The future of GIS in education and research (UCGIS, 2014)

While proud families and supportive friends watched the Reed College Class of 2014 officially transition to alumni, I headed to Pasadena for the 2014 UCGIS* conference. As folks chatted at pre-conference workshops** and the opening reception, I slowly realized that Reed was the lone liberal arts college in attendance. The conference was the big schools, the big names, and … me. Continue reading “The future of GIS in education and research (UCGIS, 2014)”

Workshop: Introduction to MATLAB

As part of our spring Quantitative Research Skills Workshop Series, I held an introduction workshop for MATLAB this afternoon. The presentation was aimed at a completely näive audience — we covered some background of the program and its applications, walked through the interface, did some basic calculations, and heard from a Psychology faculty member who uses MATLAB on a regular basis as part of his neuroscience research. Some useful links, below. Continue reading “Workshop: Introduction to MATLAB”

Workshop: Introduction to R

Prepping for Paideia this year, I approached visiting professor Albert Kim about providing a quick one-hour introduction to R. R is the chosen platform for our introductory statistics course and is used by folks across all the sciences (social, physical, natural) across campus. Speaking with faculty and students over the past two years, I regularly hear requests for more R support.

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Meetups and language learning

Meetup is one of the websites that connect you with your neighbors. I have heard many students commenting on how they think having conversation partners or communities would help with their language acquisition, but they struggle to find people they could talk to using the target languages. Meetup is great in this sense, as “meetups are neighbors getting together to learn something, do something, share something” (quote from the Meetup website). Continue reading “Meetups and language learning”

Learn Chinese with images

All about Chinese is unique. It is so special that I found myself scrolling through the pages, looking at the pictures and the words as if it had taken me back to my own college days. It has its innocence, simplicity, quietness, romance, cuteness, sweetness, and beauty. If you are also interested in painting and photography, I’m sure you will adore this site as much as I do. Below are some examples. (all images from allaboutchinese.tumblr.com) Continue reading “Learn Chinese with images”