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Events
Jan
21
Introduction to Research Data Management
11:00AM-NOON
Learn the fundamentals of keeping your data secure and organized through brief introductions to the core areas of data management: file storage and organization, file documentation, data preservation, and data publication and/or data sharing. Register for the Data Management Session and find out more information here.
Jan
24
Learning Science and Engineering Seminar
4:30-5:30PM, ONLINE
Join Chinmay Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University, for their talk "Systems for Learning in a Computationally-Mediated Future of Work." Find the zoom link for the seminar here.
Jan
24
dB-SERC lunch discussion
NOON-1PM, ONLINE
During this lunch discussion, Dr. Ben Rottman from the Psychology Department will lead his third course transformation discussion on flipped online classrooms for Research Methods in Psychology. Sign up for the dB-SERC lunch discussion here.