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Workshop Data Science Basics: SQL for Everyone 2 This second workshop is a continuation of SQL Part 1 and is designed to strengthen and expand what you’ve already learned. We’ll focus on applying core concepts more confidently, thinking through real scenarios, and becoming more comfortable working with data. Ideal for participants who want to deep... Monday, November 9, 2026, 12:00 - 1:30 PM - Online
Speaker Series A City on Mars: The Science and Absurdities of Space Settlement with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith Join us for an out-of-this-world virtual conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith as they dive into their book, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? Earth is not well. The promise of starting life... Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 2:00 - 3:00 PM - Online
Workshop Evaluating AI Output: How to Discern Accuracy, Reasoning, and Framing Generative AI tools produce output that sounds confident and well-reasoned — but sounding right and being right are not the same thing. This workshop introduces Discernment, one of four core competencies in the AI Fluency Framework, as a structured way to evaluate AI-generated content across three d... Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 3:00 - 4:00 PM - Online
Workshop APIs, Data Quality and Public Data Learn how to address real-world data challenges with the goals of dataset retrieval via API and a cleaned dataset ready for analysis through these key topics: Accessing APIs (e.g., World Bank, WHO) Data cleaning and transformation Handling missing/inconsistent data Attendees will develop a cleaned... Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 4:00 - 6:00 PM - Online
Workshop ArcGIS Web Apps and Dashboards Most people can relate to and understand "where" when sharing information. In this short, interactive workshop, we will explore sharing and engaging with your research using dashboards and other applications that integrate work done in ArcGIS Online. Previous knowledge of geographic information syst... Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 PM - Online
Speaker Series How Money Became God: Rethinking Wealth and Greed in Modern Society with Paul Vigna Join us for an eye-opening conversation with veteran journalist Paul Vigna as we examine his provocative book, The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin, in which he explores the question: how did money go from a tool of commerce into the dominant faith of modern... Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 2:00 - 3:00 PM - Online
Lecture Revolutionary Tales for Veteran's Day: Examples of New Jersey's Surviving Soldiers The American Revolution in New Jersey lasted for eight long years and was accompanied by considerable violence and destruction. This was not a place anyone here today would have wanted to be. On this Veteran's Day, a noteworthy 250 years after the Declaration of Independence, it is appropriate to lo... Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Workshop Managing References in the Age of AI: Promises and Pitfalls AI is changing how researchers read, organize, and cite scholarly literature. This workshop explores how AI can support reference management, from interacting with PDF articles and generating summaries to organizing sources and creating citations. Participants will see practical examples of AI tools... Thursday, November 12, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 PM - Online
Workshop Fundamentals of Tableau Students will learn how to use Tableau for creating data visualization formats and real-time data analytics features using business datasets. Learn how to prepare, analyze, and share your data. Instructor: Jonathan Torres (Business Librarian) Friday, November 13, 2026, 3:00 - 4:00 PM - Online
Workshop Data Publication 1 This session covers how to create reproducible research and literate programming documents using knitr, Sweave, Quarto, blogdown, and bookdown. The RStudio environment enables the easy creation of documents in various formats (HTML, DOC, PDF) using Rmarkdown, while knitr allows the incorporation of ... Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 2:00 - 3:30 PM - Online