Faculty Commons

The Center for Online Learning and ACERT at Hunter College Present: Week Zero Camp
2023-01-09 10:00 - 2023-01-11 16:00 (America/New_York)
3-Day Online Event for Faculty (some sessions are optional)

Monday, January 9 – Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 10am-12pm and 2-4pm

How do you help your students get ready for a new semester? Before the start of the semester rush, join colleagues from across CUNY to build your “week zero” orientation module, where students can find course information and introduce themselves before the first day of class.

For more details, go to this flyer and apply via this form by Monday November 7.

For questions, please reach out to acert@hunter.cuny.edu .

NSF Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Webinar
2023-01-11 12:00 - 13:00
Overview of Webinar: This new NSF directorate — first in more than 30 years — builds upon the agency’s commitment over seven decades to serve as a beacon of U.S. innovation, advancing the frontiers of research and education across all fields of science and engineering. TIP is a critical first step that will accelerate the development of new technologies and products that improve Americans’ way of life, grow the economy, create new jobs, and strengthen and sustain U.S. competitiveness for decades to come. TIP’s mission is to harnesses the nation’s vast and diverse talent pool to advance critical and emerging technologies, address pressing societal and economic challenges, and accelerate the translation of research results from lab to market and society. This webinar provides an overview of all funding opportunities offered by this new directorate. It will highlight how in contrast to many existing NSF programs that primarily focus on scientific innovation, TIP programs include a strong emphasis on meaningfully engaging the consumers of research outcomes in informing and shaping the research questions; prototyping and piloting of research-based solutions (i.e., co-design and co-creation); and translating research results to practice, entrepreneurship, and direct economic growth. The program further differentiates itself from traditional NSF approaches through the nature and types of partnerships expected; the technology-translation and workforce-development outputs that will be tracked and assessed; and the budgets of the expected NSF Engines, which are an order of magnitude greater than traditional NSF center-scale awards.

Presenter: John Tsapogas, Director, RFCUNY-APPS

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In connection with the RFCUNY Wednesday Brown Bag Research Webinar – Academic Year 2022/2023

NSF Geosciences Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD-EN)
2023-01-25 12:00 - 13:00
Overview of Webinar: The program supports activities that will develop unique approaches or bring to scale current efforts to increase and sustain the inclusion of individuals from diverse backgrounds in the geoscience education and research community. Proposals are invited that address elements in the following two areas: Professional Development and Geoscience Capacity Building at Minority Serving Institutions. The NSF Geosciences directorate encourages projects that will develop efforts and training that focus on the creation of BAJEDI (Belonging Accessibility Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion) leaders through scaling of model professional development (PD) programs, identifying barriers that exist within academia and/or the geosciences that prevent the development of diversity champions, and the employment of strategies that will create and sustain cohorts of diversity leaders to maximize collective impact in the geoscience ecosystem.

Targeted Audience: CUNY Geosciences facultyPresenter: John Tsapogas, Director, RFCUNY-APPSWebinar ID: 809-040-075

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Campus Group Proposals: Improving Campus Climate/Confronting religious, ethnic and other forms of discrimination
2023-01-30 17:00
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSSubmission Deadline: January 30, 2023 (5:00 pm EST)

Hate crimes in major U.S. cities have risen by double‐digit percentage increases over the past two years. Bias‐motivated attacks have frequently targeted Asian Americans, Blacks, Jews, Latinos, Muslims, and members of the LGBTQI+ community. While Congress passes legislation aimed at combating hate crimes, institutions of higher education have a responsibility to be proactive in developing local college communities of trust, understanding, and inclusion.

The Chancellor allocated new funding to support strategic efforts to confront religious and ethnic discrimination on CUNY campuses. Sharing CUNY’s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, New York City College of Technology (NYCCT) celebrates the many ethnicities and cultures represented by our faculty, staff, and students, and condemns acts of hate.

Faculty, staff, and student groups are invited to submit proposals that serve the whole college community and demonstrate responsiveness to the recent uptick in anti‐Asian hate, antisemitism, racism, and other forms of discrimination.

Eligibility

NYCCT full time faculty and staff are eligible to apply; student groups wishing to apply should be supported by a faculty or staff advisor.

Available Funding

A minimum of four (4) grants of up to $3,000 will be awarded. A total of $12,000 in funding is available and will be administered through the NYCCT Business Office.

Proposal Due Date

Proposals are to be submitted by 5:00 pm on Monday, January 30, 2023. Proposals should be emailed to Provost@citytech.cuny.edu.

Proposals submitted after this deadline are considered late and may not be accepted.

Award Period

Awardees will be notified in February 2023 and funds must be used before June 30, 2023.

Proposal Format

Each proposal submitted to this RFP must include (A) Campus Climate Proposal Summary Form (B) Proposal Narrative, and (C) Budget Template. Details of requirements follow:

(A) Campus Climate Proposal Summary Form – View form

Complete the attached PDF fillable form to indicate:

Project Director (PD) Name, Department.

Names and departments of any additional contributors

Faculty/Staff Advisor (if applicable), Organization/Group

Title

Proposal Category or Categories (see description of Proposal Categories below – (1) Campus Climate & Communications, (2) Training & Development for Multiple Stakeholders, (3) Student Engagement & Support, and/or (4) Academic & Co‐Curricular Programs

Total Amount Requested

PD Signature

Chair and Dean Signatures

(B) Proposal Narrative

The proposal narrative (maximum 2 pages, 12-point font, one-inch margins, single spaced) must include a description of the proposed activities including:

A summary of proposed activities, including a timetable. Include plans to disseminate information about the event to the college community, and anticipated attendance; proposed events should anticipate at least 50 attendees

A brief explanation of how the proposed work responds to the recent uptick in anti‐ Asian hate, antisemitism, and/or other forms of discrimination

A summary of how the proposed activities align with the Proposal Category or Categories

A description of expected impact, deliverables, and outcomes within the funding period

An evaluation plan

A brief budget narrative linking costs to activities

In accordance with the RFP issued by CUNY for Campus Climate Support Grants, Campus Group Proposals should address one or more of the following proposal categories:

Proposal Categories

Campus Climate & Communications

Community events, public programs, art projects, and podcasts focused on unity, campus climate, justice, awareness, wellness

Programs and activities promoting cross‐cultural understandings among members of the Asian American, Black, Jewish, Latino, Muslim, and LGBTQI+ communities, among others

Difficult conversations, dialogues, town halls, and discussions about intersecting religious, ethnic, and cultural identities

Interdisciplinary partnerships with community‐based organizations

Community‐wide messaging about existing policies that protect the rights of all students and employees

Campus climate surveys with specific reference to concerns pertaining to religious and ethnic discrimination

Training & Development for Multiple Stakeholders

Local expansion of training related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, incorporating faith‐based identities along with ethnic, racial, and other identities

Training on how to incorporate inclusive practices in leadership

Training on how to protest respectfully

Training on student engagement strategies

Training on how to plan for controversial speakers

Inclusive, culturally responsive, trauma‐informed pedagogy seminars

Student Engagement & Support

Student resource & support spaces, affinity groups, community forums, book clubs

Collaborative efforts with student leaders to develop strategies promoting a sense of belonging on campus and building a community that is free of discrimination against faith‐based identities along with ethnic, racial, and other identities

Academic & Co‐Curricular Programs

Programs that foster understanding and are reflective of the ethnic and cultural diversity of CUNY students

Courses that help students to understand discrimination more broadly and include representatives across a spectrum of marginalized groups

Place‐based and experiential learning that enables relationship‐building through the practice of mindful listening and the exploration of personal narratives

Cohort‐based programs that create space for communicating across differences and skill‐ building related to navigating cultural tensions as well as religious, ethnic, and race power dynamics

(C) NYCCT Campus Group Proposal Budget Template – View template

All proposed costs should be included on the attached Excel template. Expenses should be reasonable and necessary to complete the project activities.

Fringe benefits are waived for this RFP. Any salaries, wages, or stipends budgeted should be clearly justified in the narrative.

Allowable costs include consultant fees, meeting and event costs, supplies, marketing and outreach, travel, and student stipends.

Final Report

A final report will be due to the Provost by June 30, 2023. More information will be provided to awardees.

Contact Information

Questions about this funding opportunity should be directed to Provost@citytech.cuny.edu.

Scholarly Publishing Clinic
2023-02-07 15:00 - 16:00
Learn how to pick the best journal or publisher for your article or book, retain rights as an author, create a Google Scholar profile or search alert, use Academic Works and citation managers, and more. Email Prof. Monica Berger to schedule your consultation and discuss your preferences for shared communication. Use this form to give us advance notice of your question. We are also available for virtual consultations on demand. Don’t forget that you can also reach out to your subject liaison in the library.

Questions? Contact Prof. Monica Berger at mberger@citytech.cuny.edu

NIH R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions
2023-02-08 12:00 - 13:00
Overview of Webinar:

The purpose of AREA is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for undergraduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions. Eligible institutions must award baccalaureate science degrees and have received no more than $6 million dollars per year of NIH support (in both direct and indirect costs) in 4 of the last 7 fiscal years. The AREA program will enable qualified scientists to receive support for small-scale research projects. Principal investigators supported under the AREA program will benefit from the opportunity to conduct independent research; the grantee institution will benefit from a research environment strengthened through AREA grants; and the students at recipient institutions will benefit from exposure to and participation in scientific research in the biomedical sciences so that they consider careers in biomedical research. The AREA program emphasizes the engagement and inclusion of undergraduates in research.

Targeted Audience: CUNY Biomedical Sciences facultyPresenters: John Tsapogas, Director, RFCUNY-APPS and Tatiana Emmanouil, Professor of Psychology, Baruch CollegeWebinar ID: 592-547-155

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CUNY 1969 | Panel Event
2023-02-08 16:00 - 17:30
What We Learn from a Year of Unrest, Student Activism, and the Struggle for Black and Puerto Rican Representation at CUNY

Where: Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room NVC 14-280

Live stream will be available on the CTL’s YouTube channel

Featuring:

Karanja Keita Carroll, PhD, Lecturer of Black & Latinx Studies, Baruch; Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; North East Political Prisoner Coalition; Black Alliance for Peace

Dasharah Green, PhD Student, English, Graduate Center CUNY; Lecturer of Black & Latinx Studies, Baruch; Lecturer of English, John Jay; Writing Center Consultant, Columbia University

Kashema Hutchinson, PhD in Urban Education, Graduate Center CUNY

In conversation with the Baruch Center for Teaching and Learning

Registration required (in-person or live streaming). Limited seating available.

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Physics Department presents Dissipation, drag, and diffusion in 1D solids
2023-02-09 12:00 - 13:00
Presented by Aleksandr Rodin, Yale-NUS College

Solid-state batteries have the potential to play an integral part in applications where traditional liquid-electrolyte cells are not ideal. A vital component of these batteries is a solid electrolyte: an electronic insulator capable of carrying ions between the anode and the cathode. Finding an optimal material for this component is one of the main problems in this research field. Most of the theoretical research is performed using molecular dynamics simulations which, although very powerful, can obscure relevant physical mechanisms of ionic transport. On the other hand, simple toy models can fill a complementary role by making it possible to explore physics in analytically-tractable systems.

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Scholarship for the Public Good: Paths to Open Access Online
2023-02-09 16:00 - 17:00
Open access scholarly literature—roughly, scholarly works that are online and free of charge for all—has developed over the past 20 years from wild idea to widespread reality. Open access journals, books, and repositories are now established parts of the scholarly ecosystem, and many consider near-universal open access to be inevitable.But publishing itself is not cost-free, so how can open access be achieved? There are many possible paths, some now common, some more experimental. Which of these paths align with our values as researchers, and with the mission of the Graduate Center and CUNY as a whole? Which empower the research community? Which should we pursue, and which should we eschew?

The first event in the “Scholarship for the Public Good” series (learn more below) will explore various paths to open access. The event will feature three experts:

Peter Suber (Harvard University) will describe the institutional open access policies passed by the faculties of Harvard and many other universities.

Heather Paxson (MIT) will discuss the transition of society journal Cultural Anthropology from subscription-based to open access, and its ongoing quest to fund publication without article processing charges (APCs).

Leslie Chan (University of Toronto) will examine high-profit publishers’ problematic approaches to open access (high APCs, vertical integration, and more).

Scholarship for the Public Good Event Series

“We believe that knowledge is a public good.” This statement of institutional values is emblazoned on the Graduate Center website. But there are many ways to interpret the statement, and many ways to enact the belief. How can we move from words to action—or to greater action—in the context of our scholarship?

How can we ensure that the public, as a matter of course, has cost-free access to scholarly works authored by Graduate Center researchers?

What changes could we collectively bring about if we centered our values in decisions about where we publish, peer review, and serve in editorial roles?

How can the library and institution as a whole support these efforts and resist high-profit publishers’ exploitative practices?

How might we reimagine “impact” and rework systems of evaluation and reward?

How does considering these questions and contributing to these changes benefit our students, our colleagues, our fields, and the public?

Hosted by the CUNY Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library and the Provost’s Office, the “Scholarship for the Public Good” event series will examine these questions and more, and explore possible ways that everyone in the Graduate Center community—faculty, students, staff, and administrators—can foster a positive, public-minded ecosystem of scholarship.

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Good Trouble: A Speaker Series
2023-02-15 18:00 - 20:00 | New Academic Building A-205
Architects, academics and change makers consider solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the built environment.

Organized by AIA Brooklyn & City Tech Department of Architectural Technology

Where: New Academic Building A-205

This program is IN PERSON ONLY. Refreshments will be served in the Tillary Lobby at 6 PM and talks start promptly at 6:30 PM. This series is generously sponsored and supported by KPF and Henning Larsen.

Design for Change: How does change affect communities in the built environment?

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WAC: Developing Your WI Syllabus
2023-02-16 13:00 - 14:00
One of the challenges in writing-intensive instruction is developing a syllabus that weaves together course content with WAC principles to improve student writing and facilitate their writing process. In this workshop, we will suggest critical elements for crafting syllabi for writing-intensive courses and consider ways to adapt assignments and course practices that help students learn to become better writers.

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Works in the Works series: Epistemological Constructions
2023-02-21 13:00 - 14:00
Epistemological Constructions: The Eternal Struggle with the Real and Virtual in Architecture

The built environment masks a multitude of virtual manifestations of itself that were engaged in the course of its formation. As an operation embedded within the discipline of design, the act of making collapses the virtual into the real, and yet remnants of these simulations inform the production of the space of a building. This talk will explore the history of theories of drawing and craft, simulation through the analog and digital model, and parametric and algorithmic processes, forming a conceptual foundation for contemporary techniques. Current architectural theories of design and construction explore computation as a tool of fabrication, mixed realities in visualizations, and the breaking role of artificial intelligence in design, challenging the notion of what is real and what is virtual at the limit of the design process.

Where: In person: L-631 and Live via Zoom

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International Mother Language Day
2023-02-21 13:00 - 15:00
As a space dedicated to language, the Writing Center looks forward to celebrating International Mother Language Day on Tuesday, Feb. 21st from 1pm-3pm in L-632 (the faculty lounge in the Library Building). This day marks the importance of multilingual education and the value of bringing more languages into public life. To celebrate, we will have a line-up of performances/readings in mother languages by students, faculty, and staff, as well as time for attendees to share if they are inspired to do so. Refreshments will be provided. If you would like to perform, please reach out to writingcenter@citytech.cuny.edu.

At the City Tech Writing Center, we want to celebrate the linguistic diversity that currently inhabits our campus with more than 85 different languages spoken. Languages contain ways of knowing and being that express visions of the world from a particular community. By celebrating our Mother Tongues, we contribute to building inclusive knowledge societies and preserving cultural heritage that might otherwise be lost.

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Priority Town Hall on Transfer of Credits
2023-02-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-02-28 14:30 - 15:30
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 and resulting in frustration and lost resources. We also need to improve and align our policies and practices to support our transfer students as they move between CUNY schools.

Professor Lubie Alatriste of New York City College of Technology is leading this effort on behalf of the University Faculty Senate, and Associate Vice Chancellor Alicia Alvero is leading this effort for the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. We are committed to working together across faculty governance channels with full transparency for the benefit of our students.

I invite you to join us in a town-hall conversation and Q&A on transfer reform at CUNY. This will be a valuable opportunity for AVC Alvero, Professor Alatriste, and I to brief you on the progress made thus far and the work that still needs to be done.

For your convenience, we have scheduled two dates for virtual town halls for faculty and staff (there will also be one for students on March 2):

Tuesday, February 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m.Zoom link: cuny.zoom.us/j/87822103065Phone-in option: 1-646-931-3860; Webinar ID: 878 2210 3065

Tuesday, February 28, 2:30-3:30 p.m.Zoom link: cuny.zoom.us/j/86534843887Phone-in option: 1-646-931-3860; Webinar ID: 865 3484 3887

RSVPs for these events are not necessary. I look forward to engaging with you at one of these events.

26th Semi-Annual Research Mixer Event
2023-02-23 12:30 - 14:00
Would you like to engage City Tech students in your research project(s) ? Are you seeking research mentees? Would you like to meet a cohort of our best, our brightest, and our most promising students? Are you interested in learning more about funded research opportunities at City Tech ?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then please join us virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, February 23rd, 2023, from 12:30 – 2:00 PM for the 26th semi-annual Research Mixer Event that is being hosted by City Tech’s Undergraduate Research Committee and the Black Male Initiative Program. During the event, you will have a chance to briefly communicate your research area with prospective students. Please share this invitation with your colleagues and with your students, and please encourage them to join us in exploring the tremendous research resources and opportunities that City Tech offers. See you on Thursday, 2/23!!

Please contact Hamid Norouzi at undergraduateresearch@citytech.cuny.edu if you have any questions about the event.

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Black History Month and BRESI Event: Free CeCe
2023-02-23 12:45 - 15:00
Mamie Till Mobley said it best after the murder of her son Emmett Till: “What happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of all of us.”In keeping with this sentiment and in a continuation of our BRESI theme on Black and Latinx Girlhood, for this Black History Month we are screening the film Free CeCe. Here’s a blurb:

On her way to the store with a group of friends, Chrishaun Reed “CeCe” McDonald was brutally attacked. While defending her life, a man was killed. After a coercive interrogation, CeCe was incarcerated in a men’s prison in Minnesota. An international campaign to free CeCe garnered significant support from media and activists, including actress Laverne Cox.

https://www.freececedocumentary.com/

We invite you to a screening of the film along with a Q&A with the director, Jac Gares, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 in the theater in the New Academic Building. Doors open at 12:45 p.m. with the screening beginning at 1:15 p.m. immediately followed by a Q&A.

Stay for refreshments in A105!

RSVP below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-cece-screening-filmmaker-qa-tickets-526745819927

Social Science Colloquium
2023-02-23 13:00 - 14:00
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 a focus on race and ethnicity. He has published in journals like Technology and Culture and the Journal of Urban History and served as the Primary Investigator of the NEH grant, Making Connections: Engaging the Humanities at a College of Technology.

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Honors Project Mentor Invitation
2023-02-24 00:00 - 23:59
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 or a non-research project; for example, photography, writing an original computer program, etc.). Specific expectations for honors credit in a regular course are negotiated between the student and professor and approved by both the department Chairperson and the Honors Scholars Program Director. Honors project credit is noted on the official student transcript. Please consider mentoring current Honors students in your course(s).

If you have a student who is eligible for the Honors Scholars Program (completed at least 12 credits at City Tech with a GPA of 3.4 or higher), please encourage that student to join the program and earn Honors credit in your course.

We have attached the form for honors credit in a regular course, which is due Friday, February 24. If you have any questions, please refer to our FAQ page (https://honors.citytech.cuny.edu/faq/) and/or contact the Assistant Director of the Honors Scholars Program, Dr. Amanda L. Almond, AAlmond@citytech.cuny.edu.

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Climate Change, Human Health, and Resiliency Forum
2023-02-24 10:00 - 16:00
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 this relationship, we are organizing a joint forum on a theme of mutual interest. On February 24, 2023, we are convening a forum titled Climate Change, Human Health, and Resiliency. Collaboration opportunities with Japanese colleagues is of course the focus but raising the profile (and attractiveness) of the intersection of these three thematic areas at CUNY is also a desired outcome of the convening. We’re planning on having sessions on US Federal agency (NIH and NSF) funding opportunities, talks about JSPS and Japanese funding opportunities that support this work; a session where Japanese researchers share their perspectives on their research; and a panel made up of CUNY faculty and a graduate student where they also make research presentations.

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HSI Committee Meeting - Translation Services at City Tech
2023-02-27 13:00 - 14:00
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!

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LGBTQIA+ Faculty+Staff Collective
2023-02-28 13:00 - 14:00
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. We are looking for anyone who would like to be part of this work at City Tech, whether you are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community or an ally. In 2022-2023,

City Tech was awarded $40,000 to serve City Tech’s LGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff, and we have been invited to apply for support in subsequent years as well. The funding comes from CUNY’s LGBTQIA+ Consortium (with support from LaGuardia Community College and the New York City Council and the Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus). The LGBTQIA+ Consortium is a CUNY-wide group that facilitates the archiving of LGBTQIA+ history across New York and supports LGBTQIA+ training, education, and programming. With this funding, City Tech is now officially a member of the Consortium and will be using the money on a range of programming and initiatives, including:

Eleven student internships

LGBTQIA+ Student Infrastructure Initiative

A Conversation on Gender in the Classroom Workshop for Faculty

LGBTQIA+ Library Collection Development

Gender & Sexuality Studies Program Building

LGBTQIA+ Literary Arts Festival speaker

Meet The Pros with Rob Sanders and Jamey Christoph, the creative team behind Stonewall A Building. an Uprising. a Revolution

Stop the Hate: Safer Space Training

City Tech already offers one of the few Academic Minors in the CUNY system focusing on an interdisciplinary approach to Gender & Sexuality Studies, and there is so much possibility for City Tech to be a welcoming home for LGBTQIA+ community! If you are interested in being part of any aspect of this initiative, please consider joining the LGBTQIA+ Faculty+Staff Collective.

We will be having an informational meeting in Faculty Commons, 300 Jay Street, Namm Hall N227, on Tuesday, February 28th at 1:00 p.m.

Please RSVP here to indicate whether you plan to attend in person or via Zoom:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lgbtqia-facultystaff-info-session-tickets-543198329827

The Beitler Fund
2023-03-03 00:00 - 23:59
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:

To attend meetings and conferences of professional associations.

To travel to receive awards.

To participate in special study and exchange programs.

To facilitate participation in professional competitions.

To purchase and circulate resources, books, equipment, etc., for students in specific departments applying for the funds (as appropriate, such resources are to be returned as college property following use).

Guidelines and the application are attached. Application are submitted by faculty for students, but not students. Maximum Grant Amount: $1,000

To submit an application, please complete the Beitler application and email to Foundation@citytech.cuny.edu on or before Friday, March 3, 2023. Approximately $10,000 in funds is available for 2022-2023.

Special thanks to Beth Levine, Director of Development, and Norma Khoury/Development, of the City Tech Foundation for their contributions to making this opportunity possible.

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HSI CUNY Conference Call for Abstracts
2023-03-10 00:00 - 23:59
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 in a Poster which will be on display both days of the conference. Abstracts should align with the conference theme of promoting servingness across CUNY HSIs, topics may include but are not limited to:

(a) Promoting Servingness as an HSI

(b) Institutional or Grant Funded HSI Efforts

(c) Diversity in Hiring

(d) Best Practices that Support Hispanic Students or Faculty

(e) Hispanic Student Identity(f) Increasing Participation of Hispanic Students in STEM

(g) Anti-Racism

Submission deadline: March 10, 2023

Please use this form to submit an abstract: https://bit.ly/HSICUNYAbstracts

Open registration for individuals interested in attending any part of the 2-day conference will open in late March.

Please direct any questions to Melanie Villatoro (Villatoro@citytech.cuny.edu) or Diana Samaroo (dsamaroo@citytech.cuny.edu).

Promoting Equitable and Inclusive STEM Teaching and Learning
2023-03-10 00:00 - 23:59
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 desire to explore, develop, implement, or expand on strategies that increase participation and support the success of undergraduate students in STEM learning. The institute offers professional development workshops and supports 15 – 20 faculty in projects that implement high impact practices in promoting equitable and inclusive teaching and learning in undergraduate STEM courses. Projects may include curriculum development, new course proposals, course redesign, student learning activities, or student support activities. Collaborative and interdisciplinary projects are welcome.

Goal:  Promoting high impact, equitable and inclusive STEM teaching and learning to enhance undergraduate student success in STEM

Participants: The institute seeks STEM faculty participants or 2-member interdisciplinary teams that include at least one STEM faculty participant. All participants must be full-time CUNY faculty at professorial or lecturer ranks.

Proposed idea/project: The institute seeks to support ideas or projects that will incorporate high impact practices in STEM pedagogy and directly impact STEM teaching and learning

Stipend for Successful Completion of the Institute: $1,000 per individual participant (15 – 20 participants)

For application and detailed institute information, click here. Application is due Friday, March 10.

Please contact Sandie Han at shu.han@cuny.edu for institute questions.

Book Talk - Chemistry Professor Peter Spellane on the Industrial and Chemical History of Newtown Creek
2023-03-10 12:00 - 13:00
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 study also draws on maps and period documents in collections at the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Cooper Union Library, the New-York Historical Society, the Library of Congress, and other archives, including a copy of an 1880s map of Newtown Creek in the library at the Brooklyn Historical Society that indicated waterfront locations of recognizable forerunners to several modern chemical and petroleum manufacturing companies.

U.S. Department of Education- Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program
2023-03-15 12:00 - 13:00
Overview of Webinar:

The webinar will highlight the purposes of this program: (1) Expand postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students; and (2) expand the postbaccalaureate academic offerings, as well as enhance the program quality, at the institutions of higher education (IHEs) that are educating most Hispanic college students and helping large numbers of Hispanic and low-income students complete postsecondary degrees. Eligible institutions must be designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) to apply for funding under this program.

Targeted Audience: CUNY faculty from the colleges designated as HSIs (see below)Presenters: John Tsapogas, Director, RFCUNY-APPS and Josh Brumberg, Dean for the Sciences, CUNY Graduate CenterWebinar ID: 248-049-547

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The following CUNY institutions have already been designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions:

CUNY Bernard M. Baruch CollegeCUNY Brooklyn CollegeCUNY City CollegeCUNY College of Staten IslandCUNY Hunter CollegeCUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeCUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeCUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeCUNY Lehman CollegeCUNY New York City College of TechnologyCUNY Queens CollegeCUNY Queensborough Community CollegeCUNY York College

Good Trouble: A Speaker Series
2023-03-15 18:00 - 20:00 | New Academic Building A-205
Architects, academics and change makers consider solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the built environment.

Organized by AIA Brooklyn & City Tech Department of Architectural Technology

Where: New Academic Building A-205

This program is IN PERSON ONLY. Refreshments will be served in the Tillary Lobby at 6 PM and talks start promptly at 6:30 PM. This series is generously sponsored and supported by KPF and Henning Larsen.

Design for Water: What are the challenges for water access in vulnerable communities and how have designers tackled this issue with innovation?

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Physics Department presents The World According to a Risk Manager
2023-03-16 12:00 - 13:00
Presented by Dr. Ilya Grigorenko, CLS-Group

Room: CTP 801N

Today, I am going to provide a comprehensive review of the historical evolution of Risk Management, its underlying purpose, why it is important, and the contemporary challenges it faces. Additionally, I will discuss the intricate relationships between modern finance, mathematics, and theoretical physics, illuminating the interplay between these disciplines. Furthermore, I will provide a brief overview of the Model Risk framework and its significance, examine the scope of Risk Management beyond finance, and address the current job trends and opportunities in the field.

Publishing through a Teaching and Learning Lens
2023-03-17 12:00 - 13:00
This one-hour workshop will provide information on publishing educational research at a primarily undergraduate institution and explore ways for building scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).

Workshop participants should come prepared to brainstorm next steps in their scholarship following the presentation.

Presenters:

Dr. Sandie HanProfessor of Mathematics CUNY Office of Undergraduate Studies, Academic Programs & Policy (OUSAP) Leadership Fellow Assistant Dean for Academic Technology & Pedagogy

Dr. Diana SamarooProfessor of Chemistry Director, JLM RISE Program 2022-2023 Scholar on Campus

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