I will blog later about my wonderful time in Vancouver, WA, at Washington State University, Vancouver. The remarkable #NextChapter program selected Now You See It as a “city reads” and “WSU reads” book and I gave a lecture at a lunch for business leaders and then another at a beautiful, renovated 1936 Kiggins Theater downtown … Thank You, Vancouver WA and WSU Friends!
Usually when my blogs are a “response to the New York Times,” it is to disagree, push back, emend, quibble, or rant. Today, I am reading Thomas Friedman’s “How To Get a Job at Google, Part II,” with enormous pleasure and satisfaction and a sense of confirmation. Friedman’s interview with Laszlo Bock, the man in … What Google and NY Times’ Tom Friedman Get Right About the Purpose of Higher Education
I could not be more thrilled or more impressed. Now You See It has been chosen as the “all-city read” for Vancouver, Washington, and I will be traveling there to give two talks on May 9 and to meet Dene Grigar and all the other wonderful faculty, students, and Vancouver, WA, citizens who are part … Honored that Now You See It Is “All-City Read”: Vancouver, WA #NextChapter
“I know I sound like a gushing teenager when I talk about the Graduate Center and CUNY,” Cathy told BloombergBusinessweek recently in an article detailing the institution’s bid for elite faculty, “but, well, I’ve never seen any place like it.” You can read the full article below, or visit the site here. Krugman Move … Businessweek: Krugman Move Boosts CUNY Effort to Escape Columbia, NYU Shadows
Identifying them as a sought after ‘academic power couple’, The Chronicle of Higher Education, spoke with Cathy Davidson and Ken Wissoker about their upcoming move to New York. Read the text of the article below, or visit the site here. By Peter Monaghan The Graduate Center of the City University of New York has attracted … Chronicle of Higher Education: Duke Scholar and Publisher Move to Her ‘Crush School’
Inside Higher Ed recently featured news of Cathy’s upcoming move from Duke University to the CUNY Graduate Center. Read the full article and comments here. Cathy Davidson Will Move From Duke to CUNY February 24, 2014 Cathy Davidson, a major player in the digital humanities and discussions of new models of higher education, is … Inside Higher Ed: Cathy Davidson Will Move From Duke to CUNY
The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s breaking news blog, The Ticker, released this post about Cathy’s upcoming move to the CUNY Graduate Center where she will join the Ph.D. program in English and head up the Futures Initiative. The full text of the post is below, or you can visit their website here. February 24, 2014 by Charles … Chronicle of Higher Education: Cathy Davidson, Scholar of Learning Innovation, to Join CUNY Grad Center
Project Information Literacy recently interviewed Cathy about the power of disruption and distraction for re-making the K-20 classroom. Read the full article below or visit the website here. Cathy Davidson: How Disruption and Distraction Are Remaking Learning Project Information Literacy, “Smart Talks,” no. 18, February 25, 2014 There is little doubt why … Project Information Literacy: How Disruption and Distraction Are Remaking Learning
NEW YORK, February 24, 2014 — The Graduate Center, City University of New York, has announced that leading interdisciplinary and technology scholar Cathy N. Davidson will join its faculty effective July 2014. Professor Davidson is currently the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English at … Thrilled and Honored to Lead Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center, CUNY
Here is an update about the amazing #FutureEd Initiative from Hilary Culbertson, Program Manager for HASTAC: Dear Colleagues, I wanted to offer an update on HASTAC FutureEd Initiative, taking place around the world this semester! Some seventy courses, conferences, and reading groups around the world are participating in this remarkable project with discussions and … HASTAC’s #FutureEd: An Update on an Amazing Project