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Computer generated illustration of heterochromatin

Check out Prof. Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle lab's (CUNY ASRC Structural Biology Initiative) recent collaboration with Profs. Patrizia Casaccia (founding director of the Neuroscience Initiative at the CUNY ASRC) and Jia Liu, and Hye-Jin Park in Nature Communications Biology! https://go.nature.com/4ou2CUZ

Two people sitting on a stage in front of banners for CUNY Graduate Center. There is a small round table between them. The person on the left is holding a microphone and speaking.

Enjoyed the conversation between Nobel Prize-winning chemist & author of "Why We Die" Venkatraman Ramakrishnan + our own David Jeruzalmi on aging, life expectancy, & life/health span. Diet, sleep, & exercise are still primary factors in longevity. Photo: Michael Starnbach

The National Science Foundation may have found its future-for-now home.

A photo of a Museum intern talking to two visitors. The intern is shining a flashlight on the Singing Stone in the Halls of Gems and Minerals as she discusses the specimen. The Singing Stone is a large porous-looking rectangular rock that has blue and green swirl-like patterns on its surface.

A photo of two Museum interns talking to a group of visitors in front of the enlarged model of a bee hive in the Insectarium. One of the interns is pointing to a screen as he discusses facts about insects.

A photo of a Museum intern talking to a group of visitors in the Hall of Human Origins. The visitors are listening to the intern speak as they stand beside the replica model of Lucy.

A photo of a Museum intern talking to a group of visitors in front of the leafcutter ant colony in the Insectarium.

Have you ever wanted to be an intern at the Museum? Now’s your chance: Our Museum Education Experience Program (MEEP) is looking for fall interns! Applications are open through August 24. Details: bit.ly/3Jc5XJv

Photos: A. Keding/ © AMNH

Trump’s chief science adviser faces a storm of criticism: what's next? US researchers were hopeful when Donald Trump appointed Michael Kratsios to a top science position, but many say he has contributed to the chaos. Can he turn things around?

CCNY Mark W. Zemansky Professor of Physics Michael Lubell quoted in @nature.com article on the new Science Advisor who's not a scientist www.nature.com/articles/d41...

City College Ph.D. Graduate Shapes the Future of Brain Research—Dr. Katherine Anderson. The ability of animals to tailor their communication to different social situations is more sophisticated and human-like than we often imagine. For Dr. Katherine Anderson, who recently earned her Ph.D...

In our July issue of The RICC, we profiled recent Ph.D graduates across the many disciplines at CCNY.

Learn more about Dr. Katherine Anderson, who recently earned her Ph.D. in molecular, cellular and developmental biology: thericc.com/city-college...

The National Science Foundation has awarded Professor of Chemistry @mklakshman.bsky.social a $600k grant to develop novel chemical methods for modification of nucleosides! www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-ch...

Dr. Maeva Coste @asrc-gc.bsky.social is an Activate Fellow!
Working across 14 industries, the 39 companies comprising Activate Cohort 2025 represent 29 cities in 9 US states. www.activate.org/biowraptor

NSF advances 29 semifinalists in the second NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition The U.S. National Science Foundation  Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced the 29 semifinalists advancing to the next stage of the second…

Rein Ulijn @asrc-gc.bsky.social is one of only 29 semifinalists in the NSF RIE competition! www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-adv...

Do you have a seminar paper, dissertation chapter, or conference presentation that you’d like to turn into an article? If this is your first time revising something you already have into an article manuscript you can submit, or if you want to learn more about a process you’ve already attempted, join us for an informational webinar on revising for an article-length publication. We’ll review the key elements of an article, identify the criteria reviewers look for in a strong article, and help you understand how to strategically prioritize when revising your way toward an article manuscript that has the best chances of receiving a “revise and resubmit” from reviewers.

Academic writers often revise existing work to produce articles, a task that means asking challenging questions about structure and content. Join us next week for a workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social that will help get you started! Use the QR code below or go to our website: buff.ly/AU3u8Re

Announcing the CUNY Winners of the 2025 Google Cybersecurity Grants Faculty at the Graduate Center and throughout CUNY receive support for innovative work in AI, autonomous vehicle technology, smartphones, and wearable devices.

Nine @cuny.edu faculty-led research projects addressing emerging challenges & opportunities in cybersecurity are newly Google-funded! For 2025, 12 faculty members from six CUNY campuses and two CUNY Graduate Center doctoral students. www.gc.cuny.edu/news/announc...

From Flushing to Long Island City: Mapping Chinese Diasporic Urbanism in Queens — Zihao Zhang What do malls in Flushing, food courts in Long Island City and a viral TikTok meme all have in common? For a team of designers and researchers at City College, they’re clues to a deeper story about sp...

Check out the latest issue of The RICC, where we highlight The Spitzer School of Architecture faculty who are recipient of the Independent Projects grants from the New York State Council on the Arts.

Read about the details of Dr. Zihao Zhang project below:

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Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.

The People fund the science! Students are driving a renewed effort to share publicly funded research and humanize scientists #SciComm www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Bacteria Use Light in Surprising Ways to Handle Stress Alumna Danielle Swingle’s research shows that some bacteria follow different rules when reacting to light and stress.

“The ASRC is a structural biologist’s dream,” says alumna Danielle Swingle. “I had access to every major instrument and training from associated experts.” Learn about her latest research www.gc.cuny.edu/news/bacteri... @asrc-gc.bsky.social @ccnyresearch.bsky.social @gc-biochemphd.bsky.social

Trump Cuts Off Budding CUNY Scientists From Mentorship and Aid

Termination of @cuny.edu NIH U-RISE programs cuts off aspiring biomedical scientists from research experiences that solidifies interests and develops key research skills. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/14/c...

Exploring Emotion Through Visual Perception—Dr. Edward A. Vessel What if the way we feel about an image, whether it is outdoor scenery, a city skyline, or a childhood photo, wasn't just about memory or mood but something deeper in how we see? For Dr. Edward A. Vess...

Our recent research published in PNAS is featured today in the Research and Innovation at City College (RICC) Newsletter. Thanks so much to the CCNY Office of Research @ccnyresearch.bsky.social for your support and interest!

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@ccnyscience.bsky.social @nature.com CCNY Mark W. Zemansky Professor of Physics Fellow Michael Lubell frames the long-term costs of cutting research funding to US universities.

Huge congrats to Hunter College and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Professor and pioneering marine biochemist Mandë Holford who has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science! #HunterPride

More: hunter.cuny.edu/news/hunter-...

So honoured to have our ornamental-bat-trade work included in Earth Day coverage of how CUNY Graduate Centre researchers contribute to safeguarding the environment.

I will always #DefendNature as if our lives depend on it.

Karen Strassler

Congratulations to Prof. Karen Strassler, who won a Guggenheim Fellowship for her upcoming book on how images shared by people with breast cancer shape perceptions of the illness and of women’s bodies www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

See GORGONA at the CCNY Documentary Forum with a talk by Director Antonio Tibaldi, 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Film-Video! #GuggFellows2025 www.eventbrite.com/e/gorgona-fi...

Announcing the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has given Fellowships to exceptional artists, writers, scholars, and scientists, empowering them to pursue meaningful work under the freest possible conditions.

Congratulations to Antonio Tibaldi, Professor at City College of New York @cuny.edu & now a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Film-Video! #GuggFellows2025

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Understanding the Past and Shaping the Future — Dr. Alexandra Stern In a time marked by political polarization and competing narratives, the study of history has never been more urgent. For Dr. Alexandra Stern, assistant professor of history at CCNY, the power of hist...

In our latest issue of The RICC, Research and Innovation at City College, we highlighted Dr. Alexandra Stern, assistant professor of history, who specializes in 19th-century U.S. history.

Read more: thericc.com/understandin...

Tiny Magnets, Big Potential: How Spin Waves Let Particles “Talk” in 2D Materials Physicists have discovered that electronic excitations in 2D magnets can interact through spin waves – ripples in a material’s magnetic structure. This breakthrough allows excitons (electron-hole pair...

CCNY physicist @optikalphysicist.bsky.social & colleagues make breakthrough in interactions between electronic excitations, with implications for quantum computing. Published 2025 in @naturematerials.bsky.social scitechdaily.com/tiny-magnets...

CCNY physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves – CUNY Newswire Groundbreaking research by physicists at The City College of New York is being credited for a novel discovery regarding the interaction of electronic excitations via spin waves. The finding by the Lab...

Read more about the groundbreaking research from CCNY's physicists!