Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY

10/14/2026

Small center, big science! Get to know the six CUNY ASRC researchers who are simultaneous NSF CAREER Award recipients — Profs. Xi Chen, Chris DelRe, Gabriele Grosso, Qiushi Guo, Daniel Keedy, and Andy Reinmann — and their research endeavors. Together, their awards represent more than $4.2 million in research funding. https://bit.ly/4frkWxs

The Graduate Center, City University of New York

10/14/2026

Have you registered to attend the "Music Has Power Symposium & Awards” yet? Don't miss an exciting poster session and the chance to explore how sound, rhythm, vibration, and frequency influence the brain, body, and our capacity to heal. Meet the CUNY ASRC Neuroscience Initiative and the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function at The Graduate Center, CUNY on Nov. 9!

Learn more and register today.

Join IMNF and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center on November 9 for a free symposium exploring music, vibration, frequency, brain health, and the future of music-based interventions.

10/13/2026

Get ready for our annual Halloween Family Science Night! Hosted by the CUNY ASRC IlluminationSpace, we'll have snacks, rotating spooky science activities, and trick-or-treating on each floor on Oct. 29. RSVP at https://bit.ly/4zoilLo and check out last year's event below!

10/12/2026

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!

10/07/2026

Congratulations to Kendra Krueger, STEM Outreach and Education Manager at the CUNY ASRC, for being named the 2026 HYPOTHEkids Kinship awardee! She is recognized for her dedication to bridging STEAM and community advocacy. https://bit.ly/4hIU9Mq

10/02/2026

Congratulations to Gabriele Grosso, Professor of Physics at the CUNY ASRC Photonics Initiative and The Graduate Center, CUNY, for being named a 2026 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator! The $1.35 million, five-year award will support research exploring whether localized molecular vibrations in solids can become a new tool for quantum technologies. https://bit.ly/4B0krCO

10/01/2026

Throwback to last week when we kicked off Climate Week with FloodNet NYC. In addition to sharing their community engagement approaches and tools, the team explored the impact of their work in interactive breakout sessions. Missed the event? Read about their work! https://bit.ly/4iTCAvo

10/01/2026

More than a trailblazing scientist, Jane Goodall created the foundation of modern primatology. Revisit her legacy in the latest episode of ABC's "Big Ideas" podcast, hosted by Mark Hauber (Prof. of Biology and Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY and executive director of the CUNY ASRC).

Jane Goodall’s radical ideas that animals have individual personalities, relationships and even emotions reshaped how we understand primates. It also sparked fierce ethical debates that are still playing out today: Do great apes have rights? What responsibilities do researchers carry when studying...

09/28/2026

Andrea Alù, founding director of the CUNY ASRC Photonics Initiative and Distinguished Professor of Physics at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and his team discovered stable, repeating wave patterns in a metamaterial system, opening new possibilities for controlling light and sound. https://bit.ly/4htHmNB

09/28/2026

The CUNY Office of Research is accepting applications for the 2026 Interdisciplinary Research Grant program. Interdisciplinary research teams interested in developing innovative, scalable, and human-centered approaches that reimagine communities for aging members of society are invited to apply.

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