Building: Tisch Library Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Tisch Digital Design Studio (DDS) Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience(s): Faculty,Staff,Students (Graduate),Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk Subject: Humanities Event Contact Name: Kaylen Dwyer RSVP Information: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/13174591 Link: https://tischlibrary.tufts.edu/node/3287 ArcGIS StoryMaps is a digital storytelling tool that allows you to combine interactive maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia. With the rise of geographic information systems (GIS), accessible online tools, and modes of publication, digital mapping has become a powerful tool for underrepresented and marginalized communities to tell their own stories, resisting colonial narratives and visualizing erased histories. With ArcGIS tools, communities can combine oral histories, archival documents, and interactive tours. In this hands-on workshop, participants will:  Learn how mapping and spatial analysis are being used to visualize underrepresented and marginalized communities Understand how to tell engaging spatial narratives Navigate the ArcGIS StoryMaps interface Create an interactive StoryMap No experience necessary. Please bring a laptop to the workshop.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honor of all the saints of the church, whether they are known or unknown. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy This "Festival of Lamps" celebrates the attainment of Moksa by Lord Mahavira. A burning lamp symbolizes the "light of knowledge," which dispels the darkness of delusion and ignorance.

Building: Joyce Cummings Center Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: JCC 270 Open to Public: No Link: https://tufts.app.box.com/s/5uwlp3sjxa4poxey3i2ded7qbz9dbjpt Rajesh P. N. Rao is the CJ and Elizabeth Hwang Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle. He is also the co-director of the Center for Neurotechnology (CNT), adjunct professor in the bioengineering department, and faculty member in the neuroscience graduate program at UW. He directs the Neural Systems Laboratory located in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. His awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an IEEE Fellow Award, a Fulbright Scholar award, an NSF CAREER award, an ONR Young Investigator Award, a Sloan Faculty Fellowship, and a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship. His research interests span computational neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, and artificial intelligence as well as the Indus script and classical Indian paintings.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy All Souls' Day, also called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, observed by certain Christian denominations on 2 November. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work.

Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy The anniversary of the birth of the Bab, the herald of the new age for Baha'is. The Shrine of the Bab in Haifa, Israel, is part of the World Center of the Baha'i faith.