Huge congratulations to all @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social graduates on their degrees, including Maura McCreight, our @cunygcdi.bsky.social @manifoldscholar.bsky.social Manifold Graduate Fellow, pictured below! And so great to see our @gc-dh.bsky.social @gcdatavis.bsky.social students graduating!!

We’re excited to announce that the application deadline has been extended to June 15. Apply now to be part of M.A. in Digital Humanities Program's Fall 2026 cohort at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social—we look forward to reading your applications! gc.cuny.edu/digital-humanities/admissions-and-aid

Our recap of NYC Open Data Week 2026 is live! 🥳 As we mark 10 years of NYC Open Data Week and NYC School of Data, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the community care and collaboration that carried this year’s events. Read it here: www.beta.nyc/odw26-recap

We're co-hosting GC Digital Showcase today at 6:30-8:00PM! 📍 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Skylight Room 🔗 gc.cuny.edu/events/gc-digital-showcase-2026 Come see the variety of digital projects students across the GC are working on!

All are welcome, no technical background required!

Happening TODAY!! 💡 Master’s Thesis and Capstone Showcase 🗓️ Thursday, May 7, 2026 🕔 5:00 pm — 7:00 pm 🏫 Elebash Recital Hall & Online @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Register here for in-person or webinar: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/maste...

Join OSM US & Esri for a #MappyHour on Wednesday, May 6th, from 8 - 9 pm EDT to demonstrate how the world's largest collaborative map shows up in the tools you use every day: #ArcGIS, #StoryMaps, #Living Atlas, and more. Save your spot: openstreetmap.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/o...

Fun stuff for #NYCOpenDataWeek at the NYC PIT Pop-up in The Oculus WTC. Two more days @cunypitlab.bsky.social @beta.nyc nycpitpopup.org

#opendata Our student advisor, @samohana.com, and a MS student, Tahreem Ashraf, will share their ongoing work in tracking and defending the quantity and quality of affordable housing in NYC at the School of Data Conference organized by @beta.nyc this Saturday at CUNY Law School from 3:45 PM-4:45 PM!

#digitalhumanities #data #praxis #opendataweeknyc

🚨Application Deadline Extended: May 1st🚨 Spread this good news! It’s still not too late to submit your application to join our M.S. Program in Data Analysis and Visualization at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social #GradSchool #DataVisualization

@cunypitlab.bsky.social NYC PIT Pop-Up has a great lineup for #NYCOpenDataWeek 2026. Learn more at nycpitpopup.org and stop by their storefront in The Oculus WTC (#53, South Concourse, Main Floor C2) this week. @beta.nyc @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @newamerica.org #CivicTech #PITech #OpenData

Thrilled to present this keynote talk together! NYC Open Data Week is in collaboration with @beta.nyc, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, and Data Through Design📊

NYC Open Data Week is celebrating its 10th Anniversary🎉, and our program is delighted to present a keynote talk featuring Rahul Bhargava, the author of Community Data at the CUNY Graduate Center!

BOOK TALK HAPPENING TODAY at 3PM!!! 📕@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Digital Pedagogy in Early Modern Studies: Method and Praxis by Andie Silva "The essays in this volume consider how teaching different fields and methods of study can be enhanced and facilitated by technologies."

THURSDAY! Come celebrate this gorgeously illustrated game and teaching tool! centerforthehumanities.org/event/la-lot...

#datavisualization #mastersprogram You still have 1 week to apply for our M.S. Program in Data Analysis and Visualization Program at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for the upcoming Fall semester!

Due to inclement weather, the Graduate Center is shifting to remote instruction and remote operations on Sunday. Feb. 22, and Monday, Feb. 23. Keep up with the latest details at www.gc.cuny.edu/news/februar...

#FacultySpotlight We are thrilled to welcome Julia Bloom as faculty in the M.S. Program in Data Analysis and Visualization at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Prof. Bloom is a data scientist, artist, and educator based in NYC.

📌 The M.S. in Data Analysis and Visualization Program Open House is happening TOMORROW! Prospective students interested in our program are welcome to join us via Zoom on Tuesday, February 3rd from 6-7 PM to ask your questions about all aspects of the program, as well as the application process.

More good news, this time on the local front. DATA BY DESIGN has a page on the MIT Press website and with that, an official pub date! October 20th, 2026. Watch the skies! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205618...

🪷 Event: On the Reiwa Buddhist Canon Project 📅 January 21st ⏰ 12:30 PM - 2 PM 📍CUNY Graduate Center Suite 5307 Join us tomorrow for two presentations by Professor Masahiro Shimoda & Kiyonori Nagasaki at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

#GCTopStories25: Alumna Paula Fleischer transformed the stories of thousands who disappeared in Argentina’s Dirty War into a striking memorial quilt that exposes the dangers of dictatorship www.gc.cuny.edu/news/ai-hip-... @gcdatavis.bsky.social

From the tenure-track to the Drake-Lamar feud, these are the Graduate Center stories you read the most in 2025 www.gc.cuny.edu/news/ai-hip-... @ajravenelle.bsky.social @kushya.bsky.social @sentantiq.bsky.social @mattgar.bsky.social @prithik.bsky.social

Happy Hanukkah! Our alumni share their recipes for jalapeño latkes and mandel bread, and the memories that make them special

#digitalhumanities #capstoneproject #DHmakes “Guaqueras and Campesinas in Western Boyacá, Colombia” is a digital memory project by María F. Buitrago (MA, 2025) with advisor Aránzazu Borrachero chronicling the lives and labors of women residing in the emerald-producing municipalities of Colombia.

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

Such a great story about @gcdatavis.bsky.social student Paula Fleischer and her powerful data textile work, “Dónde Están: Searching for Desaparecidos of the Argentine Dirty War,” now on view in our program space at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social #dhmakes

Have you thought about submitting something to JITP but your idea didn’t quite fit with our themed issues? Submit to our **GENERAL ISSUE** by December 15th and show us how you think about the intersection of teaching, learning, and research with technology. See you in our inbox!

🧠 “If we start by asking what problems actually need solving, the purpose of AI looks very different.” In this clip, Karen Hao explains why AI should be built to serve real human needs — not to replace us. Watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/4uSnJzPTHHw?... #CUNY #AI #AGI

🚨The global rise of #UltraProcessedFoods isn’t accidental – it’s powered by a corporate playbook. ⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Congratulations to @gcdatavis.bsky.social master’s student Hyojin Yoo, who was named an elections data visualization developer at The Associated Press! www.ap.org/the-definiti...

📣Just a reminder! Applications to join our M.S. Program in Data Analysis and Visualization for Spring 2026 enrollment are due tomorrow, Saturday, November 1st.

Happening today!! See you all soon ☺️

#dataanalysis #datavisualization #gradschool #openhouse The M.S. in Data Analysis and Visualization Program Open House is only a week away! Prospective students interested in our program are welcome to join us via Zoom on Monday, October 6th from 6-7 PM.

🚀 Book in progress: Spatial Data Visualization with tmap A guide to creating thematic maps in R with the tmap package. Covers everything from loading data to interactive and animated maps, with reproducible code. Read online: tmap.geocompx.org #rstats #rspatial #geocompx #gischat #maps

A few days ago, amidst everything else, I pressed send on the book I've been working on (and off) for over a decade. It's still a long way from finished, but the final phase has begun. Watch for DATA BY DESIGN: FROM THE HISTORY OF VISUALIZATION TO THE FUTURE WE NEED in print and online in Fall 2026!

This interactive digital exhibit visualizes carousel locations throughout New York City and features practical information such as fee structures, neighborhood demographics, and more. Check out this wonderful project here: www.carouselsofnyc.com and find out more about the story of carousels in NYC.

Last semester, Kelly Karst, Julissa Russo, Carla Ordonez, and Leonard Santos worked with Professor Bret Maney from our class Digital Humanities: Methods and Practices to develop this wonderful project, and successfully presented it at the CUNY Graduate Center Digital Showcase.

#digitalproject#digitalhumanities#datavisualization Carousels of NYC🎠 What’s your first memory of carousels? Carousels evoke joy and nostalgia, drawing people across diverse backgrounds, yet their placement is often restricted to wealthier neighborhoods, limiting accessibility for many communities.

100 years of July temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...

created data visualizations to illustrate the disparity of women’s matches compared with men’s matches. Check out this wonderful project here: gdprowres.com and see how rare women’s matches still are!

Women’s matches have been held since wrestling’s earliest days, but they have been and still are significantly underrepresented. Last semester, Martin Bueno, Cathy Melamed, Madison Watkins, and Elijah Nunez, working with Professor Bret Maney from our class Digital Humanities: Methods and Practices,

#digitalproject#digitalhumanities Gender Disparity in Professional Wrestling (GDPW) 🤼‍♀️ What are some of the greatest women's professional wrestling matches you've ever seen? Professional wrestling has thrilled audiences for over a century, evolving from radio broadcasts to TV and digital streaming.

Check out this wonderful project here: womenofbandura.github.io/women-of-ban... and see how the WOB is educating new generations of bandura players in the U.S.!

Last semester, @womenofbandura.bsky.social team from our class Digital Humanities: Methods and Practices developed this digital archive project. Created in collaboration with WBENA, the project highlights the contribution of women, who were traditionally excluded from playing the bandura.

Women of Bandura🎵 What is the name of the instrument that has been synonymous with Ukrainian identity? Hints are in the image! Women have and continue to play a vital role in advancing the rich history represented by the instrument that has been synonymous with Ukrainian identity.

Academic writers often revise existing work to produce articles, a task that means asking challenging questions about structure and content. Join us next week for a workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social that will help get you started! Use the QR code below or go to our website: buff.ly/AU3u8Re

🚀 Encounters in the Milky Way is based on authentic data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, which mapped ~2 billion stars in our galaxy. Book your tickets to explore the cosmos today: bit.ly/44KMGrc