Futures Initiative
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The Futures Initiative at the CUNY Graduate Center advances greater equity and innovation in higher education and promotes reinvestment in higher education as a public good.
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Our University Worth Fighting For event, Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education, is starting in one minute! Follow along using #uwff
@lizbethdsantana.bsky.social : “It's for everyone...to understand students need to be celebrated.” #uwff
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@lizbethdsantana.bsky.social : “It's for everyone...to understand students need to be celebrated.” #uwff
@lizbethdsantana.bsky.social: “Learning how to navigate this ethically, but it's about putting [immigrants'] voices at the center.” #uwff
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
@lizbethdsantana.bsky.social: “Learning how to navigate this ethically, but it's about putting [immigrants'] voices at the center.” #uwff
Our University Worth Fighting For event, Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education, is starting in one minute! Follow along using #uwff
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Our University Worth Fighting For event, Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education, is starting in one minute! Follow along using #uwff
🚨⏰ 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!
💪✨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!
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨⏰ 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!
💪✨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!
🎙✨ Episode #2 is live!
What does academic freedom really mean, and why now?
Deep convo w/ Moustafa Bayoumi & Michelle Fine, hosted by Shelly Eversley 🔥💬
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba842N-OJCI&list=PLs4s4YzyzpmGp8pMRWPxR9H4rds1715Cm\
🎧 Please subscribe! 🔔
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #CUNY ✊🏽🗽
What does academic freedom really mean, and why now?
Deep convo w/ Moustafa Bayoumi & Michelle Fine, hosted by Shelly Eversley 🔥💬
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba842N-OJCI&list=PLs4s4YzyzpmGp8pMRWPxR9H4rds1715Cm\
🎧 Please subscribe! 🔔
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #CUNY ✊🏽🗽
FI Podcast Ep. 1:2 - “What Does Academic Freedom Really Mean?”
What does academic freedom really mean—and why does it matter more than ever?Join us for Episode #2 of the Futures Initiative podcast as Faculty Chair Shelly...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🎙✨ Episode #2 is live!
What does academic freedom really mean, and why now?
Deep convo w/ Moustafa Bayoumi & Michelle Fine, hosted by Shelly Eversley 🔥💬
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba842N-OJCI&list=PLs4s4YzyzpmGp8pMRWPxR9H4rds1715Cm\
🎧 Please subscribe! 🔔
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #CUNY ✊🏽🗽
What does academic freedom really mean, and why now?
Deep convo w/ Moustafa Bayoumi & Michelle Fine, hosted by Shelly Eversley 🔥💬
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba842N-OJCI&list=PLs4s4YzyzpmGp8pMRWPxR9H4rds1715Cm\
🎧 Please subscribe! 🔔
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #CUNY ✊🏽🗽
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Join a New Generation of Innovative Scholars – Apply for the 2026-2027 HASTAC Scholars Program! Scan the QR code or click the link in bio to apply!
#education #highereducation #stem #stemeducation #science #technology #humanities #fellowship #scholarship #academia #collaboration
#education #highereducation #stem #stemeducation #science #technology #humanities #fellowship #scholarship #academia #collaboration
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Join a New Generation of Innovative Scholars – Apply for the 2026-2027 HASTAC Scholars Program! Scan the QR code or click the link in bio to apply!
#education #highereducation #stem #stemeducation #science #technology #humanities #fellowship #scholarship #academia #collaboration
#education #highereducation #stem #stemeducation #science #technology #humanities #fellowship #scholarship #academia #collaboration
👏 👏 👏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
👏👏👏 A well-deserved recognition of her incredible impact on higher education.
#HigherEducation #EducationLeadership #innovation #equity #cuny
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
👏 👏 👏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
👏👏👏 A well-deserved recognition of her incredible impact on higher education.
#HigherEducation #EducationLeadership #innovation #equity #cuny
🚨 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
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
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
🚨 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
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
💪✨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!❤️
🤩 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!❤️
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
💪✨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!❤️
🤩 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!❤️
🚨 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
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
October 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🚨 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
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
🚀 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
🎧 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
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🚀 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
🎧 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
🎉 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
👏👏👏 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
October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🎉 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
👏👏👏 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
🎉 🎉 🎉 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
👏 👏 👏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
September 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🎉 🎉 🎉 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
👏 👏 👏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
📢 Call for Applicants: CUNY Peer Leaders Program
💡 Are you a motivated and collaborative undergraduate at one of CUNY’s 2- or 4-year campuses? The CUNY Peer Leaders program is now accepting applications!
📅 Apply by Tuesday, September 30, 2025: futuresinitiative.org/2025/09/12/t...
💡 Are you a motivated and collaborative undergraduate at one of CUNY’s 2- or 4-year campuses? The CUNY Peer Leaders program is now accepting applications!
📅 Apply by Tuesday, September 30, 2025: futuresinitiative.org/2025/09/12/t...
The CUNY Peer Leaders Program Spring ’26 | Applications Open
Apply now! Deadline: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Are you, or do you know, a motivated, collaborative undergraduate scholar at any of CUNY's 2 or 4 year campuses? Then consider applying for [...]
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September 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
📢 Call for Applicants: CUNY Peer Leaders Program
💡 Are you a motivated and collaborative undergraduate at one of CUNY’s 2- or 4-year campuses? The CUNY Peer Leaders program is now accepting applications!
📅 Apply by Tuesday, September 30, 2025: futuresinitiative.org/2025/09/12/t...
💡 Are you a motivated and collaborative undergraduate at one of CUNY’s 2- or 4-year campuses? The CUNY Peer Leaders program is now accepting applications!
📅 Apply by Tuesday, September 30, 2025: futuresinitiative.org/2025/09/12/t...
👏 👏 👏 Congratulations to Cathy N. Davidson, founding director of the Futures Initiative and senior advisor on transformation to the CUNY chancellor, who has been awarded the 2025 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education!
mcgrawprize.com/news-events/...
#HigherEducation #Equity #CUNY #McGrawPrize
mcgrawprize.com/news-events/...
#HigherEducation #Equity #CUNY #McGrawPrize
Four education innovators honored with the 2025 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education | McGraw Prize in Education
Media contact:Maggie Lindenberg, RW Jones [email protected] Stein, Executive Director of Communications, Penn GSE215-898-9642, [email protected]
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September 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
👏 👏 👏 Congratulations to Cathy N. Davidson, founding director of the Futures Initiative and senior advisor on transformation to the CUNY chancellor, who has been awarded the 2025 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education!
mcgrawprize.com/news-events/...
#HigherEducation #Equity #CUNY #McGrawPrize
mcgrawprize.com/news-events/...
#HigherEducation #Equity #CUNY #McGrawPrize