Research Data & Digital Scholarship Upcoming Events

Sep 02

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

PitchBook Crash Course

Get an introduction to PitchBook, a financial platform that covers public and private companies, from competitors and cap tables to financials and financing history.

• September 2, 2025
• 12:00pm - 12:45pm
• Yablon Financial Resources Lab, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Room 244

Sep 02

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, 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.

• September 2, 2025
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Virtual

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

Sep 03

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Fisher Fine Arts Library Staff Recs Book Fair

Browse a selection of staff-recommended reads from the Fisher Fine Arts Library, meet a librarian who can help you with your research, and pick up a letterpress-printed bookmark at this "Book Fair" inspired event.

• September 3, 2025
• 10:30am - 12:30pm
• Meyerson Hall Basement, 210 South 34th Street

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

Sep 03

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Bloomberg 101

Learn the basics of Bloomberg, a definitive source of information for security pricing, indicative and fundamental data, customized analytics and business news.

• September 3, 2025
• 3:30pm - 4:30pm
• Yablon Financial Resources Lab, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Room 244

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

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

Sep 05

Open to the Public

Open Studio Session: Printing and Movable Type in the Revolutionary Era

Join us for a drop-in Open Studio at Common Press to print a broadside that celebrates our newly acquired Caslon metal type!

• September 5, 2025
• 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Common Press Space