The Graduate Center

See schedule o:the Graduate Center Foundation was established in 1983 as an independent not-for-profit entity that is committed to promoting and safeguarding The success of The Graduate Center. As The sole channel for contributions to The programs, centers and institutions of The Graduate Center, The Foundation works with The president and provost of The Graduate Center on institutional priorities such as student support, career planning and collaborative research, and with program leaders on targeted scholarships and stipends, travel and conference support, and communicating to and from alumni. The Foundation also manages and invests donations for use by The Graduate center.the cuny Graduate Center is located in The heart of manhattan and set within The large and multi-campus city university of new york. It fosters advanced Graduate education, original research and scholarship, innovative university-wide programs, and vibrant public events that draw upon and contribute to The complex communities of new york city and beyond. Through a broad range of nationally prominent doctoral programs, The Graduate school prepares students to be scholars, teachers, experts, and leaders in The academy, The arts and in The private, nonprofit, and government sectors. Committed to cuny's historic mission of educating The children of The whole people, we work to provide access to Graduate education for diverse groups of highly-talented students, including those who have been underrepresented in higher education.three largest program service achievements for are:a. cuny Graduate Center received a $2 million grant from The waverley street Foundation. In partnership with The new york city environmental justice alliance (nyc-eja), The grant will aim to establish The nyc climate justice hub to advance and accelerate climate solutions led by communities of color on The front lines of climate breakdown. The partnership is supported by a two-year total grant of $4 million from The waverley street foundation.b. The leon levy Foundation continues to support The leon levy Center for biography at The cuny Graduate Center with a generous gift of $750,000. Established in 2007 as a hub for writers, scholars, students, teachers, and readers of biography, The leon levy Center for biography builds connections between independent and university-affiliated biographers across disciplines and cultivates important discussions about The art and craft of biography historically and in our time.the leon levy Center for biography sponsors a variety of events and public programs, and offers four fellowships annually to fund The research and writing of outstanding biographies and two fellowships to cuny dissertation students writing biography.c. Professor brian schwartz and his wife, teri black schwartz created an endowment with a contribution of $150,000. The endowment fund will support programming in The science Center on The 4th floor of The Graduate Center. The Center was renamed The black & schwartz science program Center