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Matthew K. Gold (he/him) joined the group Test

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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

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:38:33 -0400

See below for upcoming workshop.

Best,
Luke

—
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

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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

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

Luke Waltzer (he/him) edited the blog post Launch Party, May 8th! Celebrating Two Recent TLC Publications in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:27:39 -0400

Launch Party, May 8th! Celebrating Two Recent TLC PublicationsOn Friday, May 8th, the Teaching and Learning Center will celebrate the publication of two recent projects: Do not ask me to remain the same: Resocializing Reading at CUNY and Showing Up, Slowing Down, Letting Go: Reflections on parenting and pedagogy. Developed by current TLC fellows…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer started the topic Four Upcoming Events on AI in the forum Teaching and Learning Center

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:17:39 -0400

Hi, All,

Sharing four upcoming events on AI that may be of interest.

April 17-18: Transitions & Transactions Conference at BMCC

April 21, 6:00-8:00pm: Conversation and Panel Discussion on “Digital Colonialism,” hosted by the Center for Humanities at the Graduate Center

April 23, 6:30-8:00pm: On Intelligence: Anicka Yi and Kate Crawford in…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Building a Relational Language Model: Human Edition, a May workshop series in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:41:35 -0400

Exciting workshop below!

Best,

Luke

—
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: Krystal Valentin
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
To: alexandra juhasz &…[Read more]

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Luke Waltzer (he/him) edited the blog post April TLC Events on Accessibility in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:31:27 -0400

April TLC Events on Accessibility By April 24, 2026 allRead More »April TLC Events on Accessibility

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Understanding AI: A Foundational Series for Faculty in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:18:38 -0400

For those of you at and around Brooklyn College, please see this series hosted by Karen Stern-Gabbay and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Laurie Hurson, Zach Muhlbauer, and I will kick things off next Wednesday at 12:30pm with a discussion of the Critical AI Literacy Institute(https://criticalai.commons.gc.cuny.edu/).

If you’re able and i…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Understanding AI: A Foundational Series for Faculty in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:18:38 -0400

For those of you at and around Brooklyn College, please see this series hosted by Karen Stern-Gabbay and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Laurie Hurson, Zach Muhlbauer, and I will kick things off next Wednesday at 12:30pm with a discussion of the Critical AI Literacy Institute(https://criticalai.commons.gc.cuny.edu/).

If you’re able and i…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Understanding AI: A Foundational Series for Faculty in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group via email

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:18:38 -0400

For those of you at and around Brooklyn College, please see this series hosted by Karen Stern-Gabbay and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Laurie Hurson, Zach Muhlbauer, and I will kick things off next Wednesday at 12:30pm with a discussion of the Critical AI Literacy Institute(https://criticalai.commons.gc.cuny.edu/).

If you’re able and i…[Read more]

Todd Tinius and Emily Raboteau are now friends

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:24:39 -0400

Todd Tinius and Linda M. Grasso are now friends

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:09:29 -0400

Luke Waltzer (he/him) edited the blog post Call for TLC Fellowship Applications, 2026-2027 in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:27:15 -0500

Call for TLC Fellowship Applications, 2026-2027TRead More »Call for TLC Fellowship Applications, 2026-2027

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Interested in NYC Public Schools Teaching? Join us March 6 in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:25:32 -0500

Great opportunity for experienced teachers to learn about teaching in NYC Public Schools.

Best,

Luke

—
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: Jennifer Furlong
Date: Monday, February 23, 2026 at…[Read more]

Matthew K. Gold started the topic Fwd: [DHSI] Hiring: Penn Libraries AI & Machine Learning Developer in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center via email

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:38:15 -0500

———- Forwarded message ———
From: Heider, Cynthia
Date: Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Subject: [DHSI] Hiring: Penn Libraries AI & Machine Learning Developer
To: institute@lists.uvic.ca

Dear all,

We have an opening for AI & Machine Learning Developer on the Penn
Libraries’ Research Dat…[Read more]

Todd Tinius and Christine Leotta are now friends

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:16:47 -0500

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Alumni Panel: Building a Career in Prison Education, Fri, 2/20, 12:00, Zoom in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:14:59 -0500

Please see below for an exciting panel of alums being hosted by hosted by the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development.

Best,

Luke

—
Luke Waltzer, Ph.D.
Director, Teaching and Learning Center
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 3300.19
New York, NY…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer (he/him) edited the blog post Teaching and Learning Center Programs, Spring 2026 in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:28:30 -0500

Teaching and Learning Center Programs, Spring 2026February February 5 | 3-5pm | Graduate Center Lobby Pop Up Pedagogy: Accessibility. No registration necessary, stop on by. February 9 | 12-1pm | Zoom Open Education Community Hours. Register. February 19 | 4pm | New Media Lab ITP Lab: Creative Coding with Generative AI (collaboration with…[Read more]

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Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Instructional Design Manager position at CUNY SPS in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:48:06 -0500

See below for excellent opportunity at CUNY SPS.

Best,
Luke

—
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 on behalf of Antonia Levy
Date:…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer started the topic Guidance for January 26th Remote Instruction in the forum Teaching and Learning Center

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:22:18 -0500

CUNY has switched to remote work and instruction for Monday, January 26th. The central office has sent out this guidance for instructors.

Should on-campus access be suspended due to the storm, all faculty scheduled to teach an in-person class on Monday would be required to shift their classes to an online modality. This would be necessary to…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer (he/him) edited the blog post Guidance for January 26th Remote Instruction in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:15:42 -0500

Guidance for January 26th Remote InstructionCUNYRead More »Guidance for January 26th Remote Instruction

Luke Waltzer (he/him) wrote a new blog post February 20th at the Graduate Center: Celebrating The Campus Crisis Toolkit in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:41:07 -0500

February 20th at the Graduate Center: Celebrating The Campus Crisis Toolkit On February 20th, Teaching and Learning CenterRead More »February 20th: Celebrating The Campus Crisis Toolkit

Matthew K. Gold started the topic Fwd: Event: Masahiro Shimoda & Kiyonori Nagasaki on the Reiwa Buddhist Canon project (1/21/26 12:30pm) in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center via email

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:16 -0500

Hi All,

With apologies for the late notice, please join us if you can for an
in-person event tomorrow at the CUNY Graduate Center:

Masahiro Shimoda & Kiyonori Nagasaki
on the Reiwa Buddhist Canon project

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 – 12:30-2pm
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Three DH courses: Decolonial AI and DH; Digital Pedagogy; and Digital Memories in the forum Teaching and Learning Center via email

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:40:49 -0500

Please see three exciting courses being offered by the GC’s DH program this spring semester!

Best,
Luke

—
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: Jason Nielsen
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 a…[Read more]

Matthew K. Gold (he/him) and Colin McDonald (he/him/his) are now friends

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:29:33 -0500

Luke Waltzer started the topic Teaching Opportunity at York College, Spring 2026 in the forum Teaching and Learning Center

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:45:13 -0500

The Performing and Fine Arts department at York College needs to fill a fully-online, asynchronous course ASAP: SPCH 350 Persuasion and Propaganda in Mass Media.

If interested, reach out directly to Prof. Thomas Marion, chair of the performing and fine arts department: tmarion@york.cuny.edu.

Luke Waltzer started the topic TLC's 2026 Mid-Winter Institute, Jan 20-23 in the forum Teaching and Learning Center

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:47:19 -0500

Dear All,

The week of January 19th the Teaching and Learning Center will be hosting its annual Mid-Winter Institute.

This year’s institute will include three connected programs.

1. Individual Consultations. January 20-22, on Zoom.

Graduate Center students can sign up for a 30-minute conversation to prepare for spring teaching with a TLC F…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer (he/him) edited the blog post The TLC's 2026 Mid-Winter Institute in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:34:30 -0500

The TLC's 2026 Mid-Winter InstituteThe week ofRead More »The TLC’s 2026 Mid-Winter Institute

Todd Tinius and Jessica Yood (she/her) are now friends

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:13:54 -0500

Luke Waltzer (he/him) wrote a new blog post TLC Grading Social and Holiday Party, December 16 in the group Teaching and Learning Center

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:59:21 -0500

TLC Grading Social and Holiday Party, December 16It’s the time of the semester where students’ finRead More »TLC Grading Social and Holiday Party, December 16

Luke Waltzer started the topic American at 250 Conference: Graduate Student Opportunity in the forum Teaching and Learning Center

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:25:48 -0500

Faculty from Hostos Community College — Greg Marks, Amina Tajbhai, and Tram Nguyen — are planning a conference called “The Arc of the Nation: America at 250,” to take place on Feb. 27, 2026. Roosevelt Montas (Bard College), Bryan Garsten (Yale), and Amy Wood (Illinois State) will participate in a plenary on the future of civic education, the…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer started the topic CFP: CALI Faculty Fellows, 2026 in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:42:50 -0500

The CFP is now live for the second cohort of faculty fellows at the Teaching and Learning Center’s Critical AI Literacy Institute, which will run from Spring 2026-Spring 2027.

Faculty can apply to one of three tracks:

1. Critical Foundations of AI. We will recruit faculty from multiple disciplines to work together to develop modules for a course…[Read more]

Luke Waltzer replied to the topic FW: ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CLASSROOM APRIL 17-18, 2026 in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:22:38 -0500

And graduate student instructors… but feel free to reach out to Margaret Barrow (mbarrow@bmcc.cuny.edu) and Manya Steinkoler (msteinkoler@bmcc.cuny.edu) for clarification.

Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CLASSROOM APRIL 17-18, 2026 in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:33:34 -0500

Hi All,

See below for spring conference at BMCC.

Best,
Luke

—
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

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Jonathan Cornick wrote a new post on the site The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:58:05 -0500

Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of ExpressionTO: Interim EVC and University Provost Alvero FROM: CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education (CADHE) CC: Chancellor Matos Rodriguez, Board Chair Thompson, General Counsel Davis, UFS Chair Verzani, PSC Chair Davis, CUNY Presidents, CADHE Organizing Committee RE: Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression November 24, 2025 Dear Interim EVC and University Provost Alvero, The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education (CADHE) writes to you today to express our alarm at how academic freedom and free speech are represented in the recently mandated Title VI training announced to the university community on 11/14/25. We agree that it is essential that all members of the CUNY community be aware of the protections of Title VI, as well as the university’s responsibility to support those protections. But this training does not simply affirm the purposes of Title VI and provide guidance on how to enact its principles. Rather, it sends mixed messages to faculty by asserting that we have rights under academic freedom and the First Amendment while simultaneously warning us to restrain the exercise of those rights lest our actions be perceived as potential violations of Title VI. Below are the concerning points raised in the training that we would like to see addressed and revised: The training uses vague and potentially chilling language, repeating the phrase “hostile environment” without ever defining it, equating a student’s feeling of alienation in a classroom (also undefined) with discrimination, and conflating a perception of discriminatory behavior with actions that could legitimately qualify as violations of Title VI. This chilling effect extends to the discussion of the legal basis for academic and First Amendment freedoms: the presenter in the training describes in detail the Supreme Court decision in Garcetti vs. Ceballos, which limits free expression by government employees, and then points out that many courts, including those in New York, in addition to Heim vs. Daniel, have exempted higher education from these limitations. If Garcetti is irrelevant for CUNY’s purposes, why mention it at all beyond the desire to seed fears of punishment for speech inside and outside the classroom? Rather than leading our students towards meaningful and contextual thinking, the training encourages faculty to provide “counterpoints or other perspectives to balance discourse.” While many issues do generate equally legitimate opposing arguments and include a diversity of perspectives, this guidance is at best tone-deaf in relation to the fields in which many of us work: the history of slavery, for example, or climate science, public health, gender and sexuality studies, and the like. It is our responsibility as instructors not just to hear our students’ claims but to correct their mistakes and misapprehensions. Moreover, the definition of “controversial” is historically and geopolitically specific: questions that are heavily contested at one moment become conventional wisdom at another, and vice versa. Faculty expertise, not student enthusiasm, provides that context. Even more worrying is the training’s guidance around political activity on and off campus. The training notes that faculty are free to attend off campus protests, but we should be “mindful” of how our actions outside the classroom may lead to the perception of a hostile learning environment by students who disagree with a faculty member’s political positions. The training also notes that faculty may exercise their First Amendment rights by posting on social media, but that students are free to track down their posts and report them. Moreover, although the university would have no grounds on which to legally act against the faculty member, CUNY reserves the right, according to the training, to impose other “remedial measures.” In other words, student objections to faculty political speech could lead to discipline even though that speech is fully covered by both academic freedom and the First Amendment. Throughout the training, the threat of disciplinary action against faculty is repeatedly raised, although, again, with few specifics. Faculty are warned that in response to any number of different complaints of a hostile environment, “the university may need to take action.” Again, besides the fact that “hostile environment” is not defined, the phrase “may need to take action” is intimidatingly vague. Even more concerning is the assertion that such actions may include “academic adjustments.” Adjustment to a lesson plan? A syllabus? A faculty member’s teaching schedule or employment status? None of this is spelled out. Finally, we are troubled by one of the “Knowledge Check” questions after the training, which asks what is the appropriate action to take if one feels someone may be violating Title VI. While possible answers include “speaking with their supervisor” or “reaching out to Human Resources,” the “correct” response is to report this possible violation through the CUNY complaint portal. In other words, rather than first attempting to resolve an issue on the ground with department chairs, supervisors, or HR, faculty and staff, and students, should instead outsource potential complaints to CUNY central. Given the messages conveyed by this training, we have serious doubts about the wisdom of this advice. Additionally, by sending all complaints through the portal, and then to campus chief diversity officers (CDOs), the university violates its own Policy 5.20 of the Manual of General Policy, which explicitly lays out how student complaints of faculty are to be addressed, and simultaneously provides due process for all parties involved, includes an appeals process, and privileges the protection of academic freedom in such proceedings. The university’s Title VI training, which is not policy, ignores and upends the very principles of academic freedom and due process that Policy 5.20 lays out. In sum, we find that the net effect of this training is to induce faculty — most especially junior and adjunct faculty, who are the least protected — to self-censor in the classroom and abandon any First Amendment rights. If we engage in social media discourse or public protests, correct misinformation in our students, challenge their beliefs, or speak out of turn in any way, we can expect to be reported, either on the university’s portal or to our local CDOs, with claims that we have violated Title VI or at least created the perception of discrimination or of a hostile learning environment. As you know, many of these questions around academic freedom and freedom of expression were first raised in our response to a statement you issued in a 9/26/25 newsletter from the Office of Academic Affairs. Several groups, including CADHE, the PSC and BMCC academic freedom committees, and most recently participants at the 10/28/25 UFS Plenary meeting, questioned the implications of that statement. At that meeting, you noted that your statement was received in a far different and more negative manner than you had anticipated, that you were not establishing policy in that statement, and that you planned to clarify the university’s position. However, within two weeks of this discussion, this mandatory Title VI training, which not only uses the same language of your statement of 9/26/25 but expands and amplifies the very assertions that CADHE and others objected to, appeared on our Brightspace pages, as though none of these objections had ever been made. Ultimately, this training does far more damage than good. It places the onus for student comfort (characterized here as a “safe” environment) on faculty; it creates the impression that students are free to lodge complaints against protected faculty activities and leaves the faculty vulnerable to an untold number of attacks; and rather than generating an atmosphere of support for and confidence in faculty as guardians of student learning, it implies that the university’s job is to restrain our political speech, surveille our classrooms, and eradicate any hint of student dissatisfaction. We reiterate our request that you issue a clarification of your and the university’s position with regard to faculty’s academic freedom and First Amendment rights, which this Title VI training explicitly undermines. We further reiterate our request that you consult with the Academic Freedom Committee of the UFS, and any other academic freedom committees you deem fit, who could have pointed out any of the above concerns before your 9/26/25 statement on academic freedom and this Title VI training were released — thus avoiding the unnecessary fear and anxiety that has been caused amongst the faculty. CADHE Organizing Committee Cristina Bruns, LaGuardia Community College Sarah E. Chinn, Hunter College Jonathan Cornick, Queensborough Community College Beth Evans, Brooklyn College Paul Fess, LaGuardia Community CollegeJean Halley, College of Staten IslandErnest Ialongo, Hostos Community CollegeKaren Kaplowitz, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Joel Kuszai, Queensborough Community College Douglas A. Medina, Guttman Community College Hillary Miller, Queens College Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome, Brooklyn College Philip A. Pecorino, Queensborough Community College Larissa Swedell, Queens College Emily Sohmer Tai, Queensborough Community College Karen Weingarten, QueRead more“Concerns over Title VI Training: Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression”

Jonathan Cornick wrote a new post on the site The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:00:23 -0500

CUNY Statements and Resolutions rejecting the McMahon/Mailman Compact

Luke Waltzer started the topic Ethical AIms: Addressing AI in Contemporary Challenges at Baruch College Ethics Week | March 17, 2026 in the forum Critical AI Literacy Interest Group via email

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:16:43 -0500

Hi All,

Please see the attached CFP for participation in a symposium on the ethical implications of AI being held at Baruch College in March.

Best,

Luke

—
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

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Jonathan Cornick wrote a new post on the site The CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:20:42 -0400

Academic Freedom at CUNY: The Latest ChallengeSent to: CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodriguez CUNY Interim Provost Alvero CUNY BOT Chairperson Thompson Copied to: CUNY UFS, SUNY UFS, PSC-CUNY, AAUP Academic Freedom at CUNY_ The Latest Challenge 10.16.25Download

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