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23rd Annual CUNY IT Conference

November 25, 2024

City University of New York

CUNY SPS will be well represented at the 23rd Annual CUNY IT Conference: Advancing CUNY: Intentional Connections & Smart Collaborations, to be held on December 5 and 6, 2024. Presenters include faculty Joseph Foy (Business); Lilly Mathew, Olga Kagan, and Mary Joy Garcia (Nursing); and Lianna Scull (Sociology and Human Relations); as well as nine staff members from the School's Offices of Faculty Development and Instructional Technology, Student Financial Services, Institutional Research, and Academic Advisement.

Organizing for Generative AI and the Productivity Revolution

November 25, 2024

Apress Publishers

Dr. Arthur O’Connor, academic director of the MS in Data Science and BS in Information Systems degree programs at CUNY SPS, has published the book "Organizing for Generative AI and the Productivity Revolution" (Apress Publishers). Written from Dr. O'Connor's perspective as a data scientist who studies organizational behavior, the book is intended as a call to change the way business organizations, and especially their IT departments, are structured and staffed.
CUNY SPS Youth Studies Professor Whitney Hollins

Positive Youth Development and Disability in OST Settings

November 19, 2024

YouTube

In this video, CUNY SPS BA in Youth Studies student Natalie Green, who is the Director of Community Action Programs at the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), interviews Associate Professor Dr. Whitney Hollins about her course, YS 308 - Critical Disability: A Youth Studies Perspective.

Bot or Not? Lessons on Using AI in the Classroom

November 08, 2024

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Professor Curtis Izen, who teaches in the CUNY SPS Online Business Program and the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, was interviewed along with his Baruch colleagues on how students employ AI tools when taking tests, gathering information, and completing homework assignments.

VoiceThread Case Study: Professor Curtis Izen

November 08, 2024

VoiceThread Blog

Professor Curtis Izen, who teaches in the CUNY SPS Online Business Program was asked to contribute an article on how he humanizes his online courses at CUNY SPS by using VoiceThread.