DSSG News

[Nov. 30] Discovery Series Talk – Adversity reporting in counselor recommendation letters

November 24, 2022

Join Sebastian Munoz-Najar Galvez of the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a presentation on the use of natural language processing tools to analyze ~1.5M recommendation letters to identify the various framing devices that counselors use to share student adversities. Learn more and register.

[Nov. 16] Discovery Series Talk – The Hedera Project: Reading that Fits

November 7, 2022

Join Ivy Livingston (Department of the Classics) and Bill Barthelmy (AT-FAS) for a virtual presentation on Hedera, an online language learning environment inspired by research on how people acquire language, particularly the role of extensive reading in linguistic development. Learn more and register.

[Nov. 17] Discovery Series Talk: Opportunities Beyond Bars

November 16, 2021

Can Virtual Reality be used in a time of extreme isolation to connect undergraduate students from Harvard with mentees in a juvenile detention center in meaningful ways? Will this service-learning environment be as fulfilling as in person work? How can VR provide unique educational opportunities to mentees now and in the future? Learn more and register.

[Aug. 27] Digital Teaching Workshop: Tools for Assignments and Activities

August 5, 2021

The Digital Teaching Methods seminar provides a hands-on introduction to several approaches that have been used successfully at Harvard, all grounded in specific pedagogical examples and use cases. Whether you will be teaching with digital tools for the first time in the coming semester, or have already been doing so for some time, this remiote workshop provides a focused and supportive environment for improving your practice... Read more

March 11 - Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship seminar

March 1, 2021

Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship introduces participants to the core stages of digital scholarship’s research workflow: the acquisition, manipulation, analysis, and presentation of data. This seminar serves as a springboard for faculty, students, and staff who wish to explore the potential of digital scholarship. Register via the Harvard Training Portal.

Oct. 15 - 'Data Feminism,' with Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein (12:00pm)

October 5, 2020

Join us for a Harvard Discovery Series talk on Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein. Registration for this free virtual event is available ... Read more about Oct. 15 - 'Data Feminism,' with Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein (12:00pm)

Sept. 15 - Digital Teaching Methods: Tools for Assignments and Activities (workshop)

September 5, 2020

Digital Teaching Methods: Tools for Assignments and Activities provides a hands-on introduction to the thoughtful integration of digital tools and methods into teaching and learning (free registration via the Harvard Training Portal). This workshop, which is open to faculty, staff, and students, runs from 9am-3pm and is made up of optional sessions covering several digital tools and approaches.

Cover image, Digital Futures Discovery Series 11-6-19, Gabriel Pizzorno on Identity, Personhood, and Material Culture: Personal Effects Confiscated from Prisoners at Dachau Concentration Camp

Discovery Series Talk, Nov. 6: Identity, Personhood, and Material Culture

October 25, 2019

Wed., Nov. 6, 2-3pm at Cabot Science Library: Concentration camps were much more than a corollary to National Socialism: they represented the most fully articulated manifestation of its ideology. This talk will showcase the use of advanced digital techniques to shed light on one of the most crucial steps in the admissions process, the removal of personal effects from arriving prisoners, and explore how we can use these objects to gain insight about their owners, the system that victimized them, and the distinctions it created.... Read more about Discovery Series Talk, Nov. 6: Identity, Personhood, and Material Culture

First Annual Boston Area Digital Scholarship Symposium, hosted by Harvard University

HUIT Academic Technology and colleagues host First Annual Boston-Area Digital Scholarship Symposium

April 11, 2019

On April 10, HUIT Academic Technology, the Harvard Library, and other members of the Harvard University Digital Scholarship Support Group held the First Annual Boston-Area Digital Scholarship Symposium, a one-day event featuring faculty presentations on digital scholarship initiatives with an emphasis on the institutional collaborations that made their projects possible.... Read more about HUIT Academic Technology and colleagues host First Annual Boston-Area Digital Scholarship Symposium

Have a digital project? Weekly digital scholarship office hours are now available!

September 20, 2018

The Digital Scholarship Support Group is offering weekly office hours for drop-in help with digital projects. Office hours are open to all Harvard affiliates (faculty, students, and staff). Bring anything from an idea to a fleshed-out project, and DSSG members will suggest tools, methodologies, and approaches that can benefit your work, and try to connect you with relevant resources, organizations, and researchers. Learn more.