OpenCUNY is launching its first survey (http://opencuny.org/survey/) and wants to know what you think about the current and future OpenCUNY! Background: OpenCUNY was founded in 2008 as a participatory medium. What makes us unique from other digital platforms is that we have a Terms of Participation, not a terms of use. This is not merely …
Category Archive: Event
Reportback & Resources from Beyond the Blog: Making Your (Digital) Teaching Portfolio
On Friday, April 25th OpenCUNY hosted the 3rd event in the Beyond the Blog series, this time focusing on how to create and share your (digital) teaching portfolio. The event was lead by Julia Jordan, a nationally recognized leader in experiential education with over forty years experience across the educational spectrum. Julia holds the title of …
Materials from Authors’ Rights Event
On March 28, Jill Cirasella, Associate Librarian for Public Services and Scholarly Communication, led an event (co-sponsored by OpenCUNY) on authors’ rights. Jill has kindly allowed us to share the following resources from the event on OpenCUNY. Here are the slides from the event: http://www.slideshare.net/cirasella/you-know-what-you-write-but-do-you-know-your-rights Here’s SHERPA/RoMEO, the tool for getting a quick snapshot of a publisher’s/journal’s …
OpenCUNY’s Fifth Birthday Celebration
On February 28th, 2014 OpenCUNY celebrated our Fifth Birthday. [View the story “OpenCUNY’s Fifth Birthday Party” on Storify]
GC Library ArcGIS, Data Mgt, and Research Metrics Workshops
The Library is holding some events this fall that might be of interest to OpenCUNY participants. Check it out. ArcGIS, Data Mgt, and Research Metrics Workshops Register now for the following library workshops taking place in October and November! All classes will be taught by visiting librarian Meg Smith. Intro to ArcGIS- This workshop will …
Internet Society Posts Video of @OpenCUNY + @OpenITP #TA3M Event
From the Internet Society’s New York Chapter: At the OpenITP Techno-Activism Third Monday on May 20, 2013 at CUNY Graduate Center NYC, OpenCUNY presented Alfredo Lopez, founder of May First/People Link (MF/PL), who shared his experience running a progressive and collaborative ISP. Video is below.
Join the Internet Research Team today & this semester!
Are you conducting or thinking about online or digital research for your dissertation or other projects? Interested in meeting other digital scholars and learning about new initiatives at the Graduate Center, including student funding? The Internet Research Team (IRT), a collaborative of GC students, faculty, librarians, and administrators, aims to create a space (both online …
(2/23) International Open Data Day: Occupy Sandy data release
From Suzanne: We’ll be working with Occupy Sandy to get a data set ready for the March 1/2nd Occupy Data Hackathon. Part of that will involve digitizing and preprocessing existing data so that we can more easily use it is a variety of analysis and visualization tools. Also, it is a big help to Occupy Sandy efforts.If …
(2/20) Social Media Week panel “Citizen Journalism to Hacktivism”
A roundtable session entitled “From Citizen Journalism to Hacktivism: How to successfully use social media in grassroots campaigns” will be held on Wednesday, Feb 20th from 6 – 8 p.m at the GC. This event is part of Social Media Week and will be moderated by Simon Lundgren, researcher and author of New Noise: A …
Vote for the 2012-13 OpenCUNY Board
Voting is now open for the 2012-13 OpenCUNY Board (until May 1st @ 12:01AM). The board consists of the two OpenCUNY Coordinators and four elected OpenCUNY participants. VOTE >> https://eballot4.votenet.com/dsc/login.cfm The primary task of the OpenCUNY Board will be to continue development of the Terms of Participation that defines OpenCUNY.org’s governance policy and any other policies deemed appropriate by the …
Around OpenCUNY
- Join us for the Take Back LIC Community Series! Aug/Sept 2018 August 15, 2018 khackett
- Tuesday September 12 @ 7pm | Workshop: Overdevelopment, Climate Change and Comprehensive Planning August 9, 2018More information forthcoming!khackett
- Saturday August 25th @ 11am | Workshop: How Can You Get Involved August 4, 2018at Variety Boys and Girls Club, 21-12 30th Rd, Long Island City, NY 11102 Learn how to stand up and...khackett
- Spring 2018 Conference Roundup August 1, 2018This past Spring semester, I was fortunate to be able to present my work at several conferences and seminars: ...eturiano
- Saturday Sept 29th | Rally & March for People Over Profit August 1, 2018Join us Saturday September 29th, 2018 for a March through Astoria and Long Island City! Come one, come all! Details...khackett
- Revolution and CUNY: Remembering the 1969 Fight for Open Admissions July 30, 2018Bhargav Rani The past month has seen a spate of retrospectives debating the legacy of the failed revolution of...Zammataro
- The Power and Political Potentials of Images July 30, 2018Zehra Husain A political movement has been stirring in Pakistan. 26-year-old Manzoor Pashteen from South Waziristan, also called ‘Pakistani Che,’...Zammataro
- Ethnography as Espionage: An Interview with Katherine Verdery July 30, 2018Nicholas Glastonbury In my first year at the Graduate Center, I had the luck and good instinct to enroll...Zammataro
- Neoliberal Fictions July 29, 2018Nandini Ramachandran Defining neoliberalism is one of the most vexing conundrums facing the contemporary academy. Most accounts trace...Zammataro
- Settler Marxism and the Murdered and Missing Revolutionary Actors July 29, 2018Sean M. Kennedy The fucking murders are like a strike, friend, a wild fucking strike. — Roberto Bolaño, 2666...Zammataro
