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  Student Spotlight: Javier Otero Peña Wants to ‘Make Cities More Just and Livable’ Javier Otero Peña (Photo courtesy of Peña) In his first published paper, Ph.D. student Javier Otero Peña (Psychology) takes a step toward his goal of understanding why people do or do not use public spaces, and what those spaces mean to them. “What drove me to this field, and to a Ph.D. in environmental psychology, is a desire to make cities more just and livable,” Peña said. Peña was first author on the new paper, which examines park use in low-income neighborhoods around New York City. The...

  Learning to ‘Speak Lemur’: Fulbright Fellow Carly Batist Will Go to Madagascar to Study and Help Protect a Critically Endangered Species Carly Batist and a black-and-white ruffed lemur (Photos courtesy of Batist) By Lida Tunesi Ph.D. candidate Carly Batist (Anthropology (Biological)) received a 2021–2022 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to research the vocalizations of black-and-white ruffed lemurs in Madagascar.  Or, as she told The Graduate Center in an interview, “I’m essentially trying to speak lemur.” With her adviser Professor Andrea Baden (GC/Hunter, Anthropolo...

  Lemurs and Leaf Bugs, ‘Greening’ Neighborhoods and Green Energy: 11 Inspiring Graduate Center Students and Professors to Read About on Earth Day Lemurs and Leaf Bugs, ‘Greening’ Neighborhoods and Green Energy: 11 Inspiring Graduate Center Studen Even in this difficult last year, Graduate Center professors and students have been hard at work, researching the effects of climate change and investigating ways to protect animals and the environment:    3. Orchid researcher Simon Verlynde, a Ph.D. student in the Plant Sciences subprogram of The Graduate Center’s Biology progr...

  In Memoriam: Frances Degen Horowitz, President of The Graduate Center from 1991 to 2005 Frances Degen Horowitz The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Past President and Professor Emerita Frances Degen Horowitz, who died on March 15 at age 88. A prominent child psychologist, Horowitz served as The Graduate Center’s president from 1991 to 2005 and remained a member of the faculty until her retirement in 2010. She is widely admired for having the conviction and determination to move The Graduate Center from its original space in an office building on 42 nd Street to ...

  Ph.D. Candidate Alfredo Vidal Ceballos Creates Microscopic Images to Increase Awareness of Diseases Like Alzheimer’s Alfredo Vidal Ceballos s, a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry, works in Professor Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle’s lab at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, where he researches the role that material properties, such as viscosity and surface tension, play in regulating biomolecular liquids in the brain. Vidal Ceballos is also a Creative GC: Art Science Connect Research Fellow. The fellowship supports his project to create compelling microscopic images...