Gutenberg – The New Block Editor For WordPress
Gutenberg introduces a powerful, new editing experience to WordPress. Learn about the new editor and how the Commons update strategy will affect your sites.
Are You Teaching On The Commons?
Our new Courses tab lists classes that are using the Commons for teaching. We will soon to populate this list automatically, but in the meantime, if you don't see your course in our directory, please fill out this form with your course details.
Welcome to Commons 1.14
Our fall release features a new template system that simplifies site creation, plugin packages that ease site extension around common uses, and new widgets for campus branding, licensing content, and integrating with CUNY’s library search tool.
Announcing Commons In A Box OpenLab!
The Commons In A Box team is delighted to announce the public release of CBOX OpenLab, a free open-source software platform for teaching, learning, and collaboration.
The Commons Is Hiring A Project Manager (Part-Time)
Join our team! We are looking for a manager with a balance of technical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Why Teach on the Commons?
Unlike most closed, proprietary platforms, the Commons is constantly changing to meet your needs. Teaching on the Commons shows how our robust teaching platform is always evolving. Expect some exciting new features later this fall!
CUNY Academic Commons Annual Report 2017-2018
Our annual report shows how the Commons continues to integrate into the life of the university by offering opportunities to every campus, faculty member, and student.
Enliven Student Writing With Ivanhoe
"Collaborate... Perform... Reflect..." Ivanhoe is a WordPress theme that creates games where students assume different characters' roles and make moves. See Ivanhoe in action on the Commons.
Looking For A WordPress Plugin?
If you have a site on the Commons, our new plugin director lets you use keyword searches to discover plugin functionality.
Creating Faculty Portfolio Sites
Computer Science professor Raffi Khatchadourian recently moved from City Tech to Hunter, and describes how he migrated his portfolio site from The OpenLab to the Commons.
Getting Started
The CUNY Academic Commons is an academic social network created by and for CUNY. Learn more.
Featured Site
News and updates from the CUNY Academic Commons team, highlighting new features, release notes, and documentation
Recent Posts
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Kelly Baker Josephs wrote a new post, A Singular Life, A Global Journey, on the site The Caribbean Commons 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
Film Screening and Discussion of Richard Fung’s film Nang by Nang
With post-screening discussion with Film Director Richard Fung and Dr. Tzarina T. Prater (Bentley University)Wednesday, 20 February […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Bill de Blasio Op-Ed: The Path Amazon Rejected!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 6 hours, 27 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Below is an op-ed that appears in today’s New York Times that explains New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s views on why Amazon pulled out of its agreement with the City and State to […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Video: A Night at the Garden Trailer for Anti-Nazi Documentary that Fox News Refused to Air!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 6 hours, 45 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
An ad for an Oscar-nominated, anti-Nazi documentary, A Night at the Garden, warns that history can repeat itself, but as of this morning, Fox News had refused to air it […]
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Alexander Rao wrote a new post, Week 3 Response, on the site Star Trek, Google, & CFPs: Multimodal Writing for Engineers 17 hours, 11 minutes ago
Claims of the Internet being racist are ideologically flawed. Technology takes on the characteristics of its creators, and simply because it’s creators are racist, sexist, bias, etc does not mean that the t […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Video: President Trump Declares a National Emergency in Order to Build a Wall – Spars with Jim Acosta and Other Reporters over “Facts and Statistics”, on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 day, 7 hours ago
Dear Commons Community,
President Trump during his press conference yesterday declared a national emergency in order to build a wall on the Mexican border. During the conference, CNN’s Jim Acosta and other re […]
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Dianne Lescano wrote a new post, Cruzando la frontera, on the site Intermediate Spanish 201 Spring 2019 1 day, 11 hours ago
La gente cruza la frontera por muchas razones. Una de esas razones es estar con su familia. Imaginar a las personas que cruzan la frontera para estar con su familia debe ser realmente triste. Tendrían que […]
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Anisah Ahmadally wrote a new post, Imagina cruzar la frontera, on the site Intermediate Spanish 201 Spring 2019 1 day, 12 hours ago
Si tuviera que cruzar la frontera, estaría extremadamente estresado y nervioso. Mi cuerpo se debilitaría cada día por el agotamiento y la deshidratación. Yo sería miedo de ser secuestrado y retenido para pedi […]
