April 7 |”Activism in Academia”

Please join the Center for the Humanities on Friday, April 7th from 10am to 4pm for “Activism in Academia” in the Martin E. Segal Theatre at the Graduate Center, CUNY. “Activism in Academia” is an interdisciplinary, day-long symposium discussing the value of political and apolitical work—in our classrooms, on our campuses, and in our scholarship—as it relates… Read More

April 20 | Alumni Panel on Entrepreneurship

Careers in Entrepreneurship Thursday, April 20, 2017 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Room C197 Graduate Center alumni have created a dizzying assortment of successful businesses demonstrating that PhD skills are transferable to avenues outside of academia. At this panel discussion on entrepreneurship you’ll learn from recent alumni how to apply your skills toward opening and… Read More

GC Digital Initiative Workshops

Workshop: “Cleaning Data with OpenRefine”  Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 – 6:30-8:30pm Data cleaning is an important step in any data-driven research project. Often data is harvested from diverse sources such as the web, databases, spreadsheets, text files, and countless other places. Before it is cleaned, “messy” data can suffer from a host of problems, including… Read More

CUNY Academy Events

The following events are taking place in April and May.  More details are available at http://cunyufs.org/academy/:   Urban Chiaroscuro, by Professor Amy Chazke  of the Graduate Center and Queens College. 6:30 PM on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 in the Graduate Center’s Room 9207.   “Theatre For All” presents the Art of Science Series -“The Silent… Read More

Open Call for March 27 UN-BANNED all day Forum for all CUNY Students & Faculty + NY Philosophers, Artists from 7 banned countries to present

Monday, March 27 All Day Open Forum Segal Theatre The Graduate Center, CUNY 5th Ave at 34th St., Herald Sq The Segal Center invites artists, philosophers, students, and faculty from the “banned seven”: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Syria to share their thoughts and reactions to the recent changes in U.S. immigration policy.… Read More

Mar 28 | Cast Iron Restoration at Soho Landmark”

THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS & TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOUNDED 1785   LANDMARK LECTURE SERIES Presented in partnership with  The New York Landmarks Conservancy    Cast Iron Restoration at Soho Landmark – Donald Judd’s Home and Studio – A Case Study Robert C. Bates, Principal at Walter B. Melvin Architects  … Read More

Updated info for Race in the Classroom Workshops THIS WED. 3/15!

UPDATED INFORMATION ON… RACE IN THE CLASSROOM….. Workshops on Exploring the Impact of Race and Racism on Teaching Wednesday, March 15th, 5:30-9PM Meet in Rm. 5414 Refreshments served from 5:30-6:00PM Are you a GC student who teaches or plans to? Do you want to explore the ways in which you’ve been racialized? Are you curious… Read More

TLC Workshop, 3/15: Demystifying Ed Tech (First in a Series)

The TLC will be leading three upcoming workshops on educational technology. Too often, conversations about educational technology are rife with black and white thinking. On the one hand, some assume that the introduction of technology into pedagogy will destroy the relationship between student and teacher, resulting in distracted students with no ability to focus. On… Read More