CUNY Academic Commons | Tuka Al-Sahlani | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/tukaalsahlani/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Tuka Al-Sahlani is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 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]

]]> 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 98d63b32b5d6a3da4a0e8ab587eee95b Truly Johnson started the topic Feminism, Horror Games, and Data Visualization: A Pretty Terrifying Project! in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/feminism-horror-games-and-data-visualization-a-pretty-terrifying-project-4/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:56:55 -0400 The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, the semester is coming to a close. It’s spring, the perfect time for…

Horror!

To anyone who attended the GC Digital Showcase yesterday, you may have already gotten a little bit spooked by A Pretty Terrifying Project: Examining Feminist Theme Co-Occurrences

Across Horror Video Games. This pro…[Read more]

]]> 9f417e8618ea5a52e36fb64ba200137a Truly Johnson (they/them) joined the group Digital Humanities Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171845/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:35:22 -0400 72b2725cfd8bd7328ece32dc7305b18d Truly Johnson (they/them) joined the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171843/ Sat, 16 May 2026 23:34:58 -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]

]]> fc6b533512132b6156c0e27653239f4e Jason Nielsen started the topic Tonight, May 13, 6:30 PM: Agentic AI Final Showcase in Room 9206 in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/tonight-may-13-630-pm-agentic-ai-final-showcase-in-room-9206-6/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:45:57 -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.

—
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]

]]> c72a20dc3a2fddaa58561a19ee44aaa7 Ismerlyn Gonzalez (she/her) joined the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1169813/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:48:02 -0400 676571a760bec4f84e535751bae2bad7 Blog: Let’s Archive It! Event Recap from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1171169/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:59:37 -0400 In April, the Digital Fellows were delighted to host the event “Let’s Archive It,” which brought together three archivists from across the CUNY system to discu […]

]]> 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 736cbae6cbf57aa245e8e450fe868f59 Jason Nielsen started the topic Tonight, May 7, 5 PM - 7 PM: Master's Thesis and Capstone Showcase in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/tonight-may-7-5-pm-7-pm-masters-thesis-and-capstone-showcase-4/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:45:00 -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 035a84629705120321d1a7041eaa33ea Namita Manohar joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1167003/ Tue, 05 May 2026 18:50:28 -0400 0a6a6f90458da70409fa044b2fde8ce6 Hia joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1166009/ Sat, 02 May 2026 01:50:39 -0400 9715482e6bc8e275f5ce381b3c595619 Blog: Update from the Digital Scholarship Lab: Visit our Data Lab from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1167187/ Fri, 01 May 2026 06:59:22 -0400 Every spring semester, the digital fellows discuss their observations and findings from the fall semester about the Graduate Center’s students, faculty, and staff n […]

]]> 2b59ef77234f3b4a0fa9553a7dd39753 James Abordo Ong (He/Him) joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165385/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:37:08 -0400 337858b95ece28622fc2ad3ce707e6c0 Robin Miller started the topic Manifold Drop-In Office Hours in May in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/manifold-drop-in-office-hours-in-may-3/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:38:14 -0400 Dear colleagues,

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]

]]> 2fb09426eec9e7c82f5fa96d856f86e9 Yathursha Ulakentheran (She/her) joined the group Feminist Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165173/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:21:36 -0400 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 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 7256892e40826a56032468f0a201d7fc Blog: Breaking Tableau Out of the Boardroom from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1167189/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:59:31 -0400 If you’ve ever loaded a research dataset into Tableau, you’ve probably been a bit intimidated. The interface templates are set up to analyze things like &#8 […]

]]> 8ed05da57b2ad801ae24afd5f45da7b8 Casandra Silva Sibilin replied to the topic Issues with the DAIA Mapping . . . Student AI Micro-Course on Brightspace in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=202557 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:49:18 -0400 @janaporter and everyone

1. We are working this semester on updating the DAIA map interface to make it easier. Will have more to share soon!

For now, if you would like to EDIT or ADD a project, could you send me the information about it by email?
csilvasibilin@york.cuny.edu

Please include the following:

– Campus/es

– Project title

– Lead…[Read more]

]]> e232b7ad760c84fa60ea110a815f37a7 Casandra Silva Sibilin replied to the topic Issues with the DAIA Mapping . . . Student AI Micro-Course on Brightspace in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=202557 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:49:18 -0400 @janaporter and everyone

1. We are working this semester on updating the DAIA map interface to make it easier. Will have more to share soon!

For now, if you would like to EDIT or ADD a project, could you send me the information about it by email?
csilvasibilin@york.cuny.edu

Please include the following:
<ul…[Read more]

]]> 8183ce43e7736a5e22ed978f1a479e95 Jana Marion Porter started the topic Issues with the DAIA Mapping . . . Student AI Micro-Course on Brightspace in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/issues-with-the-daia-mapping-student-ai-micro-course-on-brightspace/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:24:08 -0400 Hello Everyone –

2 Quick things – 

  1. I’m trying to modify the DAIA Map so that the Student AI Lit Pilot can be listed and am having issues . . . can someone help me?
  2. Please contact me if you are working on Student AI-Literacy courses/initiatives, as I am currently teaching a Student AI Micro-Course SP26 Pilot at Bronx Community College (BCC)…

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]]> eb304dedfa21d78dfcdbaf5ae1ddceb8 Qi Chen (She/her) joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1162311/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:42:03 -0400 62690b699aa4a9f5b1d8f4db66de81ed Blog: Vibe Coding My Way Out of a Teaching Problem from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1163751/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:59:09 -0400 This post is written by guest contributor Nicole Walker.  In Base44’s recent Super Bowl advertisement, office workers who have never coded before suddenly re […]

]]> 4cb629f9ddbbb0515b155ece66ef8b7a Effie MacLachlan (she/her/hers) joined the group Digital Humanities Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1162267/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:58:58 -0400 b09156d8e466d4c3a9a7720de6748b57 Effie MacLachlan (she/her/hers) joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1162263/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:42:56 -0400 34c4d976b13246e57d548f5fc6ba4234 Alexandra Juhasz started the topic Building a Relational Language Model: Human Edition Workshops in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/building-a-relational-language-model-human-edition-workshops-3/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:57:14 -0400 Dear CUNY Community,
 
You are cordially invited to Alexandra Juhasz and Nishant Shah’s Building a Relational Language Model: Human Edition — a feminist and critical AI workshop series for CUNY students, faculty, and staff, made possible with funding from the CUNY AI Innovation Initiative.
Hosted by Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Fil…[Read more]

]]> 7a5eeb2672019832da36819ef27b19e7 Robin Miller started the topic Preserving Our Stories: Counterarchiving in the Digital Space 4/22 (2-3PM) in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/preserving-our-stories-counterarchiving-in-the-digital-space-4-22-2-3pm-3/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:12:00 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

Curious about incorporating archival materials into your teaching practice?

Join us for our last Manifold Community event of the year exploring Daniel Simidor: A New York Haitian Revolutionary— a Manifold digital project that centers the life and work of community activist, educator, and longtime archivist Daniel Simidor. D…[Read more]

]]> cd2ea064bc96f74faaf1609b5171943b Blog: When AI Makes Us More Active, We Risk Being Less Wise from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1161943/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:59:47 -0400 What generative AI is changing is not just what we produce, but how we behave. When I began studying how workers were using generative AI on digital labor platforms, I …

]]> 1dd859e58e6315bb88f269d2e33734b8 Parisa Setayesh joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1160663/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:15:50 -0400 8098dc1caa59550ccd3cbee254386a66 Suparna Sinha joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1159855/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:34:20 -0400 3e01474985d9b7dedf9c46f0f601b277 Casandra Silva Sibilin started the topic Call for Faculty Leads: Integrating Gen AI into High-Enrollment Gen Ed Courses in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/call-for-faculty-leads-integrating-gen-ai-into-high-enrollment-gen-ed-courses/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:20:32 -0400 This call is part of a pilot coordinated by the Office of University Dean for Tech and Computing, Aankit Patel, and developed with and funded by the NY Jobs CEO Council. The goal is to provide one faculty lead at up to 10 CUNY campuses to redesign a high-enrollment gen ed course to integrate gen AI instruction without changing the course learning…[Read more]

]]> 9b71c4f622c755cb54eea962191f701e Blog: There is a question more important than “Does AI have consciousness?” from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1160753/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:35:53 -0400 The consciousness question: Recent news that shook the internet, albeit in the guise of emotional marketing, is Anthropic’s CEO’s remark that Claude may have gai […]

]]> 905594b2e0ac8b19e25108838cac5083 gcdigitalfellows started the topic “Let’s Archive It!” 3 CUNY Archivists on What it Means to Steward Collections in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/lets-archive-it-3-cuny-archivists-on-what-it-means-to-steward-collections/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:57:57 -0400 “Let’s Archive It!” Three CUNY Archivists on What it Means to Steward Collections

** RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 13, 12-1:30PM**

Graduate Center, Room 9206 with hybrid option (RSVP for Zoom link here).

Doing archival research? Teaching with archives? Creating digital archives? Come hear from three CUNY archivists about the exciting archi…[Read more]

]]> c1f7073a6481ce15dc2c12c27c77d189 Shane Snipes replied to the topic Introduction + Proposal: CUNY AI Student Innovation Showcase Pilot (Spring 2026) in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=201115 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:23:54 -0400 Hi Ngoc, did you receive my replies and ideas?

Prof. Snipes
Talk/text 212-220-8222
Connect on LinkedIn- http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/shanesnipes

]]> 77233e58eea56f19cce4a51b87c84884 Shane Snipes replied to the topic Introduction + Proposal: CUNY AI Student Innovation Showcase Pilot (Spring 2026) in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=200863 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:15:01 -0400 This is great! I am hosting an National AI Literacy Day event next Friday March 27 from 1-4PM at BMCC. The event will be our 4th AI Innovation Sprint co-organized by Career Services and Student Clubs.

Here’s a link to it on Handshake – https://bmcc.joinhandshake.com/events/1902379/share_preview

]]> 9c7722b1758db98fdebf31777a591ead Cen Liu started the topic Call for Submissions: JITP Themed Issue 29 in the forum GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/gcdi/forum/topic/call-for-submissions-jitp-themed-issue-29-3/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:14:33 -0400 JITP Themed Issue 29 

Rethinking Making in the Digital Humanities: Critiques and Pedagogies That Transform

Issue Editors:

Nikki Fragala Barnes, University of Central Florida

Asma Neblett, CUNY Graduate Center

Kush Patel, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

 

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) call for Themed Issue 29…[Read more]

]]> 93fbaed3225c608f7b4e693117a0fc24 Luke Waltzer started the topic FW: Understanding AI: A Foundational Series for Faculty in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/fw-understanding-ai-a-foundational-series-for-faculty/ 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]

]]> e21435b52d974d841af53c71ce96ff44 Tuka Al-Sahlani joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1155913/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:06:21 -0400 54da12c20419aec91e61c72bbb3b45f7 Ellen Siyuan Pan (She/her/hers) joined the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1155909/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:01:18 -0400 32a6f607efb4c3a057f53e2fad91f3ce Ngoc Cindy Pham started the topic Introduction + Proposal: CUNY AI Student Innovation Showcase Pilot (Spring 2026) in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/introduction-proposal-cuny-ai-student-innovation-showcase-pilot-spring-2026/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:49:16 -0400 Hi DAIA community,
I’m Ngoc Cindy Pham (she/her), Associate Professor at Brooklyn College. Dean Evan Silberman recently suggested I connect here, thank you!
This semester, I’ve been leading the CUNY AI Literacy & Professional Readiness initiative (AI Innovation Fund-supported), with a bootcamp series seeing strong participation. Just last week (Ma…[Read more]

]]> 3c5ca0d2bb15764641b0f76984567da6 Ngoc Cindy Pham joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1155831/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:28:23 -0400 225880ae98e85d9182a3a58006ad24aa Laurie Hurson started the topic Event tomorrow: Queer DH: Key Projects and Concepts in the forum Digital Humanities Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cunydhi/forum/topic/event-tomorrow-queer-dh-key-projects-and-concepts-2/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:56:44 -0400 Queer DH: Key Projects and Concepts

Tuesday, March 17 || 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm || Zoom

What does it means to do queer digital humanities? This workshop will explore key themes of identity, narrative, and space in queer DH, and introduce participants to projects exemplifying the possibilities and limitations of queer(ing) digital humanities. We will…[Read more]

]]> dd4624f700208b78e3376ef31b6e6181 Sarah Kresh (she/they) joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1153905/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:33:21 -0400 15983f5f3973b38e4d7505519dcba902 Blog: AI Literacy for Research: Why Operational Fluency Is Not Enough from Digital Initiatives at the Grad Center in the group GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1154393/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:59:49 -0400 As LLMs move into research settings, social scientists face a familiar but newly urgent problem: how to incorporate a powerful new tool without surrendering […]

]]> ef8139638cdee4d7c70db1b632e308c8 Casandra Silva Sibilin started the topic Looking for examples of agent use in teaching & learning in the forum Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/dont-ai-alone-working-group/forum/topic/looking-for-examples-of-agent-use-in-teaching-learning/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:56:07 -0400 Quick ask: Do you know of any CUNY faculty using AI agents or agentic workflows for teaching & learning?

I’m presenting in an upcoming webinar and would love to share some concrete examples from across CUNY.

If anything comes to mind, even small pilots or experiments, please reply here or email me at csilvasibilin@york.cuny.edu.

Thanks!

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