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Christopher Strackman wrote a new post, Blog 19: 5/24-5/30 (week 12), on the site Christopher Strackmans POL (10:20 class) blog 2 hours, 32 minutes ago

This week has been a very productive and beneficial week for my learning. This week I was able to finish my textbook readings and complete one of my blogs early in the week. However, the most significant […]
J. Bret Maney and Nick Bacon are now friends 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
Cihan Tekay and Nick Bacon are now friends 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
Grace L. Axler-DiPerte wrote a new post, Minutes from 5-21-20, on the site Game Based Learning 6 hours, 8 minutes ago

Game Based Learning (GBL) Faculty Interest Group (FIG) – Notes from Meeting

Friday, May 21, 2020, 3pm via Zoom

Grace Axler-DiPerte, Facilitator

Participants: Grace Axler-DiPerte (KCC BIO), Lorr […]
Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Michelle Goldberg: America Is a Tinderbox!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 13 hours, 56 minutes ago

Minneapolis Police Precinct on Fire
Dear Commons Community

The last several months in America have been surreal and have felt like the opening scenes in a film about a nation being ripped apart. First the […]
Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Barack Obama on the Death of George Floyd!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 14 hours, 32 minutes ago

Barack Obama – Statement on the Death of George Floyd
Dear Commons Community,

By now most Americans have seen the video of the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We have […]
commented on the post, The Developmental Math Challenge and Statway at LaGuardia – Part I, on the site CUNYMath Blog 18 hours ago

I be taught one thing more difficult on completely different blogs everyday. It would all the time be stimulating to read content from other writers and observe a bit something from their store. I’d want to make u […]
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Katherine Gloede Silverman wrote a new post, Honoring the Class of 2020, on the site Sustainability and the City 1 day, 1 hour ago

On May 27th, the Sustainability in the Urban Environment Program convened graduates over Zoom alongside CCNY’s President, Sustainability faculty, friends, family, current students, and alumni to honor the […]
Center for the Study of Women in Society wrote a new post, Interview with the new Editors of <em>Women's Studies Quarterly</em> (WSQ), Red Washburn and Brianne Waycoff, on the site CSWS | The Graduate Center, CUNY 1 day, 2 hours ago

The Women’s Studies Quarterly offers internship positions for Women’s and Gender Studies MA students at The Graduate Center. For more information, https://centerforstudyofwomen.commons.gc.cuny.edu/internships
Brandi McGuinness wrote a new post, Blog Post 14: Final Reflection, on the site Intro to Women's Studies 1 day, 2 hours ago

The most impactful readings to me this semester were Judith Butler: Gender Trouble, José Esteban Muñoz: Disidentifications, and Toni Morrison: Playing in the Dark. All three readings offered very different p […]
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Changes to Group Email Notifications March 26, 2020

Commons 1.16.8, released on March 24, introduces a small but important change to group email notifications that makes it easier to see their subjects in your inbox, especially if you use a mobile device. Prior to this change, the group’s name would appear before the subject, making it hard to see what the notification was […]

Scott Voth

The CUNY Academic Commons – COVID-19 Response and Resources March 24, 2020

The CUNY Academic Commons remains open to serve CUNY faculty, students, and staff as our community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage new and existing users to explore how the Commons can help fulfill its central mission of connecting members of CUNY to each other. As a reminder, the Commons is a faculty-led, open-source […]

Matthew K. Gold

Commons Ten Year Growth February 13, 2020

Scott Voth

Commons Ten Year Retrospective January 19, 2020

The Commons Timeline documents the site’s ten year evolution and shows how new functionality is driven by member needs.

Scott Voth

Thought Project Interviews Matt Gold and Luke Waltzer January 9, 2020

Gold and Waltzer return to The Thought Project podcast to celebrate and discuss the 10th anniversary of Commons, which achieved their goal to establish a generative platform that enhances the intellectual life of CUNY. Tune in to hear about their plans for the next 10 years. –Thought Project News – Episode 75

Scott Voth

Version 1.16 Released: Revamped Courses Directory December 4, 2019

Teaching continues to drive substantial growth on the Commons, so we’re excited today to launch new features for searching and discovering the rapidly-increasing number of courses in our community. Our revamped Courses Directory now boasts a hero slideshow of rotating course highlights, a new filter bar for finding Courses based on a variety of configurable […]

Colin McDonald

CUNY Academic Commons Annual Report 2018 – 2019 August 19, 2019

Driven by intense interest across the CUNY system in using the Commons as a teaching platform, our 2018-2019 Annual Report shows how our site continues to provide a generative platform to showcase the intellectual life of the entire university.

Scott Voth

Version 1.15 Released: Streamlined Creation for Groups and Sites May 7, 2019

As the CUNY Academic Commons grows faster than ever, and is used by an increasing number of community members for a diverse range of projects, our latest release makes it easier to set up new spaces for collaboration and sharing. Today we are introducing a Creation Portal that will be a one-stop launch point for […]

Colin McDonald

Sutori, Padlet, and VoiceThread Embeds Now Supported on the Commons February 15, 2019

The Commons Dev team recently implemented code changes to support Sutori, Padlet, and VoiceThread embeds on WordPress sites. Actively engaged with the pedagogical needs of the CUNY community, the Commons provides an open source infrastructure that integrates both proprietary and non-proprietary resources. Here is a list of custom file and content types which can be […]

Scott Voth

Gutenberg – The New WordPress Editor January 22, 2019

Block Editing WordPress 5.0 was released in early December and features a modern, new editor called “Gutenberg” that replaces the “Classic” editor that has been around for years. Gutenberg is one of the biggest and most controversial changes in WordPress history, and the web is filled with articles, both pro and con. Gutenberg’s user experience […]

Scott Voth

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