The Evolving Dissertation Landscape: A Conversation with Proquest
The Evolving Dissertation Landscape: A Conversation with Proquest A Futures Initiative Open Session Monday, December 1, 1pm EST Graduate Center Library, room C 196.05 Livestreamed We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a discussion with Austin McLean, ProQuest‘s Director of Scholarly Communication and […]
Futures Initiative Open Session : Evaluation
How do you know if a program is successful, especially if it can't easily be evaluated by traditional methods? Dr. Anthony Picciano, Professor and Executive Officer of the PhD program in Urban Education will discuss the challenges and opportunities of designing new assessment systems that […]
Introduction to Library Resources
Learn the basics of library resources from Professor Michael Adams. This overview of the Graduate Center Library will introduce: the library website, subject specific databases, resources beyond the GC library, sample search queries, citation management instruction overview, and archival and primary source subject-specific searching. A […]
Intro to Grants Resources and Grant Writing
Join us for a hands-on demonstration about accessing grant resources from Grants Liaison librarian, Shawn(ta) Smith and learn about best practices in grant-writing from Executive Director of Research & Sponsored Programs, Edith Gonzalez. Coordinated by Grid Rroji, a third-year PhD student in Political Science and […]
Introduction to Library Resources
Learn the basics of library resources from Professor Michael Adams. This overview of the Graduate Center Library will introduce: the library website, subject specific databases, resources beyond the GC library, sample search queries, citation management instruction overview, and archival and primary source subject-specific searching. A […]
Introduction to Zotero for Citation Management
Join us for a hands-on introduction to managing citations with Zotero, a free and open source research tool that makes organizing your research and creating bibliographies a breeze.
Intro to Zotero for Citation Management
Join us for a hands-on introduction to managing citations with Zotero, a free and open source research tool that makes organizing your research and creating bibliographies a breeze. Have a laptop? Bring it with you so our instructors can help you get started on your own […]
**CANCELED** Queering the Map (Jen Jack Gieseking)
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Room 9204 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Futures Initiative and the Graduate Center Library regret that this event has been canceled. We hope to reschedule very soon and will post details on futuresinitiative.org once they are confirmed. Queering the Map: Theoretical Reflections on Spatial Methods for Action Research In The Practice […]
Digital Tools for Managing Your Research
The Graduate Center, Concourse Level 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, United StatesIs your virtual desktop in need of some spring cleaning? Join us for a hands-on introduction to Digital Tools for Managing Your Research and take control of your workspace. This workshop will provide an overview of (mostly) free and open source software that can help […]
Elizabeth Losh: The MOOC Moment
The Graduate Center, CUNY room 9206 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, United States2012 was declared to be “the year of the MOOC” by no less than the New York Times, but stories of failure abounded about Massive Open Online Courses in the years that followed. The public read tales of defections, meltdowns, protests, and palace coups by […]
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Katherine Pradt is the Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian at the Graduate Center. 
