News
Workshop for pilot project on machine-actionable data management set for Oct. 1-2
Writer Jai Chakrabarti to visit Penn State, read from works on Sept. 19
2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members named
Events
Open House: Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
The Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library will host its Open House noon-5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in 201 Davey Laboratory, Pollock Road.
Please forward any questions regarding this Open House event to ul-pams@psu.edu.
Data Analysis Planning: Why it is Essential?
This workshop will provide information on setting up a data analysis plan. Many researchers have a specific question they would like to ask concerning their data, but do not have an idea of how they will answer this question with quanititative analysis until after their data is collected, leaving them fewer options. The goal of this session is to help them understand how to make sure they have an appropriate sample size, the different types of data, which statistical tests may be used in each case, and the assumptions of different statistical tests.
This session will be held online via Zoom.
Quantitative Methods for Undergraduate Students
This workshop introduces concepts such as descriptive vs. inferential statistics, running exploratory data analysis, testing data for normality, and parametric vs. non-parametric data analysis. Participants will learn about different statistical methods for exploring and analyzing their data.
This session will be held online via Zoom.
Historic Aerial Imagery and Geospatial Research Resources
This session will introduce historic aerial imagery resources from the Penn State University Libraries collection, and Pennsylvania sources. Examples of historical aerial imagery uses and projects will be highlighted. Additional resources will be shared related to maps and geospatial research resources to provide further context to Pennsylvania research areas.
This session will be held online via Zoom and in W13 Pattee Library.
Telling your story through geospatial data
This session will provide maps and geospatial resources and approaches for telling your story through geospatial data. As geospatial data can relate to a broad range of topics, this session will touch upon relatable characteristics of geospatial data resources and identify ways for you to connect geospatial interests and approaches. This session will highlight commonly used geospatial applications, such as ArcGIS Online, along with other open geospatial resources. This session aims to engage participants to think critically about the geospatial data of projects and reflect on the biases of explaining geospatial data in a personal and responsible manner.
This session will be held online via Zoom and in W13 Pattee Library.
Digital Projects and Exhibits
Earth Archives: Stories of Human Impact
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day in April of 1970, this exhibition explores the intersection of the environment, human activity, and the documentary record.
Beneath the Surface and Cast in Steel: Forging the American Industrial Union Movement
This digital project provides researchers unprecedented access to Penn State’s extensive collection of primary sources related to the history of industrial unionism in the United States.
International Solidarity: Highlights from the Ken Lawrence Collection
The exhibition explores the visual culture of political protest in the late 20th-century.
Penn State Education Activism Archive
Using primary sources from Special Collections, students in Professor Steudeman’s Contemporary American Rhetoric: Educational Activism in the United States (CAS 478) class created The Penn State Educational Activism Archive, which aims to complicate and expand our historical knowledge of student and faculty activism at Penn State University.
Indigenous Roots/Routes
This student-produced digital media project was created as part of the Public Humanities Fellows Program at the Humanities Institute at Penn State and expands on the Indigenous Roots/Routes exhibition, which encompasses a wide swath of history, geographic range, and varied Indigenous people and cultures and explores the processes of social, religious, and political adaptation.
Celebrating the ADA: The Legacy and Evolution of Disability Rights & Lived Experience at Penn State
A digital exhibition that explores the first 100 years of national disability rights and movements and their impact on the Penn State University community, including resources to proactively learn and influence future efforts.