12th Annual City Tech Research Conference
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Organizers/Sponsors: Professional Development Advisory Council (PDAC), Library Scholarly Communications Committee (LSCC), and Faculty Commons. By invitation only.
Simulacrum is 3-day exhibition of cutting-edge creative technology projects by undergraduate students in the Emerging Media Technology program at City Tech working across game design and interactive media, media computation, physical computing & music technology. The works explore abstract representations or uncanny imitations of the real in the digital through face-tracking, augmented and virtual reality,
Diversifying the STEM field: Exposing and Promoting Pathways Speakers: Dr. Cora Marrett Lecturer and Former National Science Foundation Director Dr. James Anderson Chancellor, Fayetteville State University Dr. Sylvester Gates Distinguished Ford Professor of Mathematics at Brown University Theme: The Thirteenth Annual CUNY BMI conference title: Diversifying the STEM field: Exposing and Promoting Pathways, will
Call for Papers (Deadline: October 31, 2018) We invite presentations of 15-20 minutes on SF and interdisciplinarity. Papers on or connected to Frankenstein are particularly encouraged. Possible presentation topics include, but are not limited to: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and interdisciplinarity (focusing on research questions or teaching approaches) Explorations of interdisciplinary ideas, approaches, and themes in
The Life of Zora Neale Hurston: A Curated Exhibit
City Tech students, faculty, and staff read excerpts from classic and contemporary Africana texts with special recognition of W. E. B. DuBois and Audre Lorde. Refreshments to follow.
National African American Read-In
City Tech students, faculty, and staff read excerpts from classic and contemporary Africana texts with special recognition of W. E. B. DuBois and Audre Lorde. Refreshments to follow.
The Emerging Scholars Program provides a $500 stipend for full-time students (enrolled for 12 or more credits) and a $250 stipend for part-time students (enrolled in 11 or fewer credits) for conducting research with a faculty member. The purpose of the program is to provide students with an opportunity to apply what was learned in
Keynote Event
T.R. Simon, author of the Edgar Award –nominated children’s book Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground, and musician/composer Khuent Rose participate in a community conversation about storytelling in Africana communities.
The event also includes student presentations, a musical selection by Rose on the steel pan, a book signing by Simon, and a reception.