CUNY Academic Commons | Dr. Abu Kamruzzaman | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/drabu/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Dr. Abu Kamruzzaman is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 b89ae042ccf97d25e821ca0cff872733 Keith A. Markus replied to the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205253 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:34:38 -0400 Vasiliy,
I don’t think that we should try to reach consensus in this forum but I have a rather different view. Perhaps it would he helpful to explain a little further. We were speaking loosely, so to be clear when I referred to AI, I meant generative AI. Perhaps you were speaking more broadly.

As philosopher David Lewis once wrote, calling…[Read more]

]]> 13c9764e3fe10cf90e758165a495e94f Vasiliy Znamenskiy replied to the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205249 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:13:04 -0400 Testing how a task was completed, judging whether it was completed correctly, and actually performing the task are not the same thing.

Artificial intelligence will do some things on its own. Without that, it would not really be intelligence. How we should interact with it, what we can trust it with and what we cannot, will be shown by practice…[Read more]

]]> 1052e04fc3b3f56b1378e530a0d1764c Keith A. Markus replied to the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205247 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:47:42 -0400 Vasiliy,
I did an informal poll of my students asking what they wanted their program of study to provide them regarding AI, and the ability to critically evaluate AI output was one of the top things that they reported wanting. This fining could probably be replicated more formally.

My main focus in my courses is on the idea that if students want…[Read more]

]]> b319cb0c0c8a0733a7b2f1b287c2acee Vasiliy Znamenskiy started the topic BMCC/CUNY GenAI Education Paper Cited in MDPI Smart Cities Article in the forum Artificial Intelligence in Education https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/artificial-intelligence-in-education/forum/topic/bmcc-cuny-genai-education-paper-cited-in-mdpi-smart-cities-article/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:03:56 -0400 Dear colleagues,

I wanted to share a small but meaningful update related to generative AI in education.

Our paper, “Integrating Universal Generative AI Platforms in Educational Labs to Foster Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy,” has been cited in a new MDPI Smart Cities article on multimodal generative AI for construction-site management and…[Read more]

]]> 12118dc0ac0895bb346f331be0f52a10 Casandra Silva Sibilin replied to the topic "Don't AI Alone" this June! 🌱 in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205151 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:15:01 -0400 Update: the June virtual gathering was postponed until the fall semester, when there will be more to share!

Enjoy the summer, and please feel free to share any events, projects, or resources that might be of interest to the DAIA community here. ☀️

]]> 5851612430dbda1e61d175f0d3c301d3 Richard Knipel started the topic Tomorrow July 1: Wiki-Wednesday Drop-In Hour + CUNYpedia on Homelessness in NY in the forum Teaching and Learning Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/teaching-and-learning-center/forum/topic/tomorrow-july-1-wiki-wednesday-drop-in-hour-cunypedia-on-homelessness-in-ny-2/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:14:18 -0400 Our fourteenth Wiki-Wednesday Drop-In is tomorrow on July 1, at 11 am! Please register on Zoom . Note that we have shifted from the last Wednesday of the month to the first!

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/q7OZ1hAkT96K9ggSMfim9Q#/registration

And also this month’s CUNYpedia Focus, representing a fruitful on-wiki collaboration springing…[Read more]

]]> 2a60347f07c8b04afd2ad7b62ae52b3b Holly Davenport replied to the topic Graduate Center AI Guidelines in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205131 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:36:25 -0400 Thanks, Gina!

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Holly Davenport

Interim Director, Office of Digital Learning

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

hdavenport@jjay.cuny.edu<mailto:hdavenport@jjay.cuny.edu>

From: Gina Rae Foster (Critical AI Literacy Interest Group) <cuny-academic-commons@gc.cuny.edu>
Date: Monday, June 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
To: Holly Davenport &…[Read more]

]]> 8d13b3e8030e45f3087d14ec80fe6d51 Nicole (she/her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179727/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:50:16 -0400 37f6d763a3406a95a46163657af08c9c Nicholas Freudenberg joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179705/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:32:06 -0400 c068b5ecff40b89b805bf169025e4534 Gina Rae Foster replied to the topic Graduate Center AI Guidelines in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205115 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:55:48 -0400 Thanks, Luke! Great to see and very helpful.

[cid:adfd74d6-73d1-4781-9f5f-33dbc2588bb2](https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/ed3fccc997e14577b329870b0d26d30e@jjay.cuny.edu?anonymous&ep=bwmEmailSignature)
Book time to meet with…[Read more]

]]> 03b29ddf7f2d55e9e8a7f8ea15b68e4b Reem Jaafar (She/her) joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179681/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:54:27 -0400 100961b0dfb0ae4da95718cc1b998627 Luke Waltzer started the topic Graduate Center AI Guidelines in the forum Teaching and Learning Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/teaching-and-learning-center/forum/topic/graduate-center-ai-guidelines-7/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:54:29 -0400 Hi All,

I’m pleased to share AI Guidelines for the Graduate Center, published this week. I think you’ll see that they reflect the work of the Critical AI Literacy Institute, and critical conversations about GenAI that are happening in many spaces across…[Read more]

]]> 6358c4b285b1117837de673680387f30 Nicole Sarette (She/her) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179037/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:10:45 -0400 9eeb3b0e8e63185740c81e82c66fe0d3 Nicole Sarette (She/her) joined the group Teaching and Learning Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1179035/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:10:35 -0400 002b2eeae32660c3836e03480609105c Vasiliy Znamenskiy started the topic Teaching AI-Ready Computational Science with NAIRR Resource in the forum Artificial Intelligence in Education https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/artificial-intelligence-in-education/forum/topic/teaching-ai-ready-computational-science-with-nairr-resource/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:51:22 -0400 Znamenskiy, Vasiliy. “Teaching AI-Ready Computational Science with NAIRR Resources: A ‘Computer Methods in Science’ Course”. Presented at the 2026 NAIRR Annual Meeting (NAIRR2026), Arlington, VA, USA, March 11, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19193456.

]]> 249bf2ff2205325860e6a5dc600a81ba Jorge Silva-Puras joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1177929/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:28:36 -0400 55800a71372ac85b7ea93ed074c3650e Greet Van Belle joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1177865/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:31:31 -0400 0488af53829e09d11e96170ac1fac636 Catherine McCulloch (she/her) joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1177703/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:10:30 -0400 d1986223bf10752f9502491c6bedd723 Evangelia Antonakos joined the group CUNY Learning Mindset Modules Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1177695/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:47:41 -0400 49964d382e8b0918b994cc3e62337e59 Casandra Silva Sibilin started the topic Call for Chapter Proposals: Diverse Perspectives on AI in Education in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/call-for-chapter-proposals-diverse-perspectives-on-ai-in-education/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:39:49 -0400 Sharing this invitation for CUNY community members from Brittany Collins and Marleen Brunch.
They are inviting chapter proposals for their next book, The Both/And: Diverse and Diverging Perspectives on AI in Education. The anthology is under consideration with Routledge and is focused on the middle and high school level; however, within that, they…[Read more]

]]> 2ab8763d22307f4bda2385bd733df3cc Marwa Answar started the topic Fw: URBAN 2026 Summer Institute - June 15 Deadline to Register + Apply for Scholarship in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/teaching-and-learning-center/forum/topic/fw-urban-2026-summer-institute-june-15-deadline-to-register-apply-for-scholarship/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:13:26 -0400 Please see below!

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From: Shibani Chakravorty <schakravorty@gc.cuny.edu>
Subject: URBAN 2026 Summer Institute – June 15 Deadline to Register + Apply for Scholarship

URBAN 2026 Summer Institute – June 15 Deadline to Register + Apply for Scholarship

The Urban Research-Based Action Network’s (URBAN) 2026 Summer…[Read more]

]]> fc1761c838272535545dd789132b8929 Sarah Gafur joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1176159/ Thu, 28 May 2026 17:38:24 -0400 b730f1215b845708fd093a0f586ebc04 Richard Knipel started the topic May 27: Wiki-Wed Drop-In Hour + Wiki Photo Tours + Evening Salon + CUNYpedia in the forum Teaching and Learning Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/teaching-and-learning-center/forum/topic/may-27-wiki-wed-drop-in-hour-wiki-photo-tours-evening-salon-cunypedia-2/ Tue, 26 May 2026 17:20:47 -0400 Our thirteenth Wiki-Wednesday Drop-In is tomorrow on May 27, at 11 am! Please register on Zoom .

And also this month’s CUNYpedia Focus, representing a fruitful on-wiki collaboration springing from the CUNYverse. In this case, our focus is on the Coney Island Creek, developed by students as part of a Brooklyn College ecology cla…[Read more]

]]> 5a6a62c94f2e98e41f0472a3c149c7e3 Debra Williams joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1173243/ Thu, 21 May 2026 00:39:26 -0400 f1a7f60bd13b169b042064df8c51daa5 Philomena Elom (She/her/hers) joined the group Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1173097/ Wed, 20 May 2026 13:49:08 -0400 e5e6613645a16e9f3c2a593e8f9e54b4 Philomena Elom (She/her/hers) joined the group Open at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1173093/ Wed, 20 May 2026 13:46:54 -0400 7c78661e34a5a5d6bbd3e89020099d70 Lilla Toke joined the group CUNY Learning Mindset Modules Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171529/ Fri, 15 May 2026 15:57:55 -0400 6575c5a5cd1beae60e0c6bc64abba85c Casandra Silva Sibilin started the topic "Don't AI Alone" this June! 🌱 in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/dont-ai-alone-this-june-%f0%9f%8c%b1/ Fri, 15 May 2026 11:44:33 -0400 Hi DAIA friends,
We’re excited to share that the next CUNY-wide DAIA gathering is in the works for June. This one will be virtual, and we’ll share the date and registration details as soon as they’re finalized.
As always, this will be a chance to connect across campuses & disciplines, hear what others are working on, share your own ideas and quest…[Read more]

]]> ba482fa0547e3b10e8d7b30d92eaf04d Jason Nielsen started the topic Tonight, May 13, 6:30 PM: Agentic AI Final Showcase in Room 9206 in the forum Teaching and Learning Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/teaching-and-learning-center/forum/topic/tonight-may-13-630-pm-agentic-ai-final-showcase-in-room-9206-8/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:46:01 -0400 Hi all,

Please come by TONIGHT, if you can, for the first of a few MA/MS Program events this week. This event is only in-person:

Agentic AI Final Showcase
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
6:30 pm — 8:30 pm, Room 9206
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/agentic-ai-final-showcase

From Professor McSweeney:
Please join us tonight to explore the applications a…[Read more]

]]> 48fd85d20e04976b8f54fa7448332822 Casandra Silva Sibilin started the topic 5/14 event - Learn how to Run LLMs Locally ~ CUNY in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/5-14-event-learn-how-to-run-llms-locally-cuny/ Wed, 13 May 2026 13:38:12 -0400 Please share with interested students! Organized by DAIA member, Ethan Castro.

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https://luma.com/8v4l0526

​New York has committed over $500M to Empire AI to keep our state at the frontier of artificial intelligence, and CUNY sits inside that consortium alongside Columbia, Cornell, and NYU. But “leading” doesn’t happen at press conferences o…[Read more]

]]> ec826130531b7e287f7df4079e292261 Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Professional Development Creating Accessible Experiences for Deaf Students – CUNY Virtual Faculty & Staff Workshop in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/teaching-and-learning-center/forum/topic/fw-professional-development-creating-accessible-experiences-for-deaf-students-cuny-virtual-faculty-staff-workshop/ Tue, 12 May 2026 18:38:33 -0400 See below for upcoming workshop.

Best,
Luke

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Luke Waltzer, Ph.D.
Director, Teaching and Learning Center
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 3300.19
New York, NY 10016
http://cuny.is/teaching

From: Center for Teaching and Learning <CTL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> on behalf of CUNY Faculty Affairs <faculty.affairs@CUNY.EDU>
Date:…[Read more]

]]> 78bb25ba238dcb8558bbc83a73ed4ef3 Luke Waltzer (he/him) wrote a new blog post Showing Up, Slowing Down, Letting Go: Reflections on Parenting and Pedagogy in the group Teaching and Learning Center https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/05/08/showing-up-slowing-down-letting-go-reflections-on-parenting-and-pedagogy/ Fri, 08 May 2026 14:24:19 -0400 Showing Up, Slowing Down, Letting Go: Reflections on Parenting and Pedagogy The Teaching andRead More »Showing Up, Slowing Down, Letting Go: Reflections on Parenting and Pedagogy

]]> 1084273a7b6d71726a7c4adb6fa3699d GUOZHEN AN joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1168407/ Fri, 08 May 2026 01:28:18 -0400 f447595db443d94ea77db23474313e9b Leslie Ward joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1168153/ Thu, 07 May 2026 14:53:39 -0400 02cc6c4d2d027c9b46608ed6cdb90bb7 Jason Nielsen started the topic Tonight, May 7, 5 PM - 7 PM: Master's Thesis and Capstone Showcase in the forum Futures Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/futures-initiative/forum/topic/tonight-may-7-5-pm-7-pm-masters-thesis-and-capstone-showcase-3/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:44:57 -0400 Hi All,

Happening tonight! See event description in the link below, and flyer attached.

Master’s Thesis and Capstone Showcase (Hybrid Event)
Thursday, May 7, 2026
5:00 pm — 7:00 pm
Elebash Recital Hall

Register here for in-person or webinar:
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/masters-thesis-and-capstone-showcase

Thanks,
Jason

 

]]> c623e47ccd1f0f69f9a7e9c383645b97 LAROI M. LAWTON joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1167529/ Wed, 06 May 2026 18:26:11 -0400 af751bd01685d94095e0ef51111b7f58 Sara Augustin replied to the topic Preserving Our Stories: Counterarchiving in the Digital Space 4/22 (2-3PM) in the forum Teaching and Learning Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=203487 Wed, 06 May 2026 17:17:44 -0400 Awww I missed it so sad 🙁 . Heard it was amazing ! Hope I can make the next one !

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Please join us in May for Manifold Drop-In Office hours!

Manifold Drop-In Office Hours Whether you’re starting a new digital project, need expert guidance to overcome roadblocks in an existing project, or simply want to ask a question, our CUNY Manifold Team will be on hand to provide support and answer your qu…[Read more]

]]> 31648d2ea562b9c3e0ed99f74de070c9 Alisa Roost (She/her) joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1164649/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:12:17 -0400 17e5d26039cf4660d922347e310dbec0 Melanie Hill-Cantey joined the group Artificial Intelligence in Education https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1164569/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:31:02 -0400 655dea213f7fab85922247d9d8fd2e06 Melanie Hill-Cantey joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1164567/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:29:49 -0400