Graduate Center Digital Initiatives

The Graduate Center's Digital Initiatives (GCDI) focus on incorporating new technologies, data-driven inquiry, and digital humanities tools into how Graduate Center students learn, research, and teach.
Visit the Graduate Center Digital Initiatives website
GCDI also has an active CUNY Academic Commons group to connect the GC community.
Merging technology with the GC's research and teaching missions
GCDI brings together the work of leading scholars and technologists at the Graduate Center to pioneer new modes of inquiry that integrate digital tools and methods into the research, teaching, and service missions of the University.
Student Support
Fellowships and Grants
GCDI supports students through several fellowships and grants:
• Provost's Digital Innovation Grants
• Digital Fellowships
• Social Media Fellowships

Spaces for Collaboration
Labs
Our labs support students and faculty as they pursue digital scholarship:
• GC Digital Scholarship Lab
• New Media Lab
• CUNY Center for Digital Scholarship and Data Visualization


Our Projects
GC Digital Initiatives fosters internal collaborations among students, fellows, faculty and staff, through innovative curricula, across disciplines, and with external organizations.
Latest GCDI ProjectsRecent News
Oct 17, 2023
NEH Supports Initiative to Develop Open Educational Resources That Advance Social Justice
The Graduate Center will help scholars create free textbooks and other publications relevant to the lives of diverse college students.
- GC Stories
Mar 8, 2023
End of the English Major? Hardly!
Graduate Center scholars say "The New Yorker" story is a clarion call, but the humanities remain relevant.
- GC Stories
- Faculty News
Feb 9, 2023
NEH Grant Promotes Equity in the Digital Humanities
The Graduate Center will create a new, open-access resource for digital humanities training.
- GC Stories
- Faculty News
Mar 29, 2022
Developing CUNY Students’ Digital Skills for the Tech Workforce
A new Graduate Center workforce development program funded by The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation will equip CUNY undergraduates with digital skills for tech sector jobs.
- Student News
- GC Stories
Degrees and Certificates
Degree and certificate programs combine digital training with disciplinary learning to provide specialized skills for emerging fields of study.
Academic Programs
GCDI works closely with the following doctoral, master's, and certificate programs at the Graduate Center:
