Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants (PDIGs), a recurring GC Digital Initiatives program, provide financial support to doctoral students at the CUNY Graduate Center as they design and develop digital projects that contribute to the GC’s research, teaching, and service missions. Information and link to apply here: https://gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2024/11/26/apply-by-2-1-2025-for-the-provosts-digital-innovation-grants/
This workshop is an introduction to the theory and practice of encoding electronic texts for the humanities. It is designed for students who are interested in the transcription and digitization of manuscripts and print-based texts into diplomatic, digital formats. In this workshop, participants will understand what TEI is and why it's used, recognize the basic …
Discover the power of storytelling through maps! This beginner-friendly workshop introduces participants to ArcGIS Story Maps, a platform that combines maps, multimedia, and narratives to create engaging, interactive stories. Learn the basics of mapping, explore features for integrating text, images, and videos, and create your own Story Map by the end of the session. Perfect …
WORKSHOP POSTPONED Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances, this workshop will be postponed to a later date. We will email currently registered participants to let them know of the new date and time, which is yet to be determined. We will post a new event on the calendar once it has been rescheduled. This workshop is …
We are excited to announce that the Program Social Media Fellows and the Career Planning and Professional Development Office are teaming up to host three, free headshot sessions for students! A photographer will be available to take high-quality headshots that students can use for LinkedIn, academic profiles, or speaking engagements. The first one is coming up on …
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of performing tidy text analysis in R. You will learn how to wrangle unstructured text into a tidy data structure, basic data visualizations, and basic sentiment analysis while exploring a fun data set of song lyrics. The main packages used will be tidytext and the tidyverse series …
Do you want to tell a story using multimodal resources? In this online workshop, we will explore the basics of Knight Lab, an open-source tools that can easily be integrated with your digital projects. Registration for workshops is limited to students, faculty, and staff who are affiliated with the CUNY Graduate Center. Please note …
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of web scraping using Python. We will explore how to extract data from websites, navigate HTML structures, and work with popular web scraping libraries. The session will also cover best practices, including respecting website terms of service and handling potential challenges. By the end of the …
WORKSHOP POSTPONED Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances, this workshop will be postponed to a later date. We will email currently registered participants to let them know of the new date and time, which is yet to be determined. We will post a new event on the calendar once it has been rescheduled. Why care about …
Would you like to create a digital archive or teach students how to design online exhibits? In this workshop, we’ll explore ways to leverage Omeka, an open-source platform for managing and presenting digital collections, as a tool for teaching best practices in archival research, curating online exhibits, and designing collaborative assignments using primary sources. Educators interested …
