Research Data & Digital Scholarship Upcoming Events

Jan 30

• Workshop

Open to Penn Faculty and Staff

AI in the Classroom

In this interactive session, we will explore ways to support student learning by integrating AI into teaching, setting expectations, and encouraging open dialogue around student AI use.

• January 30, 2026
• 10:00am - 11:30am
• Meyerson Conference Room 223, Van Pelt Library, 2nd floor

Jan 30 - 31

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Reinterpreting the Declaration: A Creative Typesetting Workshop

In this creative typesetting workshop, the Declaration text will be split amongst registered participants, and each participant will have the freedom to choose to include, edit, or redact the words in their segment. The workshop runs January 30 & 31 from noon to 5 p.m. at Common Press.

• January 30 - 31, 12:00PM - 5:00PM
• Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level

Feb 02

• Workshop

Open to Penn Faculty and Staff

AI in the Workplace

In this skills-focused workshop, you will use generative AI tools to make common workplace tasks easier and more efficient.

• February 2, 2026
• 2:00pm - 3:30pm
• Meyerson Conference Room 223, Van Pelt Library, 2nd floor

Feb 03

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Online Zine Making to Support Time Management

Join Learning Enrichment for an online, hands-on workshop where you’ll create a personalized study and project plan, designed as an online zine, to help you stay organized and maintain balance throughout the semester.

• February 3, 2026
• 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• Zoom

Feb 04

Open to the Public

Studio Use Training

This one-hour intensive session is focused on proper studio practices to enable participants to use Common Press independently as an advanced user.

• February 4, 2026
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Common Press Space

Feb 04

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Bloomberg 101

This class covers basic database structure and practical and useful commands in Bloomberg, a definitive source of information for security pricing, indicative and fundamental data, customized analytics and business news.

• February 4, 2026
• 3:30pm - 4:30pm
• Yablon Financial Resources Lab, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Room 244

Feb 05

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Book of Hours Fragments

On February 5, curator Dot Porter will bring out a variety of fragments and leaves from books of hours, from the 15th and 16th centuries and written in France, the Netherlands, and England.

• February 5, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online

Feb 05

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Sun Ra/Afro-Futurism/Jazz: A Music of the Spirit

Ahmed Abdullah, jazz trumpeter, adjunct professor at The New School, and former member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, leads a workshop on Sun Ra and the history of jazz.

• February 5, 2026
• 4:00pm - 5:30pm
• Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor

Feb 05

• Book Talk

Open to the Public

Ahmed Abdullah: A Strange Celestial Road

Ahmed Abdullah, jazz trumpeter, adjunct professor at The New School, and former member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, presents a talk on his memoir A Strange Celestial Road.

• February 5, 2026
• 6:00pm - 7:00pm
• Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor