Academic Affairs Events Calendar – beginning October 24

October 19, 2023

 MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, October 24, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM  
CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Teaching with and about AI (Virtual)
The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to join us for the next in a series of conversations we’re hosting this fall around generative AI.  To register for this event and to see other resources on generative AI, including notes and slides from the two conversation-events we hosted in August and September, please check out the CTL’s website. Please also note that the CTL staff is available to discuss potentially difficult conversations with students during this time. Email ctl@baruch.cuny.edu to request an appointment. Register here. More information here.

Wednesday, October 25, 6:00–7:00 PM  
WASSERMAN JEWISH STUDIES CENTER and THE DEPARTMENT OF BLACK AND LATINO STUDIES
Project 2×1: Documentary Streaming and Talk-back with Director, Hannah Roodman (Virtual) 
Free 48-hour streaming, October 22-24, of the documentary Project 2×1 about West Indian and Chabad Hasidic communities in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. “Talk-Back” with director, Hannah Roodman and Collier Meyerson, creator of the Love Thy Neighbor podcast, to follow on October 25. Part of our Blacks & Jews: Together & Apart Series. RSVP to Carina Pasquesi.

Thursday, October 26, 6:00–7:00 PM  
WASSERMAN JEWISH STUDIES CENTER
The Texture of (Un)Remembrance: Shoah Legacy and Immigrant Writing in the Twenty-First Century 
Please join us for an evening with acclaimed author and Boston College professor, Maxim D. Shrayer, as he reads from and discusses his new book Immigrant Baggage: Morticians, Purloined Diaries, and Other Theatrics of Exile. In this literary memoir, Shrayer writes about the legacy of his family’s past in Eastern Europe. Newman Vertical Campus, 14-270. RSVP to Carina Pasquesi.

LOOKING FORWARD

Tuesday, October 31, 12:00–2:00 PM  
MISHKIN GALLERY
Workshop: Artist Jorge Gonzáles 
Please encourage students to attend a collaborative art-making and storytelling workshop featuring artist, Jorge Gonzáles. Students will learn about the artistic traditions of the indigenous Taíno people of Puerto Rico. Mishkin Gallery, 135 E. 22 Street. More information here.

Tuesday, October 31, 12:30–2:00 PM  
THE ROBERT ZICKLIN CENTER FOR CORPORATE INTEGRITY
The ESG Advantage: A Conversation with Wall Street Veteran, Erika Karp (virtual) 
Join us for an insightful and thought-provoking discussion on the critical role of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in investment decision-making and ethical business practices. We are honored to welcome guest speaker Erika Karp, Chief Impact Officer at Pathstone. More information here. RSVP here.

Thursday, November 9, 12:30–1:30 PM  
NEWMAN LIBRARY
Zotero Workshop (virtual) 
This workshop by Professor Joseph Hartnett provides an introduction to Zotero, a free, open-source, bibliographic management tool that allows you to collect, store, and organize information as you do research, and to rapidly generate citations and bibliographies as you write. More information and RSVP here.

Thursday, November 9, 2:00–3:00 PM
DIGITAL LEARNING HUB and BCTC
Brightspace Transition – Open Q&A (virtual)
The LMS Transition Committee will host a virtual Q&A session on the upcoming transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. Registration required. Click here to attend.  Click here to learn more about Brightspace transition.