Are you a faculty member interested in creating OER? You can apply for an OER Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year. The application period is now open and will close at 11:59 pm on Friday, May 15th. At City Tech, the OpenLab hosts OER materials, which are openly available for you to review, adopt, and remix.
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Today kicks off the 2026 City Nature Challenge, when cities around the world collaborate to share observations of nature. This annual four-day global bioblitz asks participants to find, photograph, and upload examples of organisms growing and living in the wild–that is, not put there and cared for by humans.
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The City Tech Job Fair is a dynamic, multidisciplinary event where students and employers connect, explore careers, and build future partnerships.
Students, employers, and faculty members can learn more about the job fair and take next steps by consulting the City Tech Job Fair OpenLab site.
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LIBRARYBUZZ, the OpenLab site that delivers news from City Tech’s library, shares this important news: this Saturday, March 28th, is Wikipedia Day! (The event was originally scheduled for January 25th, but was snowed out.)
Wikipedia Day is an annual celebration of Wikipedia’s birthday.
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Plan Week starts today, March 9th, and runs through Friday, March 13th. You can take part in Plan Week activities to prepare for advisement and registration for next semester and beyond, to ensure you are taking the right courses and asking the right questions to stay on the path to graduation and achieving your future goals.
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Since 2012 Open Education Global (OE Global) has coordinated Open Education Week (OE Week) as a celebration and opportunity for those working in Open Education to actively share their achievements and learn about what others are achieving worldwide. The whole goal is to make all of this available as a community built calendar of events, all locally organized by institutions and organizations worldwide.
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City Tech’s Writing Center and the ESOL Department are again hosting an event to celebrate world languages on International Mother Language Day. This year the event is on Wednesday, February 25th, from 2:30-4:30pm in room L-632. All are invited to read, sing, share, listen, eat, unite!
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City Tech welcomes new students and faculty and staff members every year–so welcome to everyone new, and welcome back to everyone returning!
The OpenLab team is excited to work with you this semester as you do great things on the OpenLab–and to help you learn more about using the OpenLab and working in an open community.
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As you prepare for the start of the Spring Semester, the OpenLab team is here to help. Join a workshop, reach out with specific questions, or find an answer in OpenLab help materials.
Click here to view the full schedule.
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This Tuesday, 12/9/25, 1:00-2:00pm, our OpenLab team is hosting an open session via Zoom for you to share something you did on, with, or about the OpenLab this semester.
Drop in at any point to show and tell, learn a few things, or just join us to celebrate our community’s accomplishments.
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