At the D-Lab each October, we honor Disability Awareness Month, which has a deep-rooted connection to UC Berkeley as a birthplace of the disability rights movement. For Cal Disability Awareness Month, October 15 is Blind Americans Equality Day and White Cane Awareness Day, recognizing the white cane as a symbol of independence for individuals who are blind, deafblind, or have low vision. As you navigate campus, especially on electronic scooters, please be mindful of the needs of differently abled individuals. A Career Half-Day event for disabled students is featuring sessions on personal branding, workplace accommodations consultations, and a Career Connections networking mixer. Additional events include the UC Berkeley Labor Center's "Making Disability Work" series and a community Halloween party. We look forward to seeing you at these events.
~Disabled individuals at D-Lab, including Core Staff and Students
Sixty years ago, the Free Speech Movement was born here at UC Berkeley, igniting a powerful wave of activism that swept the country. Today, Berkeley students and experts remain deeply engaged with issues related to democracy and freedom of expression. Our community is hard at work shaping the next 60 years of free speech around the world. Here’s how.
The UC Berkeley Digital Humanities Working Group is a research community founded to facilitate interdisciplinary conversations in the digital humanities and cultural analytics. Our gatherings are participant driven and provide a place for sharing research ideas (including brainstorming new ideas and receiving feedback from others), learning about the intersection of computational methods and humanistic inquiry, and connecting with others working in this space at Berkeley. We encourage everyone to participate, regardless of your experience level. The DH Working Group is a welcoming and supportive community for all things digital humanities.
As we celebrate Disability Awareness Month at the D-Lab alongside the UC Berkeley scholarly community, how can we, as social scientists, individually promote accessibility and inclusion? To advance accessibility, we should focus on addressing the barriers faced by individuals with disabilities, using our research to provide insights for effective policy recommendations. Although most of us do not focus on disability-related issues, including disability as a demographic characteristic in our data collection can greatly enhance our understanding of diverse populations and improve the comprehensiveness of our analyses. This small step can contribute to broader efforts toward inclusion and social equity.
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We are excited to invite students to collaborate on a research project with Professor Clancy Wilmott, exploring Pasifika Geographies and their digital representations. We are looking for motivated individuals with skills in spatial data analysis, GIS, database management, web development, full-stack development, or GIS web development to bring this innovative project to life. This is a unique opportunity to apply technical skills to a project with deep cultural and geographical significance.
To apply, send a brief statement of interest and your resume/CV to clancy.wilmottATberkeley.edu. Highlight relevant experience and why you're excited about the project. Students from all academic backgrounds, especially those interested in indigenous studies, geography, and digital humanities, are encouraged to apply.
Your research is important and we are here to help keep it safe and secure. This brown bag session will focus on secure campus tools and services that Research IT and Berkeley IT offer to researchers, tips on navigating campus security processes, and cybersecurity best practices for keeping your research and research subjects safe. You will hear from Allison Henry, Chief Information Security Officer, as well as from security specialists from Research IT and the Information Security Office.
Dates/Times: Tue, October 22, 2024, @ 1pm Location: Remote via Zoom
This workshop is designed for political science and social science graduate student researchers who are new to using the Savio computing cluster and L2 voter data. Participants will learn how to work with raw L2 data, including how to access and process it through Open OnDemand and RStudio. The session will cover the basic setup of Savio, including file paths specific to L2 data, and provide hands-on guidance on exporting data from scratch space and integrating it into research workflows.
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