Dear Graduate Students, A reminder that our 8th annual English Grad Conference on "Catastrophe and Community" <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/> is happening this week! We will be *in person in Klapper 708/710 this Thursday, May 5, from 4–7pm* (a mask-friendly event!) and on *Zoom this Friday, May 6, from 10:30am–5:30pm*. Click through to find the full conference schedule of student panels and faculty roundtables <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/schedule/>, Friday's Zoom info <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/zoom-info/>, etc. And the asynchronous presentations <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/asynch/> are now up for you to check out as well! Please join us for as much of the conference as you can, and we hope to see you all soon, in person and online! [image: MA Conference 2022 Flyer Final.png] Best, Caroline & Hillary, Directors of Graduate Studies in English (MA) -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days.