This Week in the OpenLab: April 22nd Edition!

(image by v-collins via Creative Commons Licence)

Happy Earth Day!  And welcome to this week’s This Week in the OpenLab!

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FEATURED CLUBS:  Arch(itecture) Fellowship, Mobile Application Developers

This week we’re featuring a couple of promising yet still underpopulated clubs:  Arch Fellowship and Mobile Application Developers.  The first of these hopes to “get to know our fellow classmates, build a network, and share the different points of view regarding architecture and other subjects.”  If you’re an architecture major, or just interested, you certainly should join here.  The second of these, M.A.D. proposes to be a place for app developers to share and ideas and create new projects.  Join that one here!

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FEATURED CONTEST: WHAT DOES GEN ED MEAN TO YOU?

The contest, “What Does Gen Ed Mean to You?” has officially begun. You have from now until April 29 at 5pm to submit a creative work that represents an answer to this question. Examples of accepted submission forms are audio visual works (in .MP4 and .MOV), art projects, posters, and other creative media.

Remember, three prizes will be awarded. One from each school: Technology and Design, Arts and Sciences, and Professional Studies. The winning submissions will be used to promote General Education in the college starting next semester.

This is a great opportunity for you to think about what the goal of General Education is, and what it means to you. Group submissions will be accepted, however the prize will be $250 per winning entry no matter the size of the group.

Make sure that you submit the release forms with your entry. They can befound under files on the project site. https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/groups/what-does-gen-ed-mean/files/

For general questions, submit in the Discussion labeled Questions. For individual questions, email genedcontest@gmail.com

You can learn more here, and view the pdf here.  Good luck!

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FEATURED SITE:  Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center

It’s been a while since we caught up with our friends at the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, part of the larger City Tech project of which the OpenLab is a part.  They’ve been active:  they held a Bikes on the Brooklyn Waterfront Conference (with photos!), and have an upcoming breakfast talk on May 10th ( 8:30am to 10:00am at CityTech (CUNY): 300 Jay Street, Room N119).  The subject is “What’s There Now and What Might Be Coming: A Look at Land Use along the Brooklyn Waterfront” with Richard Bearak, Director, Land Use, Brooklyn Borough President’s Office

Once opened, registration (which is free) for the talk will be found here.