Workshop: Python for Beginners

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Ann Hanlon, UWM Libraries, and Karl Holten, UWM Libraries and L&S 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 Carpentries “Programming …

Artificial Intelligence and Metaphor

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by John Jordan, UWM Dept. of Communication New technologies like AI require metaphors for understanding. But these metaphors do more than provide context; they shape and steer people’s attitudes and future policies. We can learn much about AI by …

Serenity Story Time

Contemplative Space, Golda Meir Library

Join us for a 30 minute mindfulness break in the UWM Golda Meir Library's Contemplative Space (2nd floor east wing) on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023 at 2 p.m. Relax to poetry and stories read by librarians followed by guided meditation. …

Scholar Sip: From Old Manuscripts to New Performance — A Musical Rediscovery

UWM at Washington County Library 400 S. University Drive, West Bend, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Peter Gibeau. Scholar Sip is a free community event held on select Thursdays over the lunch hour at the UWM at Washington County Library. Come find out about the incredible research done by UWM staff – and …

UWM’s Academic Adventurers Talk — “From Quakes to Wines: My Unusual Path in Academia”

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Brett Ketter, UWM Geosciences. Life hands you different choices and those choices can lead you to either flounder and fail or to adapt and flourish. According to Brett Ketter, that is his career path in a nutshell. With …

Workshop: Maps and IIIF/Juncture

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Ann Hanlon and Stephen Appel, UWM Libraries. Using the Juncture open-source framework as well as other open tools, including IIIF, we will introduce some basic techniques to use maps and geographic coordinates in a web-based environment. Expand your mapping capabilities! Registration …

Silent Books: Sharing Wordless Picture Books across Cultures and Languages

Online

In recognition of Human Rights Day, please join us for a virtual talk by Deborah Soria (Silent Books Project Director, Biblioteca IBBY lampedusa) on "Silent Books:  Sharing Wordless Picture Books across Cultures and Languages" on Monday, December 11, 2023 at …

Chancellor’s Study Break

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

You are invited to visit with Chancellor Mone and enjoy free donut holes, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate for as long as supplies last, on Monday, December 18 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Daniel M. Soref Learning …