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ONLINE: Reviews, rejections, and revisions: The peer review experience

Virtual Event

Imagine: You submitted your paper to the journal of your choice. You know you did high quality research and felt good about your paper. Then you get peer review comments that make you question whether you should even be in your field at all. It's okay!

This workshop will teach you how to respond to peer reviewer comments and make your paper even stronger before you resubmit it. We will also cover how you can be a good peer reviewer of other researchers' work.

Free

ONLINE: BrowZine and Alerts–Keeping Up on Research

Virtual Event
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Learn how to use BrowZine, a tool to create your own virtual reading room of your favorite journals. You’ll also learn how to set up database and journal alerts to keep up on published scholarship in your field.

Free

VR for Stress Reduction [Drop-In Hour]

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Every student experiences stress, and it’s important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. In this workshop, we will use an app called Hoame to experience a guided meditation exercise. You will also learn how you can borrow a VR headset if you decide to make this part of your strategy. These VR for Stress Reduction workshops are not intended to be professional therapy or medical advice. To locate these services for students, staff and faculty, see z.umn.edu/personalwellbeing.

Free

Games at the Toaster: A Toaster VR Event

The Toaster (Walter Library Basement) 117 Pleasant St. S.E. (Lower Level), Minneapolis, MN, United States

Calling all game gurus and thrill-seekers! Ready to swap textbooks for joysticks? Summon your inner ninja with Fruit Ninja or channel your inner rockstar with Beat Saber. Take a break from the slog of studying and reset your brain with games!

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.

Free

Stress Reduction: A Toaster VR Workshop

The Toaster (Walter Library Basement) 117 Pleasant St. S.E. (Lower Level), Minneapolis, MN, United States

Every student experiences stress, and it’s important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. In this workshop, we will use virtual reality to take us through guided meditation exercises.

Free

Game Day in the Virtual Reality Studio

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Take a break and explore virtual reality at Game Day! Try your hand at popular virtual reality games like Beat Saber, Job Simulator, Superhot, and more. No VR experience? No problem--we'll teach you how to use the headsets, and you'll be a pro gamer in no time.

Free

UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) application work time and pizza

Walter Library 117 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, United States

Are you working on finishing up your Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) proposal application? Want fellow students to review your draft? Have questions? Drop by Walter Library 204 on Tuesday, March 10 from 3:30-4:30 for work time and support.

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to EndNote and EndNote Online

Virtual Event

Learn about using the citation management software, EndNote, to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. EndNote is a powerful  tool that can help you save time, stay organized, and collaborate effectively as you write and publish research papers. We will discuss using EndNote in conjunction with EndNote Online, a web-based version of EndNote freely available to current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff. The workshop is open to all disciplines.

Free

Friday Finish at Walter Library

Walter Library 117 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, United States

Finish the week strong! Come to Walter Library for relaxed AND productive study time with snacks, study breaks, and prizes!

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.

Free

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