CUNY Academic Commons

GCDI Conversations in Digital Scholarship
A Symposium Hosted by the GC Digital Fellows

May 13, 2025 from 2 -4 PM

The GC Digital Fellows are hosting a seminar featuring roundtable discussions on topics related to digital scholarship and methods. These sessions will be held concurrently on May 13, 2025 from 2-4pm, and are designed to generate a…[Read more]

Hello all, I wanted to let you know that the Commons hosting migration that we announced last month will begin in one week, at 10:30am Eastern on Wednesday, January 15th. Because of the size and complexity of the data involved, please expect the Commons to be unavailable for 48-72 hours after the migration starts. During the downtime, we will…[Read more]

Hello Commons group admins, I wanted to let you know that we are planning a maintenance and feature release on Tuesday, Dec 17th around 11am Eastern. It is possible that the site will experience a couple hours of downtime as a result.

We apologize for any inconvenience. We are planning for this to be our last release before our scheduled hosting…[Read more]

Happy holidays, Commons Group Admins!

Our team just published this news post about two big upcoming projects. We are migrating hosts to improve Commons stability and performance, and we are starting a biannual series of Open Community Meetings to share updates, answer questions, and hear your feedback. We hope that you can join the first meeting…[Read more]

The GC Digital Research Institute (GCDRI)

January 21st – 24, 2025

Application due: December 6th, 12:00pm

http://cuny.is/gcdri

Are you interested in using digital tools in your research, but don’t know where to start? Do you want to learn more about digital technologies alongside a supportive group of your peers?

The GC Digital Research Inst…[Read more]

The GC Digital Research Institute (GCDRI)January 21st – 24, 2025

Application due: December 3rd, 11:59pm

http://cuny.is/gcdri

Are you interested in using digital tools in your research, but don’t know where to start? Do you want to learn more about digital technologies alongside a supportive group of your peers?

The GC Digital Research In…[Read more]

GC Digital Initiatives is excited to host the 10th annual Digital Humanities Initiative (DHI) Lightning Talks on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 5:30- 7:30 PM. The event will be hybrid, allowing presenters/audience members to join online over Zoom or in-person at the Graduate Center in rooms 9205/9206 (9F). Each year the event brings together…[Read more]

Hi all,

The next PUG meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 2-3pm on Zoom. Here’s the link:

https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/81072383837?pwd=QGDmZXcLPsvd4ezL4wzRSaUJ820an2.1

Passcode: 851869

This week we will practice a little web scraping with Python by playing around with the reddit API. We’ll work through the process of extracting…[Read more]

Hello Commons Group Admins, I wanted to let you know that the Commons will be inaccessible for maintenance tomorrow evening, Friday 10/18/2024, at 9:30 pm ET for two to three hours. Thanks for your patience, and feel free to message me with any questions!

Colin McDonald
Commons Project Manager
https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/colinmcd/

Our first meeting of the semester is today  10/16 on zoom from 2-4.  We’ll post a zoom link in this thread a few minutes before 2. 

Are you working on mapping projects or interested in GIS?

We invite you to join our GIS/Mapping User Group (MUG) this fall! This group offers a collaborative space for anyone working with spatial data, GIS tools, or…[Read more]

Are you a member of the CUNY community working on a digital humanities project or question? Would you like to connect with other CUNY faculty, students, and staff working in digital humanities?

Sign up to attend and/or to present your digital humanities project, research, or questions with students, faculty, and staff from across CUNY’s c…[Read more]

Please attend the Digital Fellows’ first workshop of the school year on Tuesday, September 24 from 4-5:30! 

In response to this increasingly concerning moment of digital insecurity and academic repression, this in-person workshop will introduce you to resources and practices for keeping yourself and your data (research or personal) safe online.…[Read more]