Building Websites with WordPress on the Commons

Join us for a hands-on workshop about building websites on the CUNY Academic Commons. Whether you want to use the platform to build a professional or portfolio site, a site for your project, or a course site or resource, this workshop will help you get started. We'll review different templates and layout options, various methods …

Cancelled– Data for Public Good

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to ongoing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. Please stay tuned for further updates. This is a closed meeting, open only to selected participants in the Data for Public Good project.

Event Series Cancelled– R Users’ Group (RUG)

Cancelled– R Users’ Group (RUG)

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to ongoing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. Please stay tuned for further updates. R User’s Group (i.e., RUG) is a place for newbies and experts alike to learn and work together on projects using the statistical programming language, R. Do you want to learn the best practices for …

Cancelled- How to Change the Spatial Boundaries of Your Data Using QGIS

Room C202 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Census data is distributed in specific geographies, such as census block groups and census tracts. It is common for researchers to have study areas that do not correspond to these predetermined geographies. This workshop will teach participants how to determine more accurately the demographics of a custom study area, through the implementation of a Cadastral-based …

Data for Public Good

Remote Conferencing NY

This is a closed meeting, open only to selected participants in the Data for Public Good project.

Python Users’ Group (PUG) – Canceled

The Python User Group meeting for this week has been canceled. All face-to-face meetings for GC Digital Initiatives are canceled. Check cuny.is/pug for updates about future meetings.

Cancelled- How Not to Lie with Maps

Room C201 @ The GC 365 5th Ave., New York, NY

While most mapmakers do not intentionally try to lie, it’s impossible to display objective knowledge with maps since mapmaking requires processes of simplification, categorization, omission, and technical limitations. This workshop will draw on feminist GIS and critical cartography to discuss approaches that recognize the subjective and performative nature of mapmaking, while working to reduce dangerous …

Data for Public Good

Remote Conferencing NY

This is a closed meeting, open only to selected participants in the Data for Public Good project.

Cancelled– R Users’ Group (RUG)

GC Digital Scholarship Lab, Room 7414 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to ongoing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. Please stay tuned for further updates. R User’s Group (i.e., RUG) is a place for newbies and experts alike to learn and work together on projects using the statistical programming language, R. Do you want to learn the best practices for …

Cancelled- Working with HathiTrust Data

Room 9205 @ The GC 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

The HathiTrust Digital Library is the largest set of digitized books in the world. Its collection spans over 17 million items and is composed of the combined collections of several major research libraries in the United States. In addition to making a significant amount of its collection freely available online, HathiTrust also provides cloud-based research …