The Technological Pandemic: The Present and Future of Coming Together Time: Saturday, February 8 2025, 10:00 am-6:00 pm (EST) Place: CUNY Graduate Center (with coffee, lunch, and snacks provided) Registration Link: https://forms.gle/rvWZmNvbJVRCnoo4A You are invited to attend a day-long workshop at the CUNY Grad Center facilitated by Nishant Shah […]
Lectures and Discussions
Time: Friday February 7, 2025, 5:00-7:00 pm (EST) Place: CUNY Grad Center, Skylight Room Pandemics persist. They recede, are managed, resurface, mutate, and become endemic so that what was once seen as a threat becomes a part of our viral and microbial ecosystems. Biological pandemics are managed by technologies. Long […]
Feb 7 | What the Pandemic taught us about ...
As part of the tenth-year anniversary of the Futures Initiative, this panel celebrates two exciting new publications and the brilliant scholars who produced this scholarship: FI Faculty Fellow Professor Amber Musser, whose book Between Shadow and Noise, Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley praises as work that “will reshape current conversations in Black […]
Nov 4 | The Future of Research

Thu June 20, 2024 @ 10AM-12PMRoom C201 at CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016 RSVP REQUIRED. LIMITED SEATING. RSVP HERE. Join us for a discussion with Arianna Bocco. Arianna is an Award Winning Media Executive and the former President of IFC Films, where she also served as the Executive […]
Jun 20 | Masterclass with Arianna Bocco

Wed June 12, 2024 @ 11AM-1PMSegal Theater at CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016 RSVP REQUIRED. LIMITED SEATING. RSVP HERE. Join us for a discussion with writer, producer, showrunner, and film and television director, Paul Nihipali. With his award-winning company, Blue Chip Media, Paul creates and […]