Superstorm Preparedness
Experts from the City University of New York, public and nonprofit sectors, and city government discuss lessons learned from the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. Are we ready?
Call For Proposals
The first annual CUNY Games Festival on January 17, 2014 will promote and discuss game-based learning in higher education, and bring together faculty, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, game designers, and domain experts from various disciplines. Call For Proposals deadline is October 1, 2013.
Zeteo, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing
We're pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2013 issue of the Master of Liberal Studies e-journal at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Your Group on the Commons
Make groups work for you! Find out what collaboration tools are available, learn how groups can be configured, and explore their many uses.
Designing a Site on the Commons?
Discover WordPress tips and tricks at the Commons Wiki page Tweaking Your Site and share your own ideas about how to make a good site great.
Got a Message?
Connect with Michael Smith to find out more about the Commons' live-stream channel: cuny.is/live.
High-Impact Hybrid
The CUNY Hybrid Initiative open access blog includes tools and materials from a host of CUNY Colleges and beyond to help faculty, instructional designers, and administrators teach and support the development of hybrid courses at CUNY.
WordPress 3.5 is Live
The Commons has upgraded to WordPress 3.5. Learn about some of the new features of 3.5 and check out the new default blog theme.
Help Build The Commons
Whether it's creating a blog, forming groups, or contributing to our wiki - everything you share with the Commons makes our community stronger.
Wonder Who You’re Reaching?
Check out “Statistics for your Site” on the Commons Codex to discover the various ways to gather readership data for your WordPress site.
Tweet
There's so much happening in the CUNY community. Be sure to follow the Commons on Twitter to keep up. We follow back! @cunycommons
Come Together
The Commons welcomes JustPublics@365: A project bringing together scholars, community leaders, policy advocates and activists to inspire public debate on issues of inequality and social justice.
Commons In A Box Released!
The CUNY Academic Commons team is very proud to release Commons In A Box, a free, stand-alone version of our project that can be downloaded, customized, and used by other institutions and groups. Please visit us online to join the community and follow us on twitter.
Create Posts From Your Inbox
Our new reply-by-email feature has been a hit with the community. Did you know that you can also create new forum posts from your inbox? Check out Sarah Morgano's post in the Group for Group Admins.
Why Should Faculty Blog?
Professor Anthony Picciano explains the relevance of blogging in his teaching and scholarship as an online faculty member at the Sloan ALN Conference. Explore the Commons Codex for more information about using the Commons as a blogging platform.
Omeka For Rare Books
The Queens College Department of Special Collections is using Omeka to expose its previously hidden archive of Don Quixote editions. Check out the Omeka group blog on the Commons and discover how QC faculty and graduate students created a fantastic finding aid and interactive platform for the 14 volume collection.
Commons Wins Sloan-C Award for Effective Practice
The Sloan Consortium has announced that the CUNY Academic Commons will receive an award for effective practices in online and blended education at their 5th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning, July 25-27, in Las Vegas.
Congratulations! You’ve Been Accepted. Now what?
The New Students: Welcome to the Grad Center site on the Commons is a terrific orientation tool that offers a wide range of resources, including registration timetables, library availability, places to find cheap eats and theater tickets, roommate matching, and information on becoming a NY State resident.
Getting Started
The CUNY Academic Commons is an academic social network created by and for CUNY – Take A Tour.
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Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTL's)
A group for directors of CUNY Centers for Teaching and Learning, and others interested in pedagogy and faculty development.
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Recent Blog Posts
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Naomi Barrettara wrote a new post, GC Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee given special mention in the NY Times, on the site GC Music Program Community Portal 35 minutes ago
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that GC DMA student and pianist Soyeon Kate Lee was specifically mentioned for an outstanding performance with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center […]
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Daniel Terry wrote a new post, Validity of results, on the site "Hello World" 48 minutes ago
The preliminary results using the standard and modified NLTK bayesian classifier were almost suspiciously high. As a way to double check the results I used an NLTK feature that shows you the features that most […]
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Daniel Terry wrote a new post, Preliminary results, on the site "Hello World" 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
I presented an overview of my results in class, but wanted to take a minute to discuss my preliminary results here. My most meaningful set so far has been an attempt to classify author using the complete works of […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Two-Year Colleges at Risk of Being Separate and Unequal Institutions!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 3 hours, 58 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Community colleges “are in great danger of becoming indelibly separate and unequal institutions in the higher-education landscape,” a Century Foundation task force warns in a report […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Joe Nocera Analyzes Apple’s Tax Strategies!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 6 hours, 47 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Apple is the latest corporation that has had to explain its tax strategies namely the shifting of income to foreign countries to avoid paying taxes here in the United States. In a […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Republican Senator Ted Cruz: “I don’t trust the Republicans”, on the site Tony's Thoughts 7 hours, 12 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
The Huffington Post is reporting that Texas Republican and Tea Party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz made a remarkable admission on the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday, admitting in a dispute […]
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Alyson Vogel wrote a new post, Is there a fine line between cheating and learning?, on the site Hybrid Initiative 12 hours, 23 minutes ago
Peter Nonacs, professor of Game Theory believes that ‘much of evolution and natural selection can be summarized in three short words: “Life is games.” ‘ The object of any game he knows, is to win—whether it’s […]
