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Apply Now! Two Futures Initiative funding opportunities for CUNY GC students!
The Futures Initiative is pleased to offer two separate grant competitions for CUNY Graduate Center students. Please see the details below for the Paul C. Notari Environmental Studies Grant, and the Equity and Social Justice Grant, which is open to MA, MS, and PhD students. More info will also be shared at the FI Open…
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Mapping the Universe and Other Small Things: Curtis Wong, at GC Oct 3
“Mapping the Universe and Other Small Things: The Quest for Story-Based Exploratory Learning.” Curtis Wong, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research October 3, 10 am. Science Center, Room 4102 Graduate Center, CUNY Seating limited (no reservations) Abstract: This talk deconstructs a number of critically acclaimed interactive media projects across vastly different topics ranging from music, art, astronomy,…
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What Is a Dissertation? New Models, Methods, Media
What Is a Dissertation? New Models, New Methods, New Media #remixthediss — this event will be livestreamed and live tweeted) When: October 10, 4.00-5.30pm (EST) Where: English Department Lounge (ROOM CORRECTION 4406), The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10016 Virtual partners and participants welcome! (See THIS POST for 4 ways to become…
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4 Ways to Be a Virtual Partner in “What Is a Dissertation?”
Our goal in “What Is A Dissertation?” (aka: #remixthediss) is to showcase, celebrate, and model what it takes to not only produce an innovative dissertation but how to enact the institutional change required to have one approved by your university. That means knowing institutional rules, having the right mentors, being willing to explain yourself in…
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The Futures Initiative: Workshop and Information Session
October 3, 2 pm Room 9204 Graduate Center, CUNY This workshop introduces the Graduate Center’s new Futures Initiative and the peer-led structure of “teaching as learning, learning as teaching,” an interactive, collaborative method that helps us rethink the Industrial Age apparatus of higher education. Bring your laptops! Workshop participants will work together on a…
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Join Google Hangout Sep 15, 4p EST: The End of Higher Education
The End of Higher Education September 15, 2014 1 PM PDT / 3 PM CDT / 4 PM EDT via Google Live Hangout. As shrinking budgets, skeptical publics, and rising alternatives continue to threaten the end of higher education, we host this conversation as a contemplation of what the end – or purpose – of…
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