CUNY Edits

Hi Everyone,

A quick update to share the latest Quarterly Brief on CUNY’s Wikimedian-in-Residence project: Quarterly Brief — July to October 2025 – CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence

If any of your colleagues are interested in using Wikipedia or other wiki platforms in your teaching or research, Richard is happy to support your work with one-on…[Read more]

Hi All,

A quick update on the Wikimedian-in-Residence (WiR) project!

This week at Wikiconference North America, CUNY’s Newmark WiR project, in partnership with Wikimedia New York City, will share how the project is:

• Exploring the use of generative AI in Wikipedia editing – https://tinyurl.com/33be95ed
• Considering the opportunities and c…

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Join us for the Wiki Education Foundation’s workshop up in the Skylight Room at the Grad Center, on Monday Oct 20 at 10am, RSVP here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiki-education-workshop-nyc-tickets-1716984249109

This is a side event to the WikiConference North America, and we’d encourage you to share widely with any staff who might be…[Read more]

Our sixth Wiki-Wednesday Drop-In is September 24, at 11 am! Please register on Zoom .

Announcing this month’s CUNYpedia Focus, representing a fruitful on-wiki collaboration springing from the CUNYverse. In this case, our focus is on the CUNY#History section, developed by Associate Archivists as part of the Cultivating Archives & Institutional…[Read more]

Hi CUNY Edits, 

I wanted to pop in and briefly introduce myself. My name is David Engelman, and I’m working alongside Richard Knipel on the CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence project as the Wikimedia Documentarian – essentially helping to document and communicate the open knowledge work that is happening across the CUNYverse to CUNY audi…[Read more]

Check out this great conversation with Natalie Milbrodt and Richard Knipel about the CUNY Wikipedian-in-Residence and Cultivating Archives & Institutional Memory. Indoor Voices is a longstanding CUNY podcast run by Kathleen Collins:  https://indoorvoicespodcast.com/2025/08/29/episode-112-wikipedia-is-the-cuny-of-the-internet/

Howdy CUNY Edits,

I’ve been working on enhancing the Wikipedia entry for the CUNY Academic Commons and would love your input and contributions: the goal is to improve the article’s accuracy, readability, structure, and alignment with Wikipedia guidelines.

You can view my sandbox draft here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zmuhl/sandbox

This…[Read more]

https://www.rfcuny.org/careers/postings?pvnID=VA-2501-006680

Job Title: Newmark CUNY Wikimedia Documentarian

Status: Part Time

Pay Range $48.00

Hour(s) a week: 10.00

Closing Date – Mar 28, 2025 (Or Until Filled)

General Description

The Office of Library Services (OLS) at the CUNY Central Office provides centralized services to all 31 CUNY…[Read more]

We invite members of the Graduate Center and CUNY community to join us for the OER Student Showcase on April 3rd from 12pm to 2pm in GC room C-202/203.

The OER showcase will feature a series of student panelists who will share scholarly and pedagogical projects that utilize Open Educational Resources (OER). Student panelists include: Maura…[Read more]