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I saw this on the Library Link of the Day.

Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics

From the story:

The speaker, Corey Roach, a security officer at the University of Utah, described a plug-in that could collect “biometric data, which can be things like how quick did they type, how do they move their mouse,” in…[Read more]

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
General Issue
with a Forum on Teaching in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Issue Editors:
Nicole Zeftel (SUNY Buffalo)
Alexis Larsson (CUNY Graduate Center)
Teresa Ober (University of Notre Dame)

Call for submissions URL: https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/call-for-submissions/

The Jou…[Read more]

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
General Issue with a Forum on Data and Computational Pedagogy

Issue Editors:
Gregory Palermo (Northeastern University)
Brandon Walsh (University of Virginia Library)

Editorial Assistant:
Kelly Hammond (CUNY Graduate Center)

Call for submissions URL: https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ca…[Read more]

To our CUNY friends and colleagues,

No one will deny that the coronavirus pandemic has left all of us with a deep sense of displacement. Not only have our 25 campuses splintered into thousands of individual bedrooms, living rooms, and kitchens, but much of the family and community that we count on for support during the school year now…[Read more]

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
General Issue
with a Forum on Data and Computational Pedagogy

Issue Editors:
Gregory Palermo (Northeastern University)
Brandon Walsh (University of Virginia Library)

Editorial Assistant:
Kelly Hammond (CUNY Graduate Center)

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP)…[Read more]

Call for Proposals

The 2020 international conference of HASTAC (the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, or “haystack”) will be hosted by the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication at The University of Texas at Dallas (ATEC@UTD) on October 15-18, 2020. The theme of HASTAC 2020 is Hindsight • F…[Read more]

Hello all,

We are pleased to announce the Spring calendar for the Python Users’ Group (PUG for short).

The Python Users’ Group (PUG for short) is an open and informal collaborative space for experimentation and exploration with the Python programming language, where we learn, work, chat, snack and have the occasional beer. It is an…[Read more]

Hi All,

Huge congratulations to Baruch Geospatial Data Librarian Frank Donnelly on the publication of his new book, Exploring the US Census: Your Guide to America’s Data (SAGE Publishing, 2019). Frank has helped so many of us over the years understand geospatial work — I have very fond memories of the QGIS workshop I took with him years a…[Read more]

Hi All —

Please share widely.

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GC Digital Initiatives, in collaboration with The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), seeks an Open Educational Technology Specialist who will work on programming related to CUNY’s institutional investment in Open Educational Resources (OER). Beginning in 2017 and continuing into the upc…[Read more]

Hello all,

Please see below for details on an upcoming talk at the Graduate Center.

Tuesday, November 12th, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Room 5307
M. Beatrice Fazi (University of Sussex)
“The Incommensurable: Explainability and the Autonomy of Computational Automation”
Reception to follow

Abstract: This talk addresses some of the philosophical i…[Read more]

2019 Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Virtual Conference Nov 20-22
The conference will be live streamed at 4 CUNY schools this year.
Drop in for any or all sessions! RSVP HERE to reserve your spot.  
This virtual conference is open to all members of CUNY including faculty, staff and students.  Relevant for thos…[Read more]