Previous Events

Apr 05
Panel: Kudzu and the Boll Weevil in Modern Georgia

Join the Russell Library for a panel featuring Drs. James C. Giesen, Associate Professor of History and Grisham Master Teacher, Mississippi State University, and Derek Alderman, Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee. Discussion will include the social, cultural, and economic impact of notorious pests such as the boll weevil and kudzu in modern Georgia. Dr. Brian Drake, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Georgia, will moderate the event. 

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5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , 2nd Floor, Auditorium (Room 271)
Apr 04
POSTPONED - Labor Trafficking in the United States: A Conversation with Attorney Kent Felty 

POSTPONED due to unforeseeable circumstances. Event will be rescheduled, please check back.

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , 271 (Auditorium)
Mar 29
Women's History Month Keynote Address

"BLACK WOMEN’S #HISTORICALWELLNESS: Traditions of Connecting Self-Care to Social Justice" presented by Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, Georgia State University.

4:00 pm
Online
Mar 28
IWS Virtual Film Screening for Women's History Month: "Feed the Green - Feminist Voices for the Earth"

FEED THE GREEN: FEMINIST VOICES FOR THE EARTH challenges the cultural imagination surrounding the destruction of the environment and its impact on femicide and genocide. This informative documentary, by Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies professor and scholar Jane Caputi, highlights an active global resistance movement and an alternative imagery communicating resistant green consciousness.

- 10:00 am to 11:59 am
Online
Mar 26
Family Day at Hargrett Library

Join us for an afternoon of family fun highlighting the new exhibit Frankie Welch’s Americana: Fashion, Scarves, and Politics on Saturday, March 26th from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Explore the exhibit with gallery games and activities. Get crafty and make your own scarf design! This event is free and open to the public. Free parking for off-campus visitors is available in the Hull Street Deck. For more information, contact Jan Hebbard at jhebbard@uga.edu, 706-583-0213.
 

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries
Mar 25
Workshop: Introduction to Basic LaTeX Formatting

LaTeX provides a way to typeset documents in beautiful, clean ways. It can be used to create CVs, format journals, or input mathematics and tables of contents into documents. We will show you how to find LaTeX templates, input text, and handle common problems. To save time, create an Overleaf account before the workshop.

Register to receive the Zoom link.

11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online
Mar 24
Workshop: Gather Citations Smarter, Not Harder: Setting up Search Alerts and Saved Searches

Automate the gathering of newly published research for long term projects. Search alerts and saved searches are a great time saving tool. Webinar will demonstrate how to use these resources in major databases. 

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Part of the Libraries' Spring into Research workshop series (https://guides.libs.uga.edu/SIR2022).

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Online
Mar 24
Workshop: Making Pivot Tables in Excel

Do you know how to enter data into Excel, but have trouble organizing it to create tables and graphs? Learn how to use Excel's Pivot Table function, which allows you to quickly summarize your results and easily break them down into categories

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Part of the Libraries' Spring into Research workshop series (https://guides.libs.uga.edu/SIR2022).

11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online
Mar 23
Workshop: Designing a Research Poster

A good research poster isn't a research article on a 4​'x3' piece of paper.  Learn design tips and tools to make your poster look professional and how to communicate through graphic elements such as maps, charts, and tables.  No artistic skill or knowledge of specialized software required!

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Part of the Libraries' Spring into Research workshop series (https://guides.libs.uga.edu/SIR2022).

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Online
Mar 23
Workshop: Using Pivot to Find Research Funding

Introduction to using the Pivot database to find grant finding and research collaborators at UGA and beyond!

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Part of the Libraries' Spring into Research workshop series (https://guides.libs.uga.edu/SIR2022).

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Online