The Digital GC: November 7 – 11, 2016

In an ongoing effort to surface and share relevant events, publications, workshops, and opportunities that may be of interest to “The Digital GC” community, GC Digital Initiatives posts regular updates each Monday to our blog.

The Digital GC aggregates information not only about GC Digital Initiatives, but also shares ongoing events across the GC, CUNY, and New York City that feature conversations about new scholarly methods enabled through the critical use of digital technologies, about the cultural opportunities and challenges presented by digital technologies, and about the changing shape of scholarly communication and pedagogy in light of the emergence of digital technologies. This includes links to: Events, Workshops, Featured Posts, Resources, News, and Calls for Participation.

If you would like for us to share information about an upcoming event, workshop, or other announcement relevant to the Digital GC community, you can submit your information through the Digital GC Submission Form.

GC Digital Initiatives Workshop

The GC Digital Fellows offer workshops to help members of The Graduate Center community increase in their digital research skill set. Workshop topics range widely from “Establishing an Academic Identity with WordPress” to “Text Analysis with NLTK.” Registration is free, but an RSVP is required.

GC Digital Fellows Workshop: Introduction to Physical Computing with Arduino
When: Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center Room 8301

GC Digital Initiatives Resources

The GC Digital Initiatives offer a wide range of resources to support your interests in scholarly communication, digital scholarship and research methods, digital humanities, and digital pedagogy. Have a question? Want to try something new? Interested in finding a community of resources using a similar digital tool? Here are some of the GD Digital Initiatives resources that you can take advantage of this week.

GC Digital Fellows Office Hours
When: Tuesday from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Where: The Digital Scholarship Lab, Graduate Center Room 7414

Python User Group (PUG)
When: Wednesday 12:00 – 2:00 PM
Where: The Digital Scholarship Lab, Graduate Center Room 7414

GCDI Digital Project Working Groups
Interested in participating? Sign Up!

Co-sponsored Events

GC Digital Initiatives is proud to sponsor CUNY DHI 2016: Building a Digital Humanities Community at the City University of New York – an event with the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative.
When: Monday, Nov. 7 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center Ninth Floor Breakout Rooms, Rooms 9204/9205/9206/9207

Workshops @ The GC

Many of our partners across the GC offer workshops related to GCDI’s mission to promote a Digital GC. Here’s what’s planned this week:

Library Workshop: How to do a Literature Search (and Other Topics) for Anthro Students
When: Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Where: Graduate Center Library Basement, Room C196.05

Library Workshop: Researching Publishing Opportunities (Advanced)
When: Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center Library Basement, Room C196.05

Library Workshop: Citation Management (Zotero) for HLBLL students
When: Thursday, Nov. 10 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Where: Graduate Center Library Basement, Room C196.05

Library Workshop: Your Google Scholar Profile: Why to Create It and How to Fine-tune It
When: Thursday, Nov. 10 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center Library Basement, Room C196.03

Teaching and Learning Center Workshop: Teaching with WordPress
When: Thursday, Nov. 10 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Where: Graduate Center Room 9206

Events Nearby

There’s so much going on in the NYC area. Here are just a few of the events that caught our eye.

NYC Media Lab: Exploring Future Reality
When: Thursday, Nov. 10 from 8:00 AM -6:00 PM
Where: Viacom, White Box Theater, 1515 Broadway, 1st Floor New York, NY 10010 (Enter at 44th and Broadway)

Calls for Participation & Funding Opportunities

Combine Accelerator Program
“Join NYC Media Lab’s accelerator program for early stage university startups! The selected startup teams will receive $25,000 in seed funding; ample opportunities to pitch their work to the Lab’s member company advisors; and access to Lab events, including speaking and demo opportunities.”
Application deadline: Thursday, Nov. 10 by 5:00 PM EST

Verizon Connected Futures II
“NYC Media Lab is partnering with Verizon Open Innovation for a second year to champion prototyping projects across New York City campuses, with each team receiving a $25,000 grant to work on their project.  This year’s challenge areas are IoT, augmented and mixed reality, and conversational interfaces.”
Application deadline: Thursday, Nov. 10 by 5:00 PM EST

A+E Networks Digital Media Storytelling Fellowship
Application deadline: Thursday, Dec. 1 by 5:00 PM EST