The Graduate Center, CUNY

05/31/2026

Congratulations to Mariana Vasilita, who earned her Au.D. in Audiology! We look forward to celebrating you at Commencement on June 2!

05/30/2026

Congratulations to Hui Peng, who earned her Ph.D. in Theatre & Performance! We look forward to celebrating you at Commencement on June 2!

05/29/2026

What if the U.S. and China have more in common than we think?

In this clip from The Great Global Transformation: The United States, China, and the Remaking of the World Economic Order, Qin Gao explores surprising similarities between the two countries’ approaches to poverty, social welfare, and economic policy.

As global power shifts reshape the world economy, what can these comparisons tell us about the future?

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05/29/2026

Congratulations to Ivana Prelević, who earned her Ph.D. in French! We look forward to celebrating you at Commencement on June 2!

05/29/2026

Philosophy salons at the CUNY Graduate Center are filling up within minutes. In an article and podcast, learn about the growing hunger for spaces where people can think together about AI, morality, knowledge, and free will

With the Analytic Salon, the Graduate Center’s Saul Kripke Center is bringing analytic philosophy out of the seminar room and into the public discourse.

05/29/2026

What was destroyed to build Central Park?

In this clip from Hostile Architecture vs. Democratic Design for the Future, Marta Gutman reflects on Seneca Village, the Black community displaced to create Central Park, and asks us to reconsider who public spaces are truly built for.

Watch the full conversation now on YouTube. 🎥

05/28/2026

ICYMI, watch “The Great Global Transformation: The U.S., China, and the Remaking of the World Economic Order” https://youtu.be/xr1zscNHeYI – now on our YouTube channel!

After unprecedented economic growth during the 20th century, is the U.S. losing its place as a world power? How have China’s economic rise and its growing class of uber-wealthy elites shaken up its society? How are the seismic changes to both countries reshuffling the global economic order? Are Trump, Xi Jinping, and Putin — all products of neoliberal globalization — leading its reversal? A panel of experts discusses questions raised in the new book by Branko Milanovic, author of Capitalism, Alone and other landmark works, who is a research professor at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY Graduate Center.

Featuring Qin Gao, professor of social policy and social work at Columbia University; Daniel Markovits, professor at Yale Law School and author of The Meritocracy Trap; and Adam Tooze, professor of History at Columbia University and author of Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World Economy. Janet Gornick, professor of Political Science and Sociology and director of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the CUNY Graduate Center, moderates. Presented with the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.

This video was recorded live on May 6, 2026.After unprecedented e...

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Cristian R. Solorza, who earned his Ph.D. in Urban Education! We look forward to celebrating you at Commencement on June 2!

05/28/2026

“Start asking those questions now.” Prof. Ava Chin’s family history traces erased stories of immigration, exclusion, and resilience across generations of Chinese Americans

Professor Ava Chin describes the making of her acclaimed memoir “Mott Street,” why personal stories are political acts, and why you should call your grandmother right now.

05/27/2026

“Hostile architecture communicates fear.”

In this clip from Hostile Architecture vs. Democratic Design for the Future, Setha Low examines how the design of public spaces shapes who feels welcome, who feels excluded, and what our cities silently communicate every day.

From benches to train stations, the conversation asks: what would it mean to build spaces rooted in care, accessibility, and community instead of fear?

🎥 Watch the full discussion now on YouTube.