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Research Data & Digital Scholarship Upcoming Events

Aug 13
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Faculty and Staff

AI Essentials

In this introductory workshop, you will engage in hands-on activities to explore the core functions of popular generative AI tools, including those available at Penn.

  • August 13, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Meyerson Conference Room 223, Van Pelt Library, 2nd floor
laptops next to a stack of books and a graduation cap
Aug 14
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: The Voynich Manuscript (Facsimile)

On August 14, Curator Dot Porter will bring out a facsimile of Beinecke Library MS 408, aka The Voynich Manuscript. This is a realistic facsimile that looks exactly like the real thing!

  • August 14, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Online
Photo of a page opening from the Voynich manuscript facsimile
Aug 14
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Faculty and Staff

Canvas 101 for Faculty and Staff

This workshop will introduce basic Canvas functions that will allow participants to do the following: set profile and notifications; navigate the Canvas interface; create content for a Canvas site; and post files, images, and videos.

  • August 14, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Virtual
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Aug 22
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Faculty and Staff

Canvas 101 for Faculty and Staff

This workshop will introduce basic Canvas functions that will allow participants to do the following: set profile and notifications; navigate the Canvas interface; create content for a Canvas site; and post files, images, and videos.

  • August 22, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Virtual
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Sep 02
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Excel Basics: Get Started with Tables

Learn how to use Excel as a digital tool for assignments, research, teaching, service, or the job market.

  • September 2, 2025
  • 3:30pm - 4:45pm
  • Hybrid: Online and in Yablon Financial Resources Lab, Room 244, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Excel graphic with white X on green background
Sep 03
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Students Only

Career Services Resume "Lab"

Join Career Services advisors for this hands-on “co-working” session on building and refining an excellent resume!

  • September 3, 2025
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm
  • Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange (RDDSx), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, First Floor
Person being interviewed at a table
Sep 04
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Italian Herbal

We'll celebrate the start of the semester by bringing out a favorite, first introduced to CWAC in 2022. On September 4, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 419, a 15th century Italian herbal containing a variety of illustrations, accompanied by notes on medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.

  • September 4, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Photo of a manuscript page, in the center is an illustration of a large blue beet with a human-like face and three large green leaves sprouting out of its head
Sep 04
Open to the Public

Made (By Hand): Reflections on Running a Press

Celebrate the opening of the new exhibit Made (By Hand) in the Midwest: The Contre Coup Press, 1979-2019 with a talk by Jessica Peterson, Director of the Common Press.

  • September 4, 2025
  • 4:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor; Main Lobby and Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, first floor
Timothy Hawley printing on a letterpress machine

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