New on the CUNY AI Lab blog: we run nearly all of our tools on open-weight models. Here’s why. (Spoiler alert: they are more transparent, cost a fraction of the proprietary flagship models, and have all but closed the capability gap.) ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/running...

Running the CUNY AI Lab on Open Weights - CUNY AI Lab

Why the CUNY AI Lab runs nearly all of its tools on open-weight models — what open weights are, what frontier models cost to run, and how open models have closed the capability gap.

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I wish more institutions would dedicate resources to home-grown critical AI experimentation, rather than ceding control and precious dollars to our tech overloads. @cunyailab.bsky.social is a model of how to do this! #ACH2026

Issue no. 28 of @jitp.bsky.social is out! Congrats to @inesvano.bsky.social , @lauriehurson.bsky.social , and all the authors! cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/jit...

Celebrate and reflect on the nation’s 250th birthday with these exhibitions, books, and even an interactive walking tour curated, written, and developed by Graduate Center scholars www.gc.cuny.edu/news/see-ame...

See America’s 250 Years in a New Light

From Revolutionary New York to immigration and Indigenous identity, Graduate Center scholars illuminate the people and forces that have shaped America over 250 years.

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Thanks @alexwermercolan.bsky.social and @fronteriza956.bsky.social for leading the team, I learned a lot from you all and am thrilled to finally hear from our presenters!! #ACH2026

Alex Wermer-Colan@alexwermercolan.bsky.social · last mo.

#ACH2026 is off to a great start with live Spanish interpretation for our Keynote + a panel, thanks to our conf team @fronteriza956.bsky.social @jajrk.bsky.social @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social @apjanco.bsky.social @winnieepm.bsky.social @estene.bsky.social @regan008.bsky.social @veritas44.bsky.social

We’re excited to share that CUNY Login Single Sign-On (SSO) is now available for the CUNY AI Lab Sandbox! Existing approved users can now sign in with their CUNY credentials by clicking “Continue with CUNY Login.” More details here: ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/cuny-lo...

A huge collaborative effort more than 7 (+ 30!) years in the making, and one I’m proud to have had a hand in bringing into the world. And we’re still building features!

CUNY Graduate Center@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · last mo.

For more than 30 years, “Who Built America?” changed how students learn U.S. history, and now the landmark textbook is free, digital, and updated for the 2020s www.gc.cuny.edu/news/classic... @ashpcml.bsky.social @veritas44.bsky.social

¡Último llamado #ACH2026! Acompáñanos del 24 al 26 de junio para +70 presentaciones sobre HD, transnacionalismo y solidaridad. Habrá interpretación en vivo inglés/español para las ponencias magistrales y algunas sesiones. Último día de inscripción, 21 de junio.

ACH 2026 – ACH Membership

Conference Focus: Emergence/ia

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Last call to register for #ACH2026! Join us virtually June 24–26 for 70+ presentations on DH, transnationalism, and solidarity. Live English/Spanish interpretation will be provided for the keynote and select sessions. Registration closes June 21 at 11:59 pm CDT

ACH 2026 – ACH Membership

Conference Focus: Emergence/ia

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One of my favorite entries yet in the Italian American Studies Open Syllabus!

Joseph Sciorra@josephsciorra.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm happy to announce my online article on Italian American folklore in the 'Italian American Studies Open Syllabus' (created by Stefano Morello) has now been posted. @veritas44.bsky.social cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/italian...

Ellen Bernhard, David Pearson, and I are inviting abstracts for a new edited collection on Green Day and the politics of pop-punk. Colleagues in American Studies, Sound Studies, and beyond, please consider submitting and/or helping us circulate this CFP! eastbaypunkda.com/gd/

Green Day and the Politics of Pop-Punk

Call for Chapters — an edited collection. Abstracts due August 15.

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New on the CUNY AI Lab blog: CAIL Fellow @igraywill.bsky.social reflects on building a customized writing timer through our Spring 2026 workshop series on AI-assisted prototyping for digital scholarly projects. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/franken...

Building a Frankentimer With Agentic Coding Assistance - CUNY AI Lab

A CAIL Fellow reflects on building a personal Pomodoro timer through AI-assisted prototyping in the Spring 2026 workshop series — and on the ambivalence of doing so.

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And we're just a little over two weeks out from #ACH2026! Check out information about the full program at the link below in Spanish or English. Still plenty of time to register for the conference, become a member, or join one of the pre-conference workshops.

ACH@ach.bsky.social · 2mo ago

¡El programa de #ACH2026 ya está listo! ach2026.ach.org/en/schedule/ Acompáñenos virtualmente del 24 al 26 de junio en más de 70 presentaciones sobre humanidades digitales, transnacionalismo y solidaridad en las Américas. Inscripción abierta hasta el 17 de junio.

The CUNY AI Lab now has a blog! We’ll share updates, notes from CAIL fellows and staff, guest posts from CUNY faculty, students, and staff, and reflections on building public AI infrastructure for teaching and research. ailab.gc.cuny.edu/blog/welcome

Working with AI, in Public - CUNY AI Lab

Why the CUNY AI Lab is starting a blog, and what to expect from posts here.

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The #ACH2026 program is now available! buff.ly/Wtmsofy Join us virtually June 24–26 for 70+ presentations on DH, transnationalism, and solidarity (especially in the Americas). Registration is open through June 17 buff.ly/3QFYlOS

New post at Visible Pedagogy, @zmuhl.bsky.social of @gctlc.bsky.social and @cunyailab.bsky.social on "Writing Under Surveillance: The Problem with AI Detection." vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/05/18/w...

Congrats @regan008.bsky.social and @walshbr.bsky.social ! Excited to work with you and the newly elected EC members! 🙌

ACH@ach.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ACH 2026 election results are in! Congratulations to Co-VPs/Presidents Elect Mandy Regan & Brandon Walsh, and new Executive Council members Hannah Alpert-Abrams, Samantha Blickhan, Rachel Starry, and Laura Braunstein. buff.ly/7dg8Ctb

I took 23 unpublished poems I wrote in the early/mid-twenty-tens, while commuting between New York, Seattle, and Torino, and turned them into an e-chapbook that is part late juvenilia, part creative archive, part interface poetics. Best on Chrome/Firefox. ephemera.stefanomorello.com

@zmuhl.bsky.social and the CAIL Fellows presented their work and our initiatives at the annual @cunygcdi.bsky.social digital show case! Stay tuned for more presentations and events! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

And @digitalfellows.bsky.social @cunyailab.bsky.social @manifoldscholar.bsky.social and the program social media fellows! All fantastic!

Great new project from @veritas44.bsky.social who guest edited our Italian issue last year. Reti di Carta is a data visualization project that maps the transnational relationships organized and mediated by Italian American periodicals between 1890 and 1980: reti.stefanomorello.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

Critical makers out there, please consider submitting to @jitp.bsky.social ! cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-ca...

Last call!

ACH@ach.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Proposals for ACH 2026 (June 24-26) are due in just under a week on February 23rd! Read cfp and submit at: buff.ly/kFUXOgB

Very excited to share this! The new special issue of @jitp.bsky.social is on Minimalist DH Pedagogy. Co-edited by @danicasavonick.bsky.social @palermog.bsky.social @veritas44.bsky.social Patricia Belen and me. LOTS of great stuff in here. cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/jit...

Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, no. 27 | Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy | Manifold @CUNY

<h3>Edited by Patricia Belen, Stefano Morello, Gregory J. Palermo, Danica Savonick, and Brandon Walsh</h3> <p>“More students in a single classroom; fewer instructors to engage them. Extravagant AI co...

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Thank you for such a generous review, Laura!!!

Laura E. Ruberto@laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My recent review of Chasing the Lung Block directed by Stefano Gabbiani and co-written by Stefano Morello and Ilaria Tonelli Out in the Italian American Review @veritas44.bsky.social

Spent way too long manually converting your bibliographies into Zotero entries? Built this 😅 It saved me hours, maybe it'll help you too (requires OpenRouter API key) stefanomorello.com/tools/biblio...

Last fall, while indexing the NOFX book, I built a small tool that takes a term list and a PDF and returns a clean index. I’ve now wrapped it in a zero-retention web app for non-Python folks. Try it: veritas44.pythonanywhere.com Code: github.com/smorello87/b...

If you're into Italian American and/or Ethnic Studies, check out the critical retrospective on Tom Ferraro's Feeling Italian, with contributions from Ferraro, Carlo Rotella, Jane Tylus, Georgios Anagnostou, Mitchell Breitwieser, Richard H Brodhead, and yours truly.

JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy)@jamitjournal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Check out issue no. 10 of JAm It! Journal of American Studies in Italy, edited by Mattia Arioli and Sara Riccetti! ojs.unito.it/index.php/ja...

The CFP for the next issue of JAm It! is now available. We welcome submissions from scholars at all career stage levels. Please share this announcement widely! ojs.unito.it/index.php/ja...

Thrilled to have the new Italian issue of MLN in our hands. You can find it open access on @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social. “Modernist Lives, Transatlantic Italian Crossings, 1949-1972” guest edited by @veritas44.bsky.social, Cristina Iuli, and Aaron Jaffe.