Faculty & Staff Accomplishments
We are excited to share recent accomplishments from faculty and staff members at our campuses around the world.
Accomplishments are listed by date of achievement in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was appointed to the editorial board of the new interdisciplinary journal, AI and Ethics on June 16, 2020. The journal will be published by Springer.
Andrew Costello
College of Arts & Sciences Behavioral SciencesAndrew Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, appeared on Fox and Friends First on June 2, 2020, about the riots in New York City and the lackluster response of the Governor and Mayor.
Niharika Nath
College of Arts and SciencesNiharika Nath, Ph.D, professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a perspective titled, "Tumor associated macrophages and, 'NO'" in the June 2020 issue of Journal of Biochemical Pharmocology. Her article discusses how nitric oxide gaseous signaling molecule may program and reprogram macrophages that can go onto either promote or prevent tumor growth.
Niharika Nath
College of Arts and SciencesNiharika Nath, Ph.D, professor of biological and chemical sciences, and her student Thuy Tien Le (B.S.'15) published a research paper, “NOSH-aspirin (NBS-1120) inhibits pancreatic cancer cell growth in a xenograft mouse model: Modulation of FoxM1, p53, NF-κB, iNOS, caspase-3 and Reactive oxygen species, ” in Biochemical Pharmacology on June 2, 2020. The article demonstrates the anti-cancer potential of nitric oxide—and hydrogen sulfide—donating hybrid molecule of aspirin.
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences | Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, had her book of poems, Dead Shark on the N Train, published on June 1, 2020 by Broadstone Books.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented “'It bides its time': Sylvia Plath's Library and The Earthenware Head” at the Sylvia Plath Zoomposium on May 30, 2020.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, gave a talk titled “Why it is Helpful and Dangerous to Use AI to Fight Covid” at the The Philosophical and Political Implications of Covid19 and the Posthuman symposium, on May 30, 2020. The symposium was organized by the NY Posthuman Research Group and NYU. LaGrandeur talk was attended by 250 people from around the world, from countries including China, India, South Korea, and in the Middle East and Europe.
Yusui Chen
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences PhysicsYusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, had his research paper, “Exact entanglement dynamics mediated by leaky optical cavities&,rdquo; published in the Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics on May 27, 2020.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences | EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, had his article, “The New York City Overalls Parade, 1920,” published on CUNY's The Gotham Center for New York City History website on May 26, 2020. Goldman's article is an offshoot of his ISRC-Grant-sponsored project, “New York 1920: When We Became Modern."
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, discussed her book, Annotating Modernism, on the Plath & Co podcast, hosted by Eilish Mulholland on May 21, 2020.