In the Spotlight: PTW Club!

Adding your club on the OpenLab can be a great way to create a website to reach more students, to bring in new members, and to keep new and returning members up to date on club activities and events.

The Professional and Technical Writing major in the English Department has launched a new club–the PTW Club–and with it, an OpenLab site for the PTW Club.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: More OpenLabs!

We were so inspired by a recent conversation between Reclaim Hosting’s Taylor Jadin and Amanda Schmidt and OpenLab at University of New Haven’s Mary Isbell. They talk about getting University Of New Haven’s OpenLab started, supporting members, and letting student work shine.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Fall 2024 Welcome!

Welcome to the Fall 2024 semester! City Tech is welcoming even more new students and faculty members–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.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: BIPOC IN DESIGN

In celebration of Black History Month, we’ve been shining the spotlight on Prof. George Larkins’s BIPOC IN DESIGN site honoring BIPOC creators in the fields of art and design.

In addition to the artists and designers highlighted on BIPOC IN DESIGN’s home page, there are additional resources featuring artists and designers from different backgrounds in the BIPOC Designers section of the site.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Spring 2024 Welcome!

Welcome to a new year and the Spring 2024 semester! City Tech is welcoming even more new students and faculty members–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.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Student Surveys

The faculty and staff working on City Tech’s current Title V grant, the STEM Success Collaborative, have developed student surveys and are asking for faculty members to share one or both with students. Here’s a message from them:

We would like to ask you to participate in the Title V STEM Success Collaborative Grant through having your students take a survey designed to help improve life at the college.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Science Fiction Symposium

The Spotlight is on the Science Fiction at City Tech website leading up to the Eighth Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium. This year’s event, Science Fiction, Gender, and Sexuality, will take place on Thursday, November 30th, from 9:00 A.M.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: International Open Access Week

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International Open Access Week.
Open Access Week 2023.
#OAWeek October 23-29

October 23-29 is International Open Access Week! #OAWeek

To celebrate Open Access Week, Prof. Monica Berger shared some thoughts about open access in a post on the library’s OpenLab site, LIBRARY BUZZ. Entitled “Open Access and knowledge as a public good,” and adapted from her forthcoming book (Winter/Spring 2024) from the Association of College and Research Libraries, Prof.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Fall 2023 Welcome!

Yellow and pink clouds against a blue sky.
Brooklyn, NY” by Steven Pisano on Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0

Welcome to a new academic year! City Tech is welcoming even more new students and faculty members–so welcome to everyone new, and welcome back to everyone returning!… Continue reading this post