I came across this cool-looking exhibit and thought folks might be interested. Also, if anyone wants a field trip, let me know and I’ll send out a Doodle poll! Mapping […]
Tag Archives | Mapping
Bringing Mapping to the Classics Course: An Adventure
My Greek and Latin Roots of English course recently published their Name Etymology Map to the Futures site (you can check it out and participate here). However, since many names […]
NYPL Mapping Division and NYPL Labs Visit: Photo Essay
By Lisa Tagliaferri on March 8, 2015 in Class Recap, class trip, nypl, nypl labs, nypl mapping division, photo essay, photos, Reflection
On Friday, March 6, members from the Futures Initiative team and the graduate Mapping the Futures course met with the NYPL Mapping Division and NYPL Labs for a behind-the-scenes look […]
OpenStreetMap Conference
By Lisa Tagliaferri on March 3, 2015 in call for papers, call for proposals, mapsmarker, nycitymap, Of Interest, openstreetmap, opportunity, state of the map
NYC State of the Map US 2015, the annual conference for all OpenStreetMap users, is taking place right in our backyard, at the United Nations June 6-8. It would be […]
Intro to GIS Workshops using Open Source Software
Do you have a research question that you’d like to envision geographically? Maybe you’d like to study neighborhoods and businesses to target a market, or to provide a public service. […]
Futures Initiative Research featured on London School of Economics Social Science Impact Blog
The Futures Initiative is currently on the homepage of the London School of Economics Social Science Impact Blog, with a reblog of Futures Initiative Director Cathy Davidson’s piece “Why […]
Why Do Research? Or, Why “The CUNY Map of NYC” Matters #FuturesEd
Quality and Diversity Much has been written lately about the rise in quality of CUNY over the last two decades. Some have assumed that its rising quality means CUNY must […]
Spring 2015 Events
Events from our partners: CLAGS GC Digital Initiatives GC Office of Career Planning and Professional Development Graduate Center Library JustPublics@365 NYC Digital Humanities Futures Initiative and Mapping the Futures of […]
New analysis: “CUNY schools serve a student population as diverse as NYC —sometimes more so”
CUNY Sociodemographics Map of New York City: Part I – Race and Ethnicity CUNY schools serve a student population as diverse as NYC itself—and sometimes more so. New analysis by […]
Virtual Mapping
This past October at our first public Futures Initiative event at the Graduate Center, Curtis Wong, the Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, gave a talk entitled “Mapping the Universe and Other […]
