CUNY Academic Commons

Join us to learn some of the basics for building and hosting a simple website with GitHub and Jekyll! This is a great resource if you want a place to share your CV, research or teaching materials, or blog about your work in a free and low-frills way–where you retain control.

When & Where: Friday, March 31st, 3:00-4:30PM (on Zoom)

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Hi everyone!

Just a friendly reminder that PUG is happening today from 12-1pm on Zoom (link below).

We will translate code from our Intro to Python workshop materials into plain English! Please feel free to come with your own Python questions as well!

See you soon!

https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/87281241758?pwd=QnRpamMycFliU3VuL2JRWWVuckVEQT09

“Dissertation Futures” Online Roundtable Discussion, March 27th (Mon), 1230pm – 2pm

To reconsider the future of the doctoral degree requires us to re-evaluate the role of the dissertation as a means of preparing and evaluating students. Join the GC Digital Fellows and four guest speakers for a conversation about the future of the dissertation as…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Get ready for our next PUG meeting coming up on Tuesday 3/21 from 12-1pm! We will continue to translate Python scripts into plain English so we can better understand what the code is actually doing.

Zoom link is below! See you there!

https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/87281241758pwd=QnRpamMycFliU3VuL2JRWWVuckVEQT09

Hi everyone!

Just a friendly reminder that PUG is happening today from 12-1pm on Zoom (link below).

We will translate code from our Intro to Python workshop materials into plain English! Please feel free to come with your own Python questions as well!

See you soon!

https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/87281241758?pwd=QnRpamMycFliU3VuL2JRWWVuckVEQT09

Hi PUGers,

Get ready for our first Python User Group (PUG) session of the semester, scheduled for Tuesday 3/7 from 12-1pm (Zoom link below)!! We will then meet every other week until the end of the semester!

This semester we will focus on reading and annotating code, starting with basic Python and moving into more text analysis focused…[Read more]

Hey all,

Please join us on 3/3/23 from 1-3pm for the Introduction to JavaScript pt 2 workshop!

JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages and the premiere programming language of the web. In this second workshop of a two-part series, we will utilize our knowledge of JavaScript to add basic interactivity and functionality to a…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Next Friday, Feb 10 5-6pm, we will be having our second workshop of the Spring semester, also a mapping workshop. We will go over a few geoprocessing tools in QGIS. Here is a brief description of the workshop and link to register:

Title: Setting your spatial stage: geoprocessing tools with QGIS

Description: This workshop is…[Read more]

Hi, everyone.

Coming here to announce our first workshop of the semester.

3D Models of Canyons, Lakes  and Rivers!

Join us Friday, February 3rd, 5.00 – 6.30pm, as we dive into an exciting RStudio workshop using the Rayshader package!

Tyler Morgan Wall’s Rayshader & Rayrender packages for R allow you to create 3D models of both statistical…[Read more]

Hi, everyone.

As we prepare to begin our biweekly meetings for the Mapping User Group during the spring semester, I would like to get your feedback on what times would be best for us to meet, and what topics we should cover. I believe over the past semester and on DRI, we had attendance from a few people that have ongoing mapping projects, so I…[Read more]

Hey PUGers! Please join us today from 3-4pm for our third PUG meeting of the semester. We will review some key concepts from the Intro to text analysis workshop we ran last week. If you have lingering questions from last week, this is a great time to get some answers!! We will also make time for Python questions outside of the scope of the Fall…[Read more]

Hi folks! We have another Python workshop coming up on Friday October 28 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. This time we will work with the Pandas library to manipulate, analyze, and visualize tabular data (i.e., data stored in a spreadsheet format).

Check out the GCDI calendar to learn more and sign up! See you there!

Hey PUGers! Please join us today from 3-4pm for our second PUG meeting of the semester. We will review some key concepts from the Intro to Python workshop we ran last week.  If you were not able to attend that workshop but are interested in continuing with the Fall Python Series, this is a great time to catch up and get ready for the next…[Read more]

Hi, everyone.

The Mapping User Group will resume our biweekly meetings by next week. Our first meeting will be on Thursday Oct 6th, from 4-5pm. Here is the link for our sign-up form: https://forms.gle/Q1rcXrDqpnEbEBPy5

We would appreciate if everyone could sign up on that list, so we can keep track of how many people are expected…[Read more]

Join the GCDI for a fall Python series exploring various research methods and tools. We will begin by introducing the programming language Python and then continue by practicing and building out core skills through various practical applications, including text analysis with NLTK, data analysis with Pandas, web scraping with Beautiful Soup, and…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

Please join us for our first PUG meeting this Friday 9/23 from 3-4pm. We will go over the PUG plan for this semester and share an exciting Python workshop series focused on research tools such as data analysis and visualization, text analysis, web scrapping, working with APIs, and more.

Click this link to join us on Zoom!

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Join us for our second R Workshop of the semester where we will be discussing data wrangling and visualization using R & RStudio. If you are interested please check out our event page:

https://gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/data-analysis-in-r/ for more information about our event.

PUG/GCDF are hosting an online Python bootcamp for the GC Community this summer, 5 weeks from July 11 to mid August (MWF, 4-5pm EST). We encourage total beginners, GC Digital Research Institute alums, and people who want to strengthen their fundamentals to join us as we go through the acclaimed Python Crash Course textbook.

More advanced python…[Read more]

Are you looking for a fellowship that will challenge you to enhance your existing technical skills? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team? Do you like working with students, faculty, and staff to help them learn new digital tools and methods? If learning new open source technologies and helping others to integrate…[Read more]