CUNY Academic Commons

Guess what, everyone? The Python Users’ Group (or PUG) is back in action
starting on Tuesday, February 20th for another great semester!

PUG is a bi-weekly, open, and informal opportunity for those interested in
or working in the Python programing language to come to the GC Digital
Scholarship Lab and find support.

Have a project you want to…[Read more]

Good Morning.
Perhaps this group can offer me some assistance.
The map through the Leaflet plugin on my WordPress site is suddenly not loading.  The markers are there but when I open the page, I see the map for a second and then this (see attachment).
I contacted Leaflet and was told that ” it seems you activated WMS layers for that map which…[Read more]

 
The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
General Issue Call for Submissions: Due November 15, 2017
Issue Editors:
Laura Wildemann Kane, University of Tampa
Michelle A. McSweeney, Columbia University

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy seeks scholarly work that explores the intersection of technology with…[Read more]

<h2>Future Perfect Conference</h2>

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On June 16, 2017, Data & Society Research Institute’s Speculative Fiction Reading Group will host Future Perfect, a conference exploring the use, s…[Read more]

Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the New Media Lab community?

If so, consider applying for the 2017 NML Digital Dissertation Award. $1,000 awards will be granted to up to three Graduate Center doctoral students who have worked at the NML on a digital project related to their dissertation.

Application deadline: March 27,…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

The Graduate Center's <a href="http://cuny.is/teaching">Teaching and Learning Center</a> is pleased to announce the launch of <strong>Visible Pedagogy,</strong> a new blog about teaching and learning at CUNY: <a href="https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a&gt;

VP editor and TLC Assistant Director…[Read more]

The Futures Initiative is sponsoring a <strong>Teach In/Learn In </strong>on<strong> Tuesday, November 15, 11-1 in room 3317</strong> to address issues of relevance to our students in the wake of this year’s election. Please bring ideas, syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, actions, and art.
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<li>How do we create a space for CUNY stu…[Read more]

Forwarding on behalf of Jessica Siegel:

The Brooklyn College Listening Project, a interdisciplinary oral history and community interview project, is looking for a designer to help us develop a website based on some of the 350 oral histories our students have done with Brooklyn residents around issues of immigration, gentrification, identity,…[Read more]

Adjunct Instructor Position for Spring, 2017
New Media & Digital Design Program
Fordham University, Lincoln Center

About the Course
Explorations in Digital Design is the introductory course for the New Media & Digital Design Program and aims to expose undergraduates to the program’s three thematic concentrations in the areas social i…[Read more]

Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
FRIDAY, November 4 | RSVP | 1:30-5:30 PM

Calls to wrest the history and anthropology of computing, information technology, and digital media away from eurocentric analyses have been raised in the fields of STS and media studies over the last decade. We propose to revisit discussions that take us…[Read more]

Dear All,

Penn State is looking for a Digital Scholarship Fellow. Details below. Apologies for duplication to those on multiple Commons groups…

Best,
Lisa

The Pennsylvania State University Libraries seek creative, forward-thinking individuals to apply for the fixed-term, non-tenure track, three-year appointment as Digital…[Read more]

The rapid increase of textbook prices is a particular problem at a university like CUNY whose students often come from lower income backgrounds. Many students are already hard pressed to afford college, let alone expensive texts. As advocates for our students, we have the opportunity and responsibility to consider moving away from both textbooks…[Read more]