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Tufts Events
- Oct 612:00 PMBite-Sized Digital Humanities in the ClassroomBuilding: Tisch Library City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Location Details: Digital Design Studio, third floor Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Sponsor Details: Tisch Library Speaker Name: Anna Kijas Event Contact Name: Anna Kijas Event Contact Email: anna.kijas@tufts.edu Link: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/17534327 Are you an instructor who is interested in developing classroom activities or assignments that encourage creative experimentation? In this workshop, we will explore a sampling of short and simple in-class activities that can introduce students to methods commonly used in digital humanities (DH), such as distant reading, visualization, encoding, or annotation. We will discuss approaches that you can use when designing classroom activities and assignments, consider appropriate tools and technologies, and ways to best match DH activities and assignments to your course objectives and disciplinary context. Bring with you: Idea(s) for an activity or assignment that you might want to explore in your own course; laptop for use during the workshop. No prior experience with digital humanities methods or tools is required.
- Oct 612:00 PMCivilian Response to Active Shooter TrainingCampus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: No Primary Audience: Faculty,Staff,Students (Undergraduate) Event Type: Training/Workshop Event Subject: Health/Wellness Event Sponsor Details: Office of Emergency Management RSVP Information: Register via Tufts Learning Center Event Contact Email: ready@tufts.edu Link: https://emergency.tufts.edu/training/civilian-response-active-shooter-course This training course is designed to provide tools and techniques on how to react to an active shooter/active threat. This training expands upon information found in the Tufts University Emergency Response Guide. This platform is modeled around the Avoid, Deny, Defend response to an active shooter. Avoid: Trust your instincts and don’t delay. Get away as quickly as possible. Deny: If you can’t flee, obstruct or deny the active shooter access to your area. Defend: If all else fails… fight as a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger.
- Oct 612:00 PMCrossings: Lives in Motion Book ClubBuilding: Interfaith Center City: Medford, MA 02155 Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Open to Public: Yes Primary Audience: Students (Graduate),Students (Postdoctoral),Students (Undergraduate) Event Subject: Religion/Spirituality Event Sponsor: Office of Religious and Philosophical Life Event Contact Name: Khan Shairani Event Contact Email: khan_asfandyar.shairani@tufts.edu Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctO81M1zMm5KXn2KvE-NumHXMKeWa2sosg9_IsqSMkqoj37g/viewform Join Dr. Khan Shairani (Associate University Chaplain and Director of Muslim Life) and Anthony Cruz Pantojas (Associate University Chaplain and Director of Humanist Life and Africana Spiritual Life) for a book club title Crossings: Lives in Motion, Histories of Colonial and Global Diasporas. Snacks provided. Please RSVP: docs.google.com…







