Why Many Young Men Don’t Think College Is for Them Image courtesy of The Chronicle of Higher Education Dear Commons Community, This posting is derived from an article and interview […]

New Book:  “The American School of Spies” by Stephan Talty Dear Commons Community, I have just finished reading, The American School of Spies by Stephan Talty. It recounts the stories of a team […]

Google Is Building an AI Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed Credit…Timo Lenzen Dear Commons Community, When Google prepared to go public in 2004, Larry Page, a co-founder of the company, wrote […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul imposes one-year ban on AI data centers – New York becomes first state to do so! Dear Commons Community, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order barring the construction of new large-scale data […]

Viva España:  Spain persistence pays off to win 2026 World Cup!     Team Spain Celebrates. Getty images. Dear Commons Community, Ferran Torres’ goal early in the second period of extra time was […]

Wildfire Smoke Returns to the New York City Area PRINT AS PDF Just over three years ago, the New York City area was choked by the thickest wildfire smoke in its climate record. Last […]

Maureen Dowd on Trump's obsessiveness, low testosterone, and being a sore loser! Credit…Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times. Dear Commons Community, Maureen Dowd in her column yesterday entitled “Low-T, High […]

What to Know Before Seeing ‘The Odyssey’ Christopher Nolan’s conception of the Trojan horse. Credit…Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures Dear Commons Community, On Fr […]

Two American soldiers killed in the Iranian War! A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, in Tehran on Saturday. Credit…Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New Y […]

Sports Smorgasbord This Weekend – Soccer, Golf, Baseball! Dear Commons Community, This weekend is a smorgasbord for sports lovers.  Here is the lineup. Soccer – The World Cup The World Cup Ch […]

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez drops out of Wisconsin governor's race following financial disarray! Dear Commons Community, Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez is suspending her campaign for governor after a week of trying to navigate the fallout […]

Library 2nd Floor Closures 7/20-7/22 at 3:00pmThe 2nd Floor of the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library will close early at 3:00pm on Monday, July 20, Tuesday, July 21, and Wednesday, […]

NSF bans almost all research collaborations with China Dear Commons Community, Science has an article this morning entitled, “NSF bans almost all research collaborations with China”.  […]

New Movie: "The Odyssey" directed by Christopher Nolan Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena in The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan. Credit…Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal […]

Incredible Game:  Defending Champion Argentina Reaches World Cup Final By Beating England 2-1 Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates after winning the 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinal match between England and Argentina  (Photo by Evrim […]

At last – Trump pays E. Jean Carroll$5.6 million in sex abuse case! E. Jean Carroll. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) Dear Commons Community, The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million […]

Commons In A Box 1.8.0I’ve just released version 1.8.0 of Commons In A Box. See https://commonsinabox.org/archives/9301 for more details.

US House of Representatives Passed Bill Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent All Year Round! Dear Commons Community, The House passed a bill yesterday that would make daylight saving time permanent. Proponents, including the […]

Janet Napolitano, former President of the U of California System, Calls for Restoring the SAT and ACT! Janet Napolitano.  Photo courtesy of Joe Rondone. Dear Commons Community, The New York Times Editorial Board had an editorial on […]

Now Hiring! Adjunct Reference and Scholarly Communication Librarian The Mina Rees Library of the CUNY Graduate Center is seeking a part-time Reference and Scholarly Communication Librarian (Non-Teaching […]