Convening meetings, workshops, seminars, and public programs is a key part of the mission at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center promoting collaboration between campus-based faculty, ASRC faculty, theorists, and experimentalists across New York City.

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The ASRC offers event and meeting spaces that can accommodate up to 100 guests for your next conference, reception, meeting, workshop, film shoot, or private event.

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Brain Awareness Week: Ask Me Anything Session with professor Orie Shafer and his lab

Join the Neuroscience Initiative as they partner with the Dana Foundation to celebrate Brain Awareness Week, March 14-20. As a part of the public events hosted by the Neuroscience Initiative, professor Orie Shafer and his lab members will answer questions on how circadian clocks work, how the environment acts on your brain to affect your clock and sleep, and the effects of shifting to daylight saving time. 

Undergrad Research Open House at the ASRC

Join the Macaulay STEM Society, an organization that promotes research opportunities and allows students to explore their interests in STEM, at 11 a.m. on March 25 to explore research opportunities

Defense and Intelligence Research Forum

Please join us May 6th for the Defense and Intelligence Research Forum hosted by The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY).

Campus Safety Info-Session

Campus Safety - General Information and Situational Awareness Training hosted by CCNY Public Safety.

Science Communication and IlluminationSpace Tour

This event is part of the 2022 Professional Development Seminar Series hosted by the CUNY Office of Research, in partnership with the Velay Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

EHOS Training Session: Lab Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: Cryogenic Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: C14 FDNY Fire Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

Photonics Seminar: Qitong Li, Stanford University

Please join the Photonics Initiative for a one-hour talk from Qitong Li, titled: Improved Light-Field Control and Light-Matter Interaction via Optically Resonant Nanostructures for Device Applications Abstract – The Starting

EHOS Training Session: Cryogenic Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: Lab Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: Cryogenic Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

Applying to Grad School: How to Prepare and What to Expect

Please join us on July 12th for a talk from Jason Patterson, Assistant Director of Admissions at the CUNY Graduate Center & Joshua Brumberg, Interim Director of the Advanced Science Research Center and Dean for the Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center.

ASRC/ City College Ice Cream Social

Faculty, staff, students, visitors and more- you're invited to join us on the ASRC's north terrace for an ice cream social from 12pm-3pm.

From Bench To Bedside: Science Innovation and Technology

This event is part of the Velay Professional Development Webinar Series 2022 and will be hosted by Jessica Fields, Associate Director, NSF I-Corps Hub: NY Region & NYC Regional
Innovation Network.

EHOS Training Schedule August 2022

These are Zoom trainings.  The login and Pass Code information are located on the schedule and registration is not required. 

Pop-Up Science in St. Nicholas Park Plaza

This pop-up booth in the park is hosted by the ASRC's STEM Outreach and Education Manager, Kendra Krueger, along with volunteers to bring those interested in STEM ages 5 and

NYC Builds Bio+ Tour and Reception at the ASRC

Join us for an interactive tour of the Advanced Science Research Center at CUNY and its uniquely laid out design. Meet scientists and industry researchers that are working together in this collaborative space for innovation.

EHOS Training Schedule September 2022

These are Zoom trainings.  The login and Pass Code information are located on the schedule and registration is not required. 

Guest Speaker and Graduate Center Alum, Dennis C. Liotta, Ph.D.

We are excited to announce Dr. Dennis C. Liotta, a Graduate Center alum, will be presenting a talk titled: “Novel Therapeutics for Treating Cancers, Neurological Disorders and Viral Diseases,” at the ASRC on Friday Oct. 28th.

Converge to Transform Seminar: Ting Xu, UC Berkeley

Please join us for a one-hour talk, as part of the ASRC's Converge to Transform: Interdisciplinary STEM Seminar Series, from Professor Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley.

Citation Manager: NanoBioNYC PhD Leadership Workshop Series, Fall 2022

Do you know how to write papers with references embedded? How about sharing your ‘citation libraries’ with collaborators?
Join to learn from GC’s science librarian Mason Brown – set it up properly now using Zotero and save yourself hours of tedious editing!

Discovering Your Career Strengths: NanoBioNYC PhD Leadership Workshop Series, Fall 2022

Start career mapping now with experts from GC’s Office of Career Planning and Professional Development (CP&PD), Jennifer Furlong, Emily Seamone, and Donald Goldstein, who will help you map your way to the career of your dreams. Find out which careers are aligned with your values, skills, interests, and personality traits!

ZOOM EHOS Safety Training

ZOOM EHOS Safety Training Schedule for February 2023. J Topic Date Time Meeting ID/Pass Code Cryogenic Safety Thursday 2-02-23 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 861 8303 3722/080382 Laser Safety Training

Photonics Seminar: Albert Polman, AMOLF

In this one-hour seminar, Albert Polman, Center for Nanophotonics, NWO Institute, AMOLF, will be presenting a talk titled: Optical metasurface performing mathematical operations and making better solar cells.

Environmental Science Initiative Seminar: Maria Diuk-Wasser, PhD, Columbia University

Continuing this spring seminar series, the ASRC's Environmental Science Initiative is excited to host Maria Diuk-Wasser, PhD, Director of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University, presenting a talk on: Tick-Bone Zoonoses in the New York Metropolitan area: A Coupled Natural-Human System.

CUNY Radiation Safety Training

This CUNY-wide radiation safety training will take place in-person at the ASRC Auditorium from 10am-3pm, with a midday break from 12-1pm.

ASRC/CCNY Spring Seminar Series in Biochemistry, Biophysics & Biodesign: Anna-Lena Steckelberg, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center

In this weekly seminar series, the ASRC Structural Biology Initiative will be hosting Anna-Lena Steckelberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, New York, to present a one-hour talk titled: "Viral RNA structures as master manipulators of the cellular RNA decay machinery."