Geek Week at the Library, March 4-8
If You Build It . . . You’ll Have Fun. Create structures, tap into your inner builder, and be an architect of your own amusement. All week long in the Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons you can get creative with …
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Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library
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UWM’s Academic Adventurers Talk — Pedestrian Safety at Night: Illuminating the Problem and Strategies for Safer Streets
American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPresented by Robert J. Schneider, Ph.D., Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Urban Planning, UWM. US pedestrian fatalities increased by 51% between 2010 and 2020 (4,302 to 6,516 fatalities per year), and nearly all of the additional pedestrian fatalities that occurred …
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Visual Essays Using Digital Archives: Juncture and IIF
Room E272, Golda Meir LibraryPresented by Ann Hanlon and Jie Chen, UWM Libraries Juncture is an open-source framework to build multimedia exhibits that enables authors to build simple or complex narratives, building on other open tools. Tap into existing digital collections and incorporate high resolution …
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Introduction to OER Adoption Virtual Workshop
OnlineThis virtual workshop on Wednesday, March 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. will introduce faculty to open textbooks — a type of open educational resource (OER) — and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and …
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Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion
OnlineCarson McCullers "Wunderkind" (1936) "The Jockey" (1941) "Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland" (1941) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will …
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Python for Beginners Workshop
Room E272, Golda Meir LibraryPresented by Ann Hanlon (UWM Libraries) and Karl Holten (UWM Libraries / Letters & Science IT). This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of learning how to program using Python for data analysis. Based on the curriculum for the Software …
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“Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee” — Community Forum
Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir LibraryA community forum in conjunction with the "Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee" oral history project will be held in the Fourth Floor Conference Center of the UWM Golda Meir Library on Wednesday, April 10, from …
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Python for Beginners Workshop
Room E272, Golda Meir LibraryPresented by Ann Hanlon (UWM Libraries) and Karl Holten (UWM Libraries / Letters & Science IT). This 2-day workshop will cover the basics of learning how to program using Python for data analysis. Based on the curriculum for the Software …
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2024 “Maps & America”: Arthur Holzheimer Lecture
American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library/OnlineTim Wallace, Senior Editor for Geography at The New York Times, presents the 2024 “Maps & America”: Arthur Holzheimer Lecture on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the American Geographical Society Library, located on the third floor of …
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Text Analysis for the Humanities Workshop
Room E272, Golda Meir LibraryPresented by Karl Holten, Ann Hanlon (UWM); Chris Endemann, Jennifer Patino (UW-Madison). Join us for this three-day introduction to text analysis methods, developed for humanities researchers. This is a pilot workshop – in addition to sharing skills, we are looking …