RFCUNY Brown Bag Research Webinars: NSF Grant Programs for CUNY Postdoctoral Researchers

Overview: NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to provide opportunities for recent doctoral graduates and postdoctoral researchers to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, to broaden their scientific horizons beyond their undergraduate and graduate training, and to engage in research activities at an significant time and level of their professional development. NSF offers

Common Ground: Making Connections in Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning

City Tech will host Common Ground: Making Connections in Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning on Friday, October 18, in the Academic Complex, 285 Jay Street, Brooklyn. Organized by City Tech’s Interdisciplinary Committee, the Common Ground conference features individual presentations, panel presentations, short talks, and workshops with scholars from CUNY and beyond who teach and conduct research on interdisciplinarity in

Fall 2024 Open Houses

We are excited to announce that this semester we are having not one but two Open Houses. They are scheduled to take place on the following dates: 📅 Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM📍 Location: Academic Complex - 285 Jay Street 📅 Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024⏰ Enrollment Services: 10:00 AM

RFCUNY Brown Bag Research Webinars: GrantForward Training for CUNY Grants Officers and other Designated Administrators

Overview: GrantForward is not only a funding discovery but also a grant dissemination service for CUNY grants officers and other designated administrators. The webinar will focus on administrative functions and privileges to leverage the funding opportunities on your individual campuses. Learn how to manage users, generate usage reports, deliver funding opportunities via curated searches/grant lists,

Engaging Students Through Writing: An Introduction to WAC Principles

Want to increase engagement in your classroom and help your students become better thinkers? Join us to discuss effective, research-backed ways to do so based on Writing Across the Curriculum principles.   Registration link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArce-pqj0sGdFWyUaz0KwfRzFYDHbkvLnt The workshop stands alone but is also a great opportunity for faculty interested in participating in the WI Certification in

Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP) 2024-2025

We are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP) 2024-2025. Please see the attached memo regarding FFPP details. We ask that this information be shared campus-wide. Application Deadline: October 25, 2024

From the New Tech Times to the Atlanta Voice

Please join us Wednesday, 10/30 at 3pm in A105 to hear from City Tech alum and Editor-in-Chief of The Atlanta Voice, Mr. Donnell Suggs. Mr. Suggs will be zooming in from the presidential campaign trail to speak about how his City Tech education has informed his career in journalism. All are most welcome. Questions may

Works in the Works: Feminism in Pink: The Whiplash of Barbie-Branded Femvertising

The Humanities Department in its Works in the Works series has the following presentation: Speaker: Jaclyn Griffith: Humanities Department Abstract: This talk explores the competing ideologies presented by the 2023 film Barbie and its surrounding cultural narrative. Dubbed a “whiplash text,” Barbie critiques the personal and structural impacts of patriarchy while simultaneously insisting that a woman’s adherence to normative beauty standards and consumption of products is her

RFCUNY Brown Bag Research Webinars: Pivot-RP Training for CUNY Grants Officers and other Designated Administrators

Overview: Pivot-RP is an online tool that helps users connect with global and local research opportunities. As Designated Administrators on your campus, not only do you have access to basic features, but also to specific administrative functions and privileges as well. Learn how to utilize these additional features to leverage the funding opportunities on your

The Slime Mold Cosmic Web and What it Teaches Us about Galaxy Evolution

Speaker: Dr. Farhan HasanSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA Abstract: On the largest scales, the universe forms a vast "cosmic web" made up of filamentary strands connecting massive nodes, with vast, empty voids in between. While simulations have predicted this structure for decades, observing it directly has been challenging due to the faintness of the