Intro to Web Scraping in Python | April 22, 4:15 to 6:15pm | Computer Lab C196.03 | Patrick Smyth In this workshop, students will learn how to write Python scripts to pull data from the web programmatically. Students will learn about the Requests library, Python's built-in string functions, and the basics of storing data locally. …
Wednesday, April 22: Archival Research: The Basics, led by Donna Davey Learn the basics of archival research in this hands-on workshop. We’ll cover what archives are and how they are arranged, where and how to look for sources, and what to expect when you visit an archival repository. Full details and registration here: http://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/archival-research-the-basics/
Digital Fellows Guest Workshop: Geospatial Mapping with QGIS Thursday, April 23, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT) Please join guest speaker Abby Mullen (Northeastern University) for the latest Digital Fellows workshop of the Spring 2015 semester. This workshop will focus on QGIS and the use of historical maps, georectification, and adding other data on top …
ArcGIS | All day workshops on Feb 27, Mar 27, Apr 24 ($30) | Frank Donnelly Do you have a research question that you'd like to envision geographically? Maybe you'd like to study neighborhoods and businesses to target a market. Or perhaps you want to visualize the distribution of education, employment, or resources across the country or …
Tuesday, April 28, 12:30 – 2:00 Presenting: Stephanie St. Pierre, “Food Systems, Health and Community” and Alice Lynn McMichael, “Documenting Cappadocia” Please visit the New Media Lab website for more information.
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Photoshop| April 29, 4:15 to 6:15 | Room TBD | Sissi Liu 劉思 Participants will learn basic skills such as understanding and adjusting the histogram, tonal scale, refining colors with hue/saturation, changing fill and opacity. Then we will delve into more advanced skills such as layering and collage, burning and dodging, creating effects with blur gallery. Students …
May 5: Mapping the Futures of Higher Education, Open Class Session and Reception, Presentations of Works-in-Progress, Recap, and Interactive Session–Bring Your Markers!, 5-8pm, The Graduate Center, CUNY, William Kelly Skylight Conference Room Please visit the Futures Initiative website for more information.
The Digital GC: Year-End Showcase Please join us on May 19th 2015 for a special event at the Graduate Center showcasing the innovative and diverse digital projects initiated during the 2014-2015 academic year! Presentations will be given by: the Digital Praxis Seminar, the GC Digital Fellows, Provost’s Digital Innovation Grantees, the New Media Lab, the …
May 22: Mapping the Futures of Higher Education, Exhibit of the CUNY Map of NYC, Reception, and Recognition Ceremony for all Futures Initiative Scholars, Evening, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Library, Alumni Lounge, and Segal Theatre Please visit the Futures Initiative website for more information.
