Upcoming Events

Update, remix, or reinvent historic board games! 

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries and the UGA Libraries Student Success Team for a collaborative and creativity-fueled Board Game Jam on April 21st in MLC 369. Bring your imagination as we transform old board games from the UGA Special Collections Libraries into something entirely new.

Are you interested in learning how to fabricate your own game pieces? Check out the Makerspace in the MLC Creative Engagement Wing, where you can learn to 3D print, laser cut, sew, and so much more: https://www.libs.uga.edu/mlc/use-makerspace 

Join us for an evening of scrapbooking and yapping on April 21 from 6-8:00PM! Paper and scrapbooking supplies will be provided, but please feel free to bring photos, journals, and other personal materials. This will be a low-stress environment, so come meet new folks and enjoy a night of scrapbooking and music! 

Join members of the Research and Computational Data Management (RCDM) team for walk-in research data consultations in the Data Studio @ Main and the McBay Science Library on Wednesdays from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Team members are available to assist UGA faculty, students, and staff with topics including:

Are you a pre-health student at UGA? This workshop is designed to help you learn what you need to know about citation management. We'll explore tools that are available to you at UGA, best practices, and ways to stay organized and manage your citations efficiently. 

UGA is discontinuing RefWorks. Learn: which tools are available, how to move RefWorks sources to a different citation manager, and what support is available.

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries and The Georgia Review on Friday, April 24th at 6pm at Athica Athens Institute of Contemporary Art for the induction of 2026 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inductees Alice Friman and Charlie Smith. Enjoy poetry readings of both Smith and Friman's works, with the formal induction of both poets into the Hall of Fame to follow. After the induction, attendees will enjoy a light reception and the art gallery of Athica. 

This event is free and open to the public! Free parking can be found in the complex in which Athica is located. 

More about the authors: 

This event is for UGA faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants who teach evidence synthesis.

The Faculty Interest Group on Evidence Synthesis in the Classroom welcomes Dr. Terri Pigott, Professor at Georgia State University and nationally recognized expert in meta-analysis and evidence synthesis, for a lunchtime talk on teaching scoping and systematic reviews. Dr. Pigott is a 2023 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, past President of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology, and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Research Synthesis Methods.

Soft drinks and light finger food (sliders, pinwheels) will be served. You are welcome to bring your own lunch.

Don't navigate your grief alone! Join us on April 28 from 2-3:30PM in MLC 369 to create a cross stitch keepsake in memory of a loved one or pet. Whether you want to share about your loss or simply create amongst others, this program is here to help you navigate grief through creativity. Professionals from the UGA Health Center will also be in attendance for support. No experience is necessary! 

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries for an opening reception to celebrate a series of new case exhibitions curated by UGA   undergraduate students! Enjoy food and drink in the exhibition hallway and meet student curators inside the galleries to learn more about their displays.

This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please contact Jan Hebbard, jhebbard@uga.edu.

Join members of the Carpentries@UGA for a full-day workshop that introduces participants to essential tools for reproducible scientific analysis using Unix and R. Through hands-on, collaborative lessons, participants will learn foundational skills such as navigating the command line, managing data, writing scripts, and working in RStudio. This workshop is designed for beginners and open to any student, faculty, or staff! 

More info here: https://uga-carpentries.github.io/2026-05-11-uga/