Register for workshops via our registration page. Most workshops are offered either in-person or remotely via Zoom (a hybrid option is not available). Participants must register in order to receive the Zoom meeting link if attending a workshop offered via Zoom.
If you have any questions about these workshops, contact Hannah Rempel (hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu).
Pivot RP (Clara Llebot and ORA)
Friday, June 27, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., in the Nishihara Family Classroom (Valley 2024)
In today’s competitive grants landscape, tracking diverse grant funding opportunities is more important than ever. Pivot-RP (formerly Community of Science) provides a comprehensive database of active funding opportunities from federal, state, and private foundations across the United States and beyond. Researchers can search and track funding opportunities and receive notifications of grants based on their interests. This service is complementary to the existing GrantForward database. This workshop will be presented by the Office for Research Advancement (ORA). The first half of the workshop will be an overview of basic Pivot features, and during the second part of the workshops participants will have time to set up their own profile, explore the tool, and ask questions.
Registration is required at https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bJIAY5SkyKQY1dY.
Intro to LaTeX (Clara Llebot)
Friday, June 27, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., via Zoom
Intro to GIS: QGIS Basics (Adam Lindsley)
Tuesday, July 8, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., via Zoom
Intro to R (some coding experience) (L .Borland)
Thursday, July 10, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom
This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions, and introduce the tidyverse package. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html.
Basic EndNote (Uta Hussong-Christian)
Tuesday, July 15, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom
Learn to basics of EndNote to save citations and store PDFs, as well as create in-text citations in Word while you write. In the workshop, participants will set up an EndNote library, save citations and PDFs, and create in-text citations and a bibliography in Word. This workshop is intended for novice EndNote users. Participants must have EndNote on their computers to actively participate in the session exercises. Request EndNote from OSU (FREE for students; fee for faculty/staff). Alternatively, a 30-day free trial of EndNote is available from Clarivate.
Intermediate/Advanced EndNote (Uta Hussong-Christian)
Tuesday, July 15, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
Learn more features of EndNote, including using PDFs to create references, adding more (and editing) citation styles, and preparing a document for publishing. We'll also review the process of syncing EndNote across multiple computers. Participants must have EndNote on their computers to actively participate in the session exercises. Request EndNote from OSU (FREE for students; fee for faculty/staff). Alternatively, a 30-day free trial of EndNote is available from Clarivate.
Using Qualtrics to Make Great Surveys (Diana Castillo)
Wednesday, July 16, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Nishihara Family Classroom (Valley 2024)
If you will be doing research that involves collecting survey data, then you'll want to learn about Qualtrics. Qualtrics is a powerful survey research tool available to all OSU faculty and students. It's easy, powerful and, best of all, IRB compliant.
Intro to Zotero: Manage Your Citations (Hannah Rempel)
Tuesday, July 22, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., in the Nishihara Family Classroom (Valley 2024)
Intermediate/Advanced Zotero (Hannah Rempel)
Tuesday, July 22, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., in the Nishihara Family Classroom (Valley 2024)
Patent Search - Tools and Concepts (David Irvin)
Thursday, July 24, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., via Zoom
Provides an overview of Cooperative Patent Classification search using the USPTO's public search database. Attendees will come away more confident they are finding relevant patents. Did you know OSU launched a Patent and Trademark Resource Center in 2025? Check out our services at beav.es/ptrc
Intro to R (some coding experience) (L .Borland)
Thursday, July 24, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom
This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions, and introduce the tidyverse package. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html.
Intro to R (some coding experience) (L .Borland)
Wednesday, July 30, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom
This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions, and introduce the tidyverse package. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html.
Illustrator for Scientific Figures (Adam Lindsley)
Thursday, July 31, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., via Zoom
Learn to use Adobe Illustrator to make and edit figures for publication (posters, presentations, infographics, journal articles!). In this flipped classroom-style workshop, we'll be gathering to work through several scientific illustration/graphics development scenarios, as well as working with your own data (if time). If you have your own project, feel free to bring it. NOTE: This workshop is provided via Zoom; you must install Illustrator on your own computer to follow along.
Using Qualtrics to Make Great Surveys (Diana Castillo)
Thursday, August 7, 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., via Zoom
If you will be doing research that involves collecting survey data, then you'll want to learn about Qualtrics. Qualtrics is a powerful survey research tool available to all OSU faculty and students. It's easy, powerful and, best of all, IRB compliant.
Intro to R (some coding experience) (L .Borland)
Tuesday, August 12, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
This is an introductory workshop to R for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with R." We will talk about reading data with R and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. We will talk about writing R scripts and functions, and introduce the tidyverse package. We recommend that you install R and RStudio in your own computer for the workshop, but you can also access it via Citrix. For information about setting up R in your computer visit https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html.
Intro to Zotero: Manage Your Citations (Diana Park)
Tuesday, August 12, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., via Zoom
Intermediate/Advanced Zotero (Diana Park)
Tuesday, August 12, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., via Zoom
Intro to Python (some experience) (L .Borland)
Wednesday, August 13, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
This is an introductory workshop to Python for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with Python." We will talk about reading data with Python and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. Please install Anaconda on your own computer for the workshop. For information about setting up Anaconda on your computer visit https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/anaconda/install.
Intro to Python (some experience) (L .Borland)
Wednesday, August 20, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom
This is an introductory workshop to Python for beginners. We will follow a shortened version of the Software Carpentry lesson “Programming with Python." We will talk about reading data with Python and organizing it in variables, vectors, and matrices. We will perform some basic operations on the data (mean, maximums, minimums), create some visualizations, and save them. Please install Anaconda on your own computer for the workshop. For information about setting up Anaconda on your computer visit https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/anaconda/install.
Intro to Git-Session 1 (Clara Llebot)
Friday, August 22, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., via Zoom
This workshop is the first session of an introduction to version control systems with Git. Version control systems are tools that keep track of the changes made on a document, and help version and merge files. They allow the user to decide which changes make up the next version, and keep useful data about them. Version control systems are usually used by developers and people who write code, but are very useful also for people working with documents in general. It is especially helpful for collaborative work with more than one person working on the same file. The Intro to Git workshop has two parts: session 1 and session 2. Participants are welcome to come to only session 1, only session 2, or both. Both sessions of the workshop are designed for people who have never used Git or a version control system before, and want to learn more about what version control systems can do for them and their research. Session 1 covers setting up Git, creating a repository, tracking changes, exploring history, creating remote repositories, and collaborating. Session 2 assumes that participants have basic knowledge of the topics covered in session 1. It will be a hands-on workshop where we will create a repository, record changes to files, create a GitHub account, and synchronize the local and remote repositories. This workshop uses the command line to learn git, but no previous experience using command line is necessary. Please install Git on your own computer before the start of the workshop. More information and installation instructions at https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/install_instructions/#git
Intro to Git - Session 2 (Clara Llebot)
Monday, August 25, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., via Zoom
This workshop is the second session of an introduction to version control systems with Git. Version control systems are tools that keep track of the changes made on a document, and help version and merge files. They allow the user to decide which changes make up the next version, and keep useful data about them. Version control systems are usually used by developers and people who write code, but are very useful also for people working with documents in general. It is especially helpful for collaborative work with more than one person working on the same file. The Intro to Git workshop has two parts: session 1 and session 2. Participants are welcome to come to only session 1, only session 2, or both. Both sessions of the workshop are designed for people who have never used Git or a version control system before, and want to learn more about what version control systems can do for them and their research. Session 2 assumes that participants have basic knowledge of the topics covered in session 1 (setting up Git, creating a repository, tracking changes, exploring history, creating remote repositories, and collaborating). Session 2 covers ignoring things, checkout, branches, merge, forks and pull requests. It will be a hands-on workshop that uses the command line to learn Git, but no previous experience using command line is necessary. Please install Git on your own computer before the start of the workshop. More information and installation instructions at https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/install_instructions/#git
