Works in the Works: Straight Acting:The Changing Image of Queer-Masculinity in Media Representation

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A Talk by Dr. Zheng Zhu This talk investigates the mainstream media’s discursive construction of Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas, with a specific focus on the construction of his masculinity as an out gay celebrity. Existing critical scholarship has discussed media representations of gay figures, but has not examined how unconventional queer representation interacts with

Library Workshop: Citation Workshops

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These workshops teach the importance of documenting sources when incorporating others’ research into your own. Learn the fundamentals of using the APA and the MLA styles. Two chances to catch this offering!

Library Workshop: Know Your Rights as an Author!

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Celebrate Open Access Week 2017 by joining us for a discussion on author rights on November 16. Don’t sign away your rights! Your decisions today regarding your scholarship can affect you in the future. Learn how to better understand publisher contracts and how you can keep key rights to your scholarship by using the SPARC

BWRC Breakfast Talks: Green Gentrification:Urban Sustainability & the Struggle for Environmental Justice

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Join us for a lively conversation about environmental justice and gentrification along the Brooklyn waterfront when professors Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis discuss their new book, Green Gentrification: Urban Sustainability and the Struggle for Environmental Justice. Their book explores the social consequences of urban “greening” from the perspective of environmental justice and sustainable

CUNY’s 16th Annual IT Conference

John Jay College 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY

Instructional/Information Technology in CUNY: Opening Access The escalating costs of higher education—both tuition and the collateral expenses of textbooks and course materials—have widespread effects. With the announcement of the Excelsior Scholarship and new funding to develop Open Educational Resources, CUNY is poised to ease financial barriers to college for even more students than we already

15th Annual City Tech Poster Session

Atrium Ground & First Floors

The Fifteenth Annual Poster Session will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2016, from 12:30 to 4 pm. This event will showcase the results of the research of our faculty and students and will be open to the public. As part of the Poster Session, each Department will also exhibit recent publications (2015-2017 only) of