In the Spotlight: Spring 2026 Welcome Back!

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.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: OpenLab Show & Tell

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.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Science Fiction Symposium

The Spotlight is on the The tenth annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium, which will take place at City Tech on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 from 9:00am to 5:00pm, and features work from science fiction writers, scholars, and students..

Symposium organizers invite everyone to the City Tech Academic Building at 285 Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn, New York in Room A-105 to join for the day-long event, or stop by as schedules permit, whether for a panel or for the keynote address, “Is Contemporary Science Fiction Strange Enough?”Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Open Education Award Winner!

The OpenLab at City Tech has won an Open Education Award for Excellence –  recognizing contributions to the Open Education community that exemplify excellence in the field. And since the award, 2025 Open Assets Award, includes that the OpenLab is “Recognized as an Open Community,” that means that you, the OpenLab community, have won this award, too!… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Co-working as a strategy

The OpenLab team provides many different modes of support to help members learn how to do what they want to do on the OpenLab. Co-working sessions are a little different as they’re more about fostering a community of support.

These hour-long sessions are for quiet working time alongside others, with the option to move to a breakout room for conversation or questions.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Fall 2025 Welcome!

Welcome to the Fall 2025 semester! 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.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: City Tech’s Fun Facts Finder

Emerging Scholars from COMD Futures, Emerging Media Technologies, and Architecture collaborated with Membit Inc. over the last few semesters to research, design, and develop City Tech’s Fun Facts Finder, an augmented reality campus tour.

This virtual tour uses the augmented reality application Membit to help new students locate important locations and services on campus, meet community members, and share fun facts about City Tech.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: LGBTQIA+ Events

The LGBTQIA+ Collective shared their slate of exciting events coming up this semester for the LGBTQIA+ community at City Tech and invited us all to join in and spread the word!

(rainbow colored) LGBTQIA+ Collective

NOW: The LGBTQIA+ Poster Competition

The LBGTQIA+ Poster Competition offers everyone in the City Tech community the opportunity to design a poster supporting City Tech’s LGBTQIA+ students.… Continue reading this post

In the Spotlight: Spring 2025 Welcome!

Welcome, visitors, new members, and returning members, to the Spring 2025 semester on the OpenLab!

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