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Today is Commencement Day for the Graduate Center, which means it’s also time for the annual round-up of dissertations, theses, and capstone projects submitted to the library this academic year. For those keeping track, this marks the 10th year that I’ve had the privilege of sharing my observations about these works! While ten years of dissertation and thesis deposits is a personal milestone, this year the Graduate Center marks a much more significant moment: sixty years ago, the first two Ph.D....

Dissertations and Theses Year-in-Review, 2024-25 - Graduate Center Library Blog Today is Commencement Day for the Graduate Center, which means it’s also time for the annual round-up of dissertations, theses, and capstone projects submitted to the library this academic year. For those keeping track, this marks the 10th year that I’ve had the privilege of […]

This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate courses at CUNY. Marcela Joya is a researcher and writer specializing in Latin American and Afro-Antillean music, with eleven years of experience in archival research, ethnographic and audiovisual documentation....

Teaching and Learning Should be a Collective Mission for a Collective Purpose: That's the Challenge - Graduate Center Library Blog This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate [...

This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate courses at CUNY. Lia Crowley's current research interests include ambivalent attitudes in the workplace, the use of big data to study organizations, and occupational health psychology....

Teaching Diversity in Organizations with OER - Graduate Center Library Blog This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate [...

This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate courses at CUNY. John D. Frank is a PhD student in Political Science at CUNY’s Graduate Center....

Teaching Political Science with OER - Graduate Center Library Blog This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate [...

This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate courses at CUNY. Yael Horowitz is a scholar-practitioner of Yiddish Theatre and friendship as a site of cultural transmission....

Teaching Theatre with OER - Graduate Center Library Blog This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate [...

Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique, assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, will speak on his recent book, The Archive of Empire: Knowledge, Conquest, and the Making of the Early Modern British World (Yale University Press, 2024). Dr. James Lowry, Director of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at Queens College, will moderate the ensuing discussion. The Archive of Empire…...

Friends of the Library Event - Graduate Center Library Blog Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique, assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, will speak on his recent book, The Archive of Empire: Knowledge, Conquest, and the Making of the Early Modern British World (Yale University Press, 2024). Dr. James Lowry, Director of the Graduate....

We are pleased to announce that the Mina Rees Library will offering extended hours for finals: Saturday May 10, 10am-10pm Sunday May 11, 12pm-10pm Saturday May 17, 10am-10pm Sunday May 18, 12pm-10pm As always, you can find our Library hours here:

Extended Library Hours for Finals - Graduate Center Library Blog We are pleased to announce that the Mina Rees Library will offering extended hours for finals: Saturday May 10, 10am-10pm Sunday May 11, 12pm-10pm Saturday May 17, 10am-10pm Sunday May 18, 12pm-10pm As always, you can find our Library hours here: https://gc-cuny.libcal.com/hours This entry is […]

This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate courses at CUNY. Pierina Pighi Bel is a journalist, MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish (New York University), and PhD student at the Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures (LAILaC) program....

Open access education and soap operas - Graduate Center Library Blog This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate [...

This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate courses at CUNY. Oliver Silverman is a PhD Candidate in the CUNY Graduate Center Political Science Department....

Teaching Political Theory with OER - Graduate Center Library Blog This piece is part of a series by participants in the Winter 2025 Open Knowledge Fellowship, coordinated by the Mina Rees Library. Fellows will share insight into the process of converting a syllabus to openly-licensed and/or zero-cost resources, as well as their experiences teaching undergraduate [...

Due to scheduled IT maintenance of the Graduate Center network, the library website, interlibrary loan system, proxy, and blog will be intermittently unavailable on Sunday, April 4th (start time 12pm), Saturday April 12th (start time 9am) and Thursday April 17th (start time 5pm) . WiFi within the GC will be affected too. If you need to access library resources during the outage, you can go directly to our…...

Planned Service Outages on 4/6, 4/12 and 4/17 - Graduate Center Library Blog Due to scheduled IT maintenance of the Graduate Center network, the library website, interlibrary loan system, proxy, and blog will be intermittently unavailable on Sunday, April 4th (start time 12pm), Saturday April 12th (start time 9am) and Thursday April 17th (start time 5pm) . WiFi […]

We are happy to announce a new collaboration that has brought access to The Chief to all Graduate Center affiliates. The Chief is a New York City-based newspaper that has long focused on municipal government, civil servants, and the issues affecting New York State and federal employees. Formerly known as The Chief Leader and the Chief Civil Service Leader, the publication was founded in 1897 as an independent newspaper for city firemen....

New Access to The Chief: A Voice for Workers - Graduate Center Library Blog We are happy to announce a new collaboration that has brought access to The Chief to all Graduate Center affiliates. The Chief is a New York City-based newspaper that has long focused on municipal government, civil servants, and the issues affecting New York State and […]