Academic Affairs Events Calendar – beginning September 20

September 14, 2023

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS

 Wednesday, September 20, 1:00 –2:30 PM
CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Academic Integrity and Information Literacy After AI (virtual)
In this workshop we focus on AI as an issue of teaching critical information literacy through understanding the limits and affordances of AI and how it can both help and hurt the learning process. Part of the CTL Conversations: Baruch in the Age of AI series. RSVP here.

Thursday, September 21, 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, September 21, 5:30–7:00 PM
WASSERMAN JEWISH STUDIES CENTER
Antisemitism in the Arab World
The Wasserman Jewish Studies Center invites you to a conversation about antisemitism in the Arab world with Dr. Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, a Jerusalem-born scholar and peace activist. In 2014, he traveled with 27 Palestinian students to Auschwitz and Krakow to teach them about the Holocaust. The trip cost him his job and compromised his safety. Moderated by Dr. Andrew Sloin (Department of History). Newman Vertical Campus, 14-270. RSVP to Carina Pasquesi.

Friday, September 22, 9:00 AM–12:30 PM
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
Artificial Intelligence Summit
Faculty and staff are invited to a unique learning experience. Keynote presentation by Petar Petrov, Director of AI for Eleven Ventures. Facilitated small group discussions. Remote option still available. RSVP by September 15.

LOOKING FORWARD 

Friday, September 29, 12:00–1:00 PM
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
DEI Fridays: Disability Justice, featuring Lucy Treishmann (ACLU) (virtual)
DEI Fridays is a practice of community building, reflection, and learning, aiming to improve our campus climate around issues of equity, inclusion, and justice. All faculty, staff, and students are WELCOME! Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Disability Services. More information here and RSVP here.

Thursday September 28, 4:00–5:45 PM
Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Improving How Poverty Is Measured: A Recommendation To Better Reflect Households’ Basic Needs and Resources
Together with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, and the Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University of Social Work, the Marxe School will present a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) that provides recommendations for updating how poverty is measured in the U.S., with a special focus on household needs and resources. Information and Technology Building, room 750. RSVP here.