In one breathtaking hour on June 5th, 2025, those zooming into Kingsborough’s 2025 Open Education Lightning Talk showcase  “Get Struck by Inspiration” were treated to a succession of CUNY professors who had five minutes each to talk Open Ed. From KCC professor, Laura Kates, whose seminar centers her education students who lead book talks, to KCC biology professor Dmitry Brogun on his Pressbooks-platformed UDL OER textbook General Biology Laboratory Manual, which is eternally accessible right here in the Commons, and has saved students over $400k plus combined so far. KCC political scientist Professor Jamie Oroosi demonstrated how he inspires students toward optimal library research with the peer-reviewed sources they share…