ITP Announcements

Attention all returning students:

Please enter your preliminary Fall 2010 course selections PRIOR to your meeting with your academic advisor. This will allow your advisor to get an idea of which courses you are considering, which should help them in advising you about your course choices.

Just click here:

https://itp.nyu.edu/registration/Admin/Registration.php

and log in using your netID and password.

Enter your preferences and the desired number of credits and click submit.

Remember that you can change your course choices as many times as you wish prior to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27. (Always remember to click submit so your changes are recorded.)

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Good luck with your final presentations!

Gordie

—————————————————– Edward J. Gordon Faculty & Student Services Coordinator Interactive Telecommunications Program Tisch School of the Arts New York University 721 Broadway, 4th floor New York, NY 10003 phone: (212) 998-1889 fax: (212) 998-1898 e-mail: edward.gordon@nyu.edu http://www.itp.nyu.edu

Friday, April 30 is a very important deadline for students who are planning to study or research abroad in the fall semester, apply for Optional Practical Training or Academic Training, or need a program extension.

IMMIGRATION MATTERS Employment Application Apr. 30 Deadline for Students Completing This Semester

If you are completing your program of studies by May 2010 you may be eligible to apply for F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) or J-1 Academic Training (AT). The deadline to apply at the OISS is Friday, April 30.

To view the F1 Post Completion OPT mandatory workshop, see http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/international-students-and-scholars/legal-matters/workshops.html . F-1 students must view the complete on-line OPT workshop and complete the survey form at the end.

For J-1 Post Completion AT information, view www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/international-students-and-scholars/legal-matters/employment/j-1-off-campus-work-.html .

Study or Research Abroad Deadline April 30 F-1 students who plan to study or research abroad in the fall semester must officially file this information with the OISS by April 30, as detailed in this link

www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/international-students-and-scholars/legal-matters/obtaining-and-maintaining-status-/study-and-research-abroad.html . J-1 students who wish to research or study abroad must contact an OISS Advisor directly for guidance.

Program Extension If your I-20 or DS-2019 form expires in May 2010 and you are unable to complete your program, you must apply for a program extension. Read the application requirements at www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/international-students-and-scholars/legal-matters/obtaining-and-maintaining-status-/program-extension.html . The application deadline is April 30. Application approval is subject to meeting immigration regulation requirements.

Change of Program Students who move from one degree program to another at NYU (such as Associate to Bachelor or Bachelor to Master?s) need to obtain an I-20 for the new program upon admission. To do so, review the guidance here: http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/international-students-and-scholars/legal-matters/obtaining-and-maintaining-status-/change-of-program-.html.This includes LSP (Liberal Studies Program) students transitioning from Associate to Bachelor level, who should contact jackie.chin@nyu.edu with questions regarding this process.

Check Status of Your OPT Application at USCIS If you have mailed your F-1 OPT application to the USCIS, you should receive a Notice of Receipt from the USCIS within 3 weeks. If you did not get a Notice of Receipt, confirm the delivery with your express mail company by tracking it online. If you did receive the notice, go to https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do and enter the EAC number in the box. Once you receive your EAD card, make sure all the information is correct and keep it safe. If you did not get a Notice of Receipt within 3 weeks, contact the OISS.

May Completion Date and Continuation of NYU Health Insurance Students who are completing degrees May 2010 and have applied for the F-1 OPT or the J-1 AT are eligible to apply for an extension of the NYU Health Insurance. If you wish to apply first visit the OISS during walk-in hours to obtain the OPT/AT letter from the OISS. Second, bring the OISS letter to Student Health Insurance Services (726 Broadway, Suite 346) to apply. Deadline to apply is August 20.

Summer Travel? Review your I-20 or DS-2019 to see if you need a new travel signature. If you are not sure, review the mandatory travel workshop at www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/international-students-and-scholars/legal-matters/workshops.html

Bring your passport, I-94 and I-20 or DS-2019 to the OISS walk-in hours for a travel signature. Apply for a new document if any information has changed or if you need an extension to study. Note that you must obtain a new I-20 or DS-2019 before your current document expires.

NYU OISS 561 LaGuardia Place New York NY 10012-1402 Tel. 1.212.998.4720 Fax. 1.212.995.4115 E-mail: intl.students.scholars@nyu.edu Web site: www.nyu.edu/oiss

Hours of Operation: Monday ? Friday, 9:00 a.m. ? 5:00 p.m. Academic Year Walk-In Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 1:00 p.m. ? 4:00 p.m.

Attention students graduating in May:

ITP RESIDENTS

APPLICATION PROCESS

Who The research residencies are good for graduating students wanting to establish a less traditional career. It can provide an economic and networking base to launch a freelance business or something in the arts, research or academia.

Responsibilities Research residencies break down into the three traditional components of academia: Service This is a job. There are tasks that need doing at ITP. Those tasks evolve over the years but in the past they have included such things as managing the physical computing lab, redesigning the ITP web site, maintaining the sound and video lab, maintaining the projects or people database. Tutorial You have to help the students, especially the students in foundation classes. This can take the form of office hours, help sessions or studio hours in a lab. This year we are looking for residents that can give good tutorials for web skills such as Javascript, php, sql, actionscript, css (it is okay if you have to teach yourself these topics first). Research You have to do some interesting work of your own and show it at the end of your residency. Balance The balance of these components is unevenly distributed over the year. The Fall can be heavy on tutorial, Spring heavy on service and the summer mostly all research.

Supervision In general we look for self-directed, self-starting residents. Residents report for administrative purposes (e.g. sick days) and some service purposes (e.g. labs, databases) to Rob Ryan. For general direction in service, tutorial and research they consult with the relevant member of faculty.

Schedule Residents’ hours must overlap with students, supervisors and administration as necessary but need not be completely traditional.

Criteria The ITP faculty chooses each resident based primarily on how the applicant’s strengths for service, tutorial and research line up with the department’s current needs and interests.

When Research Residents are chosen by the faculty right after graduation in the Spring. The job starts the week before classes beginning in the Fall. It is a one year appointment

Terms Research positions are half time 24/hours per week. The position comes with no health benefits but residents can purchase the University’s coverage at normal rates.

Funds There are no additional funds set aside for materials or travel but in the past residents have received funds for materials or presentations that have seen to also benefit the larger ITP community.

Application Students interested in the position should make George Agudow aware george.agudow@nyu.edu by the last week of classes. It might also help talk to the professor with whom you think your service, tutorial and research might best line up. After the choices are made at ITP there is a formal application to fill out on the NYU web site. http://itp.nyu.edu/help/Help/BecomingResearchResidents

Reminder:

There is one more week to submit projects to the DB for the Spring Show 2010! The deadline is noon on Monday, April 26th.

+ Submit here: http://itp.nyu.edu/projects

+ Submission guidelines, production calendar and FAQs here: http://itp.nyu.edu/help/show

Best,

Dan, Danny and Rob

ITP | Rob Ryan Technical Operations Manager | Technical Producer Recent Winter Show: http://itp.nyu.edu/show Mail: rob.ryan@nyu.edu Phone: 212-998-9172

TODAY @ ITP!!

Friday, April 16, 2010 @6:30pm- Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media with Beryl Graham & Sarah Cook ***************************************************************************************** Special Event/Friday, April 16, 6:30 Title: ?Rethinking Curating: Art after New Media? Beryl Graham and Sarah Cook

Since 2000, the research centre CRUMB http://www.crumbweb.org at the University of Sunderland in the UK, has aimed to help curators rethink their practices in the light of new media ?behaviours?. Artists have led the way in using the connective, interactive and generative characteristics of new media including social media tools, networks and software art. Modes where ?the audience? might become not only a participant, but also to an extent a curator, throw down obvious challenges and opportunities for arts organizers across the contemporary arts.

Three new books by the CRUMB team, including an MIT Press book, gather the wisdom from a wide range of curators, including those who have joined the CRUMB online debate.

?Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media? Beryl Graham and Sarah Cook Foreword by Steve Dietz ISBN-10: 0-262-01388-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-01388-8

?A Brief History of Curating New Media Art: Conversations with Curators? Edited by Sarah Cook, Beryl Graham, Verina Gfader and Axel Lapp The Green Box, Berlin 2010 978-3-941644-20-5

?A Brief History of Working with New Media Art: Conversations with Artists? Edited by Sarah Cook, Beryl Graham, Verina Gfader and Axel Lapp The Green Box, Berlin 2010 978-3-941644-21-2

BIOs: Sarah Cook is the co-editor of CRUMB, and Research Fellow at the University. In 2008 she was the inaugural curatorial fellow at EYEBEAM in New York, supported by CRUMB?s current AHRC grant. From 2006 to 2008 she was supported by a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship. From Mar 2004 to Mar 2006 she was New Media Curator/Researcher in collaboration with BALTIC, the Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead, UK). She completed her Doctorate at the University of Sunderland on the theory and practice of curating new media art. Funding for her research has been provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the AHRB, and Arts Council England. She has a Master?s Degree from Bard College?s Centre for Curatorial Studies in New York. Sarah has curated exhibitions and commissioned new media art for the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), the Bellevue Art Museum (Seattle), the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and at the National Gallery of Canada. She has worked with Thomson and Craighead, Lev Manovich, Cornelia Sollfrank, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Michel de Broin, Heath Bunting, low-fi, and others. Recent exhibitions include: Broadcast Yourself co-curated with Kathy Rae Huffman for AV Festival, Hatton Gallery and Cornerhouse and Database Imaginary co-curated with Anthony Kiendl and Steve Dietz, or Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, and touring (Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; Toronto; Montreal). She coauthored with Beryl Graham the book Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media for MIT Press in 2010, is the co-editor of the book Curating New Media (BALTIC, 2002) and has written articles for [A-N], Public Art Journal, Cream and Mute, and chapters for books including New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (2008) and Beyond the Box (2003). Sarah has presented papers at The Photographers Gallery (London), Tate Modern (London), de Balie (Amsterdam) The Banff Centre?s Curatorial Research Institute and at Universities in Canada, the US and the UK. http://www.sarahcook.info

Beryl Graham is Professor of New Media Art at the School of Arts, Design and Media, University of Sunderland, and co-editor of CRUMB. She is a writer, curator and educator with many years of professional experience as a media arts organiser, and was head of the photography department at Projects UK, Newcastle, for six years. She curated the international exhibition Serious Gamesfor the Laing and Barbican art galleries, and has also worked with The Exploratorium, San Francisco, and San Francisco Camerawork. Her book Digital Media Art was published by Heinemann in 2003, and she coauthored with Sarah Cook the book Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media for MIT Press in 2010. She has chapters in many books including New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (University of California Press) and Theorizing digital cultural heritage (MIT Press). Dr. Graham has presented papers at conferences including Navigating Intelligence (Banff), Museums and the Web (Vancouver), and Decoding the Digital (Victoria and Albert Museum). Her Ph.D. concerned audience relationships with interactive art in gallery settings, and she has written widely on the subject for books and periodicals including Leonardo, Convergence, and Art Monthly. http://www.berylgraham.com

ITP Summer 2010 Registration has begun!

Our Summer 2010 Course Descriptions can now be found on ITP Help.

Just go to http://www.itp.nyu.edu/help

and under Highlighted FAQs click on

Summer Session 1 Courses

for ITP session 1 courses, which run from May 17 to June 25

or

Summer Session 2 Courses

for ITP session 2 courses, which run from June 28 to August 6

If you are interested in registering in an ITP Summer course, you need only contact your advisor for approval, and have them e-mail me, and I will clear you to register for summer courses on ALBERT (access through NYU Home: http://www.home.nyu.edu).

Summer courses are charged on a per credit basis at the rate of $1,1148 per point ($1089 tuition/$59 registration fee per point). In addition, students are charged the ITP lab fee ($205) and a one-time mandatory University services fee of $241. (Students who were not enrolled in NYU for the Spring 2010 semester pay a fee of $266). NYU students will be charged $5038.00 in tuition and registration fees for a four-credit course; non-NYU students will be charged $5063.00 per four-credit course.

Summer 2010 tuition is due on May 3, 2010. Students who have not paid by May 3 will be dropped from their Summer 2010 courses.

IF YOU RECEIVED A TSOA SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP YOU MUST REGISTER BY FRIDAY!

The Refund Schedule is as follows:

For Summer Session I Courses:

Withdrawal by Sunday, May 16, 2010: 100% Tuition and Fees.

Withdrawal on the first or second calendar day of session (Summer I- May 17 or May 18): 100% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal on the third or fourth calendar day of session (Summer I- May 19 or May 20): 70% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal on the fifth or sixth calendar day of session (Summer I- May 21 or May 22): 55% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal on the seventh or eighth calendar day of session (Summer I-May 23 to May 25): 25% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal after the eighth calendar day of session (Summer I-May 26 on): No refund

For Summer Session II Courses:

Withdrawal by Sunday, June 27, 2009 (Summer II courses only): 100% Tuition and Fees.

Withdrawal on the first or second calendar day of session (Summer II- June 28 or June 29): 100% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal on the third or fourth calendar day of session (Summer II- June 30 or July 1): 70% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal on the fifth or sixth calendar day of session (Summer II- July 2 to July 5): 55% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal on the seventh or eighth calendar day of session (Summer II-July 6 or July 7): 25% tuition only (no fees)

Withdrawal after the eighth calendar day of session (Summer II-July 8 on): No refund

Please note all courses meet for 2 hours and 55 minutes TWICE A WEEK over the six-week session for a total of 12 meetings per course.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Gordie

Fall 2010 Advisement begins on Thursday, April 15!

All students will register using the ITP registration system (see below) by entering their course preferences in the system by Tuesday, April 27 at 6:00 p.m.

It all begins here:

http://itp.nyu.edu/help/

Fall 2010 Course Information is available at the link marked “Fall 2010 Course Info”.

Fall 2010 Advisement

To schedule your appointment with your advisor, simply click on “Advisement Appointments” under highlighted FAQs, and follow the instructions.

ITP Registration System

For stage one of the process, you will need to go to: http://itp.nyu.edu/help/

Under Highlighted FAQs, click on Enter Fall 2010 Preferences

Log as normal, using your NetID and your password.

Please read and follow the instructions to enter your Fall 2010 course preferences.

You have until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27 to enter your course selections. Unlike with ALBERT, the date and time that you submit your choices will have no bearing on your final schedule, provided you enter your selections by the deadline. You can even go back into the system and change your selections as many times as you want as long as you finalize your choices by April 27 at 6:00 p.m.

At 6:00 p.m. on April 27, the program will automatically create a course schedule for every person who entered their course selections on the site by examining how each registrant prioritized his/her choices and determining their enrollment in a given course by priority when possible, and randomly when necessary.

The schedules will then be downloaded into ALBERT by 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 5 at the latest.

NOTE: This process will both enroll students in the courses, and generate waiting lists for courses that close due to registration based on the priority assigned to each student given how they ordered their preferences.

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY THE FIRST FIVE ON THE GENERATED WAITING LIST WILL BE ENTERED INTO ALBERT. If the registration result generated by the program puts you 6th or further down on the waiting list, you WILL NOT be waitlisted for the course in the initial round.

The second stage of the process will commence on Thursday, May 6 at 11:00 a.m., when all students who have been advised will be activated to use ALBERT to register for any open seats in courses that may remain, put themselves on waiting lists for the courses that have closed, and make whatever other changes they may desire to make at that time.

Remember that you will already be registered for whatever courses the program assigned to you based on your preferences and your luck. You need to log onto ALBERT on Thursday, May 6 only if you want to add or waitlist yourself for one or more courses that you did not initially consider, or if you need to make changes to your registration.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Gordie

—————————————————– Edward J. Gordon Faculty & Student Services Coordinator Interactive Telecommunications Program Tisch School of the Arts New York University 721 Broadway, 4th floor New York, NY 10003 phone: (212) 998-1889 fax: (212) 998-1898 e-mail: edward.gordon@nyu.edu http://www.itp.nyu.edu

April 14, 2010

Re: New “Mixed Recycling” Containers

Greetings everyone — you may have noticed that the recycling containers on the floor now say “mixed recycling” — this is a new initiative that the NYU Recycling Shop has put in place — it was announced in December but many people seem to have missed that message (including me) so I thought it would worth sending it out again — see below.

Thanks for helping out and using these containers the way they are designed to be used — “mixed” doesn’t mean you can also throw food garbage into the mix — that makes it really hard to the cleaning staff.

Thanks again, and good luck with getting all of the end of term work done! *********************

Recycling! NYU’s academic and administrative spaces are instituting a new recycling system. All recycling can now go in the same bin! That means no more sorting – just put all paper, cardboard, metals, glass and plastics in the bins labeled Mixed Recycling. Along with being more convenient this system has the potential to double our recycling diversion rates. The system is being phased in through the year so look for new bins in your area. Starting in the new year NYU Recycling will be launching an expanded recycling program for technoscrap and ink/toner cartridges. If you would like a technoscrap bin for your department or area or to set up a routine pickup for technoscrap and ink/toner cartridges contact the FCM Client Services Center at fcm.helpdesk@nyu.edu or call x81001. If you have questions about this expansion of recycling services call the NYU Recycling Shop at x53357 or email recycling@nyu.edu .

For more information about these initiatives please see the NYU Recycling Website at http://www.nyu.edu/recycling/.

Hi,

It’s time to start preparing for the ITP Spring Show 2010!

The show will take place Sunday, May 9 and Monday, May 10 and is open to all ITP students. If you would like to show work in the Spring Show please visit the Show FAQ at http://itp.nyu.edu/help/show and follow the instructions.

The database is now officially open for submissions until Monday, April 26th (Noon). See the FAQ for a full list of dates related to the production.

Thesis projects can participate in the Show but are not automatically submitted or accepted, nor do they receive preferential treatment. Rather, they are less likely to be selected for the Show since they are presented during thesis week. Visit the FAQ for instructions.

As you are aware, the space and equipment resources at ITP are limited, so think hard if your project is suitable for this environment and if so, try to think of a modest and feasible implementation that would allow more people to participate in the show and increase your chances of being accepted.

The faculty producers for the show are Danny Rozin and Dan Shiffman, and the technical producer is Rob.

ITP has produced many successful end-of-semester shows and we are confident that this one will be a success as well. To ensure that the process is efficient, be sure to follow all instructions in the FAQ, supply all information on time and maintain a positive and flexible attitude.

Thanks,

Dan, Danny and Rob

ITP | Rob Ryan Technical Operations Manager | Technical Producer Recent Winter Show: http://itp.nyu.edu/show Mail: rob.ryan@nyu.edu Phone: 212-998-9172

Reminder for those graduating this May:

If you are planning on attending the TSOA Salute to the Class of 2010 or NYU Commencement the deadline to order your cap, gown, and hood is TODAY!

You can order your academic attire from the Herff-Jones website:

www.herffjones.com/college/nyu

Remember to choose the “M.P.S.” hood when ordering your attire.

(First choose Rent Cap and Gown; then May 2010; then Masters-All Others; then Order Your Cap & Gown; then under Area of Study, choose MPS-Master of Professional Studies)

The site will shut down at 12:00 midnight tonight.

You cannot participate in either the TSOA Salute (Tuesday, May 11) or the NYU Commencement (Wednesday, May 12) unless you have the proper academic attire.

If you should miss this deadline, you can go to the NYU Commencement website for information on how to place a late order for the academic attire:

http://www.nyu.edu/commencement/attire.html

If you place a late order, you should be aware that the company cannot guarantee the availability of the proper Master’s hood.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Gordie

—————————————————– Edward J. Gordon Faculty & Student Services Coordinator Interactive Telecommunications Program Tisch School of the Arts New York University 721 Broadway, 4th floor New York, NY 10003 phone: (212) 998-1889 fax: (212) 998-1898 e-mail: edward.gordon@nyu.edu http://www.itp.nyu.edu