Mar 6 | Global Perspectives on the Fight for Higher Education Join the Futures Initiative on Monday, March 6, 2017 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm for a roundtable discussion on “Global Perspectives on the Fight for Higher Education,” in which we will share strategies across the globe and highlight the urgent need for abolition and decolonial education.… Read More
Due Apr 21 | Applications for USS Scholarships (Ernesto Malave Merit, Graduate Mentoring & Passantino) The University Student Senate (USS) is pleased to announce their Ernesto Malave Merit, Donald and Mary Ellen Passantino, and Graduate Peer Mentoring Scholarships competition.… Read More
Due Feb 27 | Collaborative Research Seminar on Archives and Special Collections Call for Participants: Collaborative Research Seminar on Archives and Special Collections by The Graduate Center, CUNY Library and The New York Public Library. A pilot program for cross-institutional collaboration in special collections and archival research methods. … Read More
Office of Career Planning Workshops Cultivating a Public Voice for Your Research 02/28/2017 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm in room 9206 Digital media technologies have become increasingly important in academic life, offering both new opportunities and new challenges. Digital technologies provide academics an array of platforms on which to share their work, broaden its reach, gain recognition and involve a… Read More
Feb 23 | In Theory and Practice: Accessible Cultural Education Thursday, February 23rd, 4:00pm In Theory and Practice: Accessible Cultural Education Room 9206-9207 Accessibility in education is practiced regularly in cultural institutions across New York and continues to be a burgeoning field within higher education scholarship. The goal of this workshop is to bring together knowledge from this field in theory and practice in order… Read More
Graduate Writing Consultations Available Graduate writing consultants at the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development are available to meet with students to review students’ written materials and to discuss writing-related issues. Students can bring writing from a variety of genres, including course assignments, conference and dissertation materials, and more. Consultants address questions on both the micro (e.g. sentence… Read More
Feb 22 | Teaching as an International Student Teaching as an International Student Wednesday 2/22, 1-3pm, room 9206 As international graduate students, we often don’t know what to expect when we first step into the classroom as teaching fellows or adjuncts. We might have questions about our students’ lives, their cultural and academic backgrounds, and about the American university system in general and CUNY more… Read More
Feb 22 | The Camp & the City: Architectures of Refuge The Camp & the City: Architectures of Refuge Wednesday Feb. 22, 2017 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm in the Skylight Room https://www.facebook.com/events/1316178445107956/… Read More
Extended deadline April 5 | CFP – Shift: Graduate Journal of Visual and Material Culture (Issue 10) Shift, Issue 10, Call for Papers Extended submission deadline: April 5, 2017 http://shiftjournal.org Shift: Graduate Journal of Visual and Material Culture welcomes academic papers, exhibition and book reviews, translations of important texts into English, as well as other texts—of traditional or experimental format— addressing issues relevant to our visual and material world from current graduate… Read More
Students Seeking Housing 5th year sociology student looking for a room in Astoria/Sunnyside/Woodside/Jackson Heights. Can pay up to $800/month. Very clean and organized. Looking for a place close to trains and with a moving date of April 1st. If you know of anything please email, Omar Montana at nycmontana96@gmail.com ——————————————————————————– I am a 6th year student in the Biochemistry… Read More