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Successful Strategies for Improving Student Research: Workshop
This continuing education session is designed to equip instructors with tools and strategies for improving student research projects. Participants are encouraged to bring a course assignment to workshop. Participants will develop effective instructional approaches, design successful assessment strategies, and locate…
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Homer Iliad. The Battle of Paris and Menalaus Book 3 and Book 4 (up through line 222 only) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. Any version of these stories may be used to prepare for discussion,…
Find out more »Doors Open Milwaukee
The UWM Libraries will join Doors Open Milwaukee on Sunday, September 24, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit three outstanding collections located in the UWM Golda Meir Library and view some of their rare and fascinating treasures. The…
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Wilkie Collins “House to Let” (1858, written with Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter) “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (1859) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. Any version of these…
Find out more »Data Management 101
Does your research data need a little love? Come to this session to learn how to manage it better with good backups, documentation, and much more!
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George Bernard Shaw Major Barbara (1905) Optional: See the UWM Theatre Department production of Major Barbara in November, directed by Rebecca Holderness, date and venue TBA. No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. Any version of these…
Find out more »2017 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, Assistant Professor, UWM Department of Africology, presents "Afro-Brazilian YouTubers & Digital Social Justice Activism." Mitchell-Walthour examines Afro-Brazilian Women YouTubers’ social activism through their YouTube channels. Her lecture considers how Afro-Brazilian women YouTubers use African American leaders and media…
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Marcel Proust Selection from the first part of In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, volume 2 of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past). (1914) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the…
Find out more »Data Visualization 101
With the trend toward collecting ever more data, it’s increasingly important to present that data effectively. Often, that means with a chart. This session reviews how to pick the right chart for your data and how to streamline that chart…
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Anton Chekhov The Seagull (1895) Optional: See the UWM Kenilworth 508 production of Aaron Posner’s 2013 adaptation of The Seagull, Stupid Fucking Bird, directed by Jim Tasse, February 28-March 4. No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected…
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