Navigating Academia

October 18, 2018

Seeking Travel/Research Funding

Presenting at academic conferences is an important part of professional development, as is time spent at research libraries. But what to do when conferences and the libraries hosting your research materials are far-flung?

July 3, 2018

How Highly Successful People Handle Self-Doubt

Many of us have an inner critic, a persistent thought pattern that tells us we’re wrong, we’re not good enough, or maybe even that we don’t deserve success. This thought… Read the rest

October 20, 2014

Logos & the Academy: What Is a Dissertation? The Future Is Not Written (Part 1)

No sooner had the notion of the Flood regained its composure, Than a hare paused amid the gorse and trembling bellflowers and said its prayer to the rainbow through the… Read the rest

August 29, 2014

Advice for Incoming International Students

Every August, the Graduate Center brings a few hundred new graduate students from all over the world to its campus in fabulous New York City. Through the Graduate Center (henceforth,… Read the rest

August 27, 2013

GC Resources and Links

Yesterday at new student orientation we showed a slide of links to useful GC resources. Here they are in no particular order: New Media Lab JustPublics@365 OpenCUNY GC Digital Initiatives… Read the rest

August 23, 2013

Surviving Graduate School

Welcome to the Graduate Center! To all of our incoming master’s and doctoral students, welcome! We are so pleased to have you here and to have the chance to be… Read the rest