Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY

09/03/2026

Weather and climate influence almost every aspect of animal life and behavior — from reproduction and life cycles to species interactions and distribution — yet wildlife conservation and climate action are often treated as separate disciplines, with separate solutions. Join the CUNY ASRC Environmental Sciences Initiative, the National Wildlife Federation, and The Wildlife Society Wildlife Society, on Sept. 23 to discuss the urgency of climate action for conservation.

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Rapid biodiversity loss and accelerating climate change are connected crises. Under the worst case scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions in the 21st century,…

08/27/2026

A new paper led by Yuchen Zhang, a Ph.D. student in Professor Xi Chen's lab (Nanoscience Initiative), explores a new approach to manufacturing scalable hygroscopic biocomposites that combine high-performance water-responsive actuation with structural robustness. https://bit.ly/4cbSQDO

08/25/2026

Join us in welcoming our new faculty members: Dumitru Călugăru, J. Wren Kim, Dimitrios Sounas, Ana Maria Delgado, Orisanmi Burton, Julia Huyck, Matthew Stover, and Prasad Iyer. We are thrilled to have you at the CUNY Graduate Center! https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/cuny-graduate-center-welcomes-new-faculty-members

08/24/2026

Congratulations to Einstein Professor Patrizia Casaccia, who received the 2026 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Neuroscience! https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/patrizia-casaccia-earns-third-major-national-institute-neurological-disorders-and-stroke-award

08/21/2026

Andrea Alù, founding director of the CUNY ASRC Photonics Initiative and Distinguished and Einstein Professor at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and his team recently co-authored a paper titled "Broadband Radiative Heat Transfer Suppression via Dispersion-Engineered Metasurfaces" through a research collaboration with Research Scientist Timothy Palinski and his team from Honeywell Aerospace Technologies. https://bit.ly/4gvj9X4

Published in Nature Communications, the paper highlights a significant scientific advance in controlling radiative heat transfer using engineered metasurfaces. The achievement underscores the value of strong university-industry partnerships in advancing breakthrough technologies, with potential applications in energy-efficient thermal management and next-generation engineering systems.

08/21/2026

Congratulations to Patrizia Casaccia, founding director of the CUNY ASRC Neuroscience Initiative and Einstein Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at The Graduate Center, CUNY, on receiving the 2026 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Landis Award (National Institutes of Health (NIH)), which recognizes careers distinguished by scientific innovation and the development of the next generation of researchers. https://bit.ly/4ztCwbt

08/13/2026

A new startup, founded by Jiye Son, unveils a line of children’s nail polish, free of harmful chemicals and inspired by her doctoral research.

07/23/2026

CUNY ASRC and CCNY CDI researchers have received an $18.1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) award to create a cloud-programmable national laboratory that uses artificial intelligence and robotics to speed the discovery, design, and production of advanced bio-inspired materials. https://bit.ly/4xjecYb

The project’s leadership team includes principal investigator Ronald Koder (Physics, The City College of New York), co-principal investigators Rein Ulijn (founding director of the CUNY ASRC Nanoscience Initiative and distinguished professor of chemistry at Hunter College), Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay (Computer Science, CCNY), Raymond Tu (Chemical Engineering, CCNY), and Xi Chen (Nanoscience, CUNY ASRC/Chemical Engineering, CCNY), who bring expertise in multi-agent AI, peptide materials, and automated characterization. AI-BIOME also collaborates and builds on industry partnerships with the CUNY ASRC Center for Advanced Technology (CAT), led by Business Development Director Tavis Ezell.

07/21/2026

Congratulations! Patrizia Casaccia, Einstein Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at The Graduate Center, CUNY and founding director of the CUNY ASRC Neuroscience Initiative, awarded the Scientific Research Award by Associazione CulturiAMO. https://bit.ly/4wYzJFj

07/08/2026

A new study by Andrea Alù, Distinguished Professor and Einstein Professor of Physics at the CUNY Graduate Center and founding director of the CUNY ASRC’s Photonics Initiative, and his team bring a black hole theory that's more than a half a century old to life in their lab. https://bit.ly/3R6vwQp