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.
Welcome to Commons 1.13
If you are teaching on the Commons, you'll love the marquee feature of this spring's release - a centralized invitation system that handles Commons registrations and site and group memberships in a single batch request!
CUNY TV Short Docs
Check out CUNY TV's repository of short documentaries and associated interviews that explore social issues, including incarceration, immigration, mental health, hip hop, gang culture, gentrification, sex trafficking, discrimination, and tenants rights.
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.
Research Slavery in New York State
Search more than 35,000 records of slavery from 1525 through the Civil War, collected and assembled by faculty and students at John Jay.
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.
Commons Groups And Email
When not logged into the Commons, group members can still post new forum topics and participate in discussions via email.
Teaching on the Commons
Did you know you can now teach undergraduate classes on the Commons? Check out reflections from CAC Faculty Fellows, our pedagogical pioneers.
Visions of Greatness at BCC
With images, letters, and articles to document the history of the Hall of Fame of Great Americans, BCC's Visions site rethinks racial disparity and ideas of greatness, and creates a Virtual Hall of Fame where students can nominate their own heroes.
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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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Michelle Goldberg: “Omarosa is an amoral, dishonest, mercenary grifter. This makes her just like most people in Trump’s orbit.”, on the site Tony's Thoughts 16 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Omarosa Manigault Newman has soared into the news media sphere in the past few days as she promotes her book, Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House, which is t […]
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Noelle Marie Nagales wrote a new post, Welcome to our class page!, on the site FIQWS 2018 : LANGUAGE & LITERACY 11 hours, 19 minutes ago
FIQWS 2018: Language & Literacy, Linguistic Myths and Realities
Here you will find a compacted guide for this course—everything ranging from a quick overview to helpful resources, information on school p […]
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Office for the Advancement of Research wrote a new post, CUNY Graduate Center Hosts Press Briefing by Immigration Experts, on the site John Jay Research 13 hours, 45 minutes ago
August 8, 2018 – The Graduate Center of CUNY has the benefit of some of the best immigration scholars in the country. Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, in which this contentious issue will play (and […]
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Paola Maria Rodriguez wrote a new blog post Paola Maria Rodriguez – Comparative Literature in the group
Pearl Kibre Medieval Study: 14 hours, 58 minutes agoPaola is a doctoral candidate in comparative literarure at the CUNY Graduate center and an adjunct at Queens College teaching Italian and German language and literature. Her research interests include troubadour […]
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Gabrielle Kahn wrote a new post, Session 1, on the site Valuing Students’ Voices to Make Assessment Meaningful 16 hours, 4 minutes ago
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Marco Fernando Navarro wrote a new post, Preparing for another semester…, on the site The Queens College Writing Center: Daily Practice and Development 16 hours, 11 minutes ago
One of the most challenging aspects of directing a Writing Center is deciding how to start off the academic year. Should I redecorate? Find a banner and/or a poster that captures our ethos? Or, should I instead […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Pulitizer Prize Winning Reporter Michael D’Antonio and Trump’s Giant Swirling Vortex of Disgrace!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 21 hours, 2 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Last month, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Michael D’Antonio commented about Rudy Giuliani’s pathetic defense of Donald Trump and his various legal problems. D’Antonio referred to Giul […]
