While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

Prompt to Picture: How AI Can Help You Create Custom Visuals Need unique visuals for a presentation or assignment? Join us to see how university-supported AI tools can help. We will guide you through the basics of “prompt crafting” — the art of telling the AI what you want, while comparing the unique features of U-M GPT (GPT Image -1.5) and Google Gemini’s (Nano Banana) … Continue reading Prompt to Picture: How AI Can Help You Create Custom Visuals »

Lotus Fold Book Workshop: Unfold Your Creativity! Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to create a fun and versatile artist book style known as the lotus fold book. This easy folded-and-glued bookmaking technique opens up a world of creative possibilities: cut the base folded pages into shapes resembling petals of flowers or points of a star, or adapt them into an accordion-style … Continue reading Lotus Fold Book »

Lotus Fold Book Workshop: Unfold Your Creativity! Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to create a fun and versatile artist book style known as the lotus fold book. This easy folded-and-glued bookmaking technique opens up a world of creative possibilities: cut the base folded pages into shapes resembling petals of flowers or points of a star, or adapt them into an accordion-style … Continue reading Lotus Fold Book »

Presenters: Jean Felipe Teotonio, MD, MPH, CPHQ. Clinical and Scientific Advisor, GIDEON Informatics Kristina Symes, MBA. Managing Director, GIDEON Informatics ————————— GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network) API provides access to the world’s premier global infectious diseases database. The Infectious Diseases data module encompasses 350+ infectious diseases, 230+ countries and 700+ anti-infective drugs and vaccines. This session will introduce the GIDEON API as … Continue reading GIDEON API: A Global Infectious Disease Data Resource »

The GenAI Educational Landscape: Best Practices for Instructors This workshop is designed to equip faculty with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively integrate Generative Artificial Intelligence into the classroom setting. Faculty members will explore its impact on students and instruction, learn how to discuss Generative AI (GenAI) with students and receive guidance on writing a GenAI syllabus statement. Although this workshop is designed for … Continue reading The GenAI Educational Landscape: Best Practices for Instructors »

This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell, also generically referred to as “the command line”. Topics include: a brief overview of Linux, the Bash shell, navigating the file system, basic commands, shell redirection, permissions, processes, and the command environment. The workshop will also provide a quick introduction to nano a simple … Continue reading Introduction to the Linux Command Line »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  The Guided Meditation practice involves three simple steps: Relaxation Rejuvenation Meditation Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

This hour-long workshop will show participants how to create a basic webmap in ArcGIS Online using open data. Please bring a laptop if you’d like to follow along, all you need is a browser. Intended for those with little to no experience with GIS or ArcGIS Online.

Discover the power of NotebookLM, the advanced AI-powered research and note-taking assistant available to all University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students. Designed to help you understand and synthesize information from your own documents, NotebookLM transforms your lesson plans, lecture notes, and research papers into a dynamic knowledge base. By grounding its responses entirely in your sources, it becomes your most trusted research partner. Recent … Continue reading Exploring NotebookLM for Education »

Join us for a short, informative session about article processing charges (APCs), which are associated with publishing in open access journals. We’ll define what APCs are, help you better understand the purpose and variations of APCs, and share relevant U-M Library resources. We’ll also highlight the new U-M Library tool, Journals with Article Processing Charge (APC) Agreements, which provides comprehensive information about discounts and fee … Continue reading ABCs of APCs: Understanding Article Processing Charges »

Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation, rejuvenation, and inner connect in just three session. Meditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration, heightened awareness, and presence … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

Your research tells a story! ESRI’s ArcGIS StoryMaps is one of the most commonly used GIS resources on our campus across all disciplines. This workshop will be an introduction to what StoryMaps are and whether one is right for your project. There will be time for Q&A at the end where we can talk about participants’ specific projects. No experience necessary.

Create Images using AI: Get Started with Adobe Firefly Are you ready to stop searching for that perfect image and start creating it!   Join us for a hands-on tour of Adobe’s Generative AI tools. We’ll show you how to turn text prompts into great images, and make fast edits like adding, expanding, or removing objects usin Adobe’s Generative Fill feature.  Perfect for anyone who … Continue reading Create Images using AI: Get Started with Adobe Firefly »

Two acquisitions editors from the University of Michigan Press will discuss common publishing questions: how to write a book proposal; how to convert a dissertation to a book manuscript; how to identify and approach appropriate publishers; working with a series; what resources exist to help with these steps. Followed by a Q&A. The URL for this session will be included in the confirmation message you … Continue reading From Dissertation to a Book: The Scholarly Monograph Process »

Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster This course is remotely over Zoom.  A Zoom link will be provided to all registrants. This workshop will introduce you to high performance computing on the Great Lakes cluster.  After a brief overview of the components of the cluster and the resources available there, the main body of the workshop will cover creating batch scripts and the … Continue reading Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster »

OVERVIEW Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster This course is remotely over Zoom.  A Zoom link will be provided to all registrants for those who choose to attend remotely. This workshop will cover some more advanced topics in computing on the U-M Great Lakes Cluster.  Topics to be covered include a brief review of common parallel programming models and basic use of Great … Continue reading Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

This workshop will provide an overview of data visualization principles. It will help participants to develop a language and sense of design elements necessary for creating data visualizations in any software. It will cover best practices and how to approach designing data visualizations.

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from the Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

Streamline Tasks & Amplify Learning with Instructor Tools Reimagine your teaching and course design with U-M’s innovative suite of generative AI Instructor Tools, powered by Maizey. This workshop introduces five innovative tools—each built to streamline your workflow, enrich student learning, and enhance your effectiveness as an educator.  In this workshop, you’ll get hands-on experience with 5 GenAI Instructor Tools:   AI Prompt Coach: Learn to craft … Continue reading Streamline Tasks & Amplify Learning with Instructor Tools »

Data, what is it, how and why is it managed, and why do granting agencies care? In this workshop we will talk about what counts as “data” from various definitions, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. Participants will go over the ethical concerns and considerations covered and answered by a data management plan, as well as the practical skills needed in developing and writing … Continue reading Digital Scholarship 101: Managing Your Data »

This workshop is an introduction to GPU programing for scientific and engineering applications. The basics of GPU architecture will be presented. Parallel programing strategies will be discussed followed by actual programing examples. Participants should be familiar with programming and how to use the Great Lakes computing cluster.  C/C++ examples will be provided to try on the Great Lakes GPU nodes.   The URL for this … Continue reading Intro to GPU & CUDA Programming »

With Generative AI finding its way into the classroom, there can be an impulse to prioritize Generative AI mitigation over learning objectives. There are no magic bullets, but there are ways to design purposeful assessments that are also resistant to Generative AI. During this session we’ll explore how to center authentic engagement in assignment design and create a positive learning experience for your and your … Continue reading So you want to go back to pen and paper? A discussion about Generative AI resistant assignments. »

Harness U-M Maizey and Go Blue for Teaching and Learning Discover how to enhance your classroom with U-M Maizey by integrating it seamlessly with Canvas and using it as an innovative assistant for supporting student learning. This workshop is designed for instructors who wish to leverage Maizey as a class tutor, homework helper, and more. By the end of the session, you will have the skills to … Continue reading Harness U-M Maizey and Go Blue for Teaching and Learning »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

Boost Teaching and Learning Productivity with GenAI Ready to transform your teaching and free up valuable time? Join our interactive workshop and discover how Generative AI (GenAI) tools, specifically U-M GPT, can streamline your approach to creating syllabi, assignments, rubrics, and lesson plans. Dive into practical ideas for designing assignments and instructional materials in a GenAI era, and engage in hands-on opportunities using U-M GPT … Continue reading Boost Teaching and Learning Productivity with GenAI »

This workshop will introduce creating visualizations using R and tidyverse. It will cover basic principles of visualization and how to create them in R. No prior knowledge of either is required. We will use Google Colab so no need to install anything ahead of time but please bring a laptop if you can.

Facilitators: Mac Jackson and Kate Topham On September 24th, 1883, Frederick Douglass gave a speech, “Why Hold a Colored Convention?” to argue that Black organizing was just as important in the post-Civil War era as it had been before emancipation. In this workshop, join us to celebrate Black activism across history as we analyze over 100 transcripts from Colored Conventions held across the country in … Continue reading Why Hold a Colored Convention: A Gentle Introduction to Analyzing Text Data at Scale »

Streamline Daily Work Tasks with U-M Maizey Enhance your productivity by harnessing U-M Maizey for various staff-related tasks, including managing Dropbox, Google Drive, and public website data efficiently. This workshop is aimed at staff members who want to utilize Maizey to streamline their workflows, manage large data sets, and automate routine tasks. Participants will learn how to set up and configure Maizey projects, customize system … Continue reading Streamline Daily Work Tasks with U-M Maizey »

LSA is holding a grant showcase event on February 20 from 10:00am to 11:30am. All faculty, students, and staff are welcome! Recipients of LSA Teaching and Learning grants will give 5-minute lightning talks about their grant projects. Presenters will then be available to chat with the audience. Coffee and pastries will be provided! Join LSA faculty to discuss their experiences incorporating active and inclusive teaching … Continue reading 2026 LSA Grant Showcase »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

Customize the U-M Student Experience with the Go Blue Tool This workshop topic introduces you to the University of Michigan’s personalized AI assistant: Go Blue. Discover how Go Blue can enhance your campus experience with features like class information, dining menus, student organization finder, campus navigation, and more. Learn about the newest Go Blue App, which includes voice-based search, image analysis, and location access. This session will … Continue reading Customize the U-M Student Experience with the Go Blue Tool »

This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell, also generically referred to as “the command line”. Topics include: a brief overview of Linux, the Bash shell, navigating the file system, basic commands, shell redirection, permissions, processes, and the command environment. The workshop will also provide a quick introduction to nano a simple … Continue reading Introduction to the Linux Command Line »

Ready to try something cool and crafty? Join us for a Blizzard Book Workshop! The Blizzard Book is a super creative structure invented by book artist Hedi Kyle, who whipped it up during a snowy day (hence the chilly name). This funky little book is made from just one long sheet of paper folded up in clever ways, creating pockets to stash tickets, business cards, … Continue reading Blizzard Book »

This workshop is an introduction to GPU programing for scientific and engineering applications. The basics of GPU architecture will be presented. Parallel programing strategies will be discussed followed by actual programing examples. Participants should be familiar with programming and how to use the Great Lakes computing cluster.  C/C++ examples will be provided to try on the Great Lakes GPU nodes. The URL for this session … Continue reading Intro to GPU & CUDA Programming »

Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster This course is remotely over Zoom.  A Zoom link will be provided to all registrants. This workshop will introduce you to high performance computing on the Great Lakes cluster.  After a brief overview of the components of the cluster and the resources available there, the main body of the workshop will cover creating batch scripts and the … Continue reading Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster »

Are you struggling to organize the sources that you’ve found for your research (journal articles, books, websites, reports, videos, and more)? Do you want to share those sources with your colleagues around the world? Do you spend hours trying to format your bibliography? Join us for this workshop to learn about Zotero, a free citation management tool! You will learn to: – Create and organize … Continue reading Introduction to Zotero for Citation Management »

Boost Work Productivity with GenAI Ready to transform your work tasks and free up valuable time? Join our interactive workshop and discover how Generative AI (GenAI) tools can streamline your approach to work tasks, course data management, and administrative tasks. Enhance your productivity and increase your time engaging with your colleagues and higher-order tasks. Workshop Outline: Effortless Content Creation: Using GenAI to generate materials such … Continue reading Boost Work Productivity with GenAI »

Ready to try something cool and crafty? Join us for a Blizzard Book Workshop! The Blizzard Book is a super creative structure invented by book artist Hedi Kyle, who whipped it up during a snowy day (hence the chilly name). This funky little book is made from just one long sheet of paper folded up in clever ways, creating pockets to stash tickets, business cards, … Continue reading Blizzard Book »

OVERVIEW Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster This course is remotely over Zoom.  A Zoom link will be provided to all registrants for those who choose to attend remotely. This workshop will cover some more advanced topics in computing on the U-M Great Lakes Cluster.  Topics to be covered include a brief review of common parallel programming models and basic use of Great … Continue reading Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from the Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »

Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation, rejuvenation, and inner connect in just three session. Meditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration, heightened awareness, and presence … Continue reading Learn to Meditate in 3 days »

Publishing your research is more than just writing; it’s about navigating a complex ecosystem of journals, conferences, and editorial expectations. In this interactive session, IEEE Sr. University Partnership Program Manager Jalyn Kelley will offer insights with practical guidance for early-career researchers. Topics include: Choosing the right IEEE journal or conference for your work Understanding the peer review process and why papers are rejected Common pitfalls … Continue reading Demystifying the Path to Publication: Behind the Scenes with IEEE »

Curious about maps? The Clark Library has one of the largest map collections in the country, spanning over 450,000 maps and atlases. This interactive session will start with a brief overview of map reading, after which participants will be encouraged to browse a selection of maps and atlases from the Clark Library and ask questions.

Extempore is a third-party tool specialized for facilitating structured language assessments. The LRC is currently piloting this platform with interested language faculty. This workshop will introduce participants to a few of the assignment types it offers, including synchronous paired video recordings, asynchronous paired audio activities, and individual oral assessments. We will walk participants through the process of setting up an account, creating a class and … Continue reading Oral Recording Assignments with Extempore for World Language & Culture Courses »

Considering new updates to Title II of the ADA, it can often be difficult to tell what your responsibilities are when working on projects with a variety of digital media, and how you can fulfill those responsibilities. This workshop will provide an overview of: Common digital formats, such as documents, images, audio, and video Requirements to meet the updated Title II regulations for these formats … Continue reading Accessibility for Digital Scholarship Projects »

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness is essential to living a happy, productive life. What you will learn?  This is a weekly guided meditation drop-in session so prior knowledge of meditation is needed. The session involves 3 simple steps: Breathing Relaxation Meditation Deep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body … Continue reading Heartfulness Meditation »