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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Michelle Y. Valladares wrote a new post, OUR MFA GUEST FACULTY THIS SEMESTER, on the site MFA Program In Creative Writing 13 hours, 23 minutes ago
The MFA program is very excited to have visiting guest faculty teaching in our program in fa18. Please check the graduate course bulletin for more information on their courses.
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Gabrielle Kappes wrote a new post, Humanizing to Dehumanize, on the site English Literature at Lehman College 14 hours, 35 minutes ago
While looking for an archival image I came across multiple runaway slave advertisements. Many of these ads are similarly constructed, but two ads caught my eye. The first is an ad placed by Thomas Jefferson […]
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Gabrielle Kappes wrote a new post, Trading Your People as Slaves, on the site English Literature at Lehman College 14 hours, 47 minutes ago
This image depicts an African Tribe in Ghana holding a ceremony for one of the soldiers who is becoming a general. They are doing this in front of some Dutch traders who have come for goods from the land. You […]
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Rebecca J. Collier wrote a new post, Welcome to Fundamentals of Speech SPE 100, on the site Speech 100 with Professor Collier 15 hours, 41 minutes ago
Hello Students!
My name is Rebecca Collier, and I will be your instructor for SPE 100 this semester. Our course meets on Fridays, from 5:00pm – 7:45pm on the 10th Floor in the Fiterman building (Room 1014). […]
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Rukshana Jalil wrote a new post, Seeking Film and Digital Media Review Editor for Italian American Review, on the site Film Studies 17 hours, 9 minutes ago
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Film and Digital Media Review Editor
Deadline extended to September 1, 2018The Italian American Review is looking for a review editor for film and digital media.
The film and digital […]
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Gregory Kent Oswald wrote a new post, A few people and terms to know for the midterm, on the site MCA10100 18 hours, 1 minute ago
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Grand Jury Report: Catholic Priests Sexually Abused More than 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 21 hours, 36 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Over the past several decades, we have heard and seen instances over and over again of Catholic priests preying on innocent youngsters. However, a report issued yesterday by a […]
