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April showers bring...May Daze!
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As you finish up these busy days of April and May, we invite you to end your semester on a high note with programming to help you reflect on the academic year and prepare for a fruitful summer. Our reinvigorating May Daze Schedule is below. Read on for more detailed information. If you want to finish grading or get a jump start on writing before May Daze begins, please join us for our Writing and Grading Retreat on Thursday, April 30, and/or Friday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Faculty Hub May Daze Schedule
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Getting Ready for Summer Day
Thursday, May 9
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Web of Inquiry Course (re) Design Day
Friday, May 10
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Summer Research Prep Day
Monday, May 13
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Thank Your Future Self
Once classes are over, it’s easy to move on to our next projects without reflecting on what we’ve learned from our teaching, what we’d like to do differently next time, and how we can record our successes for future reviews. In this session, we’ll do all of these things together to make sure that you end your semester in a way that will benefit your future self. You can join us in person or online on Thursday, May 9, from 9 to 10 a.m. Register here.
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Navigating the Student-Mentor Relationship
Faculty members at UR often serve as mentors to students outside the classroom, either as employers, co-researchers, internship supervisors, or travel partners. What changes when we leave the classroom? How do we communicate expectations, set boundaries, and establish trust with our mentees? We’ve invited experienced mentors from across campus to start this conversation on Thursday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Lunch is included. Sign up here.
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Productive Summer Research with Students
Are you a faculty member conducting research with students this summer? Whether you're new to that experience or you'd like to think about ways to mentor your students more effectively over the summer, this panel on Thursday, May 9, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. is for you! Faculty panelists Laura Knouse (PSY), Todd Lookingbill (GEO), and Omar Quintero (BIO) will share their techniques and tips for creating a fulfilling and successful learning experience for research students. Register here.
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Curious about the birds you see on campus? Ever wanted to try birding? Please join the Faculty Hub and Priscilla Erickson (BIO) for a bird walk at the Gambles Mill Eco-Corridor on Friday, May 10, at 8:30 a.m. We’ll end our birding adventure at the Faculty Hub at 9:45 a.m. for coffee, tea, and light breakfast fare.
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Web of Inquiry Course (re)Design Day
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Join us at the Faculty Hub on Friday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to work together in community as you prepare to (re)design a course for the new Web of Inquiry curriculum. The opening session will provide you with an opportunity to review new learning outcomes for specific areas of the new curriculum. The rest of the day, you'll have opportunities to attend sessions on various topics related to course design, or you can use that time for independent or collaborative work time. Lunch is included.
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Please note that the morning session counts for the institutional professional development component for one area of the Web of Inquiry . When you register, please indicate which area you’d like to choose as your focus. See the full schedule and sign up here.
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Three Recent Studies on Student Learning with Generative AI
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Derek Bruff, author of Intentional Tech, shares his observations on three recent studies on student learning with generative AI on his blog, Agile Thinking. The studies examine AI’s impact on student agency, creativity, narrative intelligence, and writing self-efficacy.
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R Studio on Spiderweb
This tutorial, which will be held on Monday, May 13, from 11 to 12 a.m., will provide users with a step-by-step guide to tasks related to R Studio on Spiderweb, a platform for teaching and research. It will cover a range of topics, beginning with instructions on connecting to Spiderweb. Users will then learn how to access R Studio, an integrated development environment for R, through Posit Workbench, a tool within Spiderweb, and the R Studio management page. Sign up here.
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An Introduction to Using LLMs Within Quantitative Workflows
Join us for a one-hour workshop on Monday, May 13, from 3 to 4 p.m., tailored specifically for researchers eager to harness the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) in their quantitative research and teaching. This workshop will provide an introduction to the integration of LLMs into academic workflows, showcasing practical strategies for both local installations of open-source models and utilizing APIs for accessing frontier models from leading AI providers like Anthropic and OpenAI. Register here.
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Authors’ Rights: Use the Law, Share Your Scholarship, Change the World
Copyright gives authors the power to decide where, when, and how to share their work. Scholarly authors are working in a world where new approaches to publishing create opportunities to choose what impact you want your work to have. Publishers can be powerful allies, but only you can make the best choices about how to use your copyrights. Join Brandon Butler, a copyright expert, on Zoom on Monday, May 13, from 11 am to 12 p.m., for an overview of your rights as an author and strategies to consider before you sign (or click) on the dotted line. Sign up here.
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Jupyter Lab on Spiderweb
This session on Monday, May 13, from 12 to 1 p.m., will provide users with a step-by-step guide to tasks related to Jupyter Lab on Spiderweb. It will cover a range of topics, starting with instructions on connecting to JupyterLab on Spiderweb. Users will then learn how to access Jupyter Lab via Jupyter Hub, a tool within Spiderweb, and how to set up and configure Jupyter notebooks for projects and analyses. Additionally, the tutorial will cover file management tasks such as creating new directories within Spiderweb and Jupyter notebooks for writing and executing code. Register here.
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Additional Upcoming Events and Programs Reminder
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Tuesday, April 23, from 12 to 12:45 p.m. on Zoom
Friday, April 26, from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Faculty Hub
Thursday, April 30, and/or Friday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Faculty Hub
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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