Tweet: #CloseCUNY Nationwide
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Tweet: #CloseCUNY Nationwide
Description
This tweet pointed out that the #CloseCUNY hashtag had received national circulation among Twitter's userbase during the early days of the pandemic. This hashtag expressed a growing desire for CUNY to cease in-person instruction, begun early in the pandemic, and became widely popular among the broader CUNY community. As its circulation suggested, the concerns raised in this tweet demonstrated CUNY's influence beyond simply the metropolitan area it inhabits geographically.
This item is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) Distance Learning Archive, a group project developed as part of Prof. Matthew K. Gold's Spring 2020 Knowledge Infrastructures seminar in the Ph.D. Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY, in partnership with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program. The project's goal was to resist or trouble the discourse of catastrophe around the shift to online learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by documenting the lived experiences of students, faculty, and staff across CUNY's 25 campuses. Further, the project wanted to document the moment of crisis response by taking a critical approach to educational technology.
This item is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) Distance Learning Archive, a group project developed as part of Prof. Matthew K. Gold's Spring 2020 Knowledge Infrastructures seminar in the Ph.D. Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY, in partnership with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program. The project's goal was to resist or trouble the discourse of catastrophe around the shift to online learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by documenting the lived experiences of students, faculty, and staff across CUNY's 25 campuses. Further, the project wanted to document the moment of crisis response by taking a critical approach to educational technology.
Creator
L_A_B___
Source
CUNY Distance Learning Archive
Publisher
Twitter
Date
March 10, 2020
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Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Language
English
Contributor
Batista, Luis Adrian
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https://twitter.com/L_A_B___/status/1237438948538028034
Transcription
"#CUNY is trending NOT ONLY in New York, it is now trending in the UNITED STATES. @CUNY @SUNY you guys look like literal clowns. ü§°
OUR VOICES MATTER‼️ You're putting THOUSANDS of people in danger. #CloseTheSchools #SUNY #CoronavirusOutbreak #coronavirusny #CoronaVirus"
OUR VOICES MATTER‼️ You're putting THOUSANDS of people in danger. #CloseTheSchools #SUNY #CoronavirusOutbreak #coronavirusny #CoronaVirus"
L_A_B___. “Tweet: #CloseCUNY Nationwide”. Twitter. https://twitter.com/L_A_B___/status/1237438948538028034, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1803