The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) helps faculty and administrators compete for and win grants that strengthen the intellectual climate and improve the learning environment at City Tech. The office provides notices of grant opportunities and works with faculty and administrators over the life-cycle of a grant – from concept development through close-out.
This presentation analyzes a nineteenth-century image of a white man shooting black civil rights activist Octavius Catto, and discusses the complications related to researching and writing about black people in US history. Geoff Zylstra is a historian of technology who focuses on the industrialization of the built environment in the nineteenth century. His research includes
We invite you to consider mentoring talented students as part of City Tech’s Honors Scholars Program. City Tech encourages students who have demonstrated high academic achievement to undertake honors-level work in any course. Honors projects involve a substantial challenging assignment in addition to the standard requirements of the course (Note: Honors projects can be a research
Moderator: John Tsapogas, RFCUNY Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support (APPS) The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is interested in continuing its ties with the City University of New York (CUNY) and we are interested in building opportunities with researchers in Japan in areas related to science, engineering, and health. As part of
Please join the HSI Committee on Monday, February 27 from 1pm-2pm in a discussion around Translation services at City Tech. We will be highlighting current services and brainstorming new possibilities. Guest Speakers from iTEC, Student Success Center, STAR, and ASAP All are welcome!
Are you interested in supporting LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff at City Tech? Would you like to be part of creating a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all gender identities and expressions and sexualities? If so, you are invited to participate in a meaningful and rewarding college-level service opportunity - an official LGBTQIA+ Faculty+Staff Collective.
Dear CUNY Faculty and Staff, Last week, I wrote to you to share our new initiative regarding transfer and seek your support on behalf of our students. Although much progress has been made to facilitate transfer, work remains to be done. Students continue to lose credits upon transfer in the same major, delaying academic progression
Beitler Resource funds are once again available to support and sustain meaningful, college-related activities that contribute to the professional growth of full-time students in good academic standing. Activities may include but are not limited to the following: Guidelines and the application are attached. Application are submitted by faculty for students, but not students. Maximum
The HSI Conference: Promoting Servingness across CUNY HSIs will take place at City Tech on May 4 and 5, 2023. This conference will bring together representatives from all CUNY HSIs in a call to action to intentionally serve Hispanic/Latinx students through data, practice, and leadership. We are accepting abstracts from the CUNY community which highlight HSI initiatives and/or research
The CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy is excited to announce Summer Institute 2023 The institute aims to enhance equity and inclusion in STEM teaching and learning by examining the framework for building socially and culturally responsive pedagogy that implements the justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) principles. The institute seeks faculty who are motivated by a strong
Chemical and Petroleum Industries at Newtown Creek (2022) blends history, science, and commerce along New York’s 19th-century waterfront. Inspiration for the book, Professor Spellane explains, began while participating alongside City Tech colleagues in an interdisciplinary 2008 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, “Water and Work: The History and Ecology of the Brooklyn Waterfront.” Spellane’s
