News Updates New York Times Op Ed on Dec 25, 2014 Kai Bird Op Ed in NY Times on the Iran deal Hollywood options The Good Spy 2023 Feb 26 The Leon Levy Center for Biography at The Graduate Center, CUNY Kai Bird, the Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, announces each spring the award of five resident fellowships at the Graduate Center, including one Leon Levy/Alfred P. Sloan fellow for a biography on a scientific figure.The Leon Levy Center for Biography is hosted by the Graduate Center at the City University of New York—and generously funded by the Leon Levy Foundation. Each resident fellow receives a $72,000 grant, research assistance, writing space and full access to research facilities.