Wishing you all a restful summer and plenty of time to tinker with digital tools and platforms. DF Chris Colon encourages us to explore digital archiving with a quickstart guide to Omeka on this week's Tagging the Tower blog post. Read "Using Omeka" at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/05/19/u...

DF Maggie Schreiner shares the highlights of “Let's Archive It!” a Digital Fellows hosted event in collaboration with archivists from across CUNY. Read "Let’s Archive It! Event Recap" on our Tagging the Tower blog post at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/05/08/l...

DF Tuka Al-Sahlani gives us a quick overview of what is happening at the GC Digital Scholarship Lab. Read "Update from the Digital Scholarship Lab: Visit our Data Lab" on this week's Tagging the Tower blog post at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/05/01/t...

Today @2pm, join the digital fellows for the Data Lab: Visualizations discussion. Bring your data and meet us in the Digital Scholarship Lab at the GC in Rm 7414. Please RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/data-l.... See you soon!

DF Anna Corbett shares ways to retool Tableau for scholarly use. Read "Breaking Tableau Out of the Boardroom" on this week's Tagging the Tower blog post at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/04/24/b...

Nicole Walker built an AI tool to help students realize the value of their voices in a composition course. Read "Vibe Coding My Way Out of a Teaching Problem" on this week’s Tagging the Tower blog post at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/04/17/v...

DF Eunah Cho reveals the risk of the capability illusion brought on by the rampant use of AI. Read " When AI Makes Us More Active, We Risk Being Less Wise" on this week's Tagging the Tower blog at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/04/10/w...

What questions do we need to ask to avoid techno-pessimism as we evolve with AI? DF Meha Gupta writes, "There is a question more important than ‘Does AI have consciousness?’” Read her theses on this week’s Tagging the Tower blog at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/03/27/t...

GC community, spend your day with us, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th! At 10am, join us for our Open Data Week event, "How Maps Speak: A Mapping Commons Hackathon". Then, at 12pm, join us for our workshop, "Introduction to Omeka". RSVP to both events at: gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/calendar/202...

GC community, our workshop, "LLM-Assisted Coding" will be tomorrow, March 19 at 12pm! Remember to RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/llm-as...

GC community, remember to sign up for tomorrow's workshop. Attend "Queer DH: Key Projects and Concepts" at 12pm. RSVP here gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/queer-...

DF Parisa Setayesh (@psetayesh.bsky.social) helps us discern whether the outputs we receive from using AI tools are "gold, fool’s gold, or just a rock." Read "AI Literacy for Research: Why Operational Fluency Is Not Enough" on Tagging the Tower at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/03/13/a...

GC community, see you today at noon "Making Beautiful Maps with QGIS and Tableau" at noon. RSVP here gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/making...

GC Digital Fellows@digitalfellows.bsky.social · 5mo ago

GC Community, ready to stylize your spatial data? Attend our "Making Beautiful Maps with QGIS and Tableau" workshop on Monday, March 9th at 12pm. RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/making...

DF Pranav Chinmay writes a guide to using Matplotlab for this week's Tagging the Tower blog post. Read "An Introduction to Matplotlib" at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/03/06/a...

GC community, join us today at 2pm at the Data Lab, an open, interdisciplinary space designed to help you think through challenges and triumphs of wrangling data from collection to cleaning to privacy to sharing. For more details and to register, go to gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/data-l...

GC Community, ready to stylize your spatial data? Attend our "Making Beautiful Maps with QGIS and Tableau" workshop on Monday, March 9th at 12pm. RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/making...

GC Community, register for todays' workshop by 12pm to learn how to make "Slides with LaTex"! RSVP by gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/calendar/

What does AI literacy look like in our education, policymaking, society, and futures? Ian G. Williams, LMSW @igraywill.bsky.social reflects on the term AI literacy and its impact and shares his "Thoughts on Situating AI Literacy" on Tagging the Tower at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/02/20/t...

GC community, register for tomorrow's workshop "Text Analysis for Right to Left Languages" and engage with tools for your multilingual DH scholarship. RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/calendar/

GC community, register to attend tomorrow's workshop "AI Tools for Research: Understanding AI Systems in Research Contexts" to practice ethical and critical AI usage. RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/calendar/list/

Jonah Brucker-Cohen examines how A.I. shapes human behavior, memory, and artistic practice on this week's Tagging the Tower blog. Read "A.I. Meets Critical Media Art" at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/02/13/a...

GC community, GCDI workshops beging today! RSVP for "Basic Audio Editing with Audacity" now at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/basic-audio-editing-with-audacity-3/

Websites and tenant rights? Read "Why Should You Make a Website For Your Tenants’ Association?" by Sam O'Hana on our Tagging the Tower blog here: gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/02/06/w...

Spring '26 workshops begin Tuesday, Feb. 10, 26! Learn how to edit and clean audio files with Audacity! RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/basic-...

GC community, welcome to Spring '26. Please read this week's blog to learn about our spring workshops, grant opportunities, and how best to stay connected with us! Read our welcome blog on Tagging the Tower here: gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/02/02/w...

DF Pranav Chinmay wraps up the Fall '25 semester with a NetworkX tutorial. Read "Introduction to Python’s NetworkX" on Tagging the Tower at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/12/12/i...

Today is the day! Remember to submit your application for GCDRI '26 by midnight. Go to www.cuny.is/dri2026!

GC Digital Research Institute Application Form

Thank you for your interest in participating in the GC Digital Research Institute (DRI), an introduction to foundational digital research skills that form a basis for a variety of technology-enabled research projects. Participants will attend 4 days of 4 hour remote workshops, learning basic digital research skills and connecting with others in an interdisciplinary environment. No prior experience using technology is required. This institute is designed with beginners in mind. The GC Digital Research Institute provides an introduction to computational thinking, vocabularies, and foundational concepts so that participants can develop the necessary skills to become an autonomous learner. Pacing and content will be appropriate for those who are not already confident in their use of the command line, data management, HTML/CSS, digital mapping, and Python for text analysis and application development. Participation is **free**, and open to graduate students, faculty, and staff at the Graduate Center; however, applications are required. To accommodate a remote-learning environment, the DRI this year will consist of four Zoom sessions to be held from January 20th–23rd, 2026. Each day of the institute will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 1:00 p.m. with breaks scheduled throughout. To participate in DRI, you are required to attend the full calendar of events on all four days. Beyond our Zoom meetings, DRI will also include space for informal co-working sessions and opportunities to build with peers. By applying, you agree to participate in all activities. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, December 8th, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact: gc.digitalfellows@gmail.com, and thank you again for your interest.

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GC Digital Fellows@digitalfellows.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The GC Digital Research Institute (GCDRI) returns for its 10th year in January 2026! Hosted by the GC Digital Fellows as part of GC Digital Initiatives, the DRI offers an immersive introduction to interdisciplinary research computing designed for beginning learners. Apply now at www.cuny.is/dri2026!

Winter break calls for fuzzy socks, hot chocolate, and finding your new favorite digital tool! DF Meha Gupta suggests several tools in "Digital Tools to Experiment with this Winter" on this week's Tagging the Tower blog at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/12/05/d...

Remember to RSVP for the GCDRI '26 virtual information session today at 4pm (during our weekly drop-in hour)! gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/calendar/

GC Digital Fellows@digitalfellows.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The GCDRI returns for its 10th year in January 2026! Attend the virtual information session during our drop-in hours tomorrow, Thursday, 12/4 at 4pm to learn about course offerings, chat with the instructors, and prepare to submit your application. RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/calendar/

The GCDRI returns for its 10th year in January 2026! Attend the virtual information session during our drop-in hours tomorrow, Thursday, 12/4 at 4pm to learn about course offerings, chat with the instructors, and prepare to submit your application. RSVP at gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/calendar/