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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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Fall 2024 Workshops from the GCDI Digital Fellows!

  • Posted by gcdigitalfellows on October 4, 2024 at 12:39 pm

    Please join the GC Digital Fellows for our Fall 2024 programming! We have seven upcoming workshops, including an introduction to digital humanities, “How do you DH?” this Monday October 7th. Learn more and register for our workshops here. Scroll to the bottom to see dates for our Digital Dissertations Accountability group meeting dates. Finally, please save the date for the annual CUNY Digital Humanities Institute Lightening Talks, Tuesday, November 19th , 5:30-7:30pm. More info to come!

    How do you DH? – October 7 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (this Monday!)

    How do you do Digital Humanities? How can you determine what tools or methods work best for your project idea? With the remarkable array of digital tools available, it can be difficult to determine which ones you’ll really need. This workshop will give an overview of digital humanities methods and introduce a variety of tools for different kinds of research. We’ll discuss the genres and vocabulary of DH from text analysis to geospatial mapping and review the many available resources online and at The Graduate Center. Feel free to come with your project ideas and questions.

    Intro to R – October 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    R is a versatile programming language, best suited for a variety of data science needs. Whether you need to run some statistical analyses, create publication-worthy data visualizations, or even publish a website, R has a multitude of tools to help you get what you need done. This workshop is intended to get interested users up to speed with the R language and the RStudio interactive developing environment. By the end, you’ll be able to install and load packages, read in data, do basic data wrangling and visualization, and navigate the RStudio environment.

    From Paper to Website – October 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

    In this in-person workshop, participants explore the possibilities of communicating research on a website, an interactive format, while continuing to obverse the rigor expected in academic communication. To do so we depart from the characteristics of papers as a most commonly known genre and think of possibilities on how to structure the information on a website.

    Beginning Game Design with Python – October 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Level up your Python programming skills by creating a simple computer game! In this workshop you will be introduced to Pygame, a free and open-source library for creating computer games in Python. Specifically, you will create a simple “Frogger” style game that will introduce you to the following concepts: drawing text and graphics to the screen, capturing keyboard input and representing movement, creating basic collision detection, increasing difficulty, and implementing game loops with win/lose conditions. Because we will not have time to cover all of the fundamentals, it is necessary to have at least some previous Python programming experience. We will work in VSCode and the game assets (e.g., graphics) will be provided for you.

    Intro to Omeka – November 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

    Omeka is a free Content Management System (CMS) and a web publishing system built by and for scholars that is used by hundreds of archives, libraries, museums, individual researchers, and teachers to create searchable online databases and scholarly online interpretations of their digital collections. If you have a set of digital primary sources that you want to publish online in a scholarly way, you’ll want to consider Omeka. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to understand some of the conceptual challenges faced when developing digital archives and create an online database of digital archival items.

    Avoiding Zoom Doom: Tools to Increase Online Student Engagement – November 6 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

    Teaching online classes can feel daunting and complicated. Sometimes you are just lecturing to a screen of black boxes, and finding ways to keep students engaged requires fun and creative solutions. This workshop will explore various online tools that you can employ to capture students’ ideas, make class more exciting, and create a more collaborative online classroom. We will go over programs such as FigJam, Mentimeter, Padlet, and more! This workshop is great for students and faculty members who are teaching online for the first time, or for those who are looking to expand their teaching toolbox.

    Intro to Mapping with QGIS – November 20 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with QGIS, a free and open-source platform. We’ll explore how to visualize, analyze, and interpret spatial data, allowing you to uncover patterns and relationships in your data. Whether you’re new to mapping or looking to enhance your skills, this session will provide you with the tools to get started on your own projects.

    Digital Dissertations Accountability Group meetings

    October 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    November 7 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    November 21 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    December 5 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Working on a digital dissertation or interested in doing one? The Digital Dissertations Accountability Group is open for those working on digital dissertations and ITP projects. The group meets on a hybrid modality every other week.GC Digital Initiatives has created this group as a space to support each other, exchange ideas, and create community! Sign up for the group here.

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