Previous Events

Oct 07
Panel Talk - COVID-19 Fact-Finding: A Virtual Conversation with The Red & Black

During the pandemic, The Red & Black has shown the power of well-informed, local investigative reporting. Learn how student reporters from The Red & Black have researched and reported on COVID-19, navigating a complex and often politicized information landscape. Also in attendance will be faculty from Journalism and Public Health, who can share their expertise on how to consume and communicate accurate data and information around science and public health.

Panelists

4:00 pm
Online
Oct 07
Queering the South on Screen: A Conversation with Molly McGehee

Featuring vibrant hostess DeAundra Peek, the American Music Show ran as a public access cable television program in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1981 to 2005.

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Online
Oct 07
EndNote for PCs

10:00 am to 11:00 am
Online
Sep 29
Virtual Exhibit Tour: Sign of the Times

Historically the American political poster has been sorely neglected as an art form and has played a minor cultural role despite its effectiveness in conveying a political message to millions of voters often through the skillful use of visual communication. Join the Richard B.

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Online
Sep 16
Florentine Films Panel Discussion

Part detective, part historian, archival researchers find the audiovisual traces of history that help documentary filmmakers bring history to life. If you're a history buff, you've probably watched documentaries featuring archival photographs and film. But how do the pieces of the puzzle come together to make a documentary? More importantly, where do those puzzle pieces come from? The Walter J.

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Online
Sep 16
GIS Workshop 2: Georeferencing Images

Do you have a historical map you’d like to overlay with a modern one? Or an air photo you’d like to match to today’s landscape? We’ll use QGIS to do just that.

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Online
Sep 06
2020 Lillian Smith Book Awards

The 2020 Lillian Smith Book Awards ceremony will be held virtually on Sunday September 6, 2020 at 2:00PM as part of the annual AJC Decatur Book Festival, one of the largest independent book festivals in the country. Registration is free and available now through Eventbrite.

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Online
Sep 02
GIS Workshop 1: Turn Data into a Map

We’ll use QGIS to combine tables with available geometry to turn make a map.

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Online
Sep 01
EndNote for Macs

Citation management tools like EndNote can help you integrate research into your papers, organize your notes on different readings, and create accurate citations. They make your work more efficient, but they also archive your notes so that you can build on your research over the years. The example screens for this session will show the Mac version. While all the features are the same as the PC version, the layout and look will be a bit different.

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Online
Aug 27
Library Orientation for Science Graduate Students

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Online