Spring 2023
CARE will hold 8 training sessions that are open to the public via Zoom.
Dates: 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/12, 4/19
Time: 4–5:15 pm
Zoom Site: https://luc.zoom.us/my/pjing
The Schedule Table in PDF
A training session for CARE students in February 2023.
1. Orientation
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Learning Materials
Slides: Introduction to CARE
Reading: A General Introduction to Air Pollution [updated 2/3/2023]
Video: Every Breath You Take: Air Quality in Chicago, presented by Stacy Montgomery
Assignment
Week 1 assignment: Research on the community
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
A CARE student shows on the map where the PurpleAir sensor he has installed.
2. Research Method
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Learning Materials
Slides:
Assignments (due Wednesday, 2/8, 4 pm)
Review and reflect on an article (People of Color Breathe More Unhealthy Air from Nearly All Polluting Sources, Lloyd, Scientific American, 2021)
Submit your R practices that you did in class today
Where to submit Assignments 1&2: Google folder for each student (Login required)
Choose three research topics [Add your input in the table provided]
Cohorts 2022 and 2023 of CARE hung out together, 8 February 2023
3. Professional Support
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Learning Materials
Slides: Professional Ecosystem Support
Class Activity: Mentor Mapping
Assignment
Practice searching the literature: find out if your research topic is already well studied
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
CARE team's coffee & hangout at the American Geophysical Union 2022 Fall Meeting
4. Career Talk
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Learning Materials
Slides: No slides. Panelists talked and discussed professional and career development with the students.
Recordings: YouTube Playlist of the panel discussion
Assignment
Write a reflection. (Due Feb 22)
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
CARE students met with Edgewater Environmental Coalition members at 6018|North, 18 Mar 2023
Field Trip to Edgewater
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Activity:
Visited Edgewater on March 18
Assignments
Field Trip Reflections: Instructions for the reflections
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
Image from Chicago's air pollution hotspots by Smarth Gupta, Dillon Bergin, María Inés Zamudio, Charmaine Runes, Brett Chase
5. Intro to Air Pollution
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Learning Materials
Getting started with R continued
Assignments (due March 29)
Homework: Complete Week 5 Review Questions.
Submit your R practices that you did in class today
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
CARE students on a tour in Southeast Chicago led by Olga Bautista, Executive Director of the Southeast Environmental Task Force, 25 Mar 2023
Field Trip to Southeast Chicago
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Activities:
Visited Southeast Chicago on March 25
Assignments
Field Trip Reflections: Instructions for the reflections
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
Map of sensors CARE students installed in Chicago in May 2022.
6. Air Pollution Monitoring
Learning Materials
Slides: Introduction to Air Pollution Monitoring
Assignment (due April 5)
Homework: Complete Week 6 Review Questions.
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
A PurpleAir sensor installed by CARE students in Chicago in April 2023.
7. Introduction to PurpleAir
Learning Materials
Slides: Introduction to PurpleAir
Assignment (due April 19)
Homework: Start to draft a research proposal using the proposal template.
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
CARE students at the Southeast Environmental Task Force, 25 March 2023.
8. Final Training Session
Students peer-review each other's proposal drafts.
Assignment (due May 8)
Edit the draft proposal and submit a final research proposal using the proposal template.
Where to submit: Google folder for each student (Login required)
Updated on April 18, 2023.