Letting Go While Staying Connected: An Interactive Talk for Parents

WORKSHOP Letting Go While Staying Connected: An Interactive Talk for Parents Part I –  May 12, 2017, Friday Part II – May 19, 2017, Friday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Room #7209 This FREE workshop will address: One of the most important and challenging aspects of parenting is the capacity to “let go” of one’s… Read More

GC Digital Initiatives: Upcoming Events and Workshops

Introduction to Analyzing Text Tuesday, April 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM This workshop will introduce participants to the basics of analyzing text using easy-to-use tools that do not require any programming knowledge. We will cover how to begin exploratory analyses of your text corpus using tools such as the web-based Voyant, the iPhone app… Read More

April 5 | Legal Workshop for International Students

Calling all international students! Please join the Doctoral Students’ Council for a legal workshop and information session led by CUNY CLEAR, a clinic of the CUNY Law School that advocates on behalf of immigrants, non-citizens, and populations that have been targets of police and government surveillance. Wednesday, April 5th at 6:30 pm Room 5409 at… Read More

Mar 29 | TLC Workshop: Social Reading and Writing with Online Annotation Tools

March 29, 1-3pm Room 9206 Are you looking for ways to improve your students’ close reading skills or to kickstart class discussion by asking students to annotate readings online as a group before they come to class? Are you trying to find (new) strategies for peer review or collaborative writing projects? Or are you designing a hybrid or online… Read More

Mar 23 | GC Digital Initiatives Data Visualization Workshop

Workshop: “Visualization 2”  Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 – 6:30-8:30pm Have you learned some Python and now want to learn how to make pretty pictures out of your data? This workshop is a deep dive into making graphs using the matplotlib visualization library. We’ll cover the basics of making pie charts, bar graphs, line and scatter… Read More

Mar 31 | Navigating NYSHIP workshop

Navigating NYSHIP workshop, March 31, 2-3:30pm, in Room 5409   Trying to use NYSHIP insurance for the first time, or re-enrolling after a gap? Confused about what to tell providers’ offices when they ask for your insurance–or about how to even read that blue-and-white card? Have you been on NYSHIP for a little while, but still have questions about claims, how… Read More

Mar 16 | GCDI Intro to Python Workshop

Workshop: “Introduction to Python Programming”  Thursday, March 16th, 2017 – 6:30-8:30pm Python is a programming language that can be used for a wide range of tasks, including collecting and analyzing data in a variety of formats, building web applications, and much more. It is an extremely popular programming language for academic researchers because of its… Read More

GC Digital Initiatives Workshop

Workshop: “So You Want to Start a Podcast?”   Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 – 6:30-8:30pm Are you curious about podcasting? Have you thought about starting one, or being involved in one, but feel unsure about the technology you will need, or the skills required to make it happen? Have you ever wondered if podcasting is… Read More