The Futures Initiative is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2024 with a series of events, interviews, articles, and more!
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Alondra Nelson and Cathy N. Davidson: AI and the Future of Higher Education Webinar | Video
A webinar moderated by HASTAC Area Directors Dr. Jade Davis and Dr. Kevin Healey. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education, creating opportunities to enhance learning, streamline processes, and support student success. However, these advancements also raise significant ethical challenges. This panel explores the dual nature of AI and other machine learning technologies in academic settings, highlighting both…
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The Future of Higher Education | Video
A distinguished panel of leaders and scholars at public universities and institutions joined in a provocative conversation, featuring Nancy Cantor, president of Hunter College, CUNY; Cathy N. Davidson, distinguished professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, founder of the Futures Initiative, and special advisor to the CUNY chancellor; William P. Kelly, president emeritus of the CUNY…
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Futures Initiative Annual Report 2023–2024
We invite you to browse this report, compiled by Doctoral Student Fellows Burcu Özdemir and Megan C. Henriquez, and guided by Dr. Christina Katopodis, Senior Mellon Researcher. It celebrates a year of exciting research, engaged teaching, and equitable leadership – a culmination of the Futures Initiative’s first decade of “advancing equity and innovation in higher…
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The Future of the Planet Resource and Action Sheet
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Event: The Future of Higher Education | May 8, 2025
Date and time: May 8, 2025, 6:30PM Place: The Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium Description Higher education is at a crossroads — while crucial to the health of our democracy and society, it faces an uncertain and contested future. At this pivotal moment, distinguished leaders and scholars at public universities and institutions come together in a…
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Webinar: Alondra Nelson and Cathy N. Davidson: AI and the Future of Higher Education | May 8, 2025
Date and time: May 8, 2025, 11:00-12:00 EST Place: Online Description A webinar moderated by HASTAC Area Directors Dr. Jade Davis and Dr. Kevin Healey. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education, creating opportunities to enhance learning, streamline processes, and support student success. However, these advancements also raise significant ethical challenges. This panel will explore…
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Event: The Future of the Planet | April 22, 2025
Date and time: April 22, 2025, 5-7PM Place: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre Description This Earth Day, dive into an engaging and forward-thinking conversation about water—its stories, challenges, and transformative potential. In this discussion, moderated by Futures Initiative Doctoral Fellow Megan Henriquez, we bring together three visionary voices to explore the vital role water plays…
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The Future of Research is Bright
Dr. Amber J Musser and Dr. Danica Savonick discuss their research processes and their new works, ‘Between Shadows and Noise’ and ‘Open Admissions’ at the November 4th, University Worth Fighting For event, ‘The Future of Research’. The energy in the room was palpable on Monday, November 4th, 2024 as students and faculty entered the Skylight…
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Event: The Future of Research | November 4, 2024
A conversation featuring Professors Amber Musser and Danica Savonick on the work that went into producing and publishing their new books.
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Brilliant Minds make a Gloomy Night Sparkle for the Future of Learning!
The inaugural “University Worth Fighting For” event of our Tenth Year Celebration Despite a dark gloomy sky looking down on us from the Skylight room, the room shined bright and shimmered with the excitement and energy that would come to punctuate the event. Even before we formally began, the speakers and presenters were excitedly co-mingling…
