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New Media Lab

THE NEW MEDIA LAB (NML) assists City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center faculty and doctoral students from a variety of academic disciplines to create multimedia projects based on their own scholarly research. Our goal is to integrate new media into traditional academic practice, challenging scholars to develop fresh questions in their respective fields using the tools of new technology. The NML is committed to a vision of new technology based on open access to ideas, tools, and resources.

With ongoing support from CUNY, the New Media Lab has become a dynamic environment in which projects funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Old York Library Foundation, and other private and public sources demonstrate new approaches and methods of merging digital media, scholarship, and learning.

Located in room 7388.01 at the CUNY Graduate Center and run under the auspices of the Center for Media and Learning / American Social History Project, NML researchers:

work across academic disciplines to produce scholarly digital media projects;

analyze Internet usage in the educational, social, and commercial sectors;

construct 3-D environments that explore ways of visualizing the arts, humanities, and sciences

digitally archive and analyze a wide range of data
participate in public programs that address the critical intersection of knowledge and technology

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  • 2/23 Event “Let’s Archive It!”

    Posted by Maggie Schreiner (she/they) on February 9, 2026 at 9:41 am

    Hello all,

    Graduate Center Digital Initiatives and the Mina Rees Library are excited to invite you to an upcoming event:

    “Let’s Archive It!” Three CUNY Archivists on What it Means to Steward Collections

    Monday, February 23rd 2026, Noon to 1:30pm

    Graduate Center, Room 9206

    In-person event with hybrid option (RSVP for Zoom link here).

     

    Doing archival research? Teaching with archives? Creating digital archives? Come hear from three CUNY archivists about the exciting archival work that is happening here at the Graduate Center and across the CUNYverse. Our speakers will discuss the differences between approaching sources as an archivist and a researcher; share initial findings from Cultivating Archives & Institutional Memory, an ambitious project to unify practice at CUNY’s 31 libraries and 100 cultural centers and institutes; and explore strategies for teaching CUNY’s activist histories in undergraduate classrooms across CUNY.

    Speakers:

    Jessica Webster is the Head of Archives and Special Collections at Baruch College as well as a PhD student in history at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her talk will focus on the nature of archival work, the differences between engaging with archival sources as an archivist and as a researcher, and her career modulating between both worlds.

    Natalie Milbrodt serves as the inaugural University Archivist for the City University of New York (CUNY) where her team is responsible for implementing strategies and systems for increased collection discovery and use. Her responsibilities also include coordination and planning for digital preservation and records management across the organization.

    Roxanne Shirazi is associate professor and Head of Archives and Special Collections at the Mina Rees Library of the CUNY Graduate Center, where she also oversees the Dissertation Office. Since 2022, Roxanne has served as project director for the CUNY Digital History Archive. She’ll discuss recent efforts to bring CUNY’s activist histories into undergraduate classrooms by building community around teaching with primary sources from CUNY archives.

    Moderated by Maggie Schreiner, Digital Fellow at Graduate Center Digital Initiatives, PhD candidate in History, and archivist.

    This event will be in-person at the Graduate Center, with a remote option via Zoom. RSVP here for the Zoom link. RSVPs for in-person attendees are appreciated, but not required.

    Hosted by Graduate Center Digital Initiatives and the Mina Rees Library.

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