Join us for the University of Minnesota Day of Data on January 15th and 16th, 2025!
The Day of Data is a series of virtual events that foster data enthusiasm, data literacy, and critical thinking around the role of data across our University and in society as a whole. Our goal? To inspire you with a diversity of ways that data is used across disciplines, and empower you with resources to deepen your data skills! This year will have a special emphasis on community engagement and sustainability topics.
This event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni from all University of Minnesota campuses and is free of charge to attend. Whether you are new to data or a data expert, you are welcome to join!
Register below for the session(s) you'd like to attend!
Note: Does your email end in @crk.umn.edu, @d.umn.edu, @morris.umn.edu, or @r.umn.edu? If so, please remove the campus designator and use "@umn.edu" as the ending for your email address when signing up for the Zoom meetings below.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
10:00 - noon CST
Explore the ethical and social challenges of AI, including its role in predicting mental well-being and advancing accessibility. Join us to discuss AI's potential to drive responsible, inclusive innovation.
Presenters:
Stevie Chancellor, Computer Science & Engineering, Twin Cities
Alexis Elder & Mags David, Philosophy, Duluth
Khaled Musa & Luke Kudryashov, Office for Digital Accessibility, Twin Cities
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
10:00am - noon CST
Explore AI's impact on education, from using generative AI for chemistry lab reports to teaching data in K-12 computer science. Discover practical strategies for data-intensive learning.
Presenters:
Tim Doherty, Chemistry, Rochester
Justin Cannady, Northern Lights Collaborative for Computing Education, Twin Cities
Ryan Peters & Victor Hofstetter
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
10:00am - noon CST
Join FSUN for a presentation by the Controller’s Office on UM Analytics, the University’s Business Intelligence and Data Analytics platform.
Presenters:
Controller's Office
Explore more events and discover additional opportunities to connect, learn, and experience Data Science!
When: Thursday, January 16, 2025, 1-4pm
Where: Bruininks 330 or join us virtually: https://z.umn.edu/joindatacleanup2024
Staring into a screen of disorganization? Let's spend some quality time together re-organizing files and folders to face the new semester with an upped data management game. It's less painful with friends. Join us for the Day of Data Clean Up, where you can:
Commiserate with other people about how messy your folders have unintentionally become!
Delete unnecessary stuff!
Shift data between storage options!
Strategize about the structure of your folders and reorganize things!
Get resources about designing codebooks, batch renaming files, and more!
Enjoy snacks and data memes!
UMN Academic Support Resources
UMN Libraries
Liberal Arts Technology and Innovation Services (LATIS)
UMN Morris Office of Institutional Research
Data Science Initiative (DSI)
UMD Kathryn A. Martin Library
UMR Campus Learning Data and Technology
A special thank you to our sponsors:
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