Library - Scholarly Commons
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Richard Hughes, author of "Myths America Lives By: White Supremacy and the Stories that Give us Meaning", will be giving a book talk at Child Hall of The Cathedral of St. Phillip in Atlanta, GA, about his new book.
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Rob Wells, author of "The Enforcers: How Little Known Trade Reporters Exposed the Keating Five and Advanced Business Journalism", will be giving a book talk at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, about his new book.
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In this 3-hour course learn how to create and work with Access forms. Create a new form using the form wizard and explore layout and design view. Add and modify form controls including a calculated control and lookup control. Learn about control properties, form properties and setting tab order. Create a subform and learn about switchboard and navigation forms.
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Topics include how the EPI is structured; strategies for defining terms; practice with other workshop participants.
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InDesign is a desktop publishing program by Adobe. In this 6-hour workshop, we start with the basics, we progress to creating multi-column threaded text, formatting type and paragraph styles, working with colors, images, and finish by packaging for distribution.
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Devon Powers, author of "On Trend: The Business of Forecasting the Future", will give a book talk at Rutgers University.
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This 7-hour course introduces the basics of Adobe Illustrator. Topics will include design principles, elements, and graphics composition; creating documents containing basic shapes and customized paths. We will also learn how to insert text and typographical characters.
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Wish you had a smarter, more efficient way to arrange your Outlook 2016 email and more? In this two-hour workshop, you will learn how to use the conversation view; how to insert a screenshot into a message; sorting messages; advanced searching techniques, including filters; working with folders; using flags, color categories, and rules.
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We will be hosting national and international speakers on the recent upsurges in popular activism, especially of women, and civil disobedience in Algeria, Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran.
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Most teachers get evaluated by their students at the end of the course by implementing ICES. But by then, it is too late to make changes that will make a difference for your current students. Come to this workshop to learn how to design, implement, and interpret Informal Early Feedback (IEF) to improve the class experience for everyone.
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It is an open-mic public performance space.
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Join Deborah Kanter for a book launch party to celebrate the publication of "Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican" at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
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Most teachers get evaluated by their students at the end of the course by implementing ICES. But by then, it is too late to make changes that will make a difference for your current students. Come to this workshop to learn how to design, implement, and interpret Informal Early Feedback (IEF) to improve the class experience for everyone.
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Dr. Ioannis Tsekouiras, School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, presents "Pastures of Love and Mountains of Sacrifice. Pontic Parakathi singing and the memory of violence."
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STATA I: Getting Started with STATA
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Alison Syring, Assistant Acquisitions Editor, will provide general information about how to approach publishing a scholarly book, including tips for turning a dissertation into a book, selecting a press, approaching an editor, submitting an effective proposal, and navigating peer review in 314 Main Library.
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Contributors and editors of "New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts", will participate in a panel at the College Art Association Conference called "HERSTORY: Digital Innovations."
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Teaching philosophy statements are requested for a variety of reasons: job applications, teaching awards, grant proposals, and evaluations. At UIUC, faculty submit a teaching statement as part of the promotion and tenure packet and for the annual review.This interactive workshop will be helpful to those who want to begin or revise their teaching statements.
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Professor Paul E. McNamara (ACE, UIUC) will present results, evidence, and lessons from the USAID Strengthening Agricultural and Nutrition Extension (SANE) Activity.
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Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday with the University Library's Illinois History and Lincoln Collections! Enjoy light refreshments, color your own Lincoln-themed valentine, explore treasures from our collections on display in the reading room.
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R I: Getting Started with R workshop
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Peter Cole, author of "Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area", will be giving a book talk at the University of Notre Dame's Geddes Hall about his new book.
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Wednesday, February 12, 5:30 to 6:45pm. Learn how to use clarification and negotiation strategies to improve your listening and communication skills in English.
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Research suggests that international teaching assistants face unique challenges from classroom management to instructional, linguistic, cultural as well as social expectations. Come discuss similarities and differences between the U.S. and other international educational systems, and review effective strategies and resources available across campus.
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Most people in higher education hear “Universal Design for Learning” and think students with disabilities and accommodations. This course will show you a) how accommodations and UDL differ, b) what you can do today, within a week, and within a month to reach learners on their mobile devices, and c) how to implement UDL across campus to enhance learning for all learners.
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Lecture from Sara Velas, artist, graphic designer, and curator on the "Shengjing Panorama: An International Collaboration in Space and Time."
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Join Us for a Day Exploring the Nuts and Bolts of Publishing Panels.
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Join us for our Spring 2020 Publishing Symposium! See the current agenda here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/about/symposium/
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Join the RBML for "Lovely Introductions", our Valentine's Day Open House Event! Enjoy a ten minute “speed date” with six of our favorite books – learn about, see, smell, and even gently touch the books!
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A film screening and mini-conference in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the French Feminist Movement.
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Stephen Wade, author of The "Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience", will perform at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church.
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Simine Short, author of Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution, will participate in a Q&A session after the screening of the documentary Octave Chanute, Patron Saint of Flight.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn how to create and open InDesign documents, navigate the user interface, modify a document, import graphics, and manipulate basic text and text frames.
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E. James West, author of "Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America", will be giving a book talk at Chicago State University in Chicago, IL, about his new book.
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This program provides employees at the University of Illinois an overview of software applications and IT practices that are critical to success within the campus environment. All sessions are led by experienced trainers with handouts available. Attendees can register for one, two, or more of the monthly scheduled sessions. All sessions held in Suite 26 Illini Hall.
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A well-designed professional ePortfolio is a valuable way to demonstrate your achievements, goals, and beliefs to your prospective or current employer. It can also guide you as you seek out additional experiences to better prepare for your future career or career advancement. Bring your laptop or other device to this interactive workshop.
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STATA II: Inferential Statistics with STATA
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Learn strategies for answering open-ended questions in teaching and everyday contexts.
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Thomas Goldsmith, author of "Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making of an American Classic", will be giving a book talk at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC with special guest Laurent Dubois about his new book.
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Himanee Gupta-Carlson, author of "Muncie, India(na): Middletown and Asian America", will be giving a book talk at the Community Center of Greenfield Center in Greenfield Center, NY, about her new book.
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With the increased demand for students to work effectively in teams, many instructors have implemented team projects.There are many benefits; however, these experiences often are not optimal because the students (and faculty…) were not prepared. Come to learn & practice effective team strategies.
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Intended for students from across the campus, Inside Scoop conversations invite Illinois undergraduates to engage with the exciting work conducted by scholars whose work helps us understand what it means to be human in a world of rapidly shifting global complexities.
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The speaker will address the impact of Chinese investment in West Africa and talk about an ongoing conflict between a fishmeal factory and local residents in Sanyang Village, The Gambia.
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In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn the basics of using the drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator CC, including how to use the Pencil and Curvature tools, how to edit paths. Then we will look at layers, including how to create, edit, and organize content. We will also learn the basics of transforming and editing artwork in Adobe Illustrator CC.
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Students enter college with vastly different learning strategies and abilities. This workshop will explore how instructors can aid students in developing more effective learning strategies early in their college careers.
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R II: Inferential Statistics with R
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Sowande' Mustakeem, author of "Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage," will give a Black History Month lecture called Freedom’s Blood Memories at the Heinz History Center.
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Following her one-woman presentation the previous evening, playwright, actor, and educator Anna Deavere Smith will join composer Julia Wolfe in CultureTalk, an exploration of the ideas surrounding the arts and culture.
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Most people in higher education hear “Universal Design for Learning” and think students with disabilities and accommodations. This course will show you a) how accommodations and UDL differ, b) what you can do today, within a week, and within a month to reach learners on their mobile devices, and c) how to implement UDL across campus to enhance learning for all learners.
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Have you been asked to put together a PowerPoint presentation, but you're not sure how to start? Take this short course and learn the basics, including how to use the new 2016 interface to create slides and put content on them; format and custom design the slides; and prepare speaker notes and handouts.
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Prof. Bishop holds the Tenet Endowed Chair in Health Care Ethics and is the Director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University.
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Angie Estes will be giving a reading of her work as part of the European Union Center's 18th annual EU Day celebrations.
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Featuring KAM Director Jon L. Seydl, who will highlight some of his favorite works of art. Reception to follow.
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Dr. Kelsey Dayle John (Diné), University of Arizona, will talk about her research and work with her community (human and nonhuman) in Navajo Nation. In the Navajo worldview, horses are healers and educators.
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Prof. Noriko Manabe (Temple University) explores perceived attacks on the foundations of democracy in recent years that have sparked large demonstrations, often numbering in the hundreds of thousands, in both Japan and the U.S.
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In this 6-hour course, you will import and export data into Excel 2016, work with conditional formatting, and learn about macros. Additional topics will include summarizing data using subtotals and data validation; and analyzing data using Goal Seek and Solver along with what if scenarios. Prerequisite: Completion of Excel 2016 Level 1 or equivalent knowledge
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In this 6-hour course, attendees will begin by exploring the PowerPoint 2016 interface. Next we will create and save a presentation; view and navigate, and edit text on slides; add and modify graphical objects in a presentation; work with tables and charts; and prepare to deliver a presentation.
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Cultural Activism and Public Policies: Notes on Carimbó, Brazil Drawing from the case of carimbó, this lecture discusses the connections and complex relations between activism, public policies, and the state.
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SPSS I: Getting Started with SPSS
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Annette Joseph-Gabriel, author of " Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire", will be giving a book talk at Bucknell University's Hildreth-Mirza Hall about her new book.
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Learning is not a spectator sport. Students must be cognitively, physically, and affectively engaged for deeper learning and retention to occur. But there are many distractions and the attention span of our students can be relatively short. We’ll explore several active learning strategies, beginning with those that can easily implemented and of low risk.
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Wednesday, February 26, 5:30 to 6:45pm. With other workhops participants, practice completing sample EPIs; set goals for oral English improvement; learn about resources you can use to improve your English skills.
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In this workshop, Dr. Andrew Janco (Digital Scholarship Librarian, Haverford College) will provide an introductory tutorial on using spaCy for Digital Humanities projects.
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Starting with a short introduction to recent innovations in natural language processing (NLP), Dr. Andrew Janco outlines what new methods in applied NLP have revealed in the records of Prozhito, a crowd-sourcing project that has transcribed more than 3,000 Russian-language diaries.
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Kate Brown is Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Art Education PhD students Catalina Hernandez-Cabral and Jody Stokes-Casey will encourage participants to inhabit the museum in a variety of ways as they create walking self-portraits.
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"The Great Chernobyl Acceleration" With Kate Brown, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Devon Powers, author of "On Trend: The Business of Forecasting the Future", will give a book talk at Penn State University.
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In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand. See full description for more info.
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Cicero Fain III, author of "Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story", will give a book talk at Shepherd University.