Three upcoming events for faculty

October 13, 2020

From: Annemarie Nicols-Grinenko, University Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Dear Colleagues

Friday, October 16, 2020, 12:00 – 1:00pm: The Office of Research is hosting a webinar on NIH Funding Priorities and Opportunities that will provide an overview of the NIH application process and address writing a successful specific aims statement. The webinar will feature

J. Brandon Begarly, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs, Lehman College
Tom Kurtzman, Department of Chemistry, Lehman College

Please register at https://ybephbsyus.formstack.com/forms/selecting_a_venue_for_journal_publication_copy. The link to the Zoom meeting will be provided after registration.

This webinar is part of Faculty Funding Fridays, offered by the Office of Research in collaboration with the Research Foundation Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support and the Office of Library Services. For more information about the entire series please visit: https://www.cuny.edu/research/faculty-resources/funding-fridays/

Monday, October 19, 2020, 3:00 – 4:00pm: The Office of Academic Affairs is hosting a virtual panel on Online Teaching Observations. The panel, which will share a variety of approaches to online teaching observations, will feature

Judith Cahn, Director of John Jay Online, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Carlos Guevara, Coordinator, Instructional Technology Department, Hostos Community College
Susan Ko, Associate Director, Faculty Development and Instructional Technology, Office of Online Education, Lehman College
Jennifer Sparrow, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, CUNY School of Professional Studies
RSVP is not required; simply use this link: https://cuny.zoom.us/j/82511482050 on the day and time of the event. Please note that the maximum number of participants is 1,000 and that entrance will be granted on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 2:00 – 3:00pm: Learn more about the new Transformative Learning in the Humanities (TLH) project, funded by a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. TLH is an innovative new faculty training initiative that will help the University reimagine the teaching of humanities in more urgent, relevant ways designed to contribute to student success and to a more equitable society. TLH will engage humanities faculty who are interested in making their classes more participatory by capitalizing on the rich diversity and vast talent of CUNY students, with the ultimate goal of preparing students for a world that requires collaboration, communication, analytical reading and cross-cultural thinking. The webinar will feature

José Luis Cruz, CUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost
Distinguished Professor Cathy Davidson, TLH Co-Director, founder of the CUNY Futures Initiative and Co-Founder of HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory)
Professor Shelly Eversley, TLH Co-Director and Provost’s Faculty Fellow and Interim Chair, Department of Black and Latinx Studies, Baruch College

To register for the webinar, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transformative-learning-in-the-humanities-an-information-session-tickets-124695803505. A Zoom link to the webinar will be provided upon registration.

Annemarie Nicols-Grinenko, Ph.D.
University Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
City University of New York
205 E. 42nd Street, 9th floor
New York, NY 10017
646-664-8068