“Not to make it perfect, but more nearly right than wrong.”

-Robert Hunter

Dear Commons,

A little over three years ago I had the very good fortune to interview with a couple of guys at CUNY who […]

For several months now the CUNY Academic Commons has offered serialized email reports via Google Analytics for our blogging community.  These email reports  include detailed information about the amount of […]

Given the community here on the Commons I sure many of you are already familiar with Aaron Swartz’s passing this weekend.  I don’t want to editorialize his death and I didn’t know him in any personal way.  I do, […]

Believe it or not we’re at the end of another year.  For the past three years this project of ours has grown from a scrappy fledgling into a vibrant and rich community.  Maybe this betrays some unhealthy lack […]

Hello Commons,

If Christmas is your thing – Merry Christmas!  As the year winds down I get to sit back and start prepping for my “best of” list for 2012.  This last week on the site we saw an end of the […]

Last week the Commons was back in full force after sleeping off Thanksgiving and gearing up for the end of semester crunch.  The blogs were humming and I still can’t believe how many folks are writing here […]

Hello Commons,

I got to meet some of you Friday at CUNY’s annual IT Conference.  The Commons crew was there talk about what we’ve been up to for the past year.  We also spent some time talking about […]

At the start of semester I asked the team to think broadly about the life and history of the Commons.  Admittedly, it seems a little premature at three years to wax nostalgic about this community, but if we […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, NY — November 19, 2012 2:00 PM EST

Contact Information:
Matthew K. Gold, Ph.D.
Director, CUNY Academic Commons
[email protected]

CUNY ACADEMIC COMMONS LAUNCHES […]

In November of 2011 the CUNY Academic Commons announced that it would begin work on creating a standalone version of the Commons.  With generous support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the […]

Well…

Look,  I know.  It is kind of sad that Hostess is going out of business.  I realize now that I took it for granted that Twinkies and Cupcakes would always be there in the bodega, looming over the […]

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Hey Commons — are we alright?

I can see from the blogs that it’s been a tough week for a lot us.  Sarah Morgano put together a great post […]