
Part-time Jobs at IBM May 10, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Preparing for Careers Outside of Academia (IBM Session) Date/Time Date(s) – 05/09/2017 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Location CUNY Graduate Center, room 9205 Ben Zweig and Jonathan DeBusk, GC alums from Economics and Sociology and current strategy consultants in the IBM Chief Analytics Office (CAO), will speak about their experience in searching for, interviewing and… Read More
Summer Hatha Yoga at the GC May 10, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil The Graduate Center offers fitness classes facilitated by the Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC) and the Student Affairs office. We are offering a summer Hatha Yoga session. Further information will be sent out if we are able to offer other classes. Registration will begin on Friday, May 5 at 10:00 am in room 7301. Students, Faculty, Staff and… Read More
May 18 | “The Graduate Student’s Guide to Personal Finance” May 10, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Please join the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development for an upcoming webinar on personal finance for graduate students. The presenter is Emily Roberts, who holds a PhD in biomedical engineering and is the founder of the websites Grad Student Finances (http://www.gradstudentfinances.org/) and PhD Stipends (http://www.phdstipends.com/). It may seem impossible to think about financial… Read More
May 10 | “How to Budget and Meet Financial Goals with Your Stipend” May 10, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Please join the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development for an upcoming webinar on personal finance for graduate students. The presenter is Emily Roberts, who holds a PhD in biomedical engineering and is the founder of the websites Grad Student Finances (http://www.gradstudentfinances.org/) and PhD Stipends (http://www.phdstipends.com/). It may seem impossible to think about financial… Read More
May 5-6 | Fictions of History Critical Theory Conference May 2, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil The Critical Theory Certificate Program and the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY invite you to attend “Fictions of History: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Critical Theory.” The conference will take place May 5th-6th, 2017. Stephen Greenblatt will give the Keynote Lecture on May 5th at 6:30, and Mark Anderson, Daniel Kehlmann, and… Read More
May 9 | Preparing for Careers Outside of Academia May 2, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, CUNY Graduate Center, room 9205 Ben Zweig and Jonathan DeBusk, GC alums from Economics and Sociology and current strategy consultants in the IBM Chief Analytics Office (CAO), will speak about their experience in searching for, interviewing and transitioning to careers outside of academia, as well as answer your questions. They… Read More
End of Semester Graduate Writing Consultations May 2, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Final papers & coursework due? We can help! Sign up for a writing consultation below. Appointment spots are limited & fill up rapidly on a first-come first-serve basis. Sign up now to reserve your consultation. Graduate writing consultants are available to meet with Graduate Center students to review students’ written materials and to discuss writing-related… Read More