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The University Libraries’ Research Data Services (RDS) program offers an ongoing series of workshops aimed at boosting research capabilities at The University of New Mexico. These workshops introduce and provide hands-on experience with tools like R and...

Purdue University and Duke Energy will host the next installment of the Understanding Tomorrow’s Nuclear Energy Lecture Series in January. Kathryn D. Huff, assistant secretary for nuclear energy in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, will present “Nuclear Power in 2050” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 18 in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall and via livestream. Registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendance.

The scientific research apprenticeship model lacks training in core data science skills. Community-developed workshops delivered by academic peers can help to fill this gap, Alison Meynert and Edward Wallace explain

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement on President Biden’s intent to nominate Dr. Kathryn Huff for Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): "I am thrilled that President Biden has nominated Dr. Kathryn Huff to serve as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at DOE. Dr. Huff…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following leaders to serve as key leaders in his administration: 

Teaching Tech Together and build a teaching community around them who taught hundreds of children to read and to believe in themselves. And for my brother Jeff, who did not live to see it finished. "Remember, you still have a lot of good times in front of you." All royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to the Carpentries, foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide. Reme...

JavaScript for Data Science Version 4.0 / January 2020 — Maya — Greg All royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to R-Ladies, a worldwide organization whose mission is to promote gender diversity in the R community. Introduction versus Data Science” would be a better title for this book. While that one word sums up how many people view the language, we hope we can convince you that modern JavaScript is usable as well as us...

Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST/Virginia Tech Across the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), internships are a very important experience for students and staff members alike. But for most of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic closed the campus to most NIST staff members and prevented traditional internships on campus from happening. This challenging situation inspired some innovative solutions and experiences. Taking Measure spoke to remote intern Shelby Platner and her mentor, N...