Monday, 04 Nov 2024
Cultivating Well-being in Academia: Essential Practices for Thriving Educators
Embracing Self-Compassion: Building Inner Strength and Resilience
Workshop: Generative AI with Diffusion Models
This three-part workshop will dive deeper into denoising diffusion models, which are a popular choice for text-to-image pipelines. Applications of this technology include creative content generation, data augmentation, simulation and planning, anomaly detection, drug discovery, personalized recommendations, and more. Registration required.
Tuesday, 05 Nov 2024
Inaugural meeting: Research Project Management Council
This event is open to all P&S staff who manage sponsored research projects or programs. Connect with other research project management professionals and learn how the council can support you.
Workshop: ArcGIS Online Essentials Experience Builder
Learn to build more advanced, responsive GIS applications from scratch. We will guide you through the design, creation, and deployment of your own applications. No prior GIS experience required, but attendance at the Intro to ArcGIS Online workshop is encouraged. Registration required.
Wednesday, 06 Nov 2024
Workshop: Engage Scholarship and Foundation Funding
In this workshop, we will discuss engaged scholarship and different kinds of foundation funding, how to find it, and how it differs from governmental funding. We will have a panel with related experience to answer your questions.
Workshop: Copyright in the Classroom, Support for Instructors
In this workshop, representatives from the University Library and University Counsel will use real-life scenarios to help you navigate copyright concerns related to teaching. Participants will leave with examples of how to approach common copyright concerns like Fair Use evaluation, resources they can consult for more information, and a list of support available on campus. Registration required.
Thursday, 07 Nov 2024
Workshop: Academic AI tools
"Academic AI Tools Petting Zoo." This hands-on workshop allows participants to engage in guided activities led by the presenters to test out three AI tools you could use in your academic endeavors, and discuss the best practices for their use. Learn how to leverage tools effectively and when you might want to avoid using them. Registration required.
Workshop: Data Management 30+30
An ounce of prevention is worth it when it comes to your valuable files. In the first 30 minutes of this workshop, we'll review five data management practices: backups, organization and naming, documentation, security, and futureproofing. The remaining time is optional for participant discussion and questions. This workshop is for anyone who wants to improve their data management. Registration required.
Monday, 11 Nov 2024
Workshop: Intro to AI Tools for Starting a Literature Review
Part one of a two-part series: "AI-Facilitated Analysis and Interpretation of Scholarly Literature." Try out two artificial intelligence (AI) research tools to assist in the first stage of a literature review. Please bring your laptop. Registration required.
Tuesday, 12 Nov 2024
Workshop: Build a quick website using Google Sites
Creating a simple website can be overwhelming, especially if you have little or no web design or coding experience. To quickly create a website with no coding or design experience, but with the ability to collaborate with others in real time, try Google Sites -- a free web-based web creation tool that will get your website up and running. Registration required.
Thursday, 14 Nov 2024
Systems Thinking in Higher Education: Defining Mental Models to Shift Perspective
Mental models are assumptions and beliefs people develop over time based on their lived experiences. Systems thinkers actively strive to understand the implicit and explicit mental models at play in a system.
Workshop: Escape from Spreadsheet Hell
This workshop introduces ways to structure your research data so it's both computer and human friendly, practices for documenting your work, and functions for simple data processing and quality control. This is a beginner-level workshop that covers how to format and organize data in a spreadsheet program such as Excel. Bring your laptop for hands-on practice. Registration required.
Friday, 15 Nov 2024
Data Viz 101: Effective Design
This seminar focuses on creating effective and appealing data visualizations. Participants will learn how design choices can make or break a data viz and how simple changes can lead to big improvements. We'll cover topics such as text and fonts, color, layout, and labels. Registration required.