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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Join the Futures Initiative of CUNY on October 15 at 1:00 PM ET for a webinar exploring the intersection of traditional arts, cultural preservation, and artificial intelligence led by Nan Jia and Marie Abe Kole! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tradition-...

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join the Futures Initiative of CUNY for our first webinar of the semester on October 8, 2026 at 1pm for a discussion facilitated by Violetta Soboleva. You don’t want to miss this event! tinyurl.com/55frtune

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Last call! Join us tomorrow, Thurs. May 7, from 5–7 PM at the GC for Art, Justice, and Research. Food will be served! RSVP today; link in the bio! Please spread the word! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu @psc-cuny.org @cdha.bsky.social @johnjayrec.bsky.social @baruch.cuny.edu

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

FI Founder @cathyndavidson.bsky.social will deliver the opening keynote, "Artificial Learning and Assessment," with Harvard physicist and Perusall cofounder Eric Mazur on Tuesday, May 5, 1-2pm EST. “How To Assess Student Learning in the Age of AI”) reserve here: www.perusall.com/exchange.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

UWFF: Art. Justice. Research. 🗓️ May 7th, 5 pm - 7 pm Join us for the next University Worth Fighting For event exploring how creative practice connects with community, research, and social change. Refreshments will be provided 🍌🍇🥑🍓 #UWFF #ArtAndJustice #CreativeCommunity #PublicScholarship

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

FINAL CALL: GC PhD Students — Apply Today! ⏰ Application Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM The Futures Initiative is seeking applications from CUNY Graduate Center PhD students in any field for the 2026–2027 Graduate Fellowship. Apply now: Link in the bio!

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🎙️ Stay tuned! FI Podcast Ep 1:6 — “Campus Crisis Toolkit” will go live next Tuesday, March 17. Open your eyes. Raise your voice. Listen up. Faculty, students, and administrators — this one’s for all of us. @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social #HigherEd #FuturesInitiative #CampusCrisisToolkit

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

FI Podcast Ep 1:5 — “Teaching to Transform.” Christina Katopodis & Jason Hendrickson on student-centered teaching, rehumanizing education, and why humanities matter now more than ever. Listen here: futuresinitiative.org/2026/02/16/f... #HigherEd #Teaching #CUNY #FuturesInitiative

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

With the #SuperBowl approaching #thisSunday, this is a timely moment to reflect on our episode’s exploration of culture, identity, and community, check on our clip: youtube.com/clip/UgkxzTG4U_BvTVU5Gdhs1sSNMHJRIQSMglTR?si=W5RpFjz1O4WlXb5H #futureinitiatives #cuny #badbunny

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🎙️🌈 FI Podcast — Episode 3 is here! 🌈🎙️ In Episode 1:3, our incredible guests Dr. Matt Brim and Dr. Kevin Nadal, Ph.D., with Dr.Shelly Eversley: 👉 Why is Queer Studies for everybody? 📅 Premiering December 16 ▶️ Watch on our YouTube channel: lnkd.in/eDg5hEFi 🎧 Or listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📣✨ Call for Proposals! ✨📣 The Futures Initiative (FI) is now accepting proposals for team-taught graduate courses (AY 2025–2026) 🎓🤝 🗓️ Preliminary deadline: Feb 28, 2025 ⏰ 🔗 Apply via link in bio! #FuturesInitiative #CUNY #TeamTeaching #GraduateEducation #HigherEdEquity

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🔥🔥🔥 Big news! The FI HASTAC Scholars now has its own Instagram account: @hastac_official 📲✨ 🤝🤝🤝 Meet the HASTAC Scholars Co-Directors ✨ @belizeanlinguist ✨ @tatibertolucci Follow along for: 📚 highlights from HASTAC Scholars events 🎤 scholar spotlights & voices #CUNY #HASTACScholars

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🎉❤️ WE DID IT! THANK YOU! ❤️🎉 ❤️We hit $12,000 in donations!❤️ 💛 Although Giving Tuesday has officially ended, our donation link is still open until December 31st! 👉 Donation link: www.givegab.com/campaigns/futures-i… #GivingTuesday #CUNY #PublicEducation

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🚨⏰ Happening in 1 Hour! ⏰🚨 💪✨We’re getting ready for Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education 🎓🌍 ☕ Light refreshments will be served! 🗓️ Time: 4:30 PM -6 PM 📍 Location: The Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY 🔗 Register below to catch the last seat!

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

👏 👏 👏FI is proud to share once again that Dr. @Cathy N. Davidson’s #McGraw Prize in Education was celebrated with a full-page ad in #TheNewYorkTimes. 👏👏👏 A well-deserved recognition of her incredible impact on higher education. #HigherEducation #EducationLeadership #innovation #equity #cuny

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🚨 Event Reminder — Next Tuesday! 🚨 Join us for Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education, part of The University Worth Fighting For series by the Futures Initiative 💪🎓 ☕ Light refreshments will be served! #FutureInitiative #CUNY #LearningWithoutBorders

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

💪✨We’re thrilled to announce our incredible speakers for Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education 🤩 Join us for an inspiring conversation about courage and the impact of immigrant scholars who are reshaping higher education. ❤️RSVP below to secure your seats!❤️

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT! 🚨 The Future Initiative is back with another event in The University Worth Fighting For series 💪 🎓 Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education 💥 Stay tuned for our speaker reveal and content drops! #FutureInitiative #LearningWithoutBorders

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🚀 Exciting news! FI’s very first podcast, “Why Innovation Needs Equity,” is now live! 🎧 Tune in now and be part of the dialogue that’s shaping the future. 👉 Check out the QR code— you can watch on YouTube or listen anywhere you find your podcasts! #WhyInnovationNeedsEquity #Innovation #Equity

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🎉 Welcome our new Futures Initiative Fellow: Vallerie Matos! 🎉 👏👏👏 Vallerie is an English PhD Candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, researching Sound Studies, Glossolalia, and Afro-diasporic literature. We’re excited to have her in our community! #Welcome #FuturesInitiative #CUNY

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

🎉 🎉 🎉 Welcome our new Futures Initiative Fellow: Oliver Silverman! 🎉🎉 🎉 👏 👏 👏Oliver is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at The Graduate Center, CUNY, researching the history of utopia and the connections between classical political ideas and revolutionary thought. #FuturesInitiative

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

We are LIVE: The Future of Higher Education!

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Dive into the future of higher education with the Futures Initiative— two amazing events, one critical day of dialogue on AI, equity, and the public good! RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future... @cathyndavidson.bsky.social @alondra.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Responding to the question of what we can do, Caera Beightol leans into the choices we make: that we can choose not to invest in fossil fuels, evaluate our retirement investments and think carefully about what our 401Ks support, then align those interests with a better future.

Caera Beightol sits between panelists holding a microphone and speaking to the audience.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Mauricio Gonzalez emphasizes the need to care for beauty in nature and that you don't have to go far to find it. It's important to look around you and find it where you are.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

David Gruber reflects that he's moved away from thinking about different elements as objects & moved toward thinking about possibilities because the future isn't written yet. There's so much darkness but also possibility. The world is 71% water. We're in the minority on land.

David Gruber holds a microphone and speaks from his seat at the front of the room.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Dr. Aguilera's research focuses on land-body entanglements and decolonial approaches to critical geographies. She notes in today's "Future of the Planet" event that she was initially attracted to studying water because of the complexities of the conflicts about water and land-body rights.

Dr. Abigail Perez Aguilera holds a microphone and speaks about her class on water ecologies.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The panelists at The Future of the Planet event shared personal details about their relationship with water and how water relates to their work.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

FI Faculty Co-Director Dr. Shelly Eversley reminds attendees that we will leave today's Future of the Planet event w/resources to pursue action. She introduces Dr. Megan Henriquez who reminds us that, despite Earth's reputation as the "blue planet," only 1% of Earth's water is drinkable.

Dr. Megan Henriquez stands behind a lectern wearing a blazer and Futures Initiative t-shirt, and introduces today's speakers.

Dr. Shelly Eversley stands behind a lectern welcoming attendees to the Future of the Planet event.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Kicking off FI's "The Future of the Planet" event tonight with sound recordings of whale songs and a buzz of conversation as we greet familiar faces and meet new people working in Climate Justice at CUNY and in NYC.

Cameras point at the front of the Segal Theatre where today's speakers sit under a screen projecting a moving image of water.

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

April 10, 6PM: Addison Gayle Lecture. A conversation on histories of race and gender, especially transgender identities, with C. Riley Snorton, author of "Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity" (2017), among others. NVC 14-266. RSVP using the QR code @blsbaruch.bsky.social

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Futures Initiative @futuresed.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This Earth Day on April 22nd, join us for a powerful conversation about water—its stories, challenges, and transformative potential 🌊 w/ David Gruber, Abigail Perez Aguilera, Caera Beightol and Mauricio Gonzalez | RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/future-of-... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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