• Coping with COVID-19: Staying Safe, Sane and Entertained

  • May 27 2020
  • Length: Less than 1 minute
  • Podcast

Coping with COVID-19: Staying Safe, Sane and Entertained

  • Summary

  • The public health imperative to stay home has introduced new challenges on a wide scale for mental health, maintaining cybersecurity in our virtual world, and for those with extra time, occupying oneself with home entertainment. In a program dedicated to some of the practical realities of this period, learn key steps to keep your computer and identity safe, discover support systems like the practical application of Eastern and Western philosophy, and consider how world cinema can counter isolation, and isolationism, by connecting us with others and ourselves. Host: CCNY President Vincent Boudreau Guests: Jerry Carlson, Professor of Media and Communication Arts in CCNY’s Division of Humanities and the Arts; Louis Marinoff, Professor of Philosophy in CCNY’s Division of Humanities and the Arts; Tarek N. Saadawi, Professor of Electrical Engineering in CCNY's Grove School of Engineering, director of CCNY's Center for Information Networking and Telecommunications, and Co-Founder and Co-Director of CCNY's new Cybersecurity master's program. Recorded: May 22, 2020 Online resources mentioned during this episode: Cybersecurity CCNY MS in Cybersecurity: https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/cybersecurity Internet Infrastructure Security: Interview with Prof. Saadawi: http://foreignpolicyconcepts.com/tarek-saadawi-on-internet-infrastructure-security/ Top agencies warn cyber criminals are using coronavirus to step up hacking efforts: https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/491747-top-agencies-warn-cyber-criminals-are-using-coronavirus-to-step-up Philosophy American Philosophical Practitioners Association: https://appa.edu World Cinema CUNY TV: https://tv.cuny.edu/about.php The British Film Institute polls and surveys: www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys JustWatch streaming guide: https://www.justwatch.com/ The Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/
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