Hours after the 2017 travel ban takes effect, a mosque in South Texas erupts in flames. Now, this quiet community must reckon with the deep rifts that drove a man to hate. Join us as we discuss Islamaphobia, xenophobia, and it's effects on the receiving communities.
Join us for an interactive program where we explore naming rituals, the importance of names and how we share our stories through the sharing of our names.
"What issues arise when influencers drive through and film encampments of unsheltered people? Or non-consenting folks with addictions amid an “episode”? What happens when those videos are posted on social media?
"Do you often feel that the media is rooted in fear mongering? Do you wonder if we can even talk about diversity without it sparking into something bigger? Can we listen honestly to one another about how we live, experience, understand, and what it means to exist in a diverse society? How do our fears frame the lens in which we look at various topics such as affirmative action or DEI programs?
The “Thinking Beyond” webinar series features renowned physicists Paul Davies, Sara Walker and Maulik Parikh from the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University and will address a big question/topic in science with the audience participating by asking questions during the webinar or in advance.
Oppenheimer: Beyond the Bomb
This 2-part series both introduces and explores key concepts in Artificial Intelligence. The aim is to understand applications, but also think through implications for your own research and professional interests. In each presentation and topic, we emphasize design, adoption, and ethics of AI systems.
Preparing responsibly open and accessible research data starts at the beginning of a project and continues through its completion. In this presentation, Matthew Harp, Research Data Initiatives Librarian, will provide standard practices and recommendations from planning to publishing that support transparent, open, and reproducible research.
OpenRefine is a free, open-source tool that simplifies the process of cleaning, transforming, and enhancing datasets. Whether you conduct data intensive research daily or casually use spreadsheets, OpenRefine’s user-friendly interface helps individuals of all skill levels clean up messy datasets without needing to learn programming languages or complicated spreadsheet formulas. This presentation will provide an introduction to OpenRefine including: importing data, using facets and filters, clustering, and exporting the cleaned data.
This 2-part series both introduces and explores key concepts in Artificial Intelligence. The aim is to understand applications, but also think through implications for your own research and professional interests. In each presentation and topic, we emphasize design, adoption, and ethics of AI systems.
Data Science is an interdisciplinary field that uses the scientific method, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract valuable meaning and insights from data. In this session we will discuss the phases of data science and the various resources the Unit for Data Science and Analytics and the Hayden Library has to support your learning.