Please join the GC Digital Fellows, GCDI, and the M.S. in Data Analysis and Visualization in welcoming Dr. Jo Lukito (UT Austin) for a conversation focused on practical strategies …
Event on Researching Social Media Now
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Git on It: Making a Case for GitHub to “Non-Coder” Academics
This year I taught two workshops on GitHub—an introduction to git and GitHub in the Fall and a lesson on using GitHub for building static websites in the Spring. As …
CfT: Call for Tips for Better Hybrid Experiences
CfT: Call for Tips for Better Hybrid Experiences We just passed our third year of virtual learning and relying on videoconferencing and we are grappling with the uneven emergence. “post …
Comparing Floating Point Numbers in R
Floating Trap Today we will discuss an important topic in programming in R especially when you are dealing with numerical methods, ex., comparing numbers with many decimals. The problem comes …
Dissertation Futures (Monday, Mar 27th @ 1230pm – 2pm ONLINE)
CUNY Graduate Center doctoral students are known for pushing the boundaries of what a dissertation could be and alumni often speak to the value of doing scholarship in alternative, digital …
WordPress: Thinking about the aesthetics
Now that we discuss the basics of creating content, I would like to dedicate a small section to the basics of the appearance of your website. The first thing to …
Apply to be a GC Digital Fellow by March 28, 2023
Are you looking for a fellowship that will challenge you to enhance your existing technical skills? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team? Do you like working with …
WordPress: How to create content
There are two main options for creating content on WordPress: pages and posts. Though they look similar, there is an important difference in whether the content is dynamic or static. …
Using raster spatial data in R
A lot of talk is given to spatial data in the vector format (i.e., points, lines and polygons) when making maps. After all, they serve as the actual baseline for …
When Servers Burn: The Next Great Fire At Alexandria
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” – Milan Kundera I was recently talking with a medievalist in the Graduate Center’s English program, Chris …
