HSI CUNY Conference Call for Abstracts

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

Promoting Equitable and Inclusive STEM Teaching and Learning

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

Book Talk – Chemistry Professor Peter Spellane on the Industrial and Chemical History of Newtown Creek

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

U.S. Department of Education- Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program

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

Good Trouble: A Speaker Series

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

Physics Department presents The World According to a Risk Manager

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

Publishing through a Teaching and Learning Lens

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

Works in the Works: The Process of Finding Your Niche

Speaker: Prof. George Garrastegui, Communication Design Department There is much to be said about why creatives create. Is it self-expression, is it serving clients’ objectives, or is it influencing others? It’s all of it, but when we build campaigns, media plans, or convey brand messages, too much relies on the external audience, and we tend

WAC: Effective Assignment Design

This workshop will cover a number of assignment design strategies that emphasize active learning through student writing. Developing effective writing assignments helps students retain and critically think about course content. In this workshop, faculty will have the chance to discuss and enhance their own writing assignments.

City Tech Community Roundtable

An opportunity to share & learn about research, scholarship & creative activity at the college! We are excited to announce a new informal seminar series, the City Tech Community Roundtable. The goal of the new series is to bring together faculty and students from all disciplines at the college and contribute to building, or re-building,